University of Tennessee Construction

[Tennessine]

 

New student housing in place of the former Andy Holt Tower.

[MLBrumby]

Such an improvement. I really like the checkerboards... noticed it on many buildings around campus... including iconic Ayers Hall. 

[Tennessine]

On 3/14/2019 at 5:58 PM, MLBrumby said:

Such an improvement. I really like the checkerboards... noticed it on many buildings around campus... including iconic Ayers Hall. 

I like the general design the University is implementing with new buildings on campus. These will age much better than the ones built during the Brutalist Architectural Era of the 1970s.

New signage up to demarcate the Engineering campus. 

[bigeasy]

Do you know what the dorm count is in the new dorm? I would think they would have lost some capacity since Andy Holt Tower was pretty large.

[Tennessine]

New engineering building U/C. This is next to East Stadium and the Tickle Engineering Building

[Tennessine]

I've been away from campus for the semester, but I'm curious whether or not the virus may slow the progression of construction. UT has switched to online classes for the rest of the semester. 

[Nathan_in_DC]

On 3/25/2019 at 1:18 PM, bigeasy said:

Do you know what the dorm count is in the new dorm? I would think they would have lost some capacity since Andy Holt Tower was pretty large.

Not only was it huge, but they stuffed four people into each two-bedroom apartment...

[MLBrumby]

This one took forever. Campus West Dining Hall. I haven't been on campus in over a year, but the last time I drove past this site it was still a hole. Pics of the outside would be nice to have here. 

https://www.utdailybeacon.com/campus_news/dining_and_housing/new-west-dining-facility-comes-to-campus/article_ce205ec4-0037-11ec-85b1-8fad891ed7ab.html 

[MLBrumby]

The Energy and Environmental Science Research Building (EESRB)

The EESRB will be a newly constructed research facility totaling approximately 157,000 gross square feet over four stories. This edifice will house teaching laboratories, research and public service labs, offices and new classrooms for the UT Institute of Agriculture (UTIA).

https://fs.utk.edu/underconstruction/10773-2/

Click here to view the live construction cameras.

Project Status: Under Construction

Total Budget: $95 Million

Start of Project: Spring 2021

Expected Completion: Fall 2023

Zeanah Engineering Complex – Classrooms Open!

The Zeanah Engineering Complex will be a 232,250 GSF instructional and research building containing the Tickle College of Engineering’s freshman, honors, diversity, professional practice, and advising programs.  A key fixture of the building will be state-of-the-art instructional fabrication laboratories for undergraduate engineering students.  Also, the building will house the nuclear engineering department (its instructional spaces, its faculty offices, and its research laboratories), and will provide professional research laboratories (and accompanying offices) built flexible enough to accommodate a range of engineering sub-disciplines. Demolition work will begin the summer of 2018 and the tentative completion date is fall 2021.

Veterinary Medical Center – Teaching and Learning Center

A 19,375 gross-square-foot addition to the Veterinary Medical Center that will provide much needed classroom, instructional laboratory, and informal gathering space for the UT Institute for Agriculture’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Project Status: Bidding

Total Cost: $9 Million

Start of Project: October 2020

Expected Completion: January 2022

Edited September 22, 2021 by MLBrumby

[MLBrumby]

Rocky Top Dining Hall

A new dining facility will be constructed at the former Humes Hall site as part of the West Campus Redevelopment project. The new 73,256 square foot dining facility will have seating capacity for 1,160. The structure will feature an 8-Platform Fresh Food Company Dining Facility with a full service Chick-Fil-A. Construction for this project was completed in Spring 2021, and the dining hall was opened on August 16, 2021.

[MLBrumby]

On 3/25/2019 at 9:18 AM, bigeasy said:

Do you know what the dorm count is in the new dorm? I would think they would have lost some capacity since Andy Holt Tower was pretty large.

I know this is very late, but I was wondering the same thing. I think they're lower than they were about 8 years ago. The enrollment is up, but as for on campus housing, the U had to buy an apartment building (Volunteer Hall) to capture some overflow.  The mold problems in the Orange/White dorm complex set them back a couple of years on their expansion with "West Campus".  Fortunately they've remedied that and they've opened West Dining Hall.  So they'll start cranking up on replacing Presidential Complex.  It will be a net fewer dorm rooms but the bed count will be about the same. The plethora of apartment complexes surrounding campus (especially across the river) have picked up the slack.  I expect the school will look toward the Lake Avenue area between Cumberland to expand with future dorms when they finish with the new replacements for Presidential (later in this decade).  Another area they may look at is reconfiguring Frat Row; I don't know that as a fact but it seems antiquated and there's a lot of real estate under those frat houses which are approaching 60 years old. 

[MLBrumby]

Not an actual UT project, but right at the edge of campus.  https://desktopbackgroundshq.com/developers-plan-new-student-housing-project-on-cumberland-ave-to-replace-strip-mall/ 

Curious if anybody who posts in the K'ville forum ( @UrbanWes03 @Nathan_in_DC@Tennessine ) has a rendering for the new Greystar condo on Cumberland Avenue. Noticed last week that construction has started. 

