Leasing Info

Executive Summary

2 North Shore (98,000 sq. ft.) is the best of Chattanooga at one address. Chattanooga’s vibrant North Shore community is dramatically transforming and 2 North Shore is the keystone of this spectacular change. The first LEED Gold certified shopping center in the region, 2 North Shore is anchored by the popular organic and natural food retailer, Greenlife Grocery (27,898 sq. ft.) and Rock/Creek (9,333 sq. ft.). Current tracking information show both Greenlife Grocery (a wholly owned subsidiary of Whole Foods Market, Inc.) and Rock/Creek currently draw from beyond a 10-mile radius that includes Lookout Mountain, north Georgia, Signal Mountain, Red Bank, Hixson and Chickamauga Lake. 2 North Shore is averaging over 30,000 customers per week. In addition to Greenlife Grocery and Rock/Creek, 2 North Shore has 48,760 square feet of retail space.

Location and Demographic Overview

The North Shore of Chattanooga has experienced a major transformation over the past fifteen years and according to the 2005 Chattanooga Downtown Plan, “comes as close to the ideal mixed-use district as any in the city — a true reflection of the live, work, play ethic.” 2 North Shore is located in the North Shore district on Manufacturer’s Road, directly across the Tennessee River from downtown Chattanooga. Accessibility to the site on Manufacturer’s Road is excellent. It is located just off Highway 27 with almost 84,000 cars per day and is less than a mile from I-24 so access is easy for anyone within 10 miles of the property. The center’s location near the junctions of interstates I-24, I-75 and I-59 provides direct access to Nashville, Knoxville, Birmingham and Atlanta. The 2009 estimated Chattanooga Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) population is 524,303. The population within a 10-mile radius of 2 North Shore is 283,399 with an average family income of $59,313. The total number of daytime employees within a 5-mile radius is 106,771. Major employers in the Chattanooga Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) are McKee Foods Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CIGNA Corporation, Erlanger Medical Center, Memorial Healthcare, Unum, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Volkswagen is currently building a $1 Billion plant which is already well on it’s way to hosting approximately 2,000 employees by 2011.

Other Relevant Statistics

The subject property is just across the Tennessee River from the Tennessee Aquarium and over 1,000,000 tourist visit the Aquarium annually. It’s been advertised as the highest rated aquarium in America by Trip Advisors. Other popular tourist spots include Civil War battlefields, Ruby Falls, Rock City and the River Bend Festival, as well as outdoor activities such as white water rafting and paddling, hiking, fishing, hang gliding, cycling and rock climbing, draw more than 8 million tourists to the city every year. 2 North Shore is positioned to host many of these visitors as an estimated 3 million annually gravitate towards downtown, enjoying diverse social and cultural events and destinations. The North Shore has greatly benefited from an internationally recognized urban revitalization plan. For example, the Walnut Street Bridge, once slated for demolition, has become one of downtown’s greatest assets as a pedestrian bridge that links downtown to Frazier Avenue, Coolidge Park and the rest of the North Shore. Downtown is experiencing tremendous residential growth. Many current downtown and North Shore construction projects are mixed-use commercial and residential. Hundreds of new residential condominium and apartment units have been recently completed.

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