Authored By chloe.morrison

After the recent closure of downtown’s World of Beer, area residents and businesspeople weighed in on what they would like to see go in that space at 412 Market St.

If Chattanooga public and government relations firm Derryberry Public Relations had their choice, they’d want to see a Chick-fil-A in that space.

The firm is on the same block as World of Beer.

Employees haven’t been paid? WRCB-TV has an article about how some World of Beer employees said they haven’t been paid after the sudden closure. Click here for more.

“We’d like to have Chick-fil-A because it would draw tons of people to the block, provide a large number of jobs and provide chicken from breakfast until closing every day,” owner Robin Derryberry said via email.

She’d also like to see retail come to the area, and she noted that the former Noodles & Company space is also empty in that block.

“With all of the new housing coming downtown, we believe there’s a great opportunity for retail,” Derryberry said. “We’d love to see a dry cleaners, boutiques or even an urban-styled Lowe’s that could cater to the needs of urban dwellers.”

The owner of Sing It or Wing It, which is also on the 400 block of Market Street, said she’d love to see a Krispy Kreme, and added that she thinks an established business such as Krispy Kreme or Chick-fil-A would be the most successful.

She also suggested a high-end restaurant.

Check out what social media users had to say:

@catclo we could use another cool coffee shop don’t you think? pic.twitter.com/L0cr8fuHL5 – TheEdringtonTeam (@Edrington_Team) August 30, 2016

@catclo @CHAeats I’d be good with Man Chun Hong relocating here from Atlanta. I miss authentic Sichuan cooking. – Grant Goggans (@MarieLetsEat) August 30, 2016

@catclo mojo burrito in the old noodles place.

Il Primo or Italian in WOB. Don’t need another bar. Taco/Sing It are great. – Brian Smith WTVC (@StormTrackBrian) August 30, 2016

@catclo Agree with @StormTrackBrian on Mojo. And would really like one (or more) of our local breweries to have a presence down there. – Jesse Johnston (@triplej118) August 30, 2016

@NoogaNews Is Trader Joes a choice? It can go anywhere actually, I’m not picky. – Kate (@colorfulkate) August 31, 2016

@NoogaNews Trader Joes! Although the parking situation would be miserable. – C. (@clairetuley) August 30, 2016