430 new homes proposed for Hixson tract off Highway 153

Builder estimates cost at more than $100 million

Staff photo by Mike Pare / On Friday, yellow zoning signs sit in front of a barn on the 167-acre tract in Hixson off Highway 153 where a developer is proposing new housing. A meeting is slated for September before the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission.
Staff photo by Mike Pare / On Friday, yellow zoning signs sit in front of a barn on the 167-acre tract in Hixson off Highway 153 where a developer is proposing new housing. A meeting is slated for September before the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission.


More than 400 new homes and townhouses are planned in Hixson off Highway 153 in one of the biggest such residential projects ever in that part of Chattanooga.

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