Chattanooga Area News

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First buildings to rise at the former Alstom site, now named The Bend. Due to the size and scope of this development site a dedicated thread will be created for this one.

From the TFP: 

Two Medical Office Buildings:  https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/jun/11/old-alstom-site/525121/

Eight story 'tower' with nearly 200,000 s.f.:  https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/jun/16/leasing-starts-alstom-site/525459/

Background info from November 2019, including details about a proposed 20-story tower:  https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2019/nov/11/20-story-landmark-tower-could-go-alstom-site/507966/

 

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This makes me sad. Nikki's is an old style diner that served up the usual 'greasy spoon' fare. Onion rings were the best in town. The owner (son of the founder) went to Duke, but he's in his late 70s now and ready to retire.  Only ate there about 3-4 times a year, but it was always a time capsule. A shame to lose  it.

[BnaBreaker]

On 8/13/2020 at 3:16 PM, MLBrumby said:

This makes me sad. Nikki's is an old style diner that served up the usual 'greasy spoon' fare. Onion rings were the best in town. The owner (son of the founder) went to Duke, but he's in his late 70s now and ready to retire.  Only ate there about 3-4 times a year, but it was always a time capsule. A shame to lose  it.

That is sad news indeed... at least we still have Zarzour's!

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In the Hamilton Place (Mall) area, a 4.55 acre parcel, containing a 48-year-old Presbyterian congregation has sold or $5.55M to DDC Hotels for a new 200-room Drury Plaza hotel (sound similar but about 1/3 smaller to the one at the Cool Springs Galleria in Franklin). This site is right at the ramp at the NE corner of Shallowford and I-75, in front of the Waterside development. 

No rendering released yet.

 https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/sep/02/drury-hotel-lands-long-sought-rezoning-near-chattanooga-mall/531396/ 

Edited September 4, 2020 by MLBrumby

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I'll start here to chronicle how much of a building boom Chattanooga is seeing in the close-in residential neighborhoods. Here's Red Bank, which has been a quasi-rural oasis only two miles north of the center. More density in three new developments. 

Five Thousand Acres - 68 single and townhome planned unit development

North Point Ridge - 69 home development is completed and full (started in 2016) https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/community/story/2016/may/11/red-bank-approves-new-development-stringers-r/365028/

Northtowne - 137 home planned development to start in 2021 just outside of Red Bank on Dayton Pike (in Hixson) https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2017/oct/03/137-new-homes-planned-daytboulevard-site/452374/

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/sep/02/greentech-plans-new-development-red-bank/531392/

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Noon Development Co. plans to break ground this fall on a 25,500-square-foot medical office building. The two-level structure, which could grow larger by nearly 50% depending on demand, will be the first new building to go into the former Alstom site on Riverfront Parkway near the central city.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/aug/15/chattanoogas-noon-development-keeps-medical-focus-newest-project-riverfront-parkway/529810/?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles

Edited September 4, 2020 by MLBrumby

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Legacybox doubles HQ space and hires 125 additional employees this year. 

Legacybox is located just east of downtown on Holtzclaw Avenue, in an area that was recently considered depressed, but has sprung back to life. 

Legacybox has also added 125 employees this year, bringing its workforce to more than 300. The company has served nearly 1 million customers, and has seen steady growth during the pandemic as people stuck at home clean out attics and closets and convert old family photos and films to new media.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/aug/27/chattanooga-based-legacybox-doubles-space/530982/

Macco and Boeselager officially founded their original media conversion company, Southtree, in 2009, though the business began in 2006 when they were college students at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, transferring VCR tapes to DVDs in their garage.

Edited September 4, 2020 by MLBrumby

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Chattanooga in the running for Top Adventure Town in magazine's 10th annual contest

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/aug/25/chattanooga-running-top-adventure-town/530768/

Edited September 4, 2020 by MLBrumby

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Trident doubling jobs, adds offices on Chattanooga's North Shore

A fast-growing, Chattanooga-based freight brokerage company plans to double its employee headcount to over 200 by year's end, and it's expanding its office footprint to the North Shore. Trident Transport, cited as the fastest-growing private company in Chattanooga on the 2020 Inc. 5000 list, has invested heavily in technology to aid its expansion, said Chief Commercial Officer Carter Garrett.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/aug/21/trident-doubling-jobs-adds-offices-chattanoog/530491/

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On 9/4/2020 at 1:30 PM, MLBrumby said:

I'll start here to chronicle how much of a building boom Chattanooga is seeing in the close-in residential neighborhoods. Here's Red Bank, which has been a quasi-rural oasis only two miles north of the center. More density in three new developments. 

Five Thousand Acres - 68 single and townhome planned unit development

North Point Ridge - 69 home development is completed and full (started in 2016) https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/community/story/2016/may/11/red-bank-approves-new-development-stringers-r/365028/

Northtowne - 137 home planned development to start in 2021 just outside of Red Bank on Dayton Pike (in Hixson) https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2017/oct/03/137-new-homes-planned-daytboulevard-site/452374/

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/sep/02/greentech-plans-new-development-red-bank/531392/

Would you say Chattanooga is growing at about the same clip as Nashville or no?

