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White Lily Building Sold; Some Apartments to be Sold

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2024

A major building, at 222 N. Central Street, owned by Dewhirst Properties, has been sold to Thomas Boyd and Will Sims. Constructed in 1885, the 50,000 square foot building operated as a factory making White Lily...

Fort Kid Park Comes Back to Life

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 7, 2023

My child was one of the first generation to enjoy the original Fort Kid built on the hill across from the Knoxville Museum of Art. We participated in the work days to help it come to...

New Housing Planned for Galbraith School Near Baker Creek Bottoms

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 20, 2023

Thomas Boyd and Will Sims are partnering in a new project at the former Galbraith Elementary School under their Central Jackson Group, LLC. The two are joined by architect Login Higgins and the plan is to...

JFG Building Changes Ownership: Units Available

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 10, 2021

A major downtown building is changing hands as the JFG Building (JFG Flats) at 200 West Jackson Avenue is purchased (via Jackson Central Partners, LLC) by Thomas Boyd and Will Sims from Dewhirst Properties (DBA: JFG...

Kress Building Sold, New Plans Announced

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 23, 2020

In recent months, I’ve been asked repeatedly about the Kress Building. Most recently, a year-and-a-half ago, I’d detailed Dave McFarland’s plans to bring Wild Wings Cafe to the space and that sign has been in the...

Rebel Kitchen and Old City Wine Bar to Close

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 11, 2020

The Old City took a double hit this weekend with the announcement that the Old City Wine Bar will close after four years of operation and Rebel Kitchen will close after having been open just over...

Fort Kid to be Spared Thanks to Donations

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 27, 2019

It’s been a part of our family off and on since it was built in the early 1990s. I have vague memories of work days with Urban Daughter tagging along with a friend. Maybe the mind...

Kneaded: A New Bakery Coming to the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 29, 2019

“What do you really want to do?” It’s a question most of us have had to face at one point or another. For Meade Armstrong, it came because she was doing so many things at once...

Crown and Goose to Close, Barley’s and Two Buildings Sold, and What Comes Next for the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 24, 2018

There are so many moving parts to this story it’s hard to get it all in a caption. Some parts of the above are connected, but not so other parts. It’s also part of a bigger...

Rebel Kitchen Opens Next Week

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 13, 2018

It seems like a long time, but it’s only been seven months since I first wrote about Rebel Kitchen. It’s taken that long, says Chef Paul Sellas, because owner Thomas Boyd and the rest of the...

Thomas Boyd

White Lily Building Sold; Some Apartments to be Sold

Fort Kid Park Comes Back to Life

New Housing Planned for Galbraith School Near Baker Creek Bottoms

JFG Building Changes Ownership: Units Available

Kress Building Sold, New Plans Announced

Rebel Kitchen and Old City Wine Bar to Close

Fort Kid to be Spared Thanks to Donations

Kneaded: A New Bakery Coming to the Old City

Crown and Goose to Close, Barley’s and Two Buildings Sold, and What Comes Next for the Old City

Rebel Kitchen Opens Next Week

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville

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