Level II: Knoxville Downtown Hilton Renovation
12-B-22-DT
Approve As Requested
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of Certificate 12-B-22-DT as submitted.Applicant Request
Level II: Exterior rehabilitation- Exterior renovation of existing hotel (Knoxville Downtown Hilton). Scope of work includes patching and painting of existing stucco exterior walls, and the installation of new storefront windows on all stories and all elevations. The windows feature aluminum storefronts with internal mullions and muntins, with architectural louvers on the sides of the multi-light windows. Exterior signage will be submitted at a later date.
Property Notes / Work to be Completed
- The proposed application meets the design guidelines as it updates the hotel's window and ventilation systems with windows which create a "largely transparent and consistent rhythm." Patching and repainting the stucco exterior will maintain most existing materials and modernize the exterior aesthetics. Signage will be submitted in a later application.
Applicable Guidelines
Downtown Design Guidelines
See Guidelines- 1. Building Mass, Scale, and Form
- 1d. Use building materials, cornice lines, signs, and awnings of a human scale in order to reduce the mass of buildings as experienced at the street level.
- 4. Architectural Character
- 4b. Enhance pedestrian interest in commercial and office buildings by creating a largely transparent and consistent rhythm of entrances and windows.
Meeting Date
December 21, 2022
Knoxville Downtown Hilton Renovation
501 W. Church Ave.
DK (Downtown Knoxville)
Applicant
McCarty Holsaple McCarty Chad Boetger
Owner RB Knoxville LLC
