A veterinary hospital is moving to the South Broad District to a site where plans also call for townhomes as the redeveloping Chattanooga neighborhood sees an array of new investment.
Veterinary Care and Specialty Group, currently located in St. Elmo, plans to build a new 24-hour animal hospital at 3201 Broad St. where a Long John Silver’s restaurant operated for many years, said Ben Berry of Berry Engineers.
While the nearly 15,000-square-foot animal hospital will face Broad Street, up to 11 townhomes will be raised in the rear of the tract toward St. Elmo Avenue, he said.
Berry said that Claudia Pullen, who is putting up a large-scale mixed-used project in St. Elmo, also is connected to the Broad Street location. Her husband, Dr. Billy Pullen, in 2016 opened Veterinary Care and Specialty Group.
Berry said the two projects are unrelated, though there was a concept of trying to incorporate the new animal hospital into the estimated $21 million St. Elmo development, which includes residential and commercial space and a parking garage.