INDUSTRIAL SPACE
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1995
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1999
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Total
Number of Properties
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27
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28
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Total
Sq. Ft. Gross Leasable Area
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895,701
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957,032
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Vacant
Sq. Ft. Gross Leasable Area
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48,348
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50,775
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Vacancy
Rate
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5.4%
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5.3%
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SOURCE: MPC
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- Industrial development
in this sector is concentrated along W. Blount Avenue and Maryville
Pike.
- Maryville Pike has the
largest number of industrial recycling businesses in Knox County.
- Three hazardous waste
sites are located along Maryville Pike, one is within this sector
and two are in the county area.
- A number of houses are
located along this corridor and are sandwiched between commercial
or industrial uses.
- Several properties along
Maryville Pike have remained vacant for many years
- Between 1995 and 1999,
the sector gained almost 7% of industrial space, or about 60,000 square
feet of gross leasable area. However, the sector lost 7 acres of industrial
land use between 1995 and 2001.
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