$100 Million Magnolia / East Knoxville Development Plan
A Long-Term Investment Strategy for East Knoxville
The $100 Million Magnolia / East Knoxville Development Plan is a comprehensive community and economic development initiative designed to attract significant public and private investment into the Magnolia Avenue, Burlington, Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, and greater East Knoxville corridors.
The vision is to create a stronger economic ecosystem through commercial development, quality housing, neighborhood retail, infrastructure improvements, small-business growth, job creation, public safety, and strategic public-private partnerships.
This is more than a real estate development plan. It is a strategy for community transformation and long-term economic opportunity.
This is more than a real estate development plan. It is a strategy for community transformation and long-term economic opportunity.
Our Vision
- Develop and redevelop underutilized commercial properties
- Increase affordable, workforce, and market-rate housing
- Attract restaurants, retailers, financial institutions, and neighborhood services
- Support locally owned businesses and contractors
- Expand employment and workforce-development opportunities
- Improve infrastructure, streetscapes, connectivity, and community assets
- Strengthen public safety through collaboration and community-focused strategies
- Create opportunities for homeownership and local wealth creation
- Build partnerships among government, developers, financial institutions, nonprofits, businesses, and residents
Leadership & Community Partnership
Endorsed by community and government leaders, including Knox County Mayor Betsy Henderson, Knox County Sheriff Brent Gibson, and Knoxville City Councilmember Denzel Grant.
Current public sources confirm Henderson as Knox County Mayor, Gibson as Knox County Sheriff, and Grant as Knoxville’s Sixth District councilmember.
The Goal
$100 Million. One Community. A Long-Term Vision.
Our objective is to help position Magnolia Avenue and East Knoxville as a thriving destination for families, businesses, entrepreneurs, developers, investors, and institutions while ensuring that existing residents and local businesses have opportunities to participate in the area’s growth.
Restoring Pride. Creating Opportunity. Rebuilding Hope.
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Partner With a Long-Term Urban Investor
We acquire, develop, and manage properties with a disciplined, community-focused investment approach across Tennessee and Alabama.