Knoxville Construction and Updates

[timmay143]

Just going to start a general Knoxville construction thread and pin it.

 

This looks nice!

 

 

Developer Buzz Goss is teaming with a Murfreesboro firm on a 238-unit downtown apartment project that would also include a pool and a parking garage.

The Marble Alley Lofts venture was announced Friday morning. Goss is teaming with TDK Construction Company, of Murfreesboro, on a project that would be located on a block bounded by State Street, Commerce Avenue, South Central Street and Union Avenue.

Currently a surface parking lot, the site is owned by Knox County but Goss has an option to buy it.

The developer said this morning that construction should begin late this year or early next year and be completed by 2015. The buildings will be three to five stories tall and Kent Ayer, of TDK, said a one-bedroom studio will likely rent for around $850 a month.

The parking garage would have 350 spaces.

Financing has not yet been finalized, but Ayer said the team is targeting a HUD program in which that agency insures a loan issued by a bank. But he emphasized that Marble Alley Lofts would be a high-end project, and not a rent-subsidized or Section 8 development.

Update:
Specifically, Ayer cited HUD's 221(d)(4) program.

For his part, Goss in 2009 had pitched an ambitious plan for Marble Alley which included 150,000 square feet of retail space; 100,000 square feet or more of commercial and office space; and a retail arcade that would front Gay Street and run across the parking lot next to Mast General Store.

The plan announced Friday does not include a retail component, but Goss indicated he's working on retail and commercial space for a second phase.

In 2011, a Georgia developer outlined a plan for an apartment community that would have been the first phase of development on the site, but Goss said that project is not happening.

Update #2:
Here's a link to the site plan.

 

[MetroTN]

There are some new apartments in the works for Northeast Knox Co. on Tazewell Pk. 

 

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/local/north-knoxville/2014/02/19/neighbors-concerned-about-incoming-apartment-complex/5622167/

 

http://www.ldiline.com/showpdf.cfm?proj=180495&file=001CVR_A0.01.pdf&dir=CVR

 

I think they look really good.

[jmtunafish]

It's awfully quiet in here.  Just wondering if anyone knows when the new University Commons (Publix & Walmart adjacent to U.T.) is going to open.

[nashmoney]

I drove up to Gatlinburg this past weekend and took Chapman hwy from Knox to Sevierville...I noticed demolition at the old Baptist Hospital right across the river from downtown.

 

The site is massive, 23 acres, and about 10+ buildings. They completely shut the whole hospital down and the developer is tearing down every building but two. Kind of wished they would have kept the main hospital tower. I liked the art deco pinkish look that it had. Plus it had a massive pressence.

 

However, glad this campus is getting redeveloped. This will be great for Knoxville.

 

Knoxville is a great city....and continues to get better.

 

http://www.cityofknoxville.org/Press_Releases/Content/2013/0604.asp

 

http://wuot.org/post/south-knoxville-riverfront-development-will-replace-baptist-hospital-campus

 

 

 

The Existing campus

 

[nashmoney]

Here are some pics of the demolition courtesy of insideknoxville.com

 

 

 

 

[nashmoney]

While I'm on the Knoxville thread...some really great pics of the city.

 

I love that BB&T building!

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/skylinescenes/7749942720/in/photostream/

[Dale]

Is Knoxville in the doldrums ? Or are there just no Knoxvillians on UP ?

[MetroTN]

I miss Knoxville. Ive been thinking of moving back when I graduate. 

[MetroTN]

Inside of Knoxville has news on a new residential/commercial structure planned for the old Regas restaurant site...

http://insideofknoxville.com/2015/10/amazing-new-condo-and-retail-project-announced-regas-square/

Also, Regal is considering moving their headquarters to the south waterfront...

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local-news/regal-negotiating-move-to-south-knoxville-waterfront_90407498

 

[MLBrumby]

So nice to see an update about Knoxville. I have been there enough times over the past few years to know there's more going on, and not just at UT's campus. There's a lot of potential in that city. Would like to see those fast-expanding suburbs give up some of that growth to the core. 

[Nathan_in_DC]

Inside of Knoxville has news on a new residential/commercial structure planned for the old Regas restaurant site...

http://insideofknoxville.com/2015/10/amazing-new-condo-and-retail-project-announced-regas-square/

Also, Regal is considering moving their headquarters to the south waterfront...

