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Emporium Building and Nearby Parking Structure Sold

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 14, 2022

The Emporium Building, built at the end of the nineteenth century at 100 South Gay Street, owned for many years by Dewhirst Properties, has sold to Boghani Properties, LLC. for $24.75 million. Additionally, a parking structure...

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...

Electric Company Lofts Opens Quietly, Extends Downtown Fringes

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 14, 2017

While it might seem that the stock of older, pre-war downtown buildings available for redevelopment has been expended, there are actually quite a few. Not necessarily located in what we now think of the downtown core,...

A Look at the Fire Street Lofts and The Emporium (AKA City People Home Tour 2017, Part Three)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 10, 2017

Today we’ll take a final look at a rainy, but successful City People Home Tour. While we each probably had our favorites along the way, the homes this year seemed, to Urban Woman and myself to...

A Market Square Business Leaves, Another Downtown Business Takes Its Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 13, 2017

A number of you have noticed that Local Motors has left downtown and its 11 Market Square Address. Both when I first wrote about their opening and when I wrote about their retail re-boot, a number...

Downtown Knoxville to get DreamBikes

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 21, 2016

DreamBikes, a 501(c)3 formed by Trek Bikes in 2008, is an organization that has “refurbished and returned 10,000 bikes to the community,” while, “providing jobs for over 100 teens.” The organization achieved these accomplishments through two...

Daylight Building Offers Downtown Homes For Sale

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 19, 2016

Five years after accepting its first residents, Dewhirst Properties is offering what have been leased apartments inside the Daylight Building, located on the 500 block of Union Avenue, for sale as condos. The historic tax credits...

City Council Votes to Impose Historic Protection on Cal Johnson Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 6, 2016

City Council meetings sometimes provide a bit of drama and such was the case last night when it considered placing the Cal Johnson Building under historic zoning or H1 protection. Essentially, this means it cannot be...

What Makes a City Beautiful? Keep Knoxville Beautiful Finds the Answer in Downtown Buildings

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 10, 2016

Keep Knoxville Beautiful is a local organization devoted to just what their name would imply. Their mission statement indicates that they love all things “clean, green and beautiful.” To keep it clean, they organize major litter cleanups,...

Mill and Mine Set to Open For Big Ears – Full Operations By This Summer

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 9, 2016

A bit of a media frenzy ensued when a press release announced the opening of the Mill and Mine at 225 W. Depot, an entertainment and concert venue and complex of sorts. Mercury ran with it, the...

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Emporium Building and Nearby Parking Structure Sold

New Life for a Historic Building

Electric Company Lofts Opens Quietly, Extends Downtown Fringes

A Look at the Fire Street Lofts and The Emporium (AKA City People Home Tour 2017, Part Three)

A Market Square Business Leaves, Another Downtown Business Takes Its Place

Downtown Knoxville to get DreamBikes

Daylight Building Offers Downtown Homes For Sale

City Council Votes to Impose Historic Protection on Cal Johnson Building

What Makes a City Beautiful? Keep Knoxville Beautiful Finds the Answer in Downtown Buildings

Mill and Mine Set to Open For Big Ears – Full Operations By This Summer

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

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