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More than $100 million project starts near planned Chattanooga Lookouts ballpark

Contributed photo / A rendering shows a new apartment complex that is underway in the South Broad District as part of a more than $100 million project.
Contributed photo / A rendering shows a new apartment complex that is underway in the South Broad District as part of a more than $100 million project. Contributed photo / A rendering shows a new apartment complex that is underway in the South Broad District as part of a more than $100 million project.

By Mike Pare 3 min read


A second sprawling project in the South Broad area estimated at more than $100 million when finished is planned in close proximity to the proposed Chattanooga Lookouts stadium.

Hundreds of new apartments and townhouses are to go up on nine to 10 acres straddling West 26th Street just off Broad Street.

“The goal is to build a community,” Chattanooga developer Hiren Desai said Tuesday in an interview where work has kicked off on the first phase — a 63-unit, three-level apartment complex.

Called the Flats at Southside Gardens, the studio, one- and two-bedroom units are going up within walking distance of the proposed Lookouts ballpark. Stadium construction is expected to start soon at the former U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site.