Rebirth of Downtown Chattanooga (2006 and on)

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Cameron Harbor continues to add residential units... 40 new condos near the recently added SpringHill Suites on the river. 

Each one will have:

1. 3 Levels

2. Garage parking

3. Some units will front Riverfront Parkway

4. Most units will have 2 br and 3 ba and have 2348 s.f. 

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2020/dec/14/40-new-riverfront-residences-planned-chattano/537842/

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Timely and topical is an article about The Bend in the Business section of the TFP https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2021/feb/27/bend-prepping-new-housing-manufacturing-offic/542278/

More details on the project:

Development of street grid is underway, including additions to the Chattanooga Riverpark "Riverwalk" 

Businesses added since 2018, when USV bought the Alstom site have brought 500 jobs to The Bend, more than the number who worked there when GE Power owned the Alstom manufacturing site 

Planning underway for 130 residential units on the river

8-story office tower (Riverfront Medical Center at The Bend) about to start near Main St portion of The Bend and a 20-story building envisioned as new HQ offices for relocated company (more to be released soon)

Discussions underway with businesses to bring 1500 (new to Chattanooga) jobs to the development  

Micronics Engineered Filtration moved its HQ from New Hampshire with 150 jobs

Build-out projections are for $2-3 billion in investments and up to 5000 jobs and will include canals, foodhall, music venue, brewpub and 'workforce' housing

And the website of Urban Story Ventures with a video posted here last year  https://www.urbanstoryventures.com/project/chattanooga-commercial-property-near-me

 

Edited February 28, 2021 by MLBrumby

[KJHburg]

I walked about 20+  blocks from the river where I parked by the aquarium up to MLK and back and lunch at Puckett's.  Here are my photos of various buildings and love all the historic buildings you have kept,  the parking garage with the climbing wall is a great idea and even lining the ugly parking garage on Chestnut I think with retail really brighten up that street.  Keep your historic building and keep infilling apartments and housing into your downtown.  Really think it is pretty vibrant for the size of the city.   Converting that historic high rise into apartments looked great. (the Maclellan) 

lots of photos ahead LOL  Glad I was able to walk around on this nice day last time I was in the area it was raining. 

[MLBrumby]

Great photos of our humble little city in the valley.  Looks like you had a nice walk through town. I read your comments on the truck traffic up I-24 and sympathize. Over the past couple decades, TDOT has fallen behind in upgrading the Interstate system throughout the state to keep up with growth. They're hampered by state law that prohibits them from issuing debt.  It's nearly all funded by fuel taxes.  Plus when it comes to big state-funded projects, the state house often reflects the three 'grand divisions' instead of a unified legislative body.   That means the 'wealth' is spread around geographically, as opposed to directly addressing the highest growth areas. Many would even say that rural interests are overrepresented in a rapidly urbanizing state. The IMPROVE act of a few years ago was supposed to jumpstart a lot of delayed road projects, but so far we've seen scant evidence of any faster movement on them.  And it seems that TDOT projects spend at least a decade in the planning stages. 

Since we've discovered Zoom in our office, I look for any excuse not to drive to Nashville anymore. Georgia on the other hand has done a far better job on their highways.  Driving south to Atlanta, even through Cobb traffic seems like a breeze compared to going to Nashville.  I-75 to Knoxville is not much better now. 

[KJHburg]

That is a shame and I think it might start affecting your ability to attract manufacturers and so forth that rely on trucks.  NC can and does issue bonds, has toll road authorities and reorganized the DOT to fund the rapidly growing urban areas like Charlotte and Raleigh Durham.  Tennessee seems to have many interstates that share the same road like I-24/40/65 in Nashville which at one point are one highway.  75/40 in Knoxville.   Chattanooga is junction of 75. 24. 59 all coming together at once.   

Chattanooga is a great city with lots of potential.  Start pitching it as less congested than both Nashville or Atlanta but quick to either one.  

