AJ, Vintage Cal, and . . . Valet Parking?
We’ve all been waiting for news on a range of downtown projects and no two have been more anticipated (ok, maybe the tower on the river) than the AJ and Vintage Cal (formerly known as Marble...
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Gay Street Bridge Update (Plus a Restaurant That Slipped Past Me)
In case you’ve missed it, the Gay Street Bridge has been closed for the last month. Although it must pass routine inspections, the 126-year-old bridge was suddenly pronounced unsafe after TDOT said it found a “distortion...
Ham’n Goodys Opens at 505 S. Gay Street
Knoxville has another great local business tucked around the perimeter of the Embassy Suites. With the addition of Ham’n Goodys, which opened last week, the hotel now is host to Knox Mason, K Brew, Top Golf,...
COVID-19: Business Updates with A Dopo, Embassy Suites, Tree and Vine and Citifid-o
This is part of an ongoing series checking in with downtown businesses during the COVID-19 Pandemic. You can find the other installments of this story here: Part 1 (Sapphire, An Anonymous Business, Emilia and Knox Mason),...
Food Boxes Distributed at Embassy Suites, Showing Knoxville Love
Today, at Embassy Suites (507 South Gay Street), from 9:00 a.m. and running until noon or the boxes run out, food boxes and bags will be handed out to any area workers who have been laid...
CJ’s Tacos Opens at 507 South Gay Street
CJ’s Tacos, who many of you know from his taco tent or from Chris Jones’ food truck, has opened his first brick and mortar location inside Embassy Suites. A soft opening last weekend attracted lines as...
Wake Foot Sanctuary and Spa Opens Inside the Embassy Suites
Ami Patel, owner of Wake Foot Sanctuary and Spa inside the Embassy Suites at 507 South Gay Street (enter through Union Avenue entrance), searched with her husband, Alpesh Patel, owner of the new downtown Embassy Suites,...
K Brew Downtown Opens on Gay Street
In addition to the opening of the Embassy Suites at 507 South Gay Street last Thursday, a number of ancillary businesses opened at the same address. Alpesh Patel, Embassy Suites owner and developer, was very deliberate...
Knox Mason Re-Opens Thursday in New Home
It’s the best of Knoxville stories. The kind of arc that can’t really happen, but does happen because, well, Knoxville. About twenty years ago in a high school typing class, freshman Alpesh Patel and junior Matt...
An Update and Look Inside the Downtown Embassy Suites
It was October 2017 when Alpesh Patel announced plans for his Kana Hotel Group to transform the office building at 505 South Gay Street to an Embassy Suites Hotel. At the time, the estimated completion date...
Construction Photos and Updates: Tombras, Marriott Courtyard and Residence Inn, Crozier and Stockyard Lofts
There seemed to be enough interest in yesterday’s photographs and updates regarding current and planned construction to warrant another pass at it, don’t you think? Interest is great and there are so many projects that following...
Embassy Suite Details – And Three Favorite Local Businesses to Join Them at the Location
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
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...