An architect’s rendering of the new orthopedic and sports medicine clinic to open on Battlefield Parkway in a public-private commercial development code-named “Project Jump.”The Costco warehouse store, the Cabela’s outdoor megastore and a Hobby Lobby craft store-anchored shopping center in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., were joint projects between developer Larry Armour and the Catoosa County Economic Development Authority.
Now, that private-public partnership has announced its latest project has its first tenant: The Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, a Chattanooga-based medical practice with offices in Chattanooga, Cleveland, Hixson and Sequatchie County.
The Center for Sports Medicine will open its newest, 13,000-square-foot facility in what was code-named “Project Jump.” It’s a 20-acre commercial development that Armour, the county and the city of Ringgold are developing on Battlefield Parkway across from Battlefield Imaging about two miles west of Interstate 75.
“This is a good start for us,” said Armour, owner of Armour Commercial Real Estate. “If you ever talk to anybody who’s had knee surgery, they are the people to do it. They also do therapy. Break an ankle? They’re the guys. Break a wrist? They’re the guys.”
Armour will construct the building and lease it to the Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, which will offer what it calls an “extensive” physical therapy department, digital imaging and a clinical area with room for four physicians. The center will offer same-day appointments for orthopedic-related injuries and needs.