Eastgate Shopping Center to undergo renovation
The space Burlington Coat Factory vacated, plus the T.J. Maxx store, will undergo a $2 million renovation.
Tom Bailey
Reporter
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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July 2019
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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June 2019
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Business 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.
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Business Memphian Hotel in Overton Square gets a more timeless look
Developers have changed the architecture of what will be called the Memphian Hotel in Overton Square. The latest look appears more timeless, with fewer contrasting colors.
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Real Estate Snuff District revealed in new renderings
Newly released architectural renderings have revealed what the 55-acre, nearly $200 million Snuff District mixed-use development will look like in Uptown next to the Wolf River Harbor.
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Real Estate Mixed-use building coming to Cooper in Midtown
A planned, three-story building will house a restaurant or offices on the ground floor and three studio apartments on each of the top two levels.
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Downtown AutoZone plans expansion, $145M investment Downtown
AutoZone seeks a 15-year tax incentive in return for expanding its Downtown Memphis presence with a $145 million investment and addition of 130 jobs.
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Real Estate Highland Heights UM Church closing after Sunday’s service
Highland Heights United Methodist Church has anchored a corner of Summer and Highland for a century, but will close because of its shrinking, aging membership.
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Real Estate Demolition removes more of old Midtown shopping center
Two small pads for freestanding buildings will be built where the middle of a 99-year-old strip shopping center is being razed.
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Real Estate New Downtown fire station would create a ‘superblock’
The Memphis Fire Department plans to build a new station at Adams and High Street, but wants to close High between Adams and Washington to the public.
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Real Estate Planning staff recommends against ‘Fred Jones Lane’ based on policy, not contributions
Request by Southern Heritage Classic founder does not follow local policies on changing street names, a planning report states.
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Business City crews replace ‘Forrest’ with ‘Forest’ street signs
The city on Monday carried out a plan to replace about 30 "Forrest Ave" street signs with "Forest Ave." The change assures the city is honoring trees instead of the Confederate general who was a slave trader and Ku Klux Klan leader.
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