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  2. Rebirth of Downtown Chattanooga (2006 and on)

    in Chattanooga and Knoxville

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    Construction seems imminent now at the corner of Cherokee and Manufacturers on the North Shore. New apartments plannedhttp://www.imgur.com/gallery/zLLGCC7

    Here is a little more info from today's paper

    Developer to erect $10 million apartment building on Chattanooga's North Shore

    http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2015/jun/16/developer-erect-10-million-apartment-building-chattanoogas-north-shore/309883/

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  11. What's going on in East Tennessee?

    in Chattanooga and Knoxville

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    Looks like downtown chattanooga could be getting some more hotels soon....

    http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jan/03/more-downtown-hotels-planned/?business

    Downtown Chattanooga has come to host an array of new hotels in the past decade, and a stunning $79 million in new lodging is on the drawing board.

    The riverfront and the central business district are in line for a total of at least four new hotels — if they are all built.

    The economic downturn has delayed construction of some projects that were announced earlier.

    Kim White, who heads the private, nonprofit downtown redevelopment group RiverCity Co., said she expects movement on the hotels when credit starts flowing more freely.

    “We have a lot out-of-town investors who have spent a lot money and projects are all teed up ready for a break in the whole financial market,” she said.

    Mrs. White said she definitely thinks more hotel rooms are needed.

    “When a large convention comes into town, there isn’t enough space,” she said.

    Sue Lauffer, senior project consultant on the planned Crowne Plaza in the former Chattanooga Bank & Trust Building downtown, said the city is seen as a growth market.

    “Chattanooga has that perfect blend of corporate, retail, residential, and there’s a phenomenal amount of things to do downtown,” she said.

    CLP Development LLC of Atlanta, which has proposed the $24 million hotel and condominium revamp at Eighth and Broad streets, is finalizing the project with plans to start early this year, Ms. Lauffer said.

    Developer Ben Parker, who is eyeing a hotel in a converted Maclellan Building on Broad, said views from atop the proposed 12-story hotel will be like nothing else the area has to offer.

    He said financing delays have held up the project, which he hopes to start early this year as well. Mr. Parker predicted a pretty easy renovation with the way the building is laid out.

    Vision Hospitality Group, a Chattanooga-based hotel management and development company, has proposed a Hampton Inn & Suites at Fourth and Chestnut streets.

    “We’re still in the works on the financing,” said Hitel Patel, the group’s director of development and acquisitions.

    He cited the transformation of downtown since the opening of the Tennessee Aquarium and the strength of the leisure market in the city.

    Vision recently invested about $27 million into transforming a Clarion Hotel into the Doubletree on Chestnut, and its relatively new Holiday Inn Express opened on M.L. King Drive.

    “It’s our home base,” Mr. Patel said about Chattanooga.

    The North Shore also has been mentioned in recent years as a site for hotels. Vision is looking at a unit at Manufacturers Road and Cherokee Boulevard near the new BridgeView condo project.

    Mrs. White said the plannted hotels offer variety in terms of services and price points and that’s good. Chattanooga’s downtown draws a wide range of visitors, she said.

    “Our downtown is built for everyone,” she said. “It’s a testament to the wide variety of interests we appeal to — from the Head of the Hooch with all the young college kids to young families who come to visit the aquarium.”

    On the wish lists of some is a new hotel near the Chattanooga Convention Center. Convention officials have said the city is losing meetings because of a lack of rooms near the center.

    While the meetings business has risen with the expansion of the Convention Center earlier this decade, a new hotel near the facility would help take business to another level, officials have said.

    Downtown Chattanooga has about 2,000 hotel rooms, according to tourism officials.

    Mrs. White said Volkswagen and suppliers will drive more lodging traffic.

    “We will have I think more out-of-town people who are coming because of that,” she said.

    In addition, locally based 3H Group is planning a Spring Hill Suites as part of the Cameron Harbor mixed use project off Riverfront Parkway on part of the former Jones-Blair property.

    Additionally, Chattanooga developer Allen Casey has talked about a hotel on Manufacturers Road as part of a larger development on property across the Tennessee River from Ross’s Landing.

  15. Surrounding Counties - Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson, Williamson, Maury, etc.

    in Nashville

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    CoolSprings Galleria announces 200,000 square-foot expansion

    http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl...NESS01/80718028

    The owners of CoolSprings Galleria plan a 200,000 square foot addition to the mall, an open-air shopping center with rooftop parking decks that will be built in 2011 on its existing parking lot.

    "This is something we have wanted to do for a very long time, mainly because major retailers come to us and want to be part of CoolSprings Galleria and we have not had space for them,'' said mall marketing director Dana Katterjohn.

    The mall, which is 1.3 million square feet, is owned by Chattanooga-based CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    The CoolSprings Galleria currently has a 99 percent occupancy rate, which makes it impossible to bring many new retailers, Katterjohn said.

    She said Nordstrom Inc. is among retailers who have talked to CBL officials "but space was an issue."

    Instead, Nordstrom announced earlier this year that it would open in the fall of 2010 at The Mall At Green Hills in Nashville.

    The first phase of the development, which will feature retailers and restaurants, is scheduled to open in 2011 on the Mallory Lane side of the mall. The exact size of the first phase has not been determined, Katterjohn said. No parking will be lost because parking decks will be created, she said.

    No deals with retailers have been signed.

    Katterjohn said the addition, to be called "The District at CoolSprings Galleria,'' will feature smaller anchors than those that exist at the current mall such as Macy's and Dillard's.

    "The expansion will introduce a targeted selection of junior anchors, an array of high-fashion boutiques and quality sit-down restaurants in a luxurious outdoor atmosphere,'' the mall said in a press release. "The District at CoolSprings Galleria will feature an open-air, streetscape setting with unique and eye-catching storefronts, attractive architectural elements, extensive landscaping and pedestrian-friendly walkways. "

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