- 700 beds for residents

- An outside courtyard

- A swimming pool

- A fitness center

- Study rooms

- Computer rooms/a gaming room

- A lounge area and a fire pit

- The alleyway near the mall will also stay open, and the building will be built over it.

- 509 total parking spots/201 bicycle parking spots. 

 

I don't claim to understand a lot about real estate, but the statements below just don't "add up" to me. They're spending $93 million to make the property worth $82 million? What?

Construction is expected to be complete by summer 2023, according to records. It is expected to cost around $93 million. Records also show that the project is expected to create more than 150 construction jobs, and 25 permanent ones. ... They said the project would also increase the value of the property to around $82 million, a significant boost from its current value of around $3.8 million.

 

[IWS1402]

19 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Not an actual UT project, but right at the edge of campus.  https://desktopbackgroundshq.com/developers-plan-new-student-housing-project-on-cumberland-ave-to-replace-strip-mall/ 

Curious if anybody who posts in the K'ville forum ( @UrbanWes03 @Nathan_in_DC@Tennessine ) has a rendering for the new Greystar condo on Cumberland Avenue. Noticed last week that construction has started. 

- 700 beds for residents

- An outside courtyard

- A swimming pool

- A fitness center

- Study rooms

- Computer rooms/a gaming room

- A lounge area and a fire pit

- The alleyway near the mall will also stay open, and the building will be built over it.

- 509 total parking spots/201 bicycle parking spots. 

 

I don't claim to understand a lot about real estate, but the statements below just don't "add up" to me. They're spending $93 million to make the property worth $82 million? What?

Construction is expected to be complete by summer 2023, according to records. It is expected to cost around $93 million. Records also show that the project is expected to create more than 150 construction jobs, and 25 permanent ones. ... They said the project would also increase the value of the property to around $82 million, a significant boost from its current value of around $3.8 million.

 

Here you go!

http://p1cdn4static.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_109478/File/Boards/zoningappeals/packets/2020/9E20VA.pdf

[UrbanWes03]

13 hours ago, IWS1402 said:

Here you go!

http://p1cdn4static.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_109478/File/Boards/zoningappeals/packets/2020/9E20VA.pdf

Thanks for posting! I’ve been meeting to post about this for a while, even had this pdf open for a while, but hadn’t gotten around to it. 

[MidTenn1]

From the TENNESSEAN (behind paywall). Sorry!

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Exclusive: A bridge to expand the University of Tennessee across the river is back on the table

State, University of Tennessee and local leaders are back at the table to figure out how to bring to life a longtime dream of a pedestrian bridge that would stretch across the Tennessee River and expand the landlocked campus into South Knoxville.

The bridge, a project that originally was part of the South Knoxville waterfront development plan but stalled out because of a lack of funding, would connect Thompson-Boling Arena in the heart of the campus to Clancy Avenue on the Tennessee River's south side. The bridge would cost $50 million to $55 million, the coalition estimates.

[MLBrumby]

I really thought this had been posted. Fairly new information regarding the new Haslam S.O.B. building to rise at the corner of Volunteer Blvd. and Cumberland Ave., where three buildings, all former dormitories (Dunford ca.1963; Greve ca. 1956; Henson cs. 1930) stand currently.  It will continue the architetural theme of the campus, with orange brick, checkerboard accents, and peaked roofs. The corner wing will "mirror" Strong  Hall across Cumberland. It will contain 306,000 s.f. and 

From KNS:  https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2022/10/28/university-of-tennessee-plans-new-haslam-college-of-business-building/69552158007/

The cost is $227.35M to be broken down accordingly:

• $100 million in gifts
• $83 million in state appropriations
• $44.35 million in institutional funds

The state-of-the-art building will have a footprint of more than 306,000 square feet. With 32 new classrooms, here how the space will be divided up:

• 50% classroom space
• 29% office and meeting space
• 12% public and amenity space
• 8% research and innovation space
• 1% building support space

The building itself will mimic the campus' brick Collegiate "Tennessee" Gothic style, as seen on buildings like Ayers Hall, the existing Haslam II Business Building, Strong Hall, the Student Union and others.

 

 

[MLBrumby]

University of Tennessee planning an entertainment district built around Neyland Stadium

The University of Tennessee is planning an ambitious Neyland Entertainment District that would transform the area around the iconic football stadium and along the Tennessee River waterfront.

The initial development would feature a boutique hotel, condominiums and a conference space to tie together Neyland Stadium and Thompson-Boling Arena.

The public-private partnership could eventually include a tabletop area above the existing G10 parking garage for tailgating, restaurants, retail and other entertainment.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2023/05/17/tennessee-neyland-stadium-entertainment-district-waterfront-hotel-restaurants/70227790007/

Edited May 17, 2023 by MLBrumby

[MLBrumby]

University of Tennessee's $309M plan for three new residence halls gets the fast track

In addition to the current building boom which includes new business school facility, veterinary scool,  nursing school buildings and Lindsey Nelson baseball park, the University is proceeding with additional dorm construction on campus. This is not related to the 2500 new apartments two blocks away from campus on Cumberland Avenue (aka "the Strip"). 

