The Standard Coosa Mill was once an icon of Chattanooga’s manufacturing might. Neglected at the heart of the Ridgedale neighborhood—a shell of the building has stood for decades, empty and in disrepair— a stark contrast to Chattanooga’s celebrated city center just two miles Northeast.

Benwood, Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise, and Collier Construction have formed a partnership that will soon revitalize this abandoned 20-acre parcel. Milltown will deliver a unique mixed-use and multi-family community—boasting contemporary office space, ground-floor retail and dining, coffee, single family stand-alone homes and townhouses, community center, public plaza, green space, and more.

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Constructed in 1929, this property was used by working men that came into the city by train and needed a place to stay through the work week. The building ceased functioning in the mid-1980s and it fell into disrepair.

Enter Derek Sieg (a writer + filmmaker who worked in Los Angeles and London before moving into the business and finance side of things) and Ben Pfinsgraff (a former MLB player for the Phillies who went to business school at UVA before getting into investment banking and the hospitality industry). The founders of Common House, billed as a “modern social club”, selected Chattanooga for their third national location.

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This c. 1888 property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing structure to the Patten Parkway National Register Historic District. This was the hotel where Williams Jennings Bryan spent his last night before he died. Mr. Bryan was one of the attorneys in the nationally significant Scopes Monkey Trial in nearby Dayton where evolution was hotly debated.

Now known as the Tomorrow Building, it has been renovated and adaptively reused for young professionals. The Tomorrow Building is the first co-living residence in the southeast.

The Tomorrow Building website.

From its martial beginnings as the Old Stone Fort during the Civil War in 1864, to its transformation into a warehouse district at the turn of the 20th century, the buildings that define Warehouse Row represent the vibrant history and commercial culture of Chattanooga.

As a mixed-use development in the 1980’s, Warehouse Row became a destination shopping center for the Southeast that was a part of revitalizing downtown Chattanooga.

Today, Warehouse Row is a “community shopping center” featuring luxury shops, fine dining, and office space.

Visit the Warehouse Row website.

Located in the heart of the “Innovation District”, the historic Mayfield Annex building was renovated in 2017 into beautiful office, retail and restaurant space. This building was constructed in 1906 and was commissioned by the Chattanooga chapter of the Fraternal Order of Elks. Original features of the building have been uncovered and refurbished to create a gorgeous environment for tenants, clients and customers. It also features a rooftop patio.

The building once housed offices for the Hamilton County government. It was named for former County Council member Jack Mayfield. The County had originally planned to demolish the building, but eventually sold it to Lamp Post Properties.

After serving as an elementary school from 1924 to 1950, the Park Place School was decommissioned in 1965, upon integration of the city’s public schools. Presently, this collegiate gothic revival building now houses condominiums.

Once thought too costly to preserve, Preserve Chattanooga (then Cornerstones) fronted the expense of the structural and engineering reports for the building and facilitated the acquisition of the property by the current owner of the property.

This c. 1860 one-story brick structure, the oldest building still standing in downtown Chattanooga, is the former baggage depot for the Queen & Crescent Railroad. Preserve Chattanooga (then Cornerstones) acquired this property, fronted the cost and structural engineering reports, and eventually transferred the property to a developer. Today the building houses Urban Stack, a popular local restaurant.

This property was built in the early 1900’s one block from Chattanooga’s City Hall. It was the home of the Fleetwood Coffee plant and some of the coffee grinding equipment remains today. The structure has been adaptively reused as residential space.

The Fleetwood website.

The two-story English Tudor building (c. 1930) was utilized as a fire station for many years until a new building was erected down the street. It became underutilized and used as a storage space by the city. Several years ago, the property was sold to a private developer who replaced the roof and did other minor, but necessary repairs. The property has since been purchased by a private owner and transformed into a very unique private residence.

This c. 1900 corner property is located in the Martin Luther King National Register Historic District. The first floor of the property remained empty for a long time but after extensive environmental clean-up, the building was secured, stabilized, and saved. Just as it was used originally, the building includes second floor residential and first floor commercial space. It’s now home to Barley Chattanooga.

The Walnut Street Bridge is one of Chattanooga’s most beloved public places. Built in 1890, the bridge has stood the test of time, a symbol and connection to some of Chattanooga’s most proud and more troublesome times. Once the bridge was closed to cars in the late 1970s, it remained closed and forgotten for nearly a decade until a group of private citizens raised over $10 million for its renovation and reopening as a lateral park that connected Chattanooga’s south and northside.

The Walnut Street Bridge was designated one of the national Great Spaces in 2013 by the American Planning Association. Today the bridge is home to the annual Wine Over Water event, Preserve Chattanooga’s signature fundraising event.

This three-story terra cotta and brick building constructed in 1916 was originally built as the Ellis Hotel. Although the building was abandoned in 1983 and originally slated for demolition, it was instead renovated and reopened in 1999 as a mixed-use structure housing a restaurant, retail shops, and apartments. Preserve Chattanooga (then Cornerstones) acquired this property, fronted the cost for structural engineering reports, and eventually transferred the property to a developer who returned the property to productive use. Today it houses St. John’s restaurant and St. John’s Meeting Place.

It began operation as the Terminal Hotel in 1909. The building had a unique triangular shape and was built by a porter who stayed at the nearby Terminal Station (the Chattanooga Choo-Choo). It is an important piece of Chattanooga’s African American heritage as it served as the “colored hotel” during segregation and was owned by an African American businessman.

Preserve Chattanooga (then Cornerstones) worked diligently with the family and structural engineers to save the building, including window replacement. The roof had collapsed, and the original floors were destroyed. Today, the building houses Terminal Brewhouse, a three-story restaurant, bar, and micro-brewery.

An affiliate of a Milwaukee company paid $4.9 million for the 11-story Chattanooga Bank Building with plans to renovate the historic high-rise at 736 Broad St. into a Tapestry Hotel by Hilton.

The tower was designed by R.H. Hunt and constructed to house Chattanooga Savings Bank in 1927 and modified when that business was absorbed by First National Bank. After the bank closed, the building housed offices for dentists, doctors, the Tennessee Valley Authority and others.

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