Christian Scharf sits at the bar as he drinks coffee Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at newly opened Revelator Coffee Co. in Chattanooga, Tenn. The coffee shop opened on the ground floor of the Nautilus Building at the corner of Frazier Avenue and Market Street.One of North Chattanooga’s anchor buildings has added apartments and a new coffee shop to the trendy North Shore.
The Nautilus Building, the 1940s structure located at the high-profile intersection of Frazier Avenue and North Market Street, has been revamped to include nine apartments and a Birmingham-based coffee company.
As part of the $1.6 million purchase and renovation of the three-story structure, Revelator Coffee opened a shop earlier this week in remodeled space on the ground floor facing Frazier.
Marcus Lyons of Bluestar Properties said the apartments leased up quickly with rents ranging from $1,275 to $1,700 a month for one- and two-bedroom units. He cited the building’s location at one of the gateways to the city center as well as the apartments’ amenities such as 14-foot ceilings, hardwood floors and granite counter tops.
“That’s a fun little building,” Lyons said.