Eastgate Mall (Chattanooga)

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 | caption            = Current view from inside Eastgate Mall.
 | location           = Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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 | opening_date       = 1962
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 | owner              = Eastgate Town Center LLC
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Eastgate Mall is an enclosed, mixed-use facility (office and retail complex) in Chattanooga, TN.

[edit] History

The first phase of Eastgate Mall was completed in 1962. At the time, the center was an open-air mall anchored by Miller Brothers. A second construction phase, finished in 1965, added a single-screen cinema, and two more anchors: Loveman's and J.C. Penney. The mall was fully enclosed in the early 1970s. Loveman's later became Proffitt's, while Miller Brothers became Hess's. A Sears Outlet was also added for a brief period.The three departmnet stores remained in the mall until the late 1980's.

[edit] Today

From around 1990 to present day the Eastgate facility has undergone many changes including a cosmetic restoration and a name change from Eastgate Mall to Eastgate Town Center. Though a shadow of it's former self, Eastgate is still a significant center for a growing section of Chattanooga. In fact, since it's last change of ownership in late 2005, Eastgate has gone through a major and extensive conversion to become a trendy town center once again. Eastgate is a mixed-use facility with Goody's as one of it's operating retail stores with many large offices being occupied by various entities of different sectors. Eastgate Town Center houses various agencies of the State of Tennessee, two sattelite college campuses, a call center, as well as medical and insurance administration offices. Seventy four (74%) of Eastgate's space is occupied.

Eastgate is located on Brainerd Rd., a major artery connecting West-East Chattanooga and can be accessed by Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority, CARTA, bus route #4. This redevelopment has been touted as a success with many recognizable names such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Chattanooga State, ITT Technical Institute, Merastar, and many state agencies as tenants.

The current plan for Eastgate is to develop it into a new "downtown" type streetscape, which is a vision that should soon be a reality.