Buehler’s Market is located at 429 Market St.The site of one of downtown Chattanooga’s oldest businesses has been sold for $1.6 million, but Buehler’s Market plans to continue to operate at the location, the store’s owner says.
Buehler’s owner Charles Morton said that despite his sale of the property, the grocery store that has continuously operated at 429 Market St. since 1965 won’t change.
“It’s business as usual,” he said about the store that caters to many low-income patrons in the downtown area and dates back 105 years in the city.
Morton, 70, who has owned the business since 1988, wouldn’t reveal the buyer of the property, which is only identified in a real estate transaction as 429 Market Gp.
“It has been my life for 52 years,” he said about the store that runs out of a one-story, 6,369-square-foot brick building next to the popular Jack’s Alley complex.