UTK had a record number (50,000) of applications for undergraduate admission this past year and the school has been trending toward a lower acceptance rate. Still, the growth of the student body has been rising rapidly over the past five years. It is now at just under 33,000, with a target of 36,000 by 2027. These numbers are not for the whole UT system, but for the Knoxville campus alone. The school needs additional dorms to accommodate this growth. The state has selected a private developer to fast-track three new large dorms accommodating 2500 more students.  The Google map links are my best guesses of their locations. The one adjacent to the LNBP (I think) will go on the parking lot accessed from Todd Helton at the rear of the Fraternity Row.

Free access to non-subscribers:  https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2023/05/23/university-of-tennessee-knoxville-builds-three-new-residence-halls/70213506007/ 

Additional information from UTK:  https://news.utk.edu/2023/05/22/ut-announces-public-private-partnership-for-new-residence-halls-master-lease/#:~:text=The Andy Holt Avenue and,units with en suite bathrooms. 

Andy Holt Avenue residential hall

- will house about 750 students, and it's estimated to cost $70 million.

- one- and two-bedroom suites with bathrooms

- built on a parking lot that's adjacent to the existing Magnolia and Dogwood Halls (nw corner Holt and 20th)

https://goo.gl/maps/PC6YkzgnkZ44yvcu5

 

Caldonia Avenue residential hall

- built on parking lot between Caledonia and Terrace Avenues, near the Lake Avenue Parking Garage (s/o Cumberland Avenue)

- to house more than 1,100 students and cost an estimated $110 million

- will be home to first- and second-year students and is expected to open for the fall 2025 semester

- will feature one- and two-bedroom suites with staff offices and student lounge areas

https://goo.gl/maps/b4Hc7P3BqWzmjvzU9

Residential Hall near Lindsey Nelson Stadium

- will be built adjacent to Lindsey Nelson Stadium

- to open in fall 2026 with 750 apartment-style rooms

- two- and four-bedroom furnished apartments intended for upperclassmen and will feature common spaces

- has an estimated $129 million price tag

- apartments will feature two bathrooms, a living room and a full kitchen

- adjacent to a new UT Baseball indoor practice facility

https://goo.gl/maps/REmotuht8eEoS6qk9

 

Edited June 14, 2023 by MLBrumby

[MLBrumby]

Some more renderings of ongoing campus projects

Campus master buildout plan for 2030, when the school will have enrollment of 38,000. https://masterplan.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2023/01/2023-01-24-UTK-MP-Town-Hall.pdf  Refer to page 16 for locations of future buildings.

Massing diagram of the Melrose Student Success building where old Melrose Hall is currently.  

 

UTIA Energy Environmental Science Research Building (EESRB)

Green roof of EESRB

SW elevation of EESRB

South elevation of EESRB

Construction is underway on the Energy and Environmental Science Research Building at the UT Institute of Agriculture. The 157,000-square-foot building is scheduled to open in spring 2024.

 

UTIA Veterinary Medical Center and Training Center

Looking Southwest

Looking Southeast

 

Planting of native trees, shrubs and flowering plants is expected to begin in February 2023 at the new Stormwater Park.

New Haslam C.O.B. at corner of Volunteer Blvd. and Cumberland

 

Edited June 14, 2023 by MLBrumby

[UrbanWes03]

Thanks for posting these @MLBrumby! I meant to get around and post these haha… There are additional renderings of the Lindsey Nelson Stadium dorms that were posted on the tenn_athletics Instagram. I really love how those dorms will have stadium views! To accommodate these, the adjacent Todd Helton Dr. will be realigned and straightened as UT just bought some of the CSX land to do so. It is definitely impressive the amount of units being added just on campus and Cumberland. It will be over 5,000 new units in that area just in the next 3 years. That doesn't even include all of the new units planned for SoKno or Downtown!

[UrbanWes03]

I also got to take a tour of the under construction EESRB building. It's going to be a really nice building when it's all said and done, especially with the accessible green roof! I was able to snag the link to its OxBlue camera as well. The new ag campus buildings are definitely some of the nicest new buildings on campus!

EESRB OxBlue camera: https://app.oxblue.com/?openlink=christmanco/EESRB

 

Also grabbed a picture of the recently completed UTIA Veterinary Medical Center and Training Center.

 

According to the master plan, Joe Johnson Dr. is getting a much needed road diet, and E J Chapman Drive is being converted into a mini version of PED walkway. This should really help interconnect the Ag campus to the main parts of campus.

[MLBrumby]

This is NOT a UTK project. More renderings for the HUB (Core Spaces) on Cumberland Avenue, which is under construction.  https://juneaucc.com/project/hub-knoxville/ 

 

https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2023/february/cumberland-avenue-investment.html  

 

Edited February 5 by MLBrumby

[MLBrumby]

Some more on The Hub... 

https://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2023/february/cumberland-avenue-investment.html