Organizations raise questions about Hospitality Hub expansion
Questions about the Hospitality Hub expansion come less than a week after Memphis and Shelby County announced a proposal to relocate and expand the facility Downtown.
Tom Bailey
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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Business 3rd & Court diner now hiring
Hotel Indigo's new diner and lounge, 3rd & Court, is now hiring in preparation of its opening late this month.
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Real Estate Middle Memphis: City Cottages starts filling in the blanks with new houses
A new residential development company focuses on infill development in the Memphis core and is listing its first two houses for sale, both under $300,000.
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Real Estate Love of Memphis draws Shotts back to lead Realtors
A passion for Memphis compelled Katie Shotts to return to the city a second time. She is the new chief executive of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors.
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Real Estate The Citizen in Midtown Memphis places tenants next to nearly everything
The mixed-use development called The Citizen does not yet have a commercial tenant, but its apartment dwellers are a short walk from many Midtown stores and services.
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Real Estate One-fourth of Forum Flats’ apartments destroyed by fire
The builder of Forum Flats apartments says 205 units could still be repaired and completed by the original deadline in August.
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Real Estate Pittsburgh firm made offer on 266 Lofts that was too good to refuse
Local developers intended to keep the 266 Lofts in Downtown Memphis, but a private equity firm made an aggressive, unsolicited offer.
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Real Estate Approval for The Clipper will expand Downtown’s core of skyscrapers
The planning board grants an exception to allow The Clipper hotel and office towers to be up to 275 feet tall, three times the existing limit near FedExForum and Beale Street.
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Real Estate East Memphis senior-living development approved after compromises
A $75 million, 240-unit senior living community won approval from a planning board Thursday after developers met concerns of the Audubon neighbors.
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Real Estate Business rocks: Venerable stone company plans to double in size
Christie Cut Stone Co. proposes to expand its main location by 7 acres now that the addition of brick sales has boosted the company.
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Business Key designer for important Memphis building dies
Architect Tommy Roy Polk has died. He worked with famed Memphis architect Roy Harrover in designing iBank Tower — originally known as the NBC Building — in Downtown Memphis. The building was completed in 1973.
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Real Estate University of Memphis pedestrian bridge takes shape
Cables have been installed for the University of Memphis’ soaring, pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks and streets.
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North Memphis Work starting soon on solar array near Nike
Two-megawatt solar array near Nike's North American Logistics Campus in Frayser will help the company meet its goal of using 100 percent renewable energy.
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Health Care Memphis implant firm grows rapidly, draws majority investor
A private-equity firm has bought controlling interest of the rapidly growing CrossRoads Extremity Systems, which was founded in Memphis less than five years ago.
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Real Estate Claridge House to be regional headquarters for 2020 Census
The Census Bureau will oversee the 2020 Census in Shelby and nine other West Tennessee counties from the third floor of the historic Claridge House in Downtown Memphis.
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Real Estate Corps of Engineers intends to leave federal building, eventually
The Corps of Engineers still intends to leave the federal building Downtown, but no move is imminent.
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Business Crosstown Concourse among finalists for global award
The Urban Land Institute has selected Crosstown Concourse as one of 19 finalists for the 2019 Global Awards of Excellence.
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Business Apartments may soon rise at Midtown gateway
A building permit application has been filed for the 176-unit Thrive at the Park apartments at Sam Cooper and East Parkway.
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Real Estate The real Juicy Crab is coming to Memphis
The Juicy Crab, a Georgia-based seafood chain serving New Orleans-inspired food, will open a restaurant where The Melting Pot once operated at 2828 Wolfcreek Parkway. That's near Wolfchase Galleria.
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Metro Needed: Donations of feminine hygiene products
A local, nonprofit organization that provides feminine hygiene products to impoverished women has organized a special week for collecting donations of supplies and monetary contributions.
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Real Estate Shadows are ‘small price’ for Clipper’s benefits
The Clipper towers will create significant shadows Downtown, but the neighbor with the most sunshine to lose is not concerned.
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Real Estate Nashville’s hip-hop-inspired Slim & Husky’s pizza appears headed for Memphis
A building permit application indicates three Tennessee State grads plan to bring one of their gourmet pizza restaurants to the Edge District in Memphis.
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Business What’s one word that describes Memphians?
The European architect leading the design of the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art said months of research will take place before building shapes and materials are considered.
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Real Estate Esteemed Swiss firm to design Brooks Museum
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has chosen Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron to design its $105 million future home overlooking the Mississippi River Downtown.
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Real Estate River park building shows its mettle, allowed to stay
The Board of Adjustment has given permanent approval for the shipping-container concession stand at River Garden park.
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