U of M will remove houses to expand parking lot
The University of Memphis will soon remove a half-dozen houses along Deloach and Poplar so it can expand a campus parking lot.
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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June 2019
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Business Work resumes for SugaShack music club on Beale
New music club will serve soul music and Southern food in a simple, brick building on Beale, just east of the entertainment district.
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Metro France swoons over love story linked to Olive Branch
Enterprising French journalists reunited an elderly Olive Branch man with his long-lost love from World War II, and the story spread across Europe.
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Real Estate Highland Heights church property draws interest from buyers
Methodist church officials will soon list for sale the just-closed Highland Heights United Methodist Church building. The property anchors a corner of two busy streets, which should draw interest from prospective buyers.
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Metro Benefactor offers to fund Memphis reunion of WWII sweethearts
An elderly French woman may travel to Olive Branch for a second reunion with her World War II sweetheart.
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Metro Saia takes another step toward new $15M truck terminal
Saia Motor Freight seeks building permit to build 200-door cross dock just east of Memphis International Airport.
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Midtown Developers present townhouse options to Cooper-Young residents
The developers of a townhouse project in Cooper-Young presented four different site plans to residents, saying fewer units will mean higher prices.
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July 2019
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Downtown The Central Station’s first general manager lays groundwork
As The Central Station’s first general manager, Jeremy Sadler is busy forming his management team and meeting with potential clients in preparation for the hotel’s expected opening in September.
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Real Estate Hotel battle may decide future for historic police building
The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved.
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Real Estate Demolition won’t raze a family and its memories
The Francis family takes one last look at their old home place before it's razed for the expansion of the University of Memphis' parking lot.
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Downtown 13 home sites proposed next to Loflin Yard
The planning cases to be heard in August include a new single-family subdivision south of Downtown and three proposed sites for automobile sales.
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Business Japanese/Thai fusion restaurant coming to Midtown
Takashi will fill the space vacated by Pei Wei Asian Diner in the Belvedere Collection shopping center on Union.
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Real Estate Retail center’s demolition tied to future Poplar Viaduct project
This week's demolition of a small shopping center is attributed to the future project to replace the Poplar Viaduct.
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Real Estate Grimes Memorial church, mural will be demolished
Three potential tenants are talking with the new owner of the former Grimes Memorial UM Church property for a ground lease. The building and its well-known mural will be demolished.
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Real Estate Jun Lee Trading Co. moving after three decades
After 32 years at the same location, Jun Lee Trading Co. will move farther east on Summer Avenue.
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Real Estate Eastgate Shopping Center to undergo renovation
The space Burlington Coat Factory vacated, plus the T.J. Maxx store, will undergo a $2 million renovation.
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Real Estate Larger headquarters feeds big goals for Mid-South Food Bank
Mid-South Food Bank helps an average of 200,000, food-insecure Mid-Southerners each year, but now plans to assist more people with its new, larger headquarters in Southeast Memphis.
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Real Estate Planners oppose putting parking in front of Downtown hotel
The Land Use Control Board will consider developer Nitinkumar Patel's request this week to build a Holiday Inn Express & Suites at 235 Union.
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Business Plan for parking in front of Downtown hotel voted down
The uncertain timing over Union Row’s development factored in the planning board’s rejection of a proposal to put a parking lot in front of a Downtown hotel.
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Real Estate Fred’s sells Memphis headquarters property to Olymbec USA
Financially troubled discount retailer Fred's Inc. has sold its 57-acre complex of industrial, office and retail space to a Canadian-based real estate company that is bullish on Memphis.
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Business Fewer, more expensive townhouses approved for Cooper-Young
After neighbors criticized a proposed 10-townhouse development on a quarter-acre, the developers cut the density in half but said the prices must rise.
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Business Tax breaks sought for two U of M-area apartment developments
A Florida developer seeks tax incentives to build two student housing developments totaling 50 units near the University of Memphis.
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Business Nearby properties change hands with Square’s revival
The revival of Overton Square, coupled with its parking garage, has made nearby properties the target of acquisition by developers.
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Business U of M’s twisted entry will soon be straighter
A $2.5 million project will eliminate two right-angle turns for motorists using Patterson to enter the University of Memphis campus.
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Real Estate Arlington Trails development starts with new hotel, self-storage
Developer Milton Grant's new, 18-acre Arlington Trails Planned Development will start with construction of a $14 million hotel.
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