As art school winds down, what’s next for Rust Hall, Brooks buildings?
The pandemic may be delaying the city's process for selecting the next users of Rust Hall and the Brooks Museum of Art building in Overton Park.
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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May 2020
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Real Estate ‘Go-getters’ bringing tractor dealership to Memphis market
Just 33 years old, twins Ron and Don Parks of Union City will soon start building their fifth dealership of farm and lawn equipment, and their first in the Memphis market.
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Real EstateUPDATED: Revised plan changes parking for OaksEdge
Developers of the upscale, senior-living development in East Memphis are dropping plans for underground parking and instead want to build a surface parking lot, eliminating 10 cottages but speeding up construction.
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South Memphis Proposed factory with Elvis links draws opposition in Whitehaven
An online petition and plans for a "peaceful vehicle protest" Wednesday mark opposition to a proposal to convert Whitehaven's old Graves Elementary into a manufacturing and vo-tech complex.
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Financial Services Stimulus check: Pay to the order of deceased Memphian
James D. "Jimmy" Edwards died on Oct. 23, 2018. This week, a $1,200 stimulus check arrived in the mail for the late Memphian.
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Real Estate Dual-branded hotel proposed for Union/I-240
The owners of the old Econo Lodge near Union and Interstate 240 want to raze it and build a dual-branded hotel: Townplace Suites and Fairfield Inn & Suites.
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Real EstateHouses razed for Overton Square apartments
LPI Memphis, the owner of Overton Square, plans to build a three-story, 18-unit apartment building in the entertainment and dining district.
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Real EstateUPDATE: YMCA will make Goodlett Farms building its HQ and Resource Center
The YMCA of Memphis & the Midsouth confirmed Saturday that it bought and will use as its resource center a 55,888-square-foot office building in Cordova's Goodlett Farms office park.
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East Memphis Retailers mull reopening Monday, if allowed to
Not every business will be willing or prepared to reopen Monday even if allowed to under the Memphis and Shelby County "Back to Business" plan.
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Real EstateSt. Clair Foods keeps growing in Whitehaven
A building permit application filed this week is part of a $20 million project to enlarge and upgrade St. Clair Foods, which makes potato salad and many other refrigerated or frozen side dishes and has an expanded deal with Sam's Club stores.
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Real EstateBuilders can now go online for construction permits
The new online convenience is part of a new approach, called "Develop901," to make it easier to proceed through the planning, construction and development process.
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April 2020
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Visual Arts Legacy Catalog will live online long after MCA closes
The Memphis College of Art Legacy Catalog celebrates the school's 84-year history with lots of photographs and names.
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Visual Arts Memphis College of Art’s final creation: A prerecorded commencement
Memphis College of Art is closing and graduates its last class on May 9. The pandemic has made a difficult situation harder, forcing the college to substitute a prerecorded commencement video for the real graduation ritual.
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Real Estate Barefoot Bride moves to Downtown’s historic Emerge Building
The by-appointment-only bridal boutique shop started in Cooper-Young, moved to East Memphis, and now moves to the South Main District.
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Real Estate It’s clear: Plastic sheets are in demand as virus barrier
A Step Ahead Foundation is already preparing its office for when employees return. A construction crew this week is installing clear-plastic barriers between open desks, and that material is in high demand.
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Metro Farm/lawn equipment dealer building in Eads
A new building document shows plans for a new Kubota tractor dealership in Eads on U.S. 64, near the Fayette County line. -
Business Floied’s sign douses all doubt: Fire extinguishers sold here
"Trade signs" are more expensive and take longer to make, but they instantly communicate what a business does or makes.
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Real EstateHoming in on a home office that really works
The kitchen table might function fine as a home office for a few hours, but eight hours a day for weeks at a time? Some Memphis architects share their experiences with their own home offices during the pandemic, and what they believe makes a home office work well.
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Real Estate 46 Downtown businesses given $260,000 to help survive pandemic
Sixty-three percent of the 46 Downtown businesses receiving the forgivable loans were minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE).
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North Memphis A new Starbucks may be brewing for Raleigh
Neither Starbucks nor the developer has confirmed it, but a building permit document suggests that Raleigh may soon have its own Starbucks coffee shop.
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Real EstateMemphis industrial activity ‘solid’ in early 2020
Despite the beginnings of what will likely be a pandemic-caused recession, the industrial vacancy rate for the first three months in the Memphis area was 6.5%. That is below the five-year average of 7.8%.
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Real Estate A fence of shipping containers deters theft, violates zoning
The owner of a Whitehaven tire and repair shop is searching for a way to store and protect his inventory from theft in a way that does not violate zoning.
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Real Estate $65,000 in forgivable loans approved for 13 Downtown businesses
The Center City Development Corp. has now approved about $200,000 in forgivable loans for 33 Downtown businesses.
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Downtown Downtown’s forgivable loan program grows by $60,000
The Center City Development Corp. has added $60,000 to the money available to help small Downtown businesses survive the effects of COVID-19.
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South Memphis Waste Connections pursues Plan B for expanding Whitehaven operation
The City Council last year rejected a solid waste company's plan to expand operations in Whitehaven. Now the firm plans to enlarge operations in a way that does not need City Hall approval.
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