Chattanooga Bank Building one of about half dozen planned downtown hotels
A developer is crafting plans and using a state grant to help rehab the old Chattanooga Bank Building downtown, one of about a half dozen proposed hotels in th…
Stories by Mike Pare
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Ex-Chattanooga Lookouts investor Woods pleads guilty to wire fraud
Former Chattanooga businessman John J. Woods on Thursday pleaded guilty to one felony count of wire fraud, even as his attorney and a federal prosecutor sparre…
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Office center planned in fast-growing Collegedale area of Hamilton County
Amid an array of new housing, more commercial space is headed to the Collegedale area as a developer plans to put up a pair of buildings to meet needs of resid…
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Crown Subaru to spend $14 million on new Chattanooga home
Crown Subaru is shifting its Chattanooga dealership from downtown to a high-profile Interstate 75 location, where it will grow its footprint as it plans to gea…
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Affordable housing for older adults proposed in $20 million Chattanooga project
New affordable housing for older adults may be on the way for Chattanooga as a church looks to partner with a local nonprofit and an Atlanta venture in an at l…
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Flatiron revamp fills need for downtown Chattanooga housing, officials say
Moving into Chattanooga's Flatiron Building will be like living in history, says a real estate broker about the 112-year-old landmark that's undergoing a multi…
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VW Chattanooga electric vehicle assembly sparks workforce training
Erica Bell said she came from Martin, Tennessee, this week for a firsthand look at Chattanooga's Volkswagen Academy, which showed off a pair of educational ini…
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Chattanooga manufacturer Steward Advanced Materials plans $20 million expansion
One of Chattanooga's oldest companies is planning to sharply grow its manufacturing footprint and bolster the size of its workforce as it brings back technolog…
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Former Chattanooga Lookouts investor John Woods charged with felony in alleged Ponzi scheme
Former Chattanooga businessman John J. Woods was charged with one felony count of wire fraud stemming from an alleged Ponzi scheme in which federal regulators …
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Volkswagen plans to make major investment in electric vehicles, grow in North America
Volkswagen Group plans to invest $193 billion over the next five years, with more than two-thirds earmarked for electric vehicles and software as the automaker…
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Chattanooga readying for possible biggest-ever planning effort to address growth, traffic
Chattanooga's top planner said Monday that officials are readying to kick off "probably the largest planning process we've ever undertaken at one time" as the …
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Chattanooga-based Unum Group marks 175 years as insurance powerhouse
Insurer Unum Group on Friday marked 175 years in business as some employees bagged about 1,000 snack packs for food-needy children in the lobby of its downtown…
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Chattanooga Lookouts stadium groundbreaking likely to slide at least into late summer
Groundbreaking for the proposed new Chattanooga Lookouts ballpark likely won't happen next month but now looks around late summer as officials deal with the ea…
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545 apartments planned on Chattanooga’s riverfront near downtown
A tract of land along the Tennessee River just outside downtown Chattanooga that has long held manufacturing or office buildings is yielding in part to the ong…
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Inflation raises questions about Chattanooga's Lookouts stadium project
Knoxville and Knox County officials say construction of a minor league baseball stadium for the Tennessee Smokies has seen its anticipated cost increase by $14…
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Chattanooga Red Wolves growing stadium capacity, adding amenities
The Chattanooga Red Wolves are expanding their stadium to make room for nearly 1,000 more people and adding amenities in an investment of more than $1 million,…
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How electric vehicle friendly is Chattanooga, Tennessee and Georgia?
When it comes to electric vehicle friendliness, the Chattanooga area has just one charger for every 3,478 residents, or about half the national average, a new …
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VW Chattanooga helps electric vehicle sales surge as company weighs assembly, battery plants
Volkswagen said Friday that electric vehicle sales surged in 2022, putting the automaker on pace for EVs to make up half of all deliveries in 2030 as it report…
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VW meeting on new US production plant, may expand Chattanooga plant, report says
With federal government incentives spurring foreign automakers to eye more U.S. production, Volkswagen on Friday is expected to discuss a new American assembly…
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Chattanooga Airport expects to land more direct flights with $28 million passenger terminal expansion
Jim Hall says the Chattanooga Airport is "headed back to a better normal" as its passenger traffic continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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In the market for a shopping center? This historic East Ridge property ticks all the boxes.
One of the Chattanooga area's oldest shopping centers is on the market, and much of the property is included within the East Ridge Border Region incentive area.
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Downtown Chattanooga tower to hold 46 condos in $22 million project
A Chattanooga developer is building 46 new condominiums downtown as he renovates a nine-story former hotel into one of the tallest private residential towers i…
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Patten Parkway buildings in downtown Chattanooga sold for $4.7 million
A cluster of buildings on a historic downtown Chattanooga street has changed hands as a Nashville group purchased the Patten Parkway structures for $4.7 millio…
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Chattanooga's media, advertising community recognized during American Advertising Awards
The best in Chattanooga's media and advertising community were recognized recently during the 56th annual American Advertising Awards, with four gold Addy awar…
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Drury Hotel chain buys Sportsbarn location in downtown Chattanooga
A Missouri-based hotel chain has bought a site that has long held the Sportsbarn fitness club in downtown Chattanooga.
