New plan puts masonry apartments by Broad sidewalk
North Carolina-based developer requests the Board of Adjustment to review its plan for Broad Avenue Arts District apartments on Nov. 20.
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.
There are 1216 articles by Tom Bailey :
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October 2019
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Business Midtown mixed-use development gets conditional approval
Developer will raze blighted, century-old building and build seven apartments and and retail space across from Snowden School.
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Real Estate Urban development approved for Madison Avenue across from SCO
The Crosstown area of Madison Avenue will have a different, more pedestrian-friendly feel and look now that a four-story, mixed-use development has been approved to rise on what is now a surface parking lot.
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Real Estate Commercial Advisors elevates Spillyards, community service
A prominent commercial real estate firm makes Greg Spillyards its chief executive, doubling down on helping under-served neighborhoods in Memphis.
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Midtown Arrow plans $10M facility in Broad Arts District
Arrow, the nonprofit organization that supports artists in multiple ways, has decided to drop its bid for Overton Park's Rust Hall and instead build a permanent, $10 million facility in the Broad Avenue Arts District.
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Visual ArtsPhotographer spends year capturing the seasons in historic cemetery
Photographer Murray Riss took an assignment to capture the beauty of historic Temple Israel Cemetery. Over the course of a year, Riss found a lot of life among the graves.
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Real Estate Does rendering point to Arrow’s future home on Broad?
The artist-support organization is not saying, but a rendering may provide clues for where in the Broad Avenue Arts District that Arrow plans to put its "forever home."
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November 2019
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Real Estate New Loews Hotel may replace back part of historic building
A new request for a special use permit has been submitted for approval now that Loews Hotel & Co. has added the historic police station property to its site plan.
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Real Estate Loews Hotel plan may impact historic police building
A revised, larger site plan for the Loews convention center hotel shows that the back of the historic Central Police Station would be replaced or retrofitted to support the 500-room hotel. Memphis Heritage opposes any demolition there "at this time."
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Business Public Storage will fill Cordova’s closed Target building
The 176,000-square-foot building that housed Target at 475 N. Germantown Parkway until it closed in February will become 1,000 storage units for Public Storage.
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Real Estate United Housing to celebrate 25 years with ‘Hops for Homes’
The agency that has educated more than 10,000 people on buying their first home or avoiding foreclosure will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a fundraiser at Crosstown Brewing Co.
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Real Estate $22M tax break sought for senior-living community
Developers of OaksEdge in East Memphis seek a residential PILOT to build an $89 million, 240-unit senior living campus near Dixon Gallery & Gardens.
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Real Estate Fire-delayed Forum Flats preparing to open first apartments
Delayed four months by a fire, construction of Forum Flats apartments has resumed and the first units should become available soon.
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Food News DeeO’s Seafood coming to Midtown
A locally owned seafood restaurant that opened in Cordova a year ago will soon open a second location in Midtown.
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Real Estate Midtown embraces and wrestles with modern architecture
How should historic Midtown respond to modern architecture as infill development occurs?
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Real Estate Car ‘vending machine’ now open for all to see
Carvana opens an eight-story, glass-encased “car vending machine” along Interstate 40 just southwest of Germantown Parkway.
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Business $6.8M in tax incentives approved for four firms by EDGE board
The EDGE board approved new tax incentives for four companies that will invest about $70 million and create about 140 jobs.
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Business Amazon still silent as site work churns
Despite mounting evidence Amazon plans to build and operate another big facility in Memphis, the company won't elaborate on its plans.
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Business Questions remain about commercial areas of Fairgrounds after approval
The plan for redeveloping the Fairgrounds for a big youth sports complex, retail, offices, residences and other uses was approved Nov. 14 by the Land Use Control Board.
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Business Planning board approves big expansion of UPS hub
The Land Use Control Board has approved a UPS plan that includes enlarging its Memphis airport hub by 266,000 square feet.
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Real Estate Velo apartments may break out of the pack at Shelby Farms
Three substantial developments have been proposed for the north edge of Shelby Farms Park, and it appears the 267-unit Velo at Shelby Farms may be the first to be built.
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Business Snuff District lands agreement for Varsity Spirit headquarters
The Snuff District is the first of four big mixed-use developments around Downtown to recruit a substantial office tenant.
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Real Estate Another firm heads Downtown for ‘something bigger’
Cargill Cotton is now headquartered in a woodsy, spacious office setting surrounded by easy, suburban parking. But the firm is moving to a Downtown office tower where the views are panoramic and sidewalks are vibrant.
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Business Planners, St. Jude compromise over Pinch building design
Plans for a new St. Jude building with security fencing and a windowless, ground-floor wall ignited a planning board's concern that it would deaden street life in the resurgent Pinch District. But ALSAC/St. Jude officials won concessions, saying safety of its ill children is a priority.
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Business ‘Early Word’ on Mary Cashiola: A strong curiosity and love for writing
A highly regarded veteran of Memphis journalism, government and marketing has joined The Daily Memphian to write and curate a news digest that will be emailed each morning to readers.
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