Stonebridge Golf Course on the auction block
Stonebridge Golf Course is to be sold on the courthouse steps after owners defaulted on their loan.
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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January 2019
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Real Estate Board OKs East Memphis car wash, Downtown convenience store with fuel
The Board of Adjustment approved requests to build a car wash near East Memphis houses and a convenience store with gas pumps on the southern gateway to Downtown.
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Real Estate Neighborhood resistance kills plans for Cordova convenience store
A proposal for a convenience store with gas pumps in Cordova has been dropped in the face of neighborhood opposition.
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Real Estate Proposed convenience store with fuel seeks zoning exceptions Downtown
Three zoning exceptions are sought for a proposed convenience store at Crump and Florida.
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Real Estate Amazon paying Memphis workers despite fire’s impact on center
A fire has interrupted operations at Amazon's new $70 million receive center in Memphis.
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Real Estate Company revises plans for proposed East Memphis car wash
Blue Water Wash has substantially changed its proposal for a new, East Memphis car wash on Poplar at Century. But it remains to be seen if the tweaks will soften opposition from neighbors.
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Real Estate Value of commercial construction swells 72 percent in 2018
An analysis of 2018 building permits for Memphis and most of Shelby County shows substantial growth in commercial construction and a modest increase in housing construction.
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Real Estate Painted Tree brings Etsy-like space to Memphis big box
Painted Tree Marketplace makes its Memphis debut on Jan. 25 when it opens in the Wolfchase area. It might be described as an upscale, curated flea market, with most of the products being new.
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Real Estate Another stand-alone Starbucks coming to Union in Midtown
Starbucks will build another stand-alone coffee shop on Union in Midtown, continuing the redevelopment along the major artery.
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Business Indigo Ag offers free crop forecasts during shutdown
Indigo Ag on Friday made its proprietary crop forecast available to growers for free since the government shutdown prevented the USDA's January report.
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Real Estate Soccer bar to offer many ways to embrace the game
A Memphis couple is creating a place for soccer enthusiasts to eat, drink and play and its arrival should coincide with the inaugural season of the United States Soccer League here.
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Real Estate Opposition buries proposed gravel mine for Rosemark
A proposed, 173-acre stone and gravel mine in Rosemark was unanimously rejected Thursday, Jan. 10, by the Land Use Control Board.
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Real Estate State moving Memphis welfare offices to Raleigh, Hickory Hill, airport area
Welfare offices in Memphis are changing neighborhoods, growing in number.
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Business Planning & Development hires first architect as 3.0 approaches
Office of Planning and Development hires the staff's first architect to help carry out Memphis 3.0 long-range plan.
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Real Estate Proposed convenience store with gas sales fuels ire in Cordova
Push for convenience store with fuel sales in Cordova neighborhood may be delayed another month as opposition mounts.
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Real Estate Downtown’s Royal Furniture building may grow taller after sale
The historic Royal Furniture building in Downtown Memphis has sold for $3.5 million, and the new owner may make the building taller for new commercial tenants.
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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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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. -
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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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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December 2018
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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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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. -
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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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 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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