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Nearly 400 new residential units approved by Chattanooga planning panel

Staff File Photo by Matt Hamilton / Finished homes sit next to homes under construction on Highborne Lane in Ooltewah this summer.
Staff File Photo by Matt Hamilton / Finished homes sit next to homes under construction on Highborne Lane in Ooltewah this summer. Staff File Photo by Matt Hamilton / Finished homes sit next to homes under construction on Highborne Lane in Ooltewah this summer.

By Mike Pare 3 min read

A Hamilton County planning panel on Monday approved nearly 400 new residential sites, with more than half of those in the hot East Brainerd market.

“It’s still an area people want to live and work,” said Mike Price of MAP Engineers, who represented a pair a developers in receiving the OK for a zoning change and special permit for the proposed projects.

Iron Horse Properties plans to put up 174 townhouses in the Pinewood Drive and Gunbarrel Road area and the proposal drew approval from the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission.

Price said the units could be rental or for sale, depending on market conditions.

He expects work to start in 2022 and it could take from two to two-and-a-half years to finish the project. The rezoning change and special permit needs to be approved by the Chattanooga City Council.