Update on Downtown Oak Ridge Plans
It’s been almost seven months since I reported on the proposal to build a center city in Oak Ridge. The city, which unlike most cities in the world, did not develop organically. A hurriedly designed town...
Development
Wests Purchase Property on Blackstock Avenue, Just Off the World’s Fair Park, Plan Lunaverse
Scott and Bernadette West have purchased the former Concourse and International buildings at 940 Blackstock Avenue. The buildings face Ramsey Street, which is considered a closed street and they are hoping to return it to its...
Marriott Knoxville Downtown Opens, Celebrates with Ribbon Cutting
Rockbridge, which also owns the Tennessean, has opened a new Downtown Marriott on Henley Street. The hotel began accepting guests last week and is celebrating with a ribbon cutting ceremony today. Located between the World’s Fair...
First Development Project Announced Adjacent to the Planned Stadium
The first of the pledged development projects has been given a name and details have emerged. The residential structure will be called the Beauford Delaney building in honor of the internationally acclaimed Knoxville artist who died...
Broadway Viaduct on Schedule
I was asked recently for an update on the Broadway viaduct, so I walked out and took a look. While TDOT isn’t the most communicative agency in town, it did generously leave the gate open for...
Economic Perspective and the City
The caption isn’t quite as enticing as Sex and the City, but for most of us, it’s as least as important, and probably more so. How is the economy? It depends on whom you ask and the...
New Development Comes to Happy Holler (1201 North Central Street)
A central location in the heart of Happy Holler is undergoing a transformation behind a large plywood barricade. At 1201 North Central Street, which was most recently Friends Antiques, Jeffrey Nash and the Courtland Group have...
5th Avenue Plaza Nearing Completion: Units Preleasing
It’s been over nine months since my last update on 5th Avenue Plaza, a development on the 100 block of East Fifth Avenue that has grown into a three building project. Great progress has been made...
JFG Building Changes Ownership: Units Available
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...
New Development Coming to Emory Place
Remember back in those halcyon days before the pandemic. It was July of 2019 when last I wrote about Emory Place. Tim Hill had owned the buildings on the west side of Emory Place for a...