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We're restoring the historic Hicks Block Building on the corner of Market & Broad Street. Follow for updates!

11/02/2026

If you’ve wanted to walk through the units and see what all the hype is about, we’ll have the doors open and welcome you in November 5th, Thursday from 5-6:30pm! Come say hi and explore the lofts.

10/25/2026

This studio loft unit is probably my favorite….okay I say that every time because each unit is SO unique and has its own character. I just love each and every one of them for different reasons. This lofted space is extra special with a second half bath! If this one isn’t snatched up fast I may just have to stick to the original plan and keep it to myself!!! Eric Casebolt Kattie Stanton-Casebolt Jennifer Helton

10/22/2026

This unit has amazing windows but the bedroom is perfect for anyone needing to sleep the day away in a nice quiet dark room! My 18 year old would be in heaven but anyone needing to sleep during the day would too! Plus when you want to hang out you have the best windows dedicated to your living space! Where are my nightshifters?!

10/14/2026

This is unit 201, a one bedroom one bath with a generous living area and open kitchen. Each unit has its own character and charm. I can’t wait to see this beautiful building filled with people and community. These units should be available for rent starting November 1st. It is listed on apartments.com and we’ll be sharing that link / information soon.

10/06/2026

We’ll interrupt storytime with a crazy, thankful moment. Yesterday at 8 pm I started getting phone calls and text messages of “ Hey, you have water gushing out of your building”! I was in WI for a friend’s daughter’s wedding…. What do you mean water is gushing?!

So I immediately start making calls and my village showed up STRONG! Thank you James Brickman and Jen Ogborn Brickman for doing all the things…sending me all the videos and letting me breathe easier that the lofts are ok!

Everything is now ok and it was a bad fitting! So that was a crazy moment!

10/04/2026

Story time Part 3: After a lot of consideration we decided to make an offer of $50,000 (again, public information so no reason not to share). It was contingent upon getting the city to work with us to save the building. Without that piece, we would have had to tear the building down.

The realtor tried to negotiate that they had another buyer who was willing to pay more and I said fantastic, I’ll happily work with them if they need an architect. I just don’t want the building demolished. They finally accepted our offer and we got to work, making phone calls, meetings, emails, measuring, obtaining asbestos reports, having structural engineers look at the building, demolition contractors to see what that was going to cost.

I started designing and dreaming of what the building could be, talking to banks about financing, to say there was a lot going on is an understatement. Trying to work through the “Consent Order” and when we would close on the building became really important because we were going to be on really tight schedules to start making things happen!

Then April hits and the middle starts majorly collapsing because of all the rain!!! Everyone started getting nervous, was this really going to happen or all fall apart?!

To be continued…

10/04/2026

Story time Part 2: So the auction buyers backed out. The realtor started reaching out to all the registered auction potential buyers to see if they were interested in making an offer. So I decided it was probably time to go look at the building inside. Obviously it was rough but the middle floor had not yet collapsed.

So I looked at it and felt like it was probably more than we wanted to deal with but then I saw the above letter attached to the building a few days later (this is all public records that can be found online). I asked the realtor how the building could sell if it was under condemnation. The hearing hadn’t happened yet. He didn’t know anything about it so I forwarded him these pictures.

I also then went to the building official to start asking questions. It became clear that this building was going to be officially condemned and it was likely too late to do anything about it but I happened to see a couple City leaders and started asking how can a condemnation be overturned, and was told well, you probably need to find precedent and case law to support that.

I went back to my office and made a phone call to a lawyer I had just done work for on another building….

To be continued…

10/04/2026

Story time part 1: In October of 2024 my husband and I started looking into properties for a potential investment. I started looking at 130 Broad Street and honestly loved it….we started conversations about what it would look like if we bought it. I went through it multiple times but then found out 152-160 Broad Street was going up for Auction. Previously the listing / listing price was WAY out of what would have financially worked.

I kept thinking about the auction but knew we couldn’t do it alone. So I started conversations with my brother in law and sister about we should bid. It started as a joke but day of the auction we registered and agreed $100k was our max offer. Mind you my brother in law had never seen the building and at the time I hadn’t even been in the inside of the building. 😳

Auction day comes and two individuals keep driving the bid up, so we just kept watching. It got to $170,500 and we thought well, that’s that. Let’s see what the new owners do with the building. That was November 20th, 2024.

To be Continued……

10/03/2026

If you’re new to this page or even if you’ve been following along this whole time, let’s take a little look back at what this building looked like when we bought it and started clearing it out!

The roof was falling in, the second floor in the middle was falling in, the windows on the second floor were busted and falling apart, there was trash and construction debris everywhere! 14,000 square feet in the heart of downtown Kingsport that at the time was about to be condemned and had that happened, it would have been torn down.

I’ve never really gone into what it took to save this building just that we closed on the building May 28, 2025 (Our 20th Anniversary) Anyone want more of the back story of how this all started?!

10/02/2026

Same room different angle…standing in the same spot just over a year apart from standing amongst rubble, just praying more of the building didn’t fall down to yesterday….

A truly amazing event surrounded by our friends, community, small businesses, local musicians, local craft brews, and just the most supportive atmosphere I’ve probably witnessed!

We are so truly fortunate to live in an area that truly cares and to have so many friends step in to help us prepare this past week is such a blessing! I’m beyond exhausted, my body just plain hurts but I just want everyone who came out yesterday, old friends, new friends, strangers who have become friends, vendors who spent their precious time setting up not knowing what to expect…..THANK YOU! Urban Brews & Creamery Meraki Blooms Therapeutic Massage, LLC Gracie Blevins Miller (Memories Matter) Charcutie and Thirsty, Tristar Cookies, Bestie and Blooms, KT’s Boutique, Billy & Sailor , Peaceful Peak, Times-News Online….. I won’t even try to tag all the friends who showed up! Again your support has definitely helped get us through all the tough times we probably wanted to throw in the towel and say, this is too much! We can’t wait to see where this building and community continues to grow from here!!

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160 Broad Street
Kingsport, TN
37663

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