In early 2007 Pep and Bo Grimes (father and son) formed Lookout Mountain Development Company, LLC out of a need for a local company to act as an intermediary between large development companies and property owners.  We saw the need for a "feet on the ground" company that knows the ins and outs of the area and the proper channels to achieve common goals.  In the early 1990's we purchased property here because of the natural beauty and the convenient location of area; then we saw the vast potential the area offers those looking for their own mountain retreat. Over the next fifteen plus years, working with local landowners, contractors, and craftsmen, we have built an extensive knowledge base that is a valuable tool for those planning to build or do development work.

While their education and experience is what you would expect from those affiliated with a large development company; the motivation for the owners is a vested interest in and sense of responsibility for this area of Lookout Mountain.  Pep Grimes received his undergraduate degree in Finance and his MBA degree from Emory University.  He worked for Provident Insurance (now UNUM) in the investment department working with borrowers, appraisers, and development companies.  He took early retirement and saw a need and an opportunity in the area that he calls home.  Bo Grimes graduated from Georgia Southern University with a degree in Small Business Management and accepted a position with Container Service Corporation upon receiving his degree.  Bo was the corporate buyer for the company for 5 years before resigning to join the family real estate brokerage business, Lookout Mountain Real Estate, LLC, in 2006. 

Lookout Mountain Real Estate, LLC and Lookout Mountain Development Company, LLC were both founded and located strategically based on three key elements.  The first is location:  Lookout Mountain is located at the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains and on the east side of the Cumberland Plateau.  Lookout Mountain is a hybrid mountain because it has the elevation of some of the Appalachian Mountains and the top is much like that of the Cumberland Plateau. 

This combination provides for a very temperate climate with four true seasons, none of them severe, which many "half-backers" desire. The topography of the mountain also makes building much easier and provides many more locations with the plateau like mountain top.  Secondly, the location of Lookout Mountain it is very accessible to many people, being less than two hours from Atlanta, Birmingham, and Nashville and less than 45 minutes to downtown Chattanooga. 

This makes Lookout Mountain an easy drive for a weekend get-away or a trip to Chattanooga for baseball, symphony, or to the art district.  Those from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Panhandle of Florida find the access to Lookout Mountain to be especially convenient because they can avoid the traffic hassles of Atlanta.  Third, most everyone looking for a piece of mountain property is concerned about price; this makes Lookout Mountain very attractive because the cost of land here is significantly less than areas such as Blue Ridge, Ellijay, and Toccoa, Georgia or places in the Carolina's such as Cashiers, Highlands, and Ashville.   

We at Lookout Mountain Development Company and Lookout Mountain Real Estate, LLC love the area and the jobs we do.  We see our primary goal as introducing people to the area and exposing them to different properties and let the land do the work.  We like to think of it as selling a lifestyle and not just real estate.  So please take a break from your hectic schedule and come visit for a day and it might become the way you want to spend the rest of your life.