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Marriott Transforming Former Holiday Inn on Henley

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 27, 2021

Constructed as a Holiday Inn in anticipation of the 1982 World’s Fair, the hotel, along with the adjacent Tennessean came under new ownership in February 2019 and the former Holiday Inn is being changed into a...

How Well Has Knoxville Tourism Survived the Pandemic?

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 16, 2021

We all remember last March when hotels suddenly emptied and it seemed the world stopped traveling all at once. There was no way to anticipate what awaited in the coming months, but serious changes were clearly...

Downtown Hotels: Too Many? Too Few? Just the Right Number?

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 10, 2019

I get these kinds of questions often. Most of the time they are asked from the perspective of doubts about whether downtown can support all the new hotels that have sprung up in recent years....

Embassy Suite Details – And Three Favorite Local Businesses to Join Them at the Location

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 18, 2018

It’s been nearly three months since the announcement that the Conley Building at 505 – 507 Gay Street would become an Embassy Suites. The long under-utilized building sits at arguably the most prominent intersection in the...

Plans Announced for a Major Building on Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 24, 2017

Three weeks ago I wrote about the Conley Building at 505 – 507 South Gay Street. After a range of uses over the years, serving mostly as banks and office space, the building had become entangled...

A Look at the First Completed Condo in the Tennessean

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 12, 2016

In a relatively short turn-around time for a project of this magnitude, the first condo in the high-end luxury project, The Tennessean, has been completed. It was only last spring that the project was announced and...

Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott May Come to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 20, 2016

The vacant property located along State Street from Church over to Cumberland has been the subject of speculation for several years. Once the site of the Knoxville News Sentinel, the building that housed the newspaper was...

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Downtown Hotels

Marriott Transforming Former Holiday Inn on Henley

How Well Has Knoxville Tourism Survived the Pandemic?

Downtown Hotels: Too Many? Too Few? Just the Right Number?

Embassy Suite Details – And Three Favorite Local Businesses to Join Them at the Location

Plans Announced for a Major Building on Gay Street

A Look at the First Completed Condo in the Tennessean

Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott May Come to Downtown

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