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April 10, 2023 | Tom Ballard

Request for Information sought for hotel conference center at UT Research Park

Continued growth at the Park creates demand for additional gathering/meeting spaces and a place for stakeholders and partners to stay overnight or for more extended periods as they collaborate with UT and other colleagues.

The Cherokee Farm Development Corporation, which operates the University of Tennessee Research Park, on Monday announced that it is accepting Requests for Information (RFI) for a hotel conference center on the 150-acre property known as Cherokee Farm.

According to the RFI, “Continued growth at the Park creates demand for additional gathering/meeting spaces and a place for stakeholders and partners to stay overnight or for more extended periods as they collaborate with UT and other colleagues. To address this need, the  (CFDC) is issuing this RFI to invite letters of interest from private developers to finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain a new hotel/conference center.”

The timeline is as follows:

  • PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING: 1 p.m. EDT April 25;
  • DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS: May 4;
  • POSTING OF ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: May 16; AND
  • PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 2 p.m. EDT June 6.

The RFI packet can be found here.


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