Downtown project brings 54 more apartments to Chattanooga

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 3/31/16. Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke speaks to Vyomesh (Vic) Desai during a ribbon cutting and open house event at The Clemons, a new 54 unit loft style apartment complex, located on the 700 block of Chestnut St in downtown Chattanooga. Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 3/31/16. Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke speaks to Vyomesh (Vic) Desai during a ribbon cutting and open house event at The Clemons, a new 54 unit loft style apartment complex, located on the 700 block of Chestnut St in downtown Chattanooga.

By Alex Green April 1, 2016 5 min read

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Clemons brings 54 apartments to downtown

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 3/31/16. The Clemons is a new 54 unit loft style apartment complex located on the 700 block of Chestnut St in downtown Chattanooga.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 3/31/16. Guests tour The Clemons, a new 54 unit loft style apartment complex, during an open house and ribbon cutting on Thursday, March 31, 2016. The new residence facility is located on the 700 block of Chestnut St in downtown Chattanooga.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 3/31/16. Kaia Moore, center, and Miriam Hamilton, right, tour The Clemons, a new 54 unit loft style apartment complex, during an open house and ribbon cutting on Thursday, March 31, 2016. The new residence facility is located on the 700 block of Chestnut St in downtown Chattanooga.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 3/31/16. Vyomesh (Vic) Desai speaks during a ribbon cutting and open house event at The Clemons, a new 54 unit loft style apartment complex, located on the 700 block of Chestnut St in downtown Chattanooga.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 3/31/16. Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke speaks during a ribbon cutting and open house event at The Clemons, a new 54 unit loft style apartment complex, located on the 700 block of Chestnut St in downtown Chattanooga.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 3/31/16. Officials gather for a ribbon cutting and open house at The Clemons, a new 54 unit loft style apartment complex, located on the 700 block of Chestnut St in downtown Chattanooga.

For more information

The Clemons offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units which range from 590-square-feet to 1,200-square-feet in size. Rents range from $1,075 to $1,800 a month.Visit www.theclemonschattanooga.com to view floor plans and schedule a visit, or call 423-763-1772.

The banging and buzzing of nearby construction and the sound of pouring rain provided the soundtrack Thursday morning for the official opening at The Clemons apartment building at the corner of Chestnut and Eighth streets in downtown Chattanooga.

In the 100-year-old brick building’s lobby, guests stood on tiptoes to watch as the project’s owners and developers – Vic Desai and Nirav Shah, two principals at ViaNova Development – cut a ceremonial red ribbon alongside County Commissioner Joe Graham and Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke.

The Clemons project was started in the fall of 2014, recently completed without public money, and came in under its $7.5 million budget, said developers. ViaNova rehabbed the old Clemons Bros. furniture manufacturing and sales building with 54 urban loft-style apartments.

Berke thanked ViaNova Development for investing in the development, and the city, during Thursday’s events.