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Repurposed: Old industrial buildings find new life in Chattanooga

Yellow tape cordons off an area for a stairway inside the old Fleetwood Coffee building at the corner of King Street and East 11th in downtown Chattanooga. The five story structure was erected in 1906.

T.U. Parks Construction supervisor Mike Conner, right, looks down from the fifth floor where a new stairway will be constructed inside the former Fleetwood Coffee building at the corner of King Street and East 11th in downtown Chattanooga. The five story structure was erected in 1906.

Five stories above the 300 block of East 11th Street, Gerald McCormick looks at the view from a large apartment window inside the former Fleetwood Coffee building at King Street. The five story structure was erected in 1906. T.U. Parks Construction supervisor Mike Conner is seen, at right.

Gerald McCormick, a Principle with McCormick & Company Commercial Real Estate, talks about the renovation of the former Fleetwood Coffee building Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at the corner of King Street and East 11th in downtown Chattanooga. The five story structure was erected in 1906.

T.U. Parks Construction supervisor Mike Conner, left, looks at plans for apartments on the fifth floor with Gerald McCormick, a Principle with McCormick & Company Commercial Real Estate, inside the former Fleetwood Coffee building at the corner of King Street and East 11th in downtown Chattanooga. The five story structure was erected in 1906.

Gerald McCormick, right, a Principle with McCormick & Company Commercial Real Estate, talks with T.U. Parks Construction supervisor Mike Conner about the progress of renovation to the former Fleetwood Coffee building at the corner of King Street and East 11th in downtown Chattanooga. The men were on the first floor of the five story structure that was erected in 1906.

Gerald McCormick, left, a Principle with McCormick & Company Commercial Real Estate, and T.U. Parks Construction supervisor Mike Conner survey the fifth floor renovation progress of the former Fleetwood Coffee building at the corner of King Street and East 11th in downtown Chattanooga. The five story structure was erected in 1906.

Old and new wood are exposed as construction continues inside the former Fleetwood Coffee building at the corner of King Street and East 11th in downtown Chattanooga. The five story structure was erected in 1906. This photo was taken July 1, 2015.

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