Technology incubator space is expected to go into the latest building that Lamp Post Properties is buying in downtown Chattanooga.
The group plans to purchase Hamilton County’s Mayfield Annex building at East Seventh and Walnut streets and spend nearly $3 million to renovate the 108-year-old structure, said company President Tiffanie Robinson.
Lamp Post footprint
Lamp Post has an interest in or owns outright five downtown buildings and holds about 150,000 square feet of space: Lovemans Building, Market and Eighth streets Cornerstone Building, 835 Georgia Ave. Tomorrow Building, Georgia Avenue and Patten Parkway Cherry Street Buildings, 715 and 717 Cherry St. Mayfield Annex, Walnut and Seventh streets Source: Lamp Post
Staff photo by Doug StricklandMayfield Annex“It’s such a cool building,” said Robinson, whose entity is backed by Chattanooga venture incubator Lamp Post Group. “We’re excited to put life back into it.”
The office building is the fifth structure in which Lamp Post will have an interest or owns outright, giving the group about 150,000 square feet of space downtown and inside the city’s Innovation District.