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Top Floor Makes Lofts Unique

With downtown Knoxville’s condominium market growing crowded, developers of The Gallery Lofts grappled with the question every developer faces — how to make their project distinctive. So partners Wayne Blasius, John Craig and Faris Eid punched a hole in the roof... was able to add one-room mezzanine and penthouse levels to each of the six condos on the top floor... More

Upscale condos add new color to downtown landscape

With recent renovations to historic sites, a proliferation of entertainment and cultural offerings and the emergence of innovative retail destinations downtown Knoxville is in the midst of an urban rebirth. More

Downtown Housing Boom

Tuesday's pre-construction auction underscores the recent demand for upscale downtown housing in Knoxville. More

Developer Adding High-End Condos to Downtown

Knoxville (WVLT) - This time next year you may not have to battle traffic and gas prices to get Downtown for the games. More

The Fine Art of Downtown Living

The name Gallery Lofts should be taken at face value,since works by local artists wil ldecorate the hallways and other common areas of the historic building at the corner of Gay Street and Wall Avenue. More

Hate to Burst Your Bubble Upscale downtown living isn’t going anywhere anytime soon

Now, should a few of those upper middle-income folks decide to forego sprawl and settle in the city, the resulting real-estate boom will barely be started before some folks start poking the supposed bubble with a sharp stick. More

Revitalizing downtown on track

Wayne Blasius, owner of the Phoenix Building at 418 Gay St., says the TIFs will help him secure Mast General Stores, a regional retailer with a popular store in Asheville, N.C., More

Welcome to Mast General Stores

The chain of stores, based in North Carolina, plans to open a 23,000-square-footstore in the former White Store site on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville.Mast is the first retailer to use a tax increment financing deal with the city sincesouth Gay Street was designated as a redevelopment area in late November lastyear. The redevelopment district was established after talks with Mast to purchasethe building at 402 S. Gay had begun. More

Mast plans '06 opening

North Carolina-based Mast General Stores, the first retailer tosecure a tax increment financing deal with the city sincedowntown's south Gay Street was designated as aredevelopment area, announced an August 2006 opening Wednesday. More

Council Approves Gay St. Tax Break

The Knoxville City Council approved a plan Tuesday that would allow the City to give tax breaks to developers along the four blocks of Gay Street. More