Chattanooga developer John "Thunder" Thornton appeared at the March meeting of the Marion County Commission to defend his high-end residential development from critics who have expressed concerns about old coal mines inside Aetna Mountain.
A new apartment complex planned off Hixson Pike in Chattanooga aims to leverage the site s proximity to Northgate Mall in a proposed $13 million project.
Four years after acquiring Chattanooga s biggest undeveloped site on the Tennessee River, developer John "Thunder" Thornton may soon gain approval to build a waterfront community with more than 300 homes erected around a commercial village center.