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Fresh images: How Ponce City Market’s latest tower turned out Josh Green Fri, 11/15/2024 - 16:02 Two and ½ years after post-pandemic construction began, an Old Fourth Ward tower that blurs the lines between hotel flexibility and amenitized apartments was recently declared finished.

Ponce City Market’s hospitality living concept, Scout Living, concludes a phase-two growth spurt that’s seen the landmark former Sears, Roebuck & Co. building bookended by high-rise, residential development.

Standing 21 stories, Scout Living began accepting guests in September for its 405 one and two-bedroom units that can be booked for a single night, a week, or months at a time. Officials with developer and owner Jamestown declared all construction on the building finished earlier this week, providing fresh images of interiors and amenities.

Located on the eastern edge of Ponce City Market’s block at 639 Glen Iris Drive, Scout Living marks the third new-construction building to rise around the adaptive-reuse main building since it opened in 2015. National flex-living operator Placemakr, which is overseeing the building’s operations, has called it “a first-of-its-kind development in the U.S.”

Downtown views from the 21-story tower’s communal roof deck. Courtesy of Jamestown

Scout Living’s rooftop pool overlooking Old Fourth Ward is complete. Courtesy of Jamestown

Scout Living’s units differ from most traditional new Atlanta apartments by coming fully furnished (that includes art on the walls and kitchens with all cooking equipment and utensils), along with hotel-style services and amenities. According to Jamestown reps, laundry and dry-cleaning, housekeeping, and other services such as restocking of essentials are available at the push of a button—and for a price.

Lodging options at Scout Living start with studio units that count between 397 and 489 square feet. Those include a queen bed, washer and dryer, and kitchenette.

Recent rates range from a starting price of $216 per night for members, up to $268 and up per night on weekends. (Units with city views are $10 to $13 extra per night. Also, nonmembers can expect to pay around $40 more per night.) For longer-term stays, the studio options start at $1,500 per month.

Meanwhile, the priciest options are two-bedroom, two-bathroom units (723 to 787 square feet) with city views, full refrigerators, and in-unit laundry.

For nonmembers, those were recently going for $472 to $493 per night. Longer-term stays for Scout Living’s two-bedroom options start around $2,900 monthly.

An interior common space at Scout Living. Courtesy of Jamestown

Exterior of the 21-story hospitality living tower just west of Ponce City Market’s main building. Courtesy of Jamestown

Amenities include a pool and terrace on the roof (with sweet views), a wellness studio, virtual check-in, a chef’s kitchen, and a lounge/coworking/private event space on the second floor, among other amenities.

Elsewhere, the building includes 12,000 square feet of retail at the ground floor—all of it with 21-foot ceiling heights intended for a food-and-beverage concept and convenience store with grab-and-go items, per Jamestown.

Jamestown began building on PCM and the Beltline’s popularity in early 2022, breaking ground on the property’s first new ground-up tower, Signal House, an apartment building (with rents up to $7,000 monthly) lording over the Eastside Trail. That building also stands 21 stories.

Positioning of new buildings around Ponce City Market’s century-old main structure. Ponce City Market/Jamestown

Elsewhere along Ponce, the campus expansion also includes 619 Ponce, a four-story mass timber loft office building that finished construction in April.

Find more new imagery and context for Scout Living in the gallery above.

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Fresh images: How Ponce City Market's latest tower turned out

Fresh images: How Ponce City Market's latest tower turned out