[downtownresident]

Great pictures @KJHburg! I had a wonderful time in Chattanooga. Chatt plays like a bigger city, especially on Market street headed toward the south side. 

 

[bnacincy]

I normally can't stand parking garages above grade but the Chestnut Street garage is actually pretty decent-the street level retail helps a lot and the garage itself has some nice design to it-I like it better than some of the new above ground garages that are being built in Nashville for the condo towers.

[Titans10]

[Titans10]

The Bend Development At Alstom Site To Include 5-Level Parking Garage, 10-Story Office Building
 

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2021/9/9/434455/The-Bend-Development-At-Alstom-Site.aspx

The Bend development at the Alstom site will include a five-level parking garage in addition to a nearby 10-story office building, according to plans submitted to the Form Based Code Committee.

The garage will be able to serve 67 vehicles on the ground level and 177 on each of the five raised levels.

Plans show a sleek new 10-story office building nearby.

It is shown at the end of a canal that is planned at the ambitious project.

The latest plans also show a future medical office building, a future mixed-use building and a future office building.

 

[Titans10]

Redevelopment continues in Downtown!! "The John Ross Building, which borders Fourth Street and runs between Market and Broad streets, will shed its no-window look to become modern offices, officials said Thursday." - @TimesFreePress 

Continue reading: buff.ly/3DEWZME
 

 

[MLBrumby]

Will be very nice to see this building opened up again. Sitting right in the heart of the tourist area, it's an eyesore right now. 

Here's a bit more information on the John Ross Building renovation and reuse as an office building from the TFP:  https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2021/oct/19/chattanoogas-steam-logistics-creating-400-jobs-shifting-headquarters-historic-john-ross-building/556361/

Chattanooga-based Steam Logistics will create 400 jobs in a nearly $7 million expansion into the historic John Ross Building downtown where the company will shift its headquarters, officials said Tuesday.  The third-party logistics company founded in 2012 will expand to the Fourth and Broad street building next door to its existing offices where it plans to more than double its workforce, said Steam Chief Executive Jason Provonsha.

Edited October 20, 2021 by MLBrumby

[Titans10]

 

$40 million Hilton planned for Chattanooga Bank Building

 

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesfreepress.com%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Faroundregion%2Fstory%2F2022%2Fjan%2F13%2F40-millihiltplanned-chattanoogbank-building%2F561402%2F

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Work starts on 271 apartments on Chattanooga’s North Shore

Manufacturers Road project in excess of $50 million

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/nov/05/work-starts-on-271-apartments-on-chattanoogas/

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Food City starts work on Kimball store; groundbreaking on downtown Chattanooga unit set for this month

November 2, 2022 at 9:00 p.m.

In Chattanooga's Southside, Food City has won approval from planners to build a supermarket, townhomes and other commercial space.

Food City's plan calls for a 50,000-square-foot grocery store at Broad and 13th streets. Also, six two-story townhomes will go on 13th Street with that look carrying onto Broad Street and wrapping the store. On Broad, plans are to have about 16,000 square feet of retail, office or apartment space, according to the company.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/nov/02/food-city-starts-work-on-kimball-store/

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Southside Square to bring 58 more townhomes near downtown Chattanooga

RP Homes is building a 58-unit townhome development known as Southside Square along 20th Street between Read and Mitchell avenues.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/oct/25/townhome-development-takes-shape-on-the-southside/

Location on map: https://goo.gl/maps/xuCw2sXi8s2jUkV2A

Edited November 14, 2022 by MLBrumby

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Apartments, retail, offices planned for downtown Chattanooga's Southside

$12.5 million project would include some existing shotgun houses

October 20, 2022 at 4:48 p.m.

A developer is planning a new apartment complex on Chattanooga's Southside and proposing to reuse nearby shotgun houses dating to the city's foundry era for added retail space, offices or rental dwellings.

The $12.5 million project at 420 E. 16th St. would hold a four-story, 38-unit apartment building, Chattanooga developer Kevin Boehm said.

