Chattanooga, Tennessee
AC Hotel Chattanooga
Chattanooga's first AC Hotel, a ground-up build on Southside's Broad and Main with a Japanese restaurant on the ground floor
Announced · Targeted spring 2028
AC Hotel Chattanooga, a 148-room, $45 million ground-up build from Vision Hospitality Group, broke ground on Southside's Broad and Main and is targeting a spring 2028 opening, with O-Ku, a Japanese restaurant from Indigo Road Hospitality Group, on the ground floor.
The essentials
- Group
- Marriott (AC Hotels); developed and operated by Vision Hospitality Group
- Opening
- Targeted spring 2028
- Rooms & suites
- 148 rooms
- Segment
- Upscale lifestyle
- Designer
- NC
- Entry rate
- NC
The place
South Broad at Main, in Chattanooga's Southside district, on a site previously occupied by an auto service facility that was demolished to clear the lot.
The concept
Vision Hospitality Group, the Chattanooga-based developer behind several of the city's recent hotel openings, broke ground on this $45 million project as the brand's first AC Hotel in the city. The ground floor will house O-Ku, a Japanese restaurant concept from Indigo Road Hospitality Group, open to both hotel guests and the public.
Dining & wellness
O-Ku, a Japanese restaurant concept by Indigo Road Hospitality Group, occupies the ground floor and is open to hotel guests and the public.
Other hotels in Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Caption by Hyatt Chattanooga Downtown
Hyatt's first Chattanooga hotel frames Lookout Mountain from floor-to-ceiling windows.
Open · March 2026
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Waymark Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
A vacant 1927 bank reborn as a 148-room hotel with a vault speakeasy.
Open · February 2026
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown
A seven-story, $60 million all-suite hotel on Broad Street with a rooftop bar overlooking the Tennessee River and the Aquarium
Open · August 18, 2025
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Kinley Chattanooga Southside, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
A 64-room urban-infill build in the Southside entertainment district, Vision Hospitality Group's second Kinley after Cincinnati
Open · April 2021