Changes approved for seniors’ subdivision
The Land Use Control Board approved applications Aug. 8 for a new senior-living subdivision southeast of Memphis and a Cordova apartment complex that could have up to 460 units.
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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August 2019
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Real Estate Memphis College of Art has ‘potential buyer’ for Rust Hall in Overton Park
Whether the next user of Rust Hall buys the building from Memphis College of Art or leases it from the city, the city of Memphis has a strong say about who gets the keys.
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Real Estate Convenience store proposed for prominent corner in Frayser
A large batch of 17 applications to the Land Use Control Board includes a proposal to build a 103-space parking lot behind Crosstown Concourse.
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Real Estate The Citizen apartments in Midtown filling up
Construction crews are finishing the exterior of the $35 million development of apartments and commercial space in the heart of Midtown while residents move in.
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Real Estate 32 courts will distinguish new tennis center at University of Memphis
Designers of the future Leftwich Tennis Center traveled to see and borrow elements from some of the nation's best tennis facilities.
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Business Tigers, city unveil plans for $19M expansion of tennis center
The city of Memphis and University of Memphis will partner in renovating Leftwich Tennis Center for the Tigers' tennis teams as well as the public.
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July 2019
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Real Estate How should ‘Crosstown Mound’ be redeveloped?
Two options will be presented at a public meeting for developing a long-vacant, nine-acre mound created for a section of Interstate 40 that was never completed.
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Real Estate Ten finalists vying for Overton Park buildings are revealed
The city's selection process has reduced to 10 the number of proposals for repurposing Rust Hall and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art building.
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Spirit of Memphis Crème de Memph: Planner mines for the joy, quirks in what Memphis has built
Weekdays, Josh Whitehead serves as planning director for Memphis and Shelby County. Weekends, he writes and takes photos for his history blog that has drawn a following.
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Real Estate City’s first Blitz 45 gym to join with chiropractor
A Florida-based boutique gym called Blitz 45 will share space in University Place shopping center with the Midsouth Wellness Center clinic for chiropractic and neuropathy services.
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Real Estate Navy relinquishing 42 acres on Presidents Island
Demand is high for industrial acreage on Presidents Island, and the property that the Navy is giving the Port Commission is the largest available undeveloped tract on the island.
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Real Estate TRUE Sports moving headquarters to Downtown
True Temper Sports has rebranded itself as TRUE Sports and will move its 35 headquarters jobs from the suburbs into Downtown's One Commerce Square.
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Business Renovations start on historic Marine Hospital apartments
The $18.5 million conversion of the long-vacant Marine Hospital into 71 apartments should be finished by July 1, 2020.
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Metro Record low industrial vacancy rate reported
Industrial vacancy hit an all-time low of 5.4% in the second quarter in the Memphis area due to strong tenant demand for space, according to the CBRE Marketview report.
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Business Smith & Nephew upgrading its Brooks Road campus
The medical-device maker is adding employees and spending millions to improve facilities at its sprawling complex on gritty Brooks Road.
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Real Estate Latest plan for The Clipper excludes hotel
The developers' news release states that brokers are already leasing space for the future Clipper office and retail space, but the original plans for a 250-room, full-service hotel are no longer mentioned.
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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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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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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 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 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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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 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 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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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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