A popular restaurant

along downtown Fayetteville's busy Ga. Highway 85 corridor is undergoing

a major makeover, and another nearby is making plans to the same thing.

It's hard for

motorists not to notice the renovations underway at Dunkin Donuts just

off the square, as workers have been taking the building apart since the

beginning of the week.

The eatery

is expected to be closed for a few weeks while the facade and exterior

is being renovated.

Representatives

of the McDonald's a few blocks north of Dunkin Donuts have petitioned

the city for permission to tear down their existing building at 465 N.

Glynn Street and replace it in the same spot with an updated facility,

which would include a new parking area, curbing, and intensified landscaping,

according to city staff reports. The proposed architectural upgrades would

also include an indoor play area.

After getting

approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission, McDonald's is moving

forward with its plans hopes to begin work by late summer or early fall,

with a reopening about three months later, according to construction project

manager Andy Blackburn.

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