A Zaxby’s restaurant is in the works across from the Bass Pro Shop to be built near Interstate 75 at Camp Jordan in East Ridge.
But developer John Healy says the new restaurant and other developments will be added only after the Hamilton County Commission agrees to pitch in $1 million toward an estimated $3 million of road improvements at the site.
“If we don’t get the road, then it’s probably just going to be Bass Pro,” he said Friday.
Healy is developing “Jordan Crossing,” a 50-acre retail, restaurant and hotel project at Exit 1 on I-75 in partnership with commercial general contractor brothers Matt and Ethan Wood.
Shannon Brown signed a letter of intent to open a Zaxby’s restaurant across in East Ridge from the soon-to-get-under-construction Bass Pro Shop.
The Zaxby’s on Shallowford Road is shown after being remodeled.Shannon Brown, of Chattanooga-based JSB Holdings, who has built at least half a dozen Zaxby’s restaurants in the Chattanooga area, has signed a letter of intent to open one at Jordan Crossing, Healy said. And Thursday night, the East Ridge City Council voted to spend $1 million for road improvements at the development. The state also has agreed to contribute $1 million, Healy said. So Healy and the Woods brothers hope the county commission commits $1 million.