Kerns Food Hall Set to Open on Saturday
Get ready for the loooooooong anticipated opening of Kern’s Food Hall this Saturday. Has the wait been worth it? Look at the pictures and I think you’ll agree lots of attention have been paid to details...
Development
ShotClub Social to Add to (Near) Downtown Entertainment Options
A large project spear-headed by Spike McCamy (who will be primary owner) of Knoxville’s McCamy Construction, along with a group of investors with OnCore Golf based in Buffalo, New York are planning ShotClub Social, a golf...
White Lily Building Sold; Some Apartments to be Sold
A major building, at 222 N. Central Street, owned by Dewhirst Properties, has been sold to Thomas Boyd and Will Sims. Constructed in 1885, the 50,000 square foot building operated as a factory making White Lily...
Construction on Sunsphere Welcome Center to Begin
Visit Knoxville, which operates the Sunsphere, announced this week that construction will begin next week on the second phase of their plans to improve the Sunsphere while adding to its functionality. The first phase of their...
Massive Federal Grant Aims to Help Stitch the City Back Together
Knoxville continues to leverage federal funding to complete projects inside the city. The latest represents one of the largest outlays of federal money to the tune of $41.6 million. The over-arching goal of the various plans...
“MIA” Invites Visually Impaired Visitors to a New Way of Experiencing the Museum of East TN History
As many great things do, it started with a Girl Scout and a problem to solve. Teenager Mia Warren’s friend Campbell Rutherford has been visually impaired since birth, only seeing light. Having visited museums with Campbell,...
Tennessee Theatre Expands into Neighboring Building at 612 South Gay Street
The Tennessee Theatre holds a spot in Knoxville’s heart like few other landmarks. As it approaches its 100th birthday (it will turn 96 this year), it enters an expansion project that will serve to make the...
The Most Recent Information on the Planned Science Museum
(Today’s article is written by Insideofknoxville.com intern Alexa-Marie Melendez.) Knoxville continues to see growth and development, resulting in reconstruction of various parts of the city. Public and private partnerships work together to cultivate a more advanced...
Plans Announced for Two New Hotels in Downtown Knoxville
Word spread this week regarding details of new hotel plans for the parking lot facing the 400 blocks of Church Avenue, with frontage on both Walnut and Market Streets. Vector Hospitality, Inc, based in Atlanta will...
Kern’s Food Hall Update
In 2021, we got wind of a grand project coming to Chapman Hwy. Urban Guy reported that the former Kern’s Bakery was purchased and would become Kern’s Food Hall. As with most projects, this one has evolved...