Former vehicle inspections site near the Tennessee River is on the market for $2.25 million
A tract near the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga's Westside that for many years held a vehicle inspection center is awaiting a new use.
A tract near the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga's Westside that for many years held a vehicle inspection center is awaiting a new use.
Complex to open in early 2024

A Chattanooga development group has an agreement to purchase the brick building downtown that for more than four decades has held the Sportsbarn fitness center on Market Street.

Kay Keefe said Tuesday the telephone has been "ringing off the hook," hearing from customers seeking help with burst and frozen water pipes sustained amid recent below-freezing temperatures in the area.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly calls himself "an old car guy," having grown up in the auto business and operating dealerships himself before running for political office.

With bids for a new Tyner Academy soaring over early estimates, some officials are wondering what high inflation and construction costs may mean for the planned Chattanooga Lookouts stadium.

Shares of five area shopping centers and a vacant tract of land, which were engulfed in an alleged Ponzi scheme by former Chattanooga Lookouts co-owner John J. Woods, may be sold for $2.7 million.

The planned ballpark for the Chattanooga Lookouts was cited by a conservative watchdog group Wednesday as an example of "stadium madness" in Tennessee.

Chattanooga planners have put off until early next year a proposal to rezone three motels that a group plans to convert into apartments to address the affordable housing problem.

Traffic, other worries expressed by neighbors
