{"id":797048,"date":"2026-08-01T08:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797048\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:12:20","slug":"1920s-building-near-ponce-city-market-up-for-grabs-any-big-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797048\/","title":{"rendered":"1920s building near Ponce City Market up for grabs. Any big ideas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An exercise in understated red brick and terracotta tiles, this subtly pretty old structure in Old Fourth Ward is being marketed as a \u201crare opportunity\u201d to own and create\u2026. something.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Built sometime in the 1920s, the 530 Parkway Drive NE property is situated on a triangular lot a few blocks southwest of Ponce City Market (roughly \u00bd mile).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Central Park is just to the west, and Boulevard a block to the east. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As is, the property functions as a residential triplex with 3,720 square feet total. It recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bullrealty.com\/properties\/sale\/1668745?propertyId=1668745-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">came to market<\/a> with Bull Realty\/TCN Worldwide, asking $750,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/atlanta.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2026-07\/1%20530%20Parkway%20Drive%20NE.jpg?itok=V_F3NzRx\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Courtesy of Andy Lundsberg, Bull Realty\/TCN Worldwide\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1 530 Parkway Drive NE.jpg\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nFull extent of the three-unit facade at 530 Parkway Drive NE today. Courtesy of Andy Lundsberg, Bull Realty\/TCN Worldwide<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/atlanta.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2026-07\/8%20530%20Parkway%20Drive%20NE.png?itok=aNAis0Nc\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Google Maps\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8 530 Parkway Drive NE.png\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nProximity of the  530 Parkway Drive property (in red) to O4W&#8217;s Central Park (at left), Ponce City Market, and other landmarks. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>The Parkway Drive structure\u2019s original purpose is a bit murky, but it has functioned as residential for a couple of generations, according to listing agent Andy Lundsberg, a Bull Realty\/TCN Worldwide partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know much about it nor does the owner,\u201d Lundsberg wrote via email. \u201cIt was converted to multifamily probably close to 40 or 50 years ago. I would love to know it\u2019s original state. I\u2019m assuming some sort of retail or neighborhood grocery?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today the building\u2019s three units each have two bedrooms and one bathroom, with entry at street level. Each of the apartments will be vacant at the time of sale, per Lundsberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/atlanta.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2026-07\/4%20530%20Parkway%20Drive%20NE.jpg?itok=lhdQqjMD\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Courtesy of Andy Lundsberg, Bull Realty\/TCN Worldwide\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4 530 Parkway Drive NE.jpg\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nCourtesy of Andy Lundsberg, Bull Realty\/TCN Worldwide<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s a catch, per marketing materials, it\u2019s that the seller won\u2019t consider offers that are subject to rezoning. But the potential is there, per Lundsberg, for a conversion to light commercial or a live-work situation if zoning allows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The parking situation is on-street only, which could be a minus despite the walkable location, with Atlanta being Atlanta. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of, the location&#8217;s Walk Score (82) qualifies as \u201cvery walkable,\u201d and the Bike Score (85) is better, with the Transit Score (55) still landing at \u201cgood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swing up to the gallery for a closer look.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/atlanta.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2026-07\/7%20530%20Parkway%20Drive%20NE.png?itok=Z6j2Ok08\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Courtesy of Andy Lundsberg, Bull Realty\/TCN Worldwide\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7 530 Parkway Drive NE.png\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nCourtesy of Andy Lundsberg, Bull Realty\/TCN Worldwide<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on social media:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrbanizeATL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UrbanizeATL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\/and now:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urbanizeatlanta_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/atlanta.urbanize.city\/neighborhood\/old-fourth-ward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Old Fourth Ward news, discussion<\/a>\u00a0(Urbanize Atlanta)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An exercise in understated red brick and terracotta tiles, this subtly pretty old structure in Old Fourth Ward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-797048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}