KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Developer CHM LLC has broken ground on University Commons, Knoxville's first urban, vertical retail complex. The property will be situated on 12 acres near the University of Tennessee and will include 211,000 square feet of retail space and parking. The shopping and dining development is located on the former Fulton Bellows site. Walmart and Publix will anchor the property and more than 40,000 square feet will be dedicated to smaller retailers and service providers once the project is completed. The complex is expected to fill a grocery and retail void in the downtown and university areas, in what is considered a federally designated “food desert,” says Mike Griffin, a partner with CHM. The Walmart and Publix are slated to open in the summer of 2014.
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