A Hamilton County judge on Friday ordered that a Chattanooga businessman receive the deed to the historic St. George Hotel site on the city’s Southside.
Circuit Court Judge Kyle Hedrick said in his ruling that the contracts that Donnie Hutcherson had with St. George LLC and Chattanoogan Marta Alder are enforceable.
“St. George unjustifiably breached them,” the judge said the ruling. “The right that Hutcherson stands to lose – the right to purchase a unique piece of real property – cannot be adequately remedied by money.”
Alder, who in 2013 bought the dilapidated and vacant 95-year-old building that sits across from the Chattanooga Choo Choo with plans for a new hotel, said she intends to appeal the ruling.
“I’m going to appeal this, of course,” she said. “Definitely this is not the end. It’s just not right.”