Dal-Tile to Build Sales, Service Center in Tenness

Chattanooga, TN, January 11–Nearly 20 years after creating Bonny Oaks Industrial and Office Park, Hamilton County has sold its last available parcel at the site, according to the Chattanooga Times/Free Press.

The proposed sale of a 2-acre tract to Dal-Tile Corp. fills out what for many years was Hamilton County’s flagship industrial park with it having drawn more than $73 million in private investment, officials said.

“It shows good space available at a reasonable price at a good location will sell,” said Tom Edd Wilson, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive.

Dal-Tile, a division of Calhoun, Ga.-based Mohawk Industries Inc., plans to buy two acres for $130,000.

Chris Wellborn, Dal-Tile’s president, said the site will house a 12,000-square-foot ceramic tile sales and service center that will be 70 percent larger than one currently at the industrial park.

Either Dal-Tile will build a facility or seek a developer to do so, he said. According to the county, the project is estimated at about $800,000. The facility will house about six workers within five years, the county reported.

“Our business is growing rapidly with 15 to 20 percent growth rates,” said Mr. Wellborn.