New homes in fast-growing Ooltewah-Collegedale area eyed

Staff file photo / A worker adds siding to a home under construction in Ooltewah, which is one of the fastest-growing areas in Hamilton County. Staff file photo / A worker adds siding to a home under construction in Ooltewah, which is one of the fastest-growing areas in Hamilton County.

By Mike Pare March 8, 2021 3 min read

The fast-growing area northeast of Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant was targeted Monday by a pair of developers aiming to put up new residences, but a planning panel approved just one request.

A Knoxville developer, Turner Homes, received the OK for 50 single-family homes and more than 60 townhouses at 6725 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road.

But the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission deferred another development not far away at 7038 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road where 117 new townhouses would have been built.

Stefan Claar, Turner Homes’ director of development, said the proposed project on a 27-acre vacant tract came in conjunction with a church going up nearby on the site.

All of the residences are slated for sale and not for rent, he said.