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local-news/regal-negotiating-move-to-south-knoxville-waterfront_90407498

 

Great news on both fronts. Getting Regal downtown just makes sense, and would be a great re-purposing of the old hospital site.

Love the look of those apartments, too.

[MLBrumby]

More on the Regal prospects and the hospital site, from WBIR:  http://www.wbir.com/story/news/2015/10/14/regal-move-knox-waterfront-could-cost-taxpayers-millions/73907122/

"Tennova Healthcare sold the 24-acre site to Blanchard and Calhoun, an Augusta, Ga.-based developer, in December 2013 for $6.25 million. Before that, it sat vacant since the hospital closed in 2008.  The company plans to build one of the largest developments in the history of Knoxville and Knox County: A $165 million mixed-use project that features luxury apartments, shops, a hotel, restaurants and a riverwalk between the Gay and Henley bridges."

 

[Nathan_in_DC]

Oh man, that sounds amazing. I'd love to see some renders soon!

[MetroTN]

I was in Knoxville recently and snapped this pic from the Starbucks parking lot on Cumberland Ave. It shows the new Childrens Hospital expansion. 

 

[Nathan_in_DC]

Anything new in Knoxville? What about the Baptist Hospital site?

[MetroTN]

This looks cool...

IDB gives final OK to housing complex on Cumberland Ave. Strip

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local/idb-gives-final-ok-to-housing-complex-on-cumberland-ave-strip-326af055-aeeb-1f3d-e053-0100007fe82b-378723291.html

 

 

[UTgrad09]

On 5/12/2016 at 3:06 PM, MetroTN said:

This looks cool...

IDB gives final OK to housing complex on Cumberland Ave. Strip

 

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local/idb-gives-final-ok-to-housing-complex-on-cumberland-ave-strip-326af055-aeeb-1f3d-e053-0100007fe82b-378723291.html

 

 

Wow! That's gonna feel weird...first, that was my local bank branch. Secondly, there were many times I walked through there on the way to Cool Beans. 

I was there last summer, and that seemed to be one of the few places in Knoxville seeing quite a bit of development. I love the urban development, but I hope they don't kill the vibe of The Strip (though in this case, nothing is really being lost, other than excess parking for FTB).

[Dale]

Anything new on this ? http://www.knoxnews.com/business/marriott-hotel-planned-for-former-news-sentinel-site-downtown-33356312-a780-44f5-e053-0100007f75df-380151031.html

[Dale]

Hello ?

[fieldmarshaldj]

13 hours ago, Dale said:

Hello ?

We seem to be lacking contributors from Knoxville to give us updates.

[Dale]

5 hours ago, fieldmarshaldj said:

We seem to be lacking contributors from Knoxville to give us updates.

That's a shame. It's even hard to find much about Knoxville online.

[NissanvilleTitans]

These are pics of Gatlinburg while we were there Monday morning. Anyone with any sense can see it was bad then at 9 in the morning. I keep watching these videos of people who were forced to leave that night saying they had no time or warning. What lies! It's been burning towards Gatlinburg since Wednesday. Yes, the winds unexpectedly speed it up but no warning? Really? When we left, people were still walking the streets and shops as if nothing was happening even tho the town was red, lol. We stopped at Chipotle in Sevierville on our way out and guys from the fire dept. were there, just sitting around making jokes of people who acted like it was a big deal. And now this morning, look at what a big deal it truly was. All kinds of fire departments and the military are working on it now but isn't it just a little too late? Why not work on this Wednesday before the whole town and all those animals burned? Make jokes, hillbillies!

[Nathan_in_DC]

Anyone have any updates as to what is going on in Knoxville these days? Any new construction? How about the old Baptist Hospital site?

[MidTenn1]

I haven't been there in a while, but apparently not much has happened. I vaguely remember something about demolition occurring.

There is a story from May of this year about some of the plans for development.

 

 

[Nathan_in_DC]

Damn, that's rather unfortunate. Hard to believe Knoxville is seeing hardly any major projects while just a couple of hours away Nashville is booming.

What's the deal? Stagnant economy? Just a low level of population growth? Seemed like there was lots of change happening when I was living there from 2002-2007.