Shelby Farms Park architect receives highest honor
Marlon Blackwell, who designed the buildings for the "Heart of the Park" renovation, has received the 2020 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects.
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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December 2019
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Real Estate Oaksedge senior-living project may take new direction
Plans for the $89.3 million Reserve at Oaksedge, near Dixon Gallery & Gardens, may take "a different direction."
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Real EstateCity adds ideas for Overton Park buildings
The city this week issued a request for proposals to fill upcoming vacancies at the Rust Hall and Brooks Museum buildings in Overton Park. The new timeline shows final choices will be made by next spring.
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Real EstatePlanning staff supports partial demo of Central Police Station
The proposed Loews Hotel complex would mean the preservation of the front of a historic building but the demolition of the back to make room for meeting, parking and delivery space.
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BusinessHistoric status sought for site of women-owned, black business
Gladys "MaDear" Bennett overcame racial and economic segregation by running a successful fashion/sewing school and business in the basement of her home.
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Business ‘Issues’ prompt changes at some Memphis Starbucks
Starbucks has recently tightened access to bathrooms and installed needle-disposal boxes at some of its core-Memphis coffee shops.
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Financial Services Renasant Bank seeks permit for E. Memphis headquarters
The Tupelo-based bank will build a 45,000-square-foot building at 5574 Poplar, where Executive Square offices have been razed.
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Business Design of One Beale’s second hotel approved
The Design Review Board approved a design that preserves the facade of the historic Ellis Building in front of One Beale's second, nine-story hotel.
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Food News U-Pourium Social taproom plans submitted for Downtown
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Real Estate Old buildings coming down for Union Row
Just over a year after plans for the billion-dollar Union Row project was announced to Memphis, old buildings are being removed to make space for new apartments, hotel, retail, offices and green spaces.
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Real EstateAnother part of the Memphis music scene is going away
The Consignment Music Store at 4040 Park Ave. will close on Dec. 17 after nearly three decades of providing local musicians with instruments or cash.
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Real Estate Big tax incentives approved for Union Row, Pinch District
How do you jump-start nearly $1.4 billion worth of new apartments, stores and offices? A Downtown board answers that by approving $306 million worth of tax incentives, with $143 million more to come from other sources, for two large developments.
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November 2019
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Real Estate St. Jude drops request for temporary parking
Local planning boards are sometimes criticized for giving rules exceptions to developers at the expense of residents and neighborhoods. But this month even St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - arguably the most popular and influential "developer" in town - did not get its way.
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Real Estate Second hotel added to One Beale project Downtown
A 120-room, boutique hotel has been added to plans for the One Beale mixed-use development.
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Real Estate Construction nears for apartments next to P&H, Shelby Farms
Two apartment developments totaling 487 units and more than $73 million in construction costs are about to rise next to a well-known Midtown bar and the city's 4,500-acre park.
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Downtown LRK expands as projects keep coming
The busy LRK has added 14 employees this year as part of its effort to meet the work demands created by a robust economy for new development.
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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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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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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 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 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 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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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 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 $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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