Inside of Knoxville

Former NV Nightclub and Bowery Buildings Sold, Development Continues

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 22, 2022

Just over 2 1/2 years ago I reported the former NV Nightclub and Bowery buildings would be redeveloped by Tim Hill. That project was slowed by a range of obstacles: The front façade of NV had...

Buzz Goss Brings New Development to Broadway

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 11, 2022

At the corner of Bearden Place and Irwin, just off Broadway across from the coming location of Yee Haw Brewing (formerly Elkmont Brewing), Buzz Goss is under contract for the former educational and office building owned...

Update on Downtown Oak Ridge Plans

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 28, 2022

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...

Wests Purchase Property on Blackstock Avenue, Just Off the World’s Fair Park, Plan Lunaverse

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 22, 2022

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 1, 2022

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 25, 2022

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 6, 2022

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 5, 2022

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)

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 3, 2022

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 22, 2021

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...

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Development

Former NV Nightclub and Bowery Buildings Sold, Development Continues

Buzz Goss Brings New Development to Broadway

Update on Downtown Oak Ridge Plans

Wests Purchase Property on Blackstock Avenue, Just Off the World’s Fair Park, Plan Lunaverse

Marriott Knoxville Downtown Opens, Celebrates with Ribbon Cutting

First Development Project Announced Adjacent to the Planned Stadium

Broadway Viaduct on Schedule

Economic Perspective and the City

New Development Comes to Happy Holler (1201 North Central Street)

5th Avenue Plaza Nearing Completion: Units Preleasing

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