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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December 2018
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Real Estate JASCO Realtors, a Memphis-grown agency, is merging into Keller Williams Realty Memphis to create a Mid-South office with more than 300 agents, the companies announced Wednesday. -
Real Estate Construction nears for One Beale
The riverfront One Beale development should soon become a reality; a building permit application for the first phase was filed this week. -
Real Estate One Beale: Apartments for ‘Laptops & Lattes’ and the ‘Urban Chic’
Apartment construction in Memphis has been on a tear in recent years, with new units springing up across the city. -
Real Estate Not on market, but warehouse sells anyway
An industrial real estate investment and operating company based in Dallas wanted another Memphis property so badly that it made an offer for a building that had not been on the market and bought it. -
Real Estate Charter school will transform large, vacant building on Summer
A substantial development emerged Friday for Summer Avenue and the Highland Heights neighborhood with confirmation that a charter school plans to renovate and move into a large, vacant building on the commercial corridor. -
Real Estate Refreshed Poplar Towers draws new tenants, restaurant
The 11-story Poplar Towers was a tired, 45-year-old office building in the middle of Memphis’ newest, most upscale and expensive offices. -
Arlington Wright Medical to start expansion in Arlington, hire 30 more
Wright Medical Group N.V. will build a $13 million expansion to its Arlington manufacturing facility and hire an additional 30 people, the company revealed on Monday. -
Real Estate Gourmet popcorn stand coming to Crosstown Concourse
The snacks are changing, but savory aromas should still greet visitors entering the main entrance at Crosstown Concourse. -
Real Estate Krystal rebuilding two more Memphis restaurants
Krystal is tearing down two more of its hamburger restaurants in Memphis and replacing them with the chain’s latest design. -
Business Plan to replace office building with car wash delayed as opposition mounts
The business proposing to replace the Century Building with a car wash sought and received a 30-day hold as City Hall received 23 opposition emails from neighbors, even from Sun Studio and a New Orleans resident. -
Business Riviana’s South Memphis rice plant expands production yet again
A South Memphis rice processing and packaging plant has filed for yet another building permit to continue a string of expansions that started eight years ago. -
Real Estate Indigo Ag bringing 700 jobs to Downtown Memphis
Indigo Ag will establish its headquarters for North American commercial operations in Downtown Memphis, where the high-tech agriculture firm will increase its workforce by another 700 corporate employees and invest $6.6 million over the next three years, company, state and local officials announced Wednesday. -
Business Indigo Ag acquires ag-tech firm with satellite imaging, artificial intelligence
Ag-tech firm Indigo Ag has bought a company that uses satellites and artificial intelligence to operate a “living map’’ of the world’s food supply, Indigo Ag announced Thursday. -
Real Estate Indigo Ag’s average Memphis salary to be $92,383
The 625 new corporate jobs Indigo Ag will bring to Downtown Memphis will pay an average salary of $92,383. -
Business Breaking down Indigo Ag’s jobs and salaries
Indigo Ag will be a Downtown Memphis employer where no one makes less than $64,480, where the average salary will be $92,383 and where 90 people will make $180,960. -
Breaking News
Real EstateHotel, apartments proposed for Racquet Club site
The Racquet Club may be redeveloped with an upscale Hilton hotel and high-end apartments in a way that helps transform the surrounding area into a more pedestrian friendly place, club owners told members this week. -
Real Estate Huge neighbor supports plan for Racquet Club property
The owner of the Clark and i-bank towers in East Memphis supports a plan to make the area in and around the Racquet Club property more of a pedestrian community.
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Real Estate New hotel to be built near Ikea
A TownePlace Suites by Marriott, designed for longer guest stays, will be built near Ikea in Cordova.
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Real Estate Free falling: Furniture, debris plunge from future hotel
Old desks, chairs and rubble have been flying out the back of the 10-story Dermon Building, as an interior-demolition crew prepares the historic structure for a future renovation.
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East Memphis Corky’s creating event space in East Memphis
Next holiday season, the original Corky’s Bar-B-Q restaurant on Poplar in East Memphis will have room to accommodate private parties and events. -
Business Marked up: Running a business with a face tattoo
Facial, hand and neck tattoos aren’t nicknamed “job stoppers’’ for nothing. And there’s nothing subtle about Robert Fortner’s face tattoo. Still, the self-described “misfit’’ has work that fits him like a glove over his heavily inked hands. He is a partner in what is arguably the most Bohemian bar in Memphis.
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January 2019
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Midtown Shop space added to proposed apartments at Overton Park entrance
Developers have made adjustments to the proposed Art Lofts project across from Overton Park ahead of a public meeting slated for Thursday, Jan. 3.
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Real Estate Crosstown Arts Theater will show Sonic Youth film
The re-christened “Crosstown Arts Theater’’ will host a Sonic Youth film and Q&A with the band’s drummer.
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Real Estate Midtowners, developer spar over proposed Art Lofts near Overton Park
An experienced apartment developer engaged with a savvy group of Midtown residents over his proposed Art Lofts apartments across from Overton Park. -
Business Furniture store to fill vacant Montesi’s supermarket on Summer
A discount furniture store called Furniture Central will soon fill the space vacated by the old Montesi's grocery store on Summer Avenue.
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