Atlanta, GA-based Jamestown, a design-focused real estate investment and management firm, has started vertical construction on 619 Ponce, a four-story mass timber loft office building located at Ponce City Market in Atlanta.

The building, which includes 85,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of retail space, is being constructed with GA-grown timber and targeting net neutral operational carbon. Jamestown’s use of GA-grown timber and a regional supply chain reduces the project’s transportation emissions and the overall environmental impact of construction, maximizing the sustainability benefits of mass timber.

“Mass timber is the future of sustainable development, and the future of mass timber is locally sourced,” said Michael Phillips, president of Jamestown. “619 Ponce will help redefine sustainable mass timber construction in the Southeast, providing developers and architects with a clear path forward for using local timber.”

Jamestown owns and manages more than 100,000 acres of timberlands across GA, AL, SC, NY, PA and IN.