Former Lamar’s Restaurant and Motel — Approximate Site of Planned Demolition
Two long-idle Chattanooga landmarks are headed for the wrecking ball. The city is moving to demolish the old Lamar’s Restaurant and Motel on Martin Luther King Boulevard along with the former 11th Street Farmers Market building, with both structures slated to come down to their base concrete.
The plans surfaced as the city expands its on-call demolition services contract with Tower Construction, according to Chattanoogan.com. Tower Construction is contracted to handle both demolitions — the old Lamar’s building on MLK Boulevard and the former farmers market structure on East 11th Street — per the City of Chattanooga’s contract resolution. The estimated cost to tear down Lamar’s is $308,661, while demolishing the farmers market building is expected to cost $83,972, the Chattanoogan report states…