Hardin Valley / Pellissippi Corridor

Typical uses along Hardin Valley / Pellissippi Corridor

• Office & flex
• Light industrial / R&D
• Retail (following rooftops)

Newer-growth corridor tied to Oak Ridge’s technology and energy economy.

Corridor profile

The Pellissippi Parkway corridor (I-140/SR-162) ties West Knoxville to the Oak Ridge technology economy — Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12 and the private-sector energy and advanced-manufacturing companies growing around them — and Hardin Valley is the corridor’s growth engine on the Knox County side.

Development here skews newer: office and flex parks, R&D-adjacent space, and the Pellissippi State Community College main campus, with retail steadily following the corridor’s heavy rooftop growth. For technology, engineering and advanced-manufacturing tenants that need to draw workforce from both Knoxville and Oak Ridge, the parkway position is the market’s natural answer.

Land remains comparatively available versus the built-out western corridors, which is why newer campus-style and flex product keeps choosing this corridor.

Landmarks & anchors

• Pellissippi State Community College (main campus)
• Oak Ridge employment base (ORNL / Y-12) up the parkway
• Hardin Valley rooftop growth
• I-40/I-140 interchange access

Official local sources — Hardin Valley / Pellissippi Corridor

Public, official links so you can research the facts yourself — we point at the sources rather than editorializing the data.

• Tennessee DOT — official traffic counts (AADT) and road projects
• KGIS Maps (Knoxville–Knox County GIS) — parcels, zoning, flood layers, aerials for any site
• Knoxville–Knox County Planning — zoning codes, land-use plans, development review
• TN Dept. of Economic & Community Development — state incentives and site-development programs
• Knoxville Chamber — regional economic development and market data