An Atlanta developer says he’s ready to start work on about $100 million in new apartments and retail space, including a grocery store, in the Waterside lifestyle center just north of Hamilton Place mall in East Brainerd.
But the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Planning Commission put off rezoning approval at the site for 30 days from last Monday, until planners receive more data about traffic related to the proposal on 62 acres at Gunbarrel and Shallowford roads.
Chattanooga City Councilman Larry Grohn listens to a presentation on the city’s wastewater infrastructure during an afternoon agenda session at the City Council building March 29, 2016, in Chattanooga.Jack Haylett, senior vice president of Branch Properties in Atlanta, said site work could begin late this year with the grocery store opening in spring 2018. He wouldn’t name the grocer, but said it’s already in the Chattanooga market.
The proposal calls for about 350,000 square feet of retail space and 20,000 square feet of new restaurants, including multiple “first to the market” retailers, said the developer.
Also, a three- and four-story, 300-unit apartment complex could start going up in mid-2017, said Haylett. The apartments would be “class A” units which the area doesn’t now hold, he added.