The owners of the huge Alstom site in Chattanooga are pre-leasing space for a planned 8-story office building off West Main Street, which they’re looking to extend to the Tennessee River.
The development group that bought the 115-acre tract between Riverfront Parkway and the river near downtown are seeking to rezone about 75% of the property from its historic manufacturing to other uses. New plans show that the majority of the site, which the ownership group is tentatively calling “the Bend,” would hold commercial, office, residential, civic, entertainment and event space.
“We’re working with the city and mayor and trying to figure out the appropriate zoning of the site so the plans can come to fruition,” said Jimmy White, president of West End Property LLC.
He said work on the office building and Main Street extension is slated to start next year.
“We’ll work with the city to turn it into a public road,” said White about the artery that now stops at Riverfront Parkway.