Fidelity to move into vacated Midtown bank
Bank plans to open a new branch at the 3,700 square-foot building located at the corner of Monroe and Ponce de Leon sometime in 2013.
Fidelity to move into vacated Midtown bank
Fidelity Bank will move into the bank space located at 494 Ponce de Leon Avenue this year.
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The long-vacant bank space at the corner of Monroe Drive and Ponce de Leon Avenue will be back in the banking business in 2013.
An applicant representing Fidelty Bank filed a Special Administrative Permit (SAP) with the City of Atlanta on Thursday, and the bank plans to open a new branch at the 3,700 square-foot building sometime this year.
The building, located at 494 Ponce de Leon, was originally constructed in 1976 and sits on a 0.96-acre property that fronts both Monroe and Ponce. The property is zoned C-2 within the Atlanta BeltLine Overlay District.
The building was the former home of SouthTrust Bank.
John Henderson
3:17 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Wachovia did not relocate to the 999 Peachtree it always had a branch there. Before taking over First Union 999 Peachtree was First Unions headquarters. Wachovia closed down the location when they absorbed SouthTrust.
Hunt Archbold
4:13 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Thanks, John. We've corrected the copy and regret the error.
John Wolfinger
7:24 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
It will be great to have an on-site steward of this prominent piece of property again. Someone who will push CBS Outdoor Advertising to keep the MARTA shelter in front cleaned on a more regular basis. Keeping MARTA shelters cleaned is part of the contract CBS Advertising has with MARTA - this shelter probably needs to be cleaned daily to keep it presentable and usable for legitimate bus riders.
Steve Gower
3:30 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
I guess it's the next best thing to a full-scale redevelopment like the streetscape transformation shown at http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/community/transformations/downtown.asp (be sure to click on "next photo" to see the transformation)
Seriously, that will be an improvement for that prominent corner.
Steve Gower
4:16 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
And another example of what Ponce could become: http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/community/transformations/14thst.asp