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Hundreds more houses approved by Chat/HamCo planning commission. The county is booming in residential growth.  

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/nov/09/chattanooga-planning-panel-oks-pair-big-projects/535757/

Riverton in Lupton City

Riverton, a potential $300 million residential and commercial project in North Chattanooga, won changes to suit a new master plan for the parcel that was bought last year by local developer John "Thunder" Thornton's Thunder Enterprises.

Finally! A TJ's for Chattanooga. 

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/nov/06/trader-joes-eyes-gunbarrel-road-site-chattanooga-store/535561/

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Cleveland, Tennessee, lands $114 million auto parts plant, 197 jobs

Southeast Tennessee's growing auto sector has landed a supplier that plans to hire nearly 200 workers and invest $114 million as the first company in Cleveland's newest industrial park.

Cannon Automotive Solutions of Bowling Green, Kentucky, a maker of metal auto parts, expects to have its plant start production next year and fully operating in 2022.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/oct/27/cleveland-lands-auto-plant/534908/

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Construction for Apison Pike phase 3 expansion in Collegedale is well underway now. Two large hills adjacent to Southern Adventist University have been stripped of trees in preparation for massive structures to elevate the new Apison Pike to cross over Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks and Wolftever Creek Greenway.  https://www.tn.gov/tdot/projects/region-2/apison-pike-sr-321-to-layton-ln.html

Video of the project:  https://youtu.be/zNa9-q8rGN0

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/community/story/2019/may/01/apispike-project-will-move-forward-2020/493539/

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Apartments finishing up above Cherokee Blvd in North Chatt

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240 new jobs coming to Chattanooga!

https://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItems/2-5-2021/sese-industrial-services-axle-manufacturing-chattanooga-tennessee.shtml

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Newel Tower (Old Park Hotel) Bought by Investor/Developer Tyler Cauble.

Tyler does good work however it remains unclear if he is going to update the exterior to its original grandeur.

Micro units planned!

We Bought A Tower // Why I'm ALL IN on Chattanooga, TN - YouTube

 

Remember, Urban Planet broke the news first!

[jmtunafish]

On 2/11/2021 at 11:03 AM, smeagolsfree said:

Newel Tower (Old Park Hotel) Bought by Investor/Developer Tyler Cauble.

Tyler does good work however it remains unclear if he is going to update the exterior to its original grandeur.

Micro units planned!

We Bought A Tower // Why I'm ALL IN on Chattanooga, TN - YouTube

 

Remember, Urban Planet broke the news first!

Definitely good news!  I like the view from some of the units.

And I sure do hope they'll remove the 1970s cladding and restore the exterior to its original glory:

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New Law Enforcement Training Center Slated For Tract On Amnicola Highway Across From Lake Junior

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2021/3/12/424818/New-Law-Enforcement-Training-Center.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

The wooded site near Highway 153 has long been owned by TVA.

The City Council on March 23 is to consider a resolution for the city to pay TVA up to $100,000 for administrative costs of TVA transferring the property to the city and county.

The resolution refers to "the pending acquisition" of the property.

The current police firing range is on Moccasin Bend.....

 

I’m glad to get this off Moccasin Bend so the National Park and be built out and completed but I don’t know if this is the best location.... I guess the price was right. 

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$15 million project proposed on Chattanooga's North Shore with apartments, offices
 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/15-million-project-proposed-chattanoogas-050100048.html

Mar. 12—A developer is planning new apartments, offices and possible retail space in the heart of Chattanooga's North Shore in a $15 million project.

The former long-time Chattanooga Printing and Engraving Building at 110 Somerville Ave. would hold office space and a three-level addition for 21 apartments, said Matt McGauley, president of developer Fidelity Trust Co.

Haven’t seen this picture posted before either but development plans for St. Elmo  I haven’t heard much about this in awhile  

 

 

 

 

Also there are rumors or an urban Target off of Main St. on the Southside. 

Edited March 25, 2021 by Titans10

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This lot on Manufacturers Rd is up for rezoning soon to UGC, I’ve seen core drilling on site. I’m a bit curious what is going on here. 

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and the answer to the question above

An Atlanta group is proposing a new 300-unit apartment complex on a vacant waterfront tract off Manufacturers Road and adjacent to downtown Chattanooga's burgeoning North Shore.

 

https://outline.com/s6W5SJ

 

Edited May 6, 2021 by Titans10

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Reservations Being Taken For New 6-Story Luxury Condo Tower At Site Of Fehn's Restaurant
https://www.chattanoogan.com/2021/6/9/429684/Reservations-Being-Taken-For-New.aspx

Reservations are being taken for a new six-story, 48-unit luxury condominium complex on the Northshore.

It will be at the site of the old Fehn's Restaurant at 600 River St. by the Veterans Bridge on the Northshore.