An Updated Look at Downtown Knoxville Density
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...
Development
Can We Sustain More Downtown Hotels?
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
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
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
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
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...
Major New Project Will Reconnect the Fabric of Downtown
In a very significant development for downtown, Hatcher-Hill Properties has introduced a project that will restore the western side of the 200 block of Gay Street. The combination of residential and commercial buildings is one of...
Dewhirst Properties Purchases Greyhound Bus Station: A Conversation with Mark Heinz
Dewhirst Properties recently purchased the Greyhound Bus Station at 100 East Magnolia. It’s another signal that much of the focus of downtown development is moving to the north and east. Residential development now sits across the...
Opening Season of Knoxville Smokies Delayed to 2025
While the original target had been for baseball to begin in downtown Knoxville spring 2024, reality has forced a delay to the spring and summer season of 2025. To anyone reading current events, the reasons won’t...
Plans Updated and Changed for the AJ Building
What a saga the redevelopment of the Andrew Johnson Building has been. In 2017, the contract for purchase and development plan was agreed upon by Knox County and BNA associates. Knox County Schools, which had housed...