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Mayor Kincannon Discusses Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 14, 2021

The Downtown Knoxville Alliance invited Mayor Kincannon to address downtown residents via Zoom at their quarterly resident’s meeting. For about an hour she answered questions and shared thoughts about the state and future of downtown. She...

Standard Knitting Mill May Be Redeveloped After All

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 13, 2019

It’s had a long, tortured journey. According to Knox Heritage, Standard Knitting Mill was founded in 1900 with about 50 employees. By the 1930s it employed over 4,000 and at one point it produced a million...

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...

Major News for Future Downtown Development

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 18, 2019

It’s something we’ve talked about on this blog for years as a missing piece in the downtown development equation: the missing 200 block of South Gay Street. Once a thriving connector packed with businesses, the construction...

Rendering of Mews II, Magnolia and Ogden, Knoxville, May 2018

Construction Update: The Mews II

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 11, 2018

About eight months have passed since I announced the plans for the Mews II, the second set of condominiums Jeffrey Nash is constructing on Magnolia Avenue. The first, The Mews, on the opposite side of Ogden...

Locust and Church Rendering, Proposed Supreme Court Site Development, Knoxville, April, 2018

Evolving Supreme Court Site Development Plans

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 2, 2018

Rick Dover, DIA Architects, J Davis Architects and Bristol Development Group recently presented their current vision for the Supreme Court Site on the downtown block bounded by Henley, Church, Locust and Cumberland to City Council in...

Construction Photos and Updates: Regas Square, Mews II, Vine Avenue Rowhouses

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 15, 2018

Between the bone-chilling cold we had a few weeks ago and the seemingly constant rain we’ve had since, you may not have noticed that construction is continuing on several projects we’ve discussed on this website. I...

What’s Being Built? How’s It Coming?

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 5, 2017

Given the intense interest in new construction and some conversations I’ve heard recently indicating people have missed a few construction announcements along the way, it seems helpful to sometimes review some of the projects and report...

Stockyard Lofts: Major New Construction Announced for the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 3, 2017

A shift has happened in downtown development. Whereas for years we enjoyed a renaissance of older buildings converted to new, often residential, uses, we’re now firmly in an era of ground-up construction. One such development is...

A Downtown Building Finds a New Purpose; A Downtown Institution Plans Move

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 16, 2017

Unless you’ve had a car repaired there – and many people have over the years – you’d not likely be familiar with the building at 213 E. Fifth Avenue. Should you have reason to drive east...

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Downtown Development

Mayor Kincannon Discusses Downtown

Standard Knitting Mill May Be Redeveloped After All

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

Major News for Future Downtown Development

Construction Update: The Mews II

Evolving Supreme Court Site Development Plans

Construction Photos and Updates: Regas Square, Mews II, Vine Avenue Rowhouses

What’s Being Built? How’s It Coming?

Stockyard Lofts: Major New Construction Announced for the Old City

A Downtown Building Finds a New Purpose; A Downtown Institution Plans Move

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