Dollar General planned for Market City Center in downtown Chattanooga

Staff photo by Dave Flessner / The city and county are moving to limit the property tax breaks previously granted to the Market City Center in the 700 block of Market Street after the facility changed 53 of its 125 apartment units to vacation rentals. / Staff photo by Dave Flessner Staff photo by Dave Flessner / The city and county are moving to limit the property tax breaks previously granted to the Market City Center in the 700 block of Market Street after the facility changed 53 of its 125 apartment units to vacation rentals. / Staff photo by Dave Flessner

By Mike Pare January 23, 2020 3 min read

A Dollar General store appears headed to Chattanooga’s central business district.

A lawyer for the developer of Market City Center on the 700 block of Market Street said Wednesday that plans are for the discount retailer to open a unit in the building.

Attorney Ron Feldman sought approval from the city’s Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board (HEB), which technically is the building’s owner because the mixed-use structure was awarded a property tax break.

Market City Center was the tallest building to go up in the heart of downtown Chattanooga since the 1970s when it opened in 2017.

The 10-story tower, a $30 million structure that holds 125 apartments along with retail and office, was seen as helping change that part of downtown, which has lagged the revival seen in other areas of the central city.