Inside of Knoxville

COVID-19: Impact on Development in the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 21, 2020

As I’ve done with local business owners, I approached local developers with a series of questions regarding the impact of the pandemic and the economic shutdown on their current and future projects. I asked about the...

Former Bowery and NV Nightclub Buildings to be Restored

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 19, 2019

Two buildings at 125 East Jackson Avenue will be renovated and given a new use in a plan approved yesterday by the Downtown Design Review Board. Forming the east and south side of the courtyard...

New Development Comes to Emory Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 31, 2019

If you’ve never considered Emory Place, it’s worth walking through and giving it a bit of thought. If you don’t know where it’s located, consider walking north on Gay Street, past the 100 block, over the...

How would you spend $.75 million and change annually to help downtown?

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 18, 2019

Start naming projects to help an entire downtown and the money can slip away pretty quickly. Some issues or dreams can’t be addressed with that small amount of money. As massive as it would seem to...

Downtown Knoxville Alliance Poised to Usher the City into a New Era

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 7, 2019

When I moved into downtown Knoxville in 2009 and stumbled into the Central Business Improvement District, now re-branded as the Downtown Knoxville Alliance, it was already sixteen years old. Formed in 1993 during some of downtown’s...

City House Town Homes Within Months of Completion

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 23, 2019

It’s been three-and-one-half years since I first wrote about Hatcher-Hill’s plans to build row homes on Vine Avenue at one of the highest points downtown. Since then a lot has changed while very little has changed....

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...

Merchants of Beer Slated to Open This Fall in Old Diner

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 16, 2016

We’d all be doing pretty well if we had as many lives as the diner located at the corner of Summit Hill and Central. The property and the structure are owned by Hatcher-Hill and have been...

Every Single Downtown Question Answered! (Or at least a few of them)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2016

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article offering small updates from around downtown. I thought I’d stay ahead of the curve a bit and give everyone some insight into current developments. I underestimated my...

Archer’s Barbeque Opens Downtown Location Today

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 3, 2016

Archer Bagley’s path to opening his fifth Archer’s Barbeque location hasn’t been a perfectly direct journey. His first location in Farragut closed. His second, a drive-through idea taught him many useful lessons which would fuel his...

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COVID-19: Impact on Development in the City

Former Bowery and NV Nightclub Buildings to be Restored

New Development Comes to Emory Place

How would you spend $.75 million and change annually to help downtown?

Downtown Knoxville Alliance Poised to Usher the City into a New Era

City House Town Homes Within Months of Completion

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

Merchants of Beer Slated to Open This Fall in Old Diner

Every Single Downtown Question Answered! (Or at least a few of them)

Archer’s Barbeque Opens Downtown Location Today

Mahalo Coffee Opens Downtown Location

COVID-19: 1/18/2021 Update (International, National, State, Local, KCS)

ACF Jewelry is Open at 105 West Jackson in the Old City

New Lounge, The Vault, Opens in the Former Holston Bank Vault

Vida Opens at 531 South Gay Street