Bring Nash & Smashed to Knoxville, TN
Expand along East Tennessee's I-40 / I-75 corridor — from the UT Cumberland Strip and Market Square to Bearden, Cedar Bluff and Turkey Creek in Farragut — with five craveable menu lines.
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Positioned right across the Appalachians from our active Carolinas and Virginia footprint, Knoxville sits directly along the I-81, I-40 and I-75 supply-chain corridor. The University of Tennessee's surging enrollment along Cumberland Avenue, UT Medical Center's workforce, and lively downtown blocks around Market Square and Gay Street create year-round fast-casual demand.
Stretching west along Kingston Pike through Bearden, West Hills, Cedar Bluff and the massive Pinnacle at Turkey Creek lifestyle complex in Farragut — plus northern I-75 plazas along Emory Road in Powell and Halls — Knox and Blount counties offer prime single-unit and multi-unit territories.
SEC college-town energy meets West Knoxville's I-40 / I-75 retail spine
- Cumberland Avenue Strip, UT Campus & Downtown Market Square: High-density Volunteer student housing, game-day crowds and downtown office foot traffic suited for Express and 1,600 sq ft storefronts.
- Turkey Creek & Farragut (Parkside Drive / I-40 & I-75 West): East Tennessee's largest regional shopping and dining destination serving affluent West Knox, Farragut and Oak Ridge commuters.
- Bearden, West Town & Cedar Bluff (Kingston Pike Corridor): Established grocery-anchored centers and high-traffic commercial strips connecting central and western Knoxville.
- Powell / Emory Road (I-75 North) & Alcoa Highway / Maryville: Growing suburban family corridors and McGhee Tyson Airport commuter plazas.