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Electric vehicle company in Southeast Tennessee lands $75 million investment
A company in the electric vehicle supply chain that's making one of the biggest-ever single investments in Southeast Tennessee has won a $75-million commitment…
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Downtown Chattanooga study cites housing shortages, empty office space
A new study of downtown Chattanooga shows there's a significant unmet demand for more rental and for-sale housing, but there's also a lot of under-utilized off…
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Chattanooga Airport boardings soar 31% in January as pandemic recovery continues
Chattanooga Airport passenger boardings climbed 31% in January over the same period last year as air travel continues its recovery from the pandemic and airlin…
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Chattanooga-based mall owner CBL cites 'positive trends' from 2022
CBL Properties on Tuesday posted what the company called positive trends from operations in the fourth quarter and full-year 2022 after announcing last Thursda…
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2 affordable housing apartment projects proposed in Chattanooga
A pair of projects slated to meet the demand for affordable housing in Chattanooga won preliminary approval from a city panel Monday with the units expected to…
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Cambridge Square-type project planned for Chattanooga’s South Broad area
A Cambridge Square-like project with retail shops, offices, housing and green space is eyed for a Broad Street tract located close to the planned Chattanooga L…
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428 new homes get green light in Chattanooga project on old Cigna land
Chattanooga planners have given the green light to nearly 430 single-family houses and townhomes at the former Cigna office site in East Brainerd, in what will…
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More Main Street housing underway in downtown Chattanooga’s hot Southside
More housing is coming to downtown Chattanooga's hot Southside as a new multifamily building is moving ahead, but a neighbor has expressed dismay that ground-f…
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Doctors Building in downtown Chattanooga could become UTC housing, parking
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is evaluating funding sources to tear down the five-story brick structure known as the Doctors Building on the edge …
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More than 100 townhouses poised for East Brainerd as planners endorse zoning amid neighbors’ worries
Despite concerns from neighbors, a plan to put more than 100 new townhouses on a vacant tract of land in the rapidly growing East Brainerd Road area has drawn …
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South Chattanooga apartments draw neighborhood worries, but rezoning wins planners’ OK
A proposal for more apartments in South Chattanooga won approval from a planning panel Monday by a split vote, but not before more than a half dozen area resid…
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New hotel planned near Bass Pro, Topgolf in East Ridge
A 101-room, four-level hotel is slated for the entrance to Camp Jordan in East Ridge and is the newest project spurred by the border region tax incentive.
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60 townhomes planned near new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium in $40 million project
Site work has started on one of the biggest townhouse complexes in the South Broad area near the old foundry parcel where the Chattanooga Lookouts stadium is s…
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Study questions building more apartments in Mountain Creek Road area in Chattanooga
Some Chattanooga residents Monday expressed relief that a study by planners cautions that building new apartment complexes may not best serve the area where th…
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Retail, office center expanding to meet Ooltewah-Collegedale growth with pet care, dentist locations
The fast-growing Ooltewah-Collegedale area is gaining new retail and office space with the expansion of a center that will include a new veterinary and pet hea…
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Sportsbarn in downtown Chattanooga to close its doors at month’s end
A Chattanooga fitness club that was a pioneer in the renaissance of the central city will close its downtown site at the end of the month.
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Office park in Chattanooga's Brainerd neighborhood adding 56 new townhomes
A longtime Brainerd office park may see more than 100 new townhomes go up as one of its owners injects housing into the sprawling business center for the first…
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Chattanooga developer aims to restart St. Elmo project that could include new retail, residences, hotel
A proposal to build a mix of shops, residences, offices, a boutique hotel and parking is restarting in the heart of St. Elmo after a pandemic slowdown.
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Prime property on Chattanooga's hot East Main corridor is available for $1.39 million
Property along the East Main Street corridor in Chattanooga, sitting amid new and proposed development, is on the market.
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Chattanooga 28th most overvalued housing market in the country, study says
The Chattanooga area is the 28th most overvalued housing market in the nation, with buyers paying almost 42% more than they would have expected based on sales …
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Chattanooga-based Unum reports higher earnings for fourth quarter, year
Unum Group on Tuesday reported better earnings for the fourth quarter and the year on solid operating performance and favorable trends in its insurance busines…
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Growth, traffic worries target of Hamilton County planning efforts
Amid stepped up concerns over growth and traffic, officials are crafting up-to-date planning and zoning efforts tailored to the different areas of Chattanooga …
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Site work on new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium to begin soon
A panel overseeing the planned construction of a new multiuse ballpark in Chattanooga agreed Thursday to the start of soil borings and environmental work relat…
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More than 100 new East Brainerd townhouses, homes planned
A developer has plans to grow the East Brainerd area's housing stock to meet surging demand with construction of more than 100 new townhouses and single-family…
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Jonathan Heller leaves Chattanooga-based CBL’s board, David Contis named chairman
CBL Properties on Wednesday announced that Jonathan Heller is resigning as chairman of the board of the Chattanooga-based shopping center operator.