Some of the shotgun houses on the street will come down to make way for the apartment building, he said. But opposite the proposed apartment complex and just a block from East Main Street, seven of the houses are to remain, Boehm said in a telephone interview.

The houses, each about 700 square feet in size, could hold retail space, Boehm said. He said that side of East 16th Street would have visibility from Main Street.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/oct/20/apartments-retail-offices-planned-for-downtowns/

Edited November 14, 2022 by MLBrumby

[MLBrumby]

Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel, gardens, rail cars to see $10 million revamp

October 31, 2022 at 3:54 p.m.

Rendering by Trestle Studio / A rendering shows how the hotel at the Chattanooga Choo Choo will look after it and nearby gardens receive an extensive restoration, officials said.

The historic Chattanooga Choo Choo's hotel and gardens will undergo a more than $10 million restoration, with the effort to include the iconic Pullman train cars, officials said Monday.

Trestle Studio, a Chicago-based developer with a track record of transforming vintage properties in the United States and Europe, is overseeing the renovation at the attraction on downtown's Southside.

"Trestle has an extensive record of restoring historic buildings into leading lifestyle hotels and destinations," said company founder Jake Lamstein in an email.

The renovated hotel will hold 102 rooms in the original building along with 25 Pullman train car rooms, he said. The current building now operates just 75 rooms.

"Currently there are zero train car rooms in utilization," Lamstein said. "All are dilapidated and have been out of service for years."

When finished in mid-2023, he said the hotel will be positioned in the market as "upscale lifestyle."

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/oct/31/chattanooga-choo-choo-hotel-gardens-rail-cars-to/

 

 

[MidTenn1]

 

EDIT; Memphis has the only Caption brand completed. No others have begun construction.

Chattanooga is to get a HYATT brand Caption Hotel. If it breaks ground soon and opens to customers quickly, it will be only the third Caption Hotel in the world after Shanghai and Osaka. That's some very impressive company. There will soon after, be Caption hotels in Nashville and Memphis. It will have a rooftop amenity.

From the Chattanooga Free Press (it's not free).

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Downtown Chattanooga’s trendy Southside will hold the city’s first Hyatt hotel as a developer plans a five-level, 123-room location near the key Main and Market streets corner. A nearly new brand called the Caption by Hyatt will go up at 105 W. Main St. if the proposed $30 million project receives city approval next month, said Hiren Desai, chief executive of Chattanooga-based 3H Group Inc.

Desai said the planned downtown lodging will be only the second or third Caption site worldwide.

And a couple of slides by me.

 

It will be in the trendy Southside District (and yes, it is a very nice district)

 

Edited December 2, 2022 by MidTenn1

[MidTenn1]

Congress has approved funding for a new Federal Courthouse in Chattanooga.  From the GSA website (lost the link, will add it later)

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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) received authorization from Congress in the amount of $218,000,000 for the site acquisition, design and construction of a new 186,000-square-foot federal courthouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The courthouse, once completed, will consist of seven (7) courtrooms, nine (9) chambers, and 39 inside secure parking spaces. The facility will also provide space for the District Clerk, U.S. Probation Office, Bankruptcy Clerk, United States Marshals Services, United States Attorney’s Office, Federal Public Defender and the General Services Administration.

Three sites have been identified as possible locations for the building;

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After issuing a Request for Expressions of Interest seeking potential sites and conducting initial due diligence including site visits, GSA has identified three sites for further analysis. Ordered from north to south, the sites are:

A portion of (specific size and location to be determined) 201, 203, 205, and 301 Power Alley.

The property bounded by Lindsay St on the west, E. 8th St on the north, Houston St on the east, and extending south to (and including) 814 Lindsay St.

A portion of (specific size and location to be determined) the property bounded by W. 11th St on the north, Market St on the east, W. 12th St on the south, and Chestnut St on the west.

The current ballpark site would be an awesome location for an architectural icon. (Like Nashville).

