Here's a look at the business trends for January in the Chattanooga area. They include two popular businesses closing in the Hixson area and 100 new townhouses planned for the East Brainerd area.
WHAT OPENED
Sierra Stollenwerk is rebranding and expanding her bakery business with the opening of Reignbow Baking Co. at the Eastgate Town Center in Brainerd.
After working as a certified public accountant for more than 40 years, Mike Costello has opened Costello Capital Management LLC, a brokerage service to help business owners sell their companies.
Julianna Fowler opened Coqui, a Puerto Rican cuisine restaurant in East Ridge. Fowler said her goal is to introduce people to as many Puerto Rican flavors as she can.
In addition to its location in North Shore, Aqua-Tots opened a second studio location on Lee Highway. The business has more than 120 locations across the country offering lessons in child-friendly pools with expert instructors.
The former Oddstory Brewing Co. space on M.L. King Boulevard has been converted into The Greenhouse Barrel and Taproom, for which owners Jay and Bryan Boyd hosted a grand reopening in mid-January.
WHAT CLOSED
Best Buy spokeswoman Olivia Bruce announced plans for the company's Hixson store to shut down.
Harvey's Pirate Drive-In closed with owner Harvey Allison citing health issues and a declining market for the decision.
Cicis Pizza on Highway 153 in Hixson closed after operating for 26 years in the Northtowne Square shopping center.
CHI Memorial has closed its Convenient Care-Atrium office on Gunbarrel Road. The hospital stated in a letter to its users that CHI Memorial will continue to provide care at its facilities in Cleveland, Tennessee, and LaFayette, Georgia.
WHAT'S EXPANDING
TVA proposed a switching station and 27 miles of new power lines to connect with the Apalachia Dam near Murphy, North Carolina, for the extension of power to the southeast.
CBL Properties and Vision Hospitality Group plan to develop a 139-room Element by Westin hotel at Mayfaire Town Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. Both companies are Chattanooga-based.
Lee VanTine plans to expand his Apotheca CBD and Hemp Markets with a new storefront in Chattanooga at 1906 Gunbarrel Road.
ANNOUNCED DEVELOPMENTS
A panel that oversees the planned construction of the new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium agreed to the start of soil borings and environmental work on the stadium site.
A planning panel approved a proposal for 300 new apartments and townhouses near the site of the future Chattanooga Lookouts stadium.
More than 100 new townhouses and single-family residences are being planned on a vacant 28-acre tract at East Brainerd and Fuller roads.
GreenTech Homes announced a development plan to build 240 single-family detached homes on a large vacant tract at 6909 Hixson Pike.
A project of 48 new apartments is being proposed for a vacant parcel at 5103 Central Ave. in South Chattanooga.
Rise Partners has purchased a downtown block bounded by Market, Broad, 10th and 11th streets with plans for future development.
Planners released three visions of Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga after months of study and public feedback. The effort is to redesign the seven blocks on Broad from the Tennessee Aquarium to M.L. King Boulevard with wider sidewalks, more outdoor dining and better bike lanes.
Chattanooga planners approved a proposal for 46 single-family detached micro-homes in Eastdale.
– Compiled by Kiara Green