Chattanooga’s Echelon Fitness sells former headquarters to manufacturer that employs visually impaired

Sep. 24—An organization tied to Chattanooga-based Echelon Health, which has seen development climb throughout the pandemic, has offered its former headquarters constructing to a nonprofit that employs the visually impaired.

The 18,500-square-foot workplace and warehouse that sits on 2.61 acres at 6011 Century Oaks Drive was offered for $1.9 million to Lions Volunteer Blind Industries, based on actual property brokers.

Volunteer is a producer in Morristown, Tennessee, the place it produces a wide range of camouflage covers and bodily health attire for the U.S. Military, based on the corporate’s web site.

Volunteer additionally produces mattresses, field springs, mattress pads and industrial paper wipes for cleansing, the web site mentioned. Its industrial bedding merchandise are provided to contract clients, schools and universities and retailers by way of manufacturing facility retailers in Morristown and Johnson Metropolis, Tennessee.