Inside of Knoxville

Knoxville’s Axle Logistics Builds Company, Plans Expansion and New Headquarters

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 17, 2019

Axle Logistics may not be a household name, but it’s one of Knoxville’s biggest recent success stories. Founders Jon Clay and Drew Johnson started the company in 2012 and it has grown to be one of...

Updates for Your Weekend

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 13, 2019

Here are a few points of interest from the week and the weekend as you take that well-deserved break: The groundbreaking for the $10 million Urban Wilderness Gateway Park was held Wednesday at the southern end...

Knox County Schools and TVA Near Deal: Andrew Johnson Building Hangs in the Balance

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 12, 2019

An agreement in principle has been reached between Knox County and TVA to have the school system offices moved to TVA’s east tower. The deal also involves Summer Place and was explained yesterday to a joint...

Hope Brothers Building at 428 South Gay Street to Add Residences

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 11, 2019

The building at 428 South Gay Street, which houses Sapphire in its storefront, was built after the 1897 Gay Street Fire. The current five-story building replaced a shorter, three-story building destroyed by the fire. A shoe...

Downtown Hotels: Too Many? Too Few? Just the Right Number?

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 10, 2019

I get these kinds of questions often. Most of the time they are asked from the perspective of doubts about whether downtown can support all the new hotels that have sprung up in recent years....

Tennessee RiverLine Project Sets to Redefine Our Relationship With the River

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 3, 2019

What does the Tennessee River mean to you? As an important geographical feature to our area, you may think of it in terms of transportation, recreation or economic development. I remember telling my young daughter, “This...

New Life for a Historic Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 29, 2019

The Dempster Building at 609 – 617 N. Central Street is getting a major makeover. Located in a developing part of the city, the historic building had hit hard times by the end of the last...

New Details and Project Info for the Jackson Avenue Ramp Replacement

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 6, 2019

The Jackson Avenue Ramp was built in 1919 and 1920 in order to allow Jackson Avenue to connect to the newly elevated Gay Street, which had a new viaduct of its own in order to allow...

New Development Comes to Emory Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 31, 2019

If you’ve never considered Emory Place, it’s worth walking through and giving it a bit of thought. If you don’t know where it’s located, consider walking north on Gay Street, past the 100 block, over the...

A Portion of the Vine Furniture Building to Become Condo and Retail Development

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 25, 2019

Yesterday we took a look at the 75-year-old family business at 120 West Summit Hill. After focusing on the stability of the business, we’ll shift our attention today to their decision to change part of their...

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Development

Knoxville’s Axle Logistics Builds Company, Plans Expansion and New Headquarters

Updates for Your Weekend

Knox County Schools and TVA Near Deal: Andrew Johnson Building Hangs in the Balance

Hope Brothers Building at 428 South Gay Street to Add Residences

Downtown Hotels: Too Many? Too Few? Just the Right Number?

Tennessee RiverLine Project Sets to Redefine Our Relationship With the River

New Life for a Historic Building

New Details and Project Info for the Jackson Avenue Ramp Replacement

New Development Comes to Emory Place

A Portion of the Vine Furniture Building to Become Condo and Retail Development

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