East Ridge hotel to be converted to apartments and commercial storefronts | Chattanooga Times Free Press

East Ridge hotel to be converted to apartments and commercial storefronts | Chattanooga Times Free Press

With more than a dozen hotels clustered around Exit 1 on Interstate 75 in East Ridge, the Stay Express Inn typically has only a third of its rooms rented — even after the hotel owners completed nearly $10 million of renovations at the 150-room motel three years ago.