Property Scope

From downtown lofts to suburban office parks, Property Scope focuses on topics including real estate, development, architecture and historic preservation in Knoxville and East Tennessee.

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Jun 19
Wednesday briefing : World's Fair Park talks start among Knoxville developers, UT and city staff. KNS Developer spins a Bass tale at ULI breakfast. KNS Travel options grow as Megabus adds Lexington route....
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Jun 18
Tuesday briefing : Storm grates that are unsafe for cyclists continue to cost Nashville. Tennessean Nashville Symphony lays off catering, dining staff. Tennessean Downtown Chattanooga's Patten Towers soon may reopen....
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Jun 17
Appeals court rules against Mike Ross in civil case : The 6th Circuit U.S....
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Jun 17
Monday briefing : Protomet expanding, to add 30 jobs. KNS Second location open for Coffee and Chocolate. Stuck Inside of Knoxville Oak Ridger building sold; paper to continue to publish....
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Jun 14
MPC approves demolition of Walnut buildings : A bid by St....
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Jun 14
Friday briefing : Retired DOE official: Management of UPF 'out of control,' cost could top $10B. KNS Oak Ridge board to building owner: Fix it up or tear it down. KNS Farragut to consider noise ordinance....
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Jun 13
Downtown garage owners seek demolition approval : The owners of the Pryor Brown garage, at the corner of Church and Market streets, are seeking permission to demolish the building. According to an agenda for next week's Downtown Design Review Board...
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Jun 13
Thursday briefing : New Knoxville position to help plan cycling, pedestrian routes. KNS State: Ex-Knox County trustee Mike Lowe used title business to bilk taxpayers. KNS Farragut to consider noise ordinance....
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Jun 12
Wednesday briefing : Preserving the past: Historic cabins a family hobby. KNS Report: TVA may host "open house" to display findings of archaeological dig at Locust and Summer Place....
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Jun 11
Ely Building sold : It's not often that hockey sticks are the catalyst for Knoxville real estate deals, but a downtown gem is one exception. The Ely Building, at 406 W....
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Jun 11
Tuesday briefing : Lakeshore Park plans and ideas receive discussion. KNS Check out the view from a top-floor apartment in the Arnstein Building....
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Jun 10
Hill Avenue site under contract : A vacant lot on Hill Avenue may soon have a new owner....
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Jun 10
Monday briefing : Apartments rising on site of shuttered Forrest Avenue United Methodist Church, in Chattanooga. Times Free Press Nashville Symphony's fate hangs in balance as Schermerhorn foreclosure auction looms....
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Jun 6
Thursday briefing : Giant tree removal causes dissent in Fourth and Gill. KNS Clayton Supply acquires Crossville-based Elixir. KNS St....
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Jun 5
Ex-football star on board of Calif.-based landlord : A couple of weeks ago, the Scope wrote about American Homes 4 Rent, a California company that has bought dozens of East Tennessee homes in recent months. As it turns out, the company's board of trust...
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Jun 5
Apartment project planned on The Strip : The BP site on the Cumberland Strip may soon get a six-story student housing project with retail space. Gerald Witt has the details in the KNS: The 218-bedroom, 59-unit building had to meet local st...
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Jun 5
Wednesday briefing : Medical Arts, Marble Alley, Neel's Wholesale, JCPenney and now the former Baptist Hospital site -- apartment projects are hot in urban Knoxville. KNS Nov....
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Jun 4
Hotel, apartments planned for ex-Baptist site : The city on Tuesday unveiled plans for a new mixed-use development on the former Baptist Hospital site, in South Knoxville. Georgia developer Blanchard & Calhoun's redevelopment is slated to include...
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Jun 4
Tuesday briefing : Historic North Chattanooga fire hall for sale after restoration. Times Free Press Ceremony held for new Carter Elementary School....
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Jun 3
Plan for Baptist site to be unveiled Tuesday? : A major announcement about the South Waterfront is in the works, and one clue indicates that it involves the old Baptist Hospital site. The city has scheduled a Tuesday news conference for 10 a.m....
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Jun 3
Monday briefing : Boutique butcher shop set to open in Bearden. KNS Lakeshore Park playground to be constructed in boy's memory. KNS KNS photo/Amy Smotherman Burgess...
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May 31
Chipotle planned on Peters Road : Burritos and banking go together -- at least they will in West Knoxville. Pigeon Forge-based SmartBank is planning a branch at the corner of Peters Road and Cedar Bluff Road, but the project includes...
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May 31
Friday briefing : Market 211 offers event space, lodging on Market Square. KNS Only 70k cubic yards of fly ash remain in Roane spill site. KNS TVA suffers blow, loses biggest customer....
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May 30
Knoxville Center mall gets a "paramedic" : The Metro Pulse has an interesting story about Knoxville Center Mall, and Simon Property Group's effort to revive it. In the meantime, new Simon Properties distressed-assets rep Justin Sterling talks...
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May 30
Thursday briefing : Nashville Mayor commits $7.5 million to continue bus rapid transit push. Tennessean City plans to add 90 downtown residential parking spaces....
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May 29
Wednesday briefing : Jones Lang LaSalle will manage 10.5M square of state-owned and leased office properties. Tennessean Lamar Alexander says 'no chance' TVA will be sold....
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May 28
Dewhirst, Heinz buy on Broadway : David Dewhirst and Mark Heinz have bought a pair of properties in the Broadway-Central Street corridor. The downtown developers recently acquired an empty warehouse on Broadway and a vacant lot on La...
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May 28
Logistics firm signs Miller's Building lease : Joe Petre, of Conversion Properties, passed along word that Chattanooga-based logistics firm American Access Transport has leased 9,000 square feet on the third floor of the Miller's Building. The Ga...
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May 28
Tuesday briefing : Restoration of Sherrill House gets underway. KNS UT wants to take over city-owned campus streets. KNS IBM team tackled $5 million Knoxville problem: drafty homes....
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May 24
California rental firm on ET home-buying spree : A California company that specializes in buying homes and renting them out has bought dozens of properties in the Knoxville area this year. American Homes 4 Rent is based in Malibu....
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May 24
Friday briefing : Residential teardown-rebuild trend is transforming Nashville neighborhoods. Tennessean What to do about those leftover KAT shelters on the UT campus?...
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May 23
Prosecutors move to drop criminal case against Mike Ross : From the KNS: Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to dismiss a criminal case against Maryville developer Mike Ross, who in November had been indicted on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and money...
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May 23
Thursday briefing : Tiny street in Bearden triggers big questions about commercial district's future. KNS Knoxville Wholesale Furniture to build $10M showroom. KNS Norfolk Southern opens new rail/truck terminal....
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