CW Retail - Food Halls Report

Central Food Hall Ponce City Market

T his is one of two food halls located in “Hotlanta” on our list that have also been cited by Travel + Leisure Magazine among its World’s Best New Food Halls for 2016. It’s easy to see why. The Central Food Hall at Atlanta's Ponce City Market was designed by the same people who designed Chelsea Market in Manhattan (which ranks as our top food hall project in New York City). The Central Food Hall at Ponce City Market is located in the former Sears, Roebuck & Company building in that city’s up-and-coming Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. It opened its doors in the fall of 2015 and has been packed since. The former Sears building is also home to The Flats at Ponce City Market, a major multifamily loft redevelopment. But the food hall also benefits from being linked directly to the

Atlanta BeltLine—a former railway corridor around the core of Atlanta—and from its location in the heart of a major redevelopment movement in a major “Cool Streets” neighborhood. The food hall itself encompasses 30,000 sf and it is currently home to more than 20 vendors including prepared food concepts Ton Ton, W.H. Stiles Fish Camp, Marrakesh, Hop’s Chicken, H&F Burger as well as artisanal providers Farm to Ladle, Honeysuckle Gelato, Lucky Lotus and others. The adjoining ground floor retail portion of the Ponce City Market boasts a healthy mix of retailers including global brands ranging from Anthropologie to West Elm and a smattering of local concepts like Boogaloo’s Boutique and Citizen Supply.

Food Halls of America 2016

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