Development

Keys to Urban Economic Development: Trees and . . . Blowing Up Highways?!?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 16, 2022

It’s intuitive that a city is better served with more trees, right? But exploding highways as a pathway to urban development? Well, yes, in many cases. It was a topic on the table for conversation recently...

Solar Power: Where Does Tennessee (and Knoxville) Stand and Where Is It Going?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 9, 2022

The Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association recently held its annual two-day conference at the downtown Hilton in Knoxville. Nearly four hundred people, mostly industry professionals and other directly interested parties, attended from Tennessee and surrounding states....

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 3, 2022

(Today’s article is written by guest writer Heather Ryerson, whose photographs are also credited in captions) Triangular J Ventures, LLC. brings familiar names to development happening on W. Magnolia Ave. John Macready and John Roethlisberger added...

Honeysuckle Development Announced for South Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 27, 2022

Machinations, the team who brought The Overlook to downtown, is set to begin construction at the beginning of the year on their latest project, Honeysuckle, located on a hill just off the James White Parkway in...

The Tribute is Open (and full) at the Supreme Court Site

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 14, 2022

(Ed. Note: Article by Guest Writer Heather Ryerson, Photographs by Alan Sims) It took 2 ½ years, but Dover Signature Properties has renovated and opened their latest development project in downtown Knoxville, The Tribute. Located in...

Major Transactions Boost Downtown Investment

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 30, 2022

Ever larger dollar amounts continue to flow into downtown. Amounts that would have been unthinkable just a few short years ago are increasingly common. While some of the investors are from out of our area, a...

East Tennessee Community Design Center Celebrates 50+ Years of Service

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 16, 2022

(Article and photos by guest writer Heather Ryerson) If you are newer to Knoxville like I am, you may not know about the East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC). In 1970, the late Bruce McCarty, came...

Development Details Emerge for Downtown Sites

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 12, 2022

516 and 520 Vine Avenue After a period of semi-quiet, several items of interest for downtown development have emerged. Some of the details involved announced developments while others portend possible future development. Taken together, the three...

An Updated Look at Downtown Knoxville Density

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 7, 2022

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...

Can We Sustain More Downtown Hotels?

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 22, 2022

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...

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