Some comparisons to recent completed and proposed Federal Courthouses of similar size, cost and scope. All numbers are from the GSA website.

 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by MidTenn1

[smeagolsfree]

Keep the post coming. What we need now is some new young blood posting here. Thanks to Wes in Knoxville & Scott & Pete here we have some great posters, we just need some followers.LOL

[MidTenn1]

The Southern Spear Properties are promoting on their website, the rehab of a 9 story building built in 1915 to contain 46 condos which can also be used as short-term vacation rentals. My card with renderings from the 'Spear' website.

 

The Chattanooga Free Press had an article a few days ago. A few of the bullet points.....

• No start of construction date for the $22 million project was revealed.
• Their hope is to remove the current metal cladding and reveal the original stone facade.
• Condos will range in price from $220,000 to $550,000 with the full floor penthouse likely going for $2,700,000.
• Pre-sales are nearing 50%.
• Valet parking will be provided.

 

Edited March 2, 2023 by MidTenn1

[smeagolsfree]

That is the tower Tyler Cauble was going to rehab. I see where he sold it for a nice profit.

Historic Park Hotel That Is Being Developed For Downtown Condos Sells For $4.5 Million - Chattanoogan.com

He bought is for 1.8 million.

 

 

From the Nashville Post:

Cauble buys in Chattanooga

Nashville-based real estate investor and developer Tyler Cauble has acquired a downtown Chattanooga building for $1.8 million.

 

Cauble, founder of locally based The Cauble Group and Parasol Management, and a group of unnamed investors now own Newell Tower. The 41,000-square-foot nine-story office building (there is also a second three-story structure that is used as an annex) in Chattanooga's Innovation District was originally called Park Hotel. Constructed in 1915, Newell Tower sits at 111 E. Seventh St.

Hamilton County bought and renovated in the late 1980s before selling it for about $1.5 million in 2020.

"I've been trying to find the right opportunity in Chattanooga for years and we finally sourced the right deal off-market," Cauble said. "The city has so much going for it and is a strong place for urban real estate investment."

[MidTenn1]

The city of Chattanooga is looking for recommendations for improving two important properties in the downtown area as needed to accommodate the rapid growth the city is experiencing. One is Hawk Hill where the current minor league ballpark is located. The other is the current convention center where the city will hire a marketing firm to determine if additional space or maybe a new convention center is a better option.

First, about the Hawk Hill location; The River City Company had a survey to ask citizens how they think the property would best be used. My recommendation was to request proposals from developers who might want to build on the property. The request as I suggested would include requirements that a 20+ story residential building, a low-rise short term rental building, a large park-like area for gatherings and viewing the skyline and a 2,000-seat performance hall. I did this about three weeks ago.

Hawk Hill;

The current 312,000 sf convention center will be examined by the CSL consulting firm to determine which direction the city should go regarding expansion or a new building.

 

And then there was this.... from today in the Chattanooga Free Press (not free!) ...bold type by me...

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Music needs

In addition to its study on the trade center, CSL will also conduct a music venue needs assessment for Chattanooga, White told the County Commission.

Chattanooga has about 75 locations of varying sizes offering live music at different times, but only three of those venues have the capacity for more than 2,000 people -- the McKenzie Arena at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Memorial Auditorium and Finley Stadium -- and none of them were specifically built to host live music.

I am taking full credit for this until someone who knows tells me different.

 

[MidTenn1]

I found this information and rendering on the architect's web site. I'll check on the status. It's beautiful. It needs to be another 10 floors.

 

Edited March 19, 2023 by MidTenn1
Architect's website, not developer's

[MLBrumby]

Thanks.  I had not seen this one! That parking lot is not the worst in town as it's shaded by trees and isn't the complete block; however always great to replace asphalt with more buildings. I really wish the site of the old EPB building on Market would get a replacement tower... that's such a huge gap downtown. Shame on Provident for letting it sit for so long.