A high-profile building that has sat empty for years at one of downtown Chattanooga’s key gateways is slated to undergo a multimillion-dollar makeover into office space.
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.
“It’s a major undertaking,” said Todd Kimling, a project manager for Chattanooga-based Noon Development, which plans to buy the four-story structure built in 1929.
Kimling said the transformation is expected to start before the end of 2021 on the building, which for many years was part of an auto dealership and still holds a car ramp inside.
He said plans are for 60,000-square-feet of office space to be ready in mid-2022. Kimling said the development group has some “preliminary tenants.”