Ten hotel projects in downtown Chattanooga are either under construction or on the drawing board with news that more lodging is planned at a key gateway to the central city.
If all the hotels are built, that would represent nearly 900 more rooms added to the downtown market.
“People want options where they’re staying,” said Amy Donahue of the nonprofit downtown redevelopment group River City Co.
At Fourth and Chestnut streets just off U.S. Highway 27, River City has received four proposals to develop the parking lot adjacent to the AMC movie theater and all include a hotel piece, she said.
“The riverfront is a great opportunity, especially on that block, for a hotel,” said Donahue, director of marketing and communication for River City, which has a long-term lease on the three-quarter-acre parcel.