Page 18 - Georgia Forestry - Issue1 - Winter 2021

Late last year, Jamestown unveiled new plans for Ponce City Market, the wildly popular and successful redevelopment along the Atlanta BeltLine in the heart of the city. The expansion project is designed to incorporate environmentally thoughtful initiatives and focus on efforts to reduce their environmental impact while supporting the community. The project will be built utilizing cross-laminated timber (CLT), and the desire is for the timber to be sourced from trees grown on Jamestown’s land base here in Georgia.
Recently, Georgia Forestry Magazine had the opportunity to pose some questions to Matt Bronfman, CEO of Jamestown, about the new development, mass timber and sustainability.
Q: What are the primary goals of the new development? What values do you seek to provide to your tenants?
MB: The four-story building will be constructed using CLT, keeping in line with Jamestown’s commitment to reduce embedded carbon in our buildings, and achieve zero net operational carbon throughout our portfolio by 2050. The 100,000-square-foot LEED-Gold designed commercial office building
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