A planned Broad Street hotel in downtown Chattanooga on Thursday won the OK to go five stories high, with officials saying the prominent corner deserves the heft.
“It’s a valuable entry point to the city,” said David Hudson, a member of a downtown zoning committee that approved a request to build five instead of four levels at Broad and Main streets.
Mitch Patel, CEO of hotel developer Vision Hospitality Group, told the panel one reason for the added level is to place parking on the hotel’s second story.
At an earlier community meeting, people said they didn’t want the 1400 Broad St. hotel’s users to take up parking spaces in the neighborhood, according to Patel.