Pigeon Forge

Pigeon Forge Caps New City Hall at $43.6 Million GMP

Q: What did the $43.6 million city hall vote actually lock in?

A guaranteed maximum price. Pigeon Forge commissioners agreed Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, the city is set to pay no more than $43.6 million for construction of the new city hall, below the budgeted amount. Kyle Horner of Horner Construction put the targeted move-in at July 2028. After that, the city plans to demolish the existing hall and add parking. The Mountain Press did not print a roll-call.

Q: Does a $43.6 million city hall reprice a Pigeon Forge house or cabin?

Not by itself. A GMP is a construction ceiling, not a Great Smoky Mountains MLS comparable. Disclose the campus work if a buyer asks what is happening at city hall. Price the house to closed comps, condition, and days on market. Pigeon Forge’s $0.1041 certified city rate and Sevier County’s $0.87 county rate are separate live files.

Q: How does this GMP differ from the site plan already on this desk?

The live site-plan post is the 53,713-square-foot planning-commission tape. Monday’s vote is the construction ceiling: $43.6 million, under budget, Horner Construction, July 2028. Same-night C-PACER advancement toward a Sept. 14 public hearing is a separate live URL. Do not mash the three files into one city-hall number.

Q: What should Pigeon Forge and Sevier County owners do this week?

Keep Farrell’s Monday clip: $43.6 million GMP, below budget, July 2028 move-in, then demolish the old hall and add parking. Price to closed comps, not to a construction ceiling. Start with a free home evaluation at kingsofrealestate.com/l/home-evaluation/ or ask about a cash offer. Call 865-365-2280.

Pigeon Forge city commissioners agreed Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, to pay up to $43.6 million for a new city hall, a guaranteed maximum price that came in below budget, with a July 2028 move-in target.

Tracy King

28 Aug 2026 • 6 min read

Pigeon Forge commissioners agreed Aug. 24, 2026, to a $43.6 million guaranteed maximum price for a new city hall.

Pigeon Forge city commissioners agreed Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, to pay up to $43.6 million for construction of a new city hall, The Mountain Press reported. Jeff Farrell's clip is the guaranteed-maximum-price tape, not the site-plan file already live on this desk. Kyle Horner of Horner Construction, overseeing the project for the city, put the targeted move-in at July 2028. The GMP came in below the amount the city had budgeted. This desk is writing the construction ceiling. The 53,713-square-foot city hall site plan is already published elsewhere. It is not this lead.

Farrell's Monday file is the municipal-campus tape. The city has already demolished the old fire department headquarters and moved into a new one, and the new police department headquarters is under construction. The $43.6 million city hall is the last component of those renovations. Once the new building is finished, Horner said, they will demolish the existing city hall and add more parking, so the campus work continues after the 2028 move-in. Also Monday, the commission approved moving ahead with a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resilience program. That C-PACER step is already live on this desk as a separate URL. The Mountain Press said the latest C-PACER vote was one step in the process, with a public hearing before the Sept. 14 meeting. Do not mash the GMP into that hearing.

What did the $43.6 million city hall vote actually lock in?

A guaranteed maximum price. Not a site plan, not a millage, and not a cabin permit. Commissioners agreed the city is set to pay no more than $43.6 million for construction of the new city hall, using a GMP that came in under the budgeted number. Horner Construction is overseeing the project. Targeted move-in is July 2028. After that, demolition of the existing hall and extra parking still sit on the campus calendar. Farrell did not print a roll-call. This desk will not invent one. The number that is on the page is $43.6 million as a ceiling, July 2028 as the move-in target, and a campus sequence that already includes the new fire headquarters and a police headquarters under construction.

Monday's companion C-PACER item is financing for commercial energy and resilience work, not the city hall contract. The Mountain Press: the commission approved moving ahead with C-PACER, which could provide improved financing for work that uses renewable energy or enhances energy efficiency, with a public hearing before Sept. 14. That hearing is the C-PACER calendar. This article is the GMP. If a Parkway owner asks what commissioners did to the municipal campus this week, the answer is the $43.6 million ceiling and the 2028 move-in, not a short-term rental rule and not the certified tax rate already live on this desk.

Pigeon Forge city hall tape	Figure	Source
Guaranteed maximum price	Up to $43.6 million	Mountain Press, Aug. 24/27, 2026
Move-in target	July 2028 (Kyle Horner, Horner Construction)	Mountain Press
Budget comparison	GMP came in below the amount budgeted	Mountain Press
Campus sequence	Old fire HQ demolished; new fire HQ occupied; police HQ under construction; city hall next; then demolish existing hall and add parking	Mountain Press
Already live (not this lead)	53,713 SF city hall site plan; C-PACER / Mill Creek; $0.1041 certified tax rate	Live KORE desk URLs
C-PACER companion (same night)	Advance the program; public hearing before Sept. 14 meeting	Mountain Press
30-year fixed (context, not a reprice)	6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026	Freddie Mac PMMS

Does a $43.6 million city hall reprice a Pigeon Forge house or cabin?

Not by itself. A GMP on a municipal campus is a construction ceiling. It is not a Great Smoky Mountains MLS median. Disclose the campus work if a buyer asks what is happening at city hall. Price the house to closed comps, condition, and days on market. Do not mark a three-bedroom up because the city printed $43.6 million. Do not cut it because Horner's 2028 move-in sounds far away. Tourism-city owners already carry the $0.1041 certified city rate live on this desk and Sevier County's $0.87 county rate live on this desk. Those millage files are separate. This file is the building contract.

Do not mash this story into the site-plan post. That URL is the square footage and planning-commission tape. This URL is the Monday GMP. Do not mash it into C-PACER. That URL is the energy-finance program with a Sept. 14 hearing. If the question is what the city will spend to finish city hall, this is the file: no more than $43.6 million, July 2028 target, then demolition and parking. Freddie Mac's Aug. 27 Primary Mortgage Market Survey has the 30-year fixed at 6.66%. A few basis points will not reprice a Parkway condo the way a full point would. Waiting for that full point while other Sevier sellers list into the same dip is a different decision than city hall got a GMP.

Can I buy the next Smokies house before this one sells?

You can write the offer. A contingent contract on a Sevier County clock is still a maybe when the next seller already has a buyer who is not waiting on a city-hall explainer. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer.* If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer. The two-house trap did not change because commissioners set a $43.6 million ceiling: you cannot honor the next address until this one is settled, and you will not list until you know where you are going.

How does this GMP differ from the site plan already on this desk?

The live site-plan post is planning-commission square footage and campus layout. Monday's vote is the construction ceiling. One is what they drew. The other is what they agreed to pay, at most. Horner's July 2028 move-in and the later demolition of the existing hall are schedule facts on the Mountain Press clip. They are not a certificate of occupancy and not a reason to reprice a Wears Valley cabin. Keep the site-plan URL in one folder and this GMP URL in another. Do not average 53,713 square feet with $43.6 million into a fake city hall number.

The same Monday advanced C-PACER toward a Sept. 14 public hearing. That program is commercial-property financing for energy and resilience work. It is not a city-hall bond. Owners who asked last week whether they were taking up C-PACER already have that live post. Owners who ask this week what they locked for city hall get $43.6 million, under budget, Horner Construction, July 2028. Named official on the construction tape is Horner. Farrell is the reporter. Do not invent a mayor quote that is not on the page.

What should Pigeon Forge and Sevier County owners do this week?

If you own near the municipal campus, keep Farrell's Monday clip: $43.6 million GMP, below budget, July 2028 move-in, then demolish the old hall and add parking.
Price your house or cabin to closed comps in Great Smoky Mountains MLS territory — not to a construction ceiling.
Do not retell the 53,713 SF site plan, C-PACER, or the $0.1041 certified rate as this lead. Those posts are live.
Start with a home evaluation. Ask about a cash offer if timing is the problem.

Call Kings of Real Estate at 865-365-2280. Knoxville office: 121 Suburban Road, Suite 101. Licensed agents: $250/mo desk fee.

What's happening in the Smoky Mountains this week

Pigeon Forge city hall GMP — commissioners agreed Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, to pay up to $43.6 million; July 2028 move-in target (The Mountain Press)
C-PACER public hearing — before the Sept. 14 Pigeon Forge City Commission meeting (The Mountain Press)

Sources: The Mountain Press, Pigeon Forge approves $43.6M for city hall (Jeff Farrell; GMP; Horner; July 2028; campus sequence; C-PACER Sept. 14 hearing); live KORE posts for the city hall site plan, C-PACER, and certified tax rate (not this lead); Freddie Mac PMMS, 30-year 6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026.

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