By Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press

KIMBALL, Tenn. - Within a 30-minute drive of downtown Chattanooga, developer John "Thunder" Thornton is starting to build a mountaintop development that could grow into the biggest residential real estate project in Southeast Tennessee.

The first phase of the 9,000-acre Jasper Highlands, which Thornton hopes to sell out by this fall, will include 99 home sites atop Jasper Mountain in Marion County. With more than 21 miles of brow property, the complex ultimately could grow to include 3,200 homes and more than $800 million worth of development over the next 10 to 12 years.

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