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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October 2018
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Real Estate A block-long apartment development of six stories and 114 units is proposed to be built behind St. Luke’s United Methodist Church near the University of Memphis. -
Real Estate Renovated donut shop rounds into shape
An incoming donut shop seems poised to add to the city’s whimsical, kitsch architecture and signage, in the tradition of the rotating Sputnik at Joe’s Wines & Liquor, the flashing neon at Gibson's Donuts and the long-gone Pop Tunes dancing neon musical notes. -
Real Estate Chance to design bluff-top art museum draws global response
The two large passenger vans stopped at Union and Front on a gorgeous morning Wednesday and disgorged more than 20 architects from around the U.S. and world as well as Tennessee and Memphis. -
Real Estate Brooks wants ‘visual landmark’ museum at the river
A "great achievement in museum design." That is what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art leaders are telling architects they want for the museum’s future home overlooking the Mississippi River in Downtown Memphis. -
Real Estate Memphis Express chooses Downtown for headquarters
The city’s new professional football team will be headquartered Downtown at the 88 Union Center building. -
Business Cordelia’s Market evolves with new words, paint and selections
The grocery store and gathering spot that has served Harbor Town for 20 years will celebrate its renovation and rebranding on Saturday. -
Business Another neighborhood grocery, Montesi’s, will close
Neighborhood grocery Montesi’s announced this week that it will close by the end of October, becoming the second independent grocery in two weeks to shut its doors along the hard-hit Summer Avenue corridor. -
Real Estate Union Mission building $34M homeless shelter
The city’s largest emergency shelter for the homeless holds a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the first phase of a $34 million project replacing its outdated facilities Downtown with a 52,875-square-foot complex. -
Real Estate Speculative industrial developer breaks ground, dry spell for Memphis
An industrial developer on Wednesday broke ground, ending an 11-year drought during which no speculative, top-grade distribution centers were built in Memphis. -
Real Estate Memphians have say on future of Overton Park buildings
About 90 Memphians seized their chance Tuesday evening to say how they think two culturally important – and soon-to-be-vacant – buildings should be reused. -
Real Estate Sears store at Wolfchase Galleria to close
The Sears department store in Wolfchase Galleria is among the 142 Sears and Kmart stores that will close as a part of the new bankruptcy filing by Sears Holdings Corp. early Monday, court filings show. -
Real Estate DeSoto 55 erects first two buildings, lands first tenant
The first two buildings in the new DeSoto 55 Logistics Center have been completed and the first tenant has leased 200,000 square feet, developer Core5 Industrial Partners announced Monday. -
Business Cut ‘n edge: Uber of lawn care arrives in Memphis
I experimented – up to a point – with the new service in Memphis called Lawn Love, which provides grass mowing, leaf removal or other yard services with the touch of a mobile app or click on the website. -
Real Estate Regalia’s ‘Sip & Shop’ to raise money for scholarships
The “Sip & Shop at Regalia” event will offer guests tastes of foods and beverages from the center’s restaurants and other businesses, as well as live music, sales and door prizes. -
Real Estate Cash Saver in Cloverleaf will close
The Cash Saver grocery in the Cloverleaf Center will soon close, its owner confirmed Friday. -
Real Estate Board approves 179-acre, mixed-use project at Colonial Country Club
A $300 million development plan that includes one of the city’s largest residential projects in the last 40 years received approval from a planning board on Thursday. -
Real Estate Center for Independent Living moves to Clark Tower
The Memphis Center for Independent Living has just moved from its street-level headquarters in Midtown to the eighth floor of the 34-story Clark Tower in East Memphis. -
Real Estate Renovation underway for colorful Dermon Building
Interior demolition has started inside the historic Dermon Building. -
Real Estate Changes coming to Poplar Plaza, Memphis’ first shopping center