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Indians make their mark on the Scenic City’s business community [photos]

Vision Hospitality Group chief Mitch Patel points out features The Edwin Hotel will include Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at street level of the site for the hotel in Chattanooga, Tenn. The cost of the 90-room boutique hotel was estimated to come in at about $27 million, or $300,000 per unit.
Vision Hospitality Group chief Mitch Patel points out features The Edwin Hotel will include Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at street level of the site for the hotel in Chattanooga, Tenn. The cost of the 90-room boutique hotel was estimated to come in at about $27 million, or $300,000 per unit. Vision Hospitality Group chief Mitch Patel points out features The Edwin Hotel will include Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at street level of the site for the hotel in Chattanooga, Tenn. The cost of the 90-room boutique hotel was estimated to come in at about $27 million, or $300,000 per unit.

By Tim Omarzu 8 min read

Double-Cola is Chattanooga’s home-grown soft drink.

One of downtown’s newest hotels is the seven-story Holiday Inn and Suites with a Rodizio Grill Brazilian steakhouse on the ground floor.

And a Paisano’s Pizza just opened near Hamilton Place mall.

What do these businesses have in common?

They’re owned by people from India, or second- or third-generation immigrants from that ancient land of 1.3 billion people.