Inside of Knoxville

The Tribute is Open (and full) at the Supreme Court Site

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 14, 2022

(Ed. Note: Article by Guest Writer Heather Ryerson, Photographs by Alan Sims) It took 2 ½ years, but Dover Signature Properties has renovated and opened their latest development project in downtown Knoxville, The Tribute. Located in...

Major Transactions Boost Downtown Investment

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 30, 2022

Ever larger dollar amounts continue to flow into downtown. Amounts that would have been unthinkable just a few short years ago are increasingly common. While some of the investors are from out of our area, a...

East Tennessee Community Design Center Celebrates 50+ Years of Service

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 16, 2022

(Article and photos by guest writer Heather Ryerson) If you are newer to Knoxville like I am, you may not know about the East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC). In 1970, the late Bruce McCarty, came...

Development Details Emerge for Downtown Sites

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 12, 2022

516 and 520 Vine Avenue After a period of semi-quiet, several items of interest for downtown development have emerged. Some of the details involved announced developments while others portend possible future development. Taken together, the three...

An Updated Look at Downtown Knoxville Density

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 7, 2022

From time to time since 2014, I’ve used a graphic on this website that shows how dense downtown buildings were packed in around the mid-1930s and how much density we lost between then and 2014. Over...

Can We Sustain More Downtown Hotels?

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 22, 2022

I get questions all the time. For years a consistent thread of those questions has been about issues surrounding the homeless population. There are popular questions about parking and a downtown grocery store. When we experienced...

Century Building Appears to be Headed for Complete Redevelopment

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 10, 2022

I’m sorry about the qualifier in the caption, but I’m a bit cautious when it comes to the Century Building. It’s a beautiful building that, by all rights of downtown development, should have been a slam-dunk...

Holiday Inn Express Planned for Walnut Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 31, 2022

The nine-story Walnut Building at 706 Walnut Street has become the most recent downtown building to be planned for conversion to a hotel. The building, owned by Nadeem Saddiqi, will be transformed by Hitesh Patel and...

$7.3 Million Sale on Gay Street Should Lead to New Mixed Use Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 18, 2022

A transaction took place this week that ripples in multiple directions and is an important story for downtown. It involves large amounts of money, personalities who are shaping the city, and a strong statement on the...

TDOT Talks EV Infrastructure

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 5, 2022

In a sign that actions taken in Washington do eventually impact our lives, TDOT is holding a series of public meetings across the state to discuss the coming investment in electric vehicle infrastructure. The funding in...

Development

The Tribute is Open (and full) at the Supreme Court Site

Major Transactions Boost Downtown Investment

East Tennessee Community Design Center Celebrates 50+ Years of Service

Development Details Emerge for Downtown Sites

An Updated Look at Downtown Knoxville Density

Can We Sustain More Downtown Hotels?

Century Building Appears to be Headed for Complete Redevelopment

Holiday Inn Express Planned for Walnut Building

$7.3 Million Sale on Gay Street Should Lead to New Mixed Use Building

TDOT Talks EV Infrastructure

Harvest Opens at 141 South Gay Street

The Gateway Opens Downtown, Offering Hope and Support

River Breeze Event Center Offers Its Fall Line Up – With Shuttles From Downtown

Bistro By The Tracks Serving Up Good Food and a Warm Atmosphere in Happy Holler

SoKno Throwback and Threads is Open on Sevier Avenue

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