865 Neyland Entertainment District
Under wayGroundbreaking held September 2026
A public-private district between Neyland Stadium and Thompson-Boling Arena on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville, with about 100,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space, a 24-story condo-hotel, restaurants, two plazas and a new garage replacing the G10 garage.
The garage is due August 2027, the district early 2028 and the tower 2029, so paving, electrical and LED display power come first, then hotel mechanical, fire protection and interior finishes, and finally plaza landscaping and event cleaning.
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University of Tennessee News, 2026-09-21 (opens in a new tab)→TRISO-X TX-1 Fuel Fabrication Facility
214,000 sq ftSee sourceVertical construction complete; interior buildout underway
A 214,000-square-foot advanced nuclear fuel fabrication plant in Oak Ridge (Anderson County) built by Clark Construction Group, with a graphite matrix powder building and other support facilities still to come.
The project has moved from structure to interior buildout and equipment installation, which is the phase where mechanical, electrical, fire protection and specialty flooring subcontractors do most of their work.
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X-energy, 2026-09-24 (opens in a new tab)→Randy Boyd Hall, Haslam College of Business
243,800 sq ftSee sourceTopped out; completion fall 2027
A five-story, 243,800-square-foot business school building on the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus with 18 classrooms, research labs, two 300-seat auditoriums and food service.
With the structure topped out in April 2026, the remaining year is interior mechanical, electrical, flooring and painting work, and a building serving more than 10,000 people a week will need custodial service once open.
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University of Tennessee News, 2026-04-17 (opens in a new tab)→Kairos Power Hermes 2 demonstration plant
50 MWeUnder wayBroke ground April 2026
A grid-connected, 50-megawatt advanced reactor demonstration plant in Oak Ridge (Roane County) built by Kairos Power, with Samsung C&T agreeing in September 2026 to provide up to $100 million and join the engineering, procurement and construction team.
Samsung C&T's initial focus is power-generation systems and balance of plant, which is where electrical, mechanical and fire protection subcontractors find most of the non-nuclear scope, along with support buildings and site paving.
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World Nuclear News, 2026-09-22 (opens in a new tab)→Transforming Western: Connections Building, destination park and Western Heights renovation
$15 million Connections Building; $8.5 million parkUnder wayGroundbreaking held July 2026; completion 2027
KCDC's six-phase redevelopment of the Western Heights and Beaumont neighborhoods northwest of downtown Knoxville, including a 16,114-square-foot Connections Building, a two-acre destination park, a Beaumont Youth Center expansion and renovation of 232 original Western Heights units.
The renovated Western Heights units are getting new roofs and updated exteriors, the Connections Building and youth center are new commercial builds due in 2027, and the park brings tree canopy, lawns, pathways and a parking plaza, with phases running to 2029.
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Knox TN Today, 2026-07-10 (opens in a new tab)→Burlington firehouse and streetscape project
$19MUnder wayFirehouse under construction (due mid-December 2026); streetscape due early March 2027
A City of Knoxville project in the historic Burlington Center in East Knoxville: a new $8.7 million two-bay firehouse plus a $10.3 million streetscape phase.
After KUB utility work, the streetscape phase calls for road repaving, new sidewalks, street lighting and tree plantings through early 2027, while the firehouse moves from masonry block to steel erection and the rest of the building.
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Knox TN Today, 2026-03-30 (opens in a new tab)→Sam Houston Elementary School expansion
nearly 40,000 square feetApproved or fundedBid awarded to Merit Construction; about 15 months of construction
Maryville City Schools is expanding Sam Houston Elementary in Maryville (Blount County) with a new front addition, a new and larger gymnasium and a larger library, raising capacity from about 480 to 640 students.
The addition covers the whole front of the building and moves the student drop-off circle, which was to be rebuilt before the 2026 school year, so site paving comes first, followed by the addition's shell, roof and interiors during the school year.
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WATE 6 On Your Side, 2026-03-16 (opens in a new tab)→Knox County Schools K-8 school at the former Rule High School site
See sourceConstruction planned 2026 to 2028; opening 2029
A new Knox County Schools K-8 school for 1,200 students at 1919 Vermont Avenue in Knoxville, designed by Lewis Architects Group to serve the Mechanicsville, Lonsdale and Beaumont communities on the site of the demolished Rule High School.
A ground-up school on a cleared site means sitework, parking and bus loops, a full building shell and roof, and finished grounds, with construction running 2026 to 2028 ahead of a 2029 opening.
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WATE 6 On Your Side, 2026-01-05 (opens in a new tab)→Minvilla Manor renovation
See sourceRenovation in preparation
The Volunteer Ministry Center is preparing to renovate Minvilla Manor, a 57-unit low-income housing complex in North Knoxville that opened in 2009, backed by a $1 million low-income housing tax credit from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency.
The stated scope includes roofing, new gutters, hot water systems and a switch from shared HVAC to individual heating and air conditioning systems, plus porch changes and a security gate.
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