Construction Goes Vertical at Jamestown’s Mass-Timber Office Project in Atlanta

Rendering of 619 Ponce. Image courtesy of Jamestown Properties

Jamestown Properties has started vertical construction on 619 Ponce, an office project totaling 110,000 square feet, part of the next phase at Ponce City Market in Atlanta. Upon completion, 619 Ponce will be a mass timber, four-story building, encompassing 85,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of retail space.

Located at 619 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE, 619 Ponce is being built using locally sourced timber, with beams and columns made from yellow pine sawtimber. Designed by Handel Architects, the project is slated to include medical capabilities, daycare, bike storage, access to Ponce City Market’s rooftop area, outdoor space on every floor and floor-to-ceiling windows. The upcoming office building is targeting net neutral operational carbon, LEED Core and Shell certification, as well as Fitwel certification.

Plans for this next phase of the Ponce City Market project also call for a flexible-stay hospitality living building with 405 units and a senior housing multifamily component dubbed Signal House.

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Building a community

Originally a distribution and warehouse property, Ponce City Market was built in the 1920s, and underwent a massive renovation when Jamestown purchased the asset—formerly known as The Sears, Roebuck & Co. building—in 2011. The historical structure reopened in 2015, featuring 550,000 square feet of Class A office space, 300,000 square feet of retail and dining space, and 259 residential units spread across nine floors. Today, Ponce City Market is home to 90 businesses, with tenants including Athenahealth, Nike, Mailchimp, Industrious and others, according to CommercialEdge. 

The new development in expected to bring over 550 long-term jobs to the Old Fourth Ward community. When fully completed, Ponce City Market is anticipated to house nearly 100 companies, with more than 5,750 employees and roughly 800 residential units.

Last year, Jamestown began work on another massive redevelopment project: One Times Square. The $500 million project will modernize the 118-year-old building as a 21st-century visitor center for New York City.