KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — An old building along Hall of Fame Drive is getting a new life as it becomes the home of two new businesses in Knoxville.
Regus and Southern Swing held a joint ribbon-cutting on Thursday to celebrate their openings. Regus is a global company that rents out shared office space. This is the company’s fourth local location, with 30 office units. Southern Swing is an indoor golf club, and those wanting to drive the virtual links need a membership.
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The building that now houses the business was empty for the last 25 years, Ashleigh Griffin, director of investor development for the Knoxville Chamber, shared. She explained that Paragon Development, a Knoxville-based firm, redid the building to make it ready for new business. She said that it is now a “wonderful asset to downtown” and hopes it will lead to an influx of people and businesses to the area.
“Knoxville has just got an amazing golf community already. But there’s not a lot downtown that would provide that. So, having a space that is accessible for all the businesses and all the growth that’s going on down here. People can come here, they can play golf on their lunch break. They can have meetings here. Just trying to build the Knoxville golf community in the downtown area,” said David Holmes, golf coach at Southern Swing.
The owner of Southern Swing added that while this is their first location, he wants to build it out and create a community through the club.
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“The most exciting thing for me has just been getting to know so many different people in town. I mean, I knew there was a big golf community, but I didn’t know how passionate people are about golf in this city, and to get to know them and get to be around them is really cool,” said Kevin Roderick, owner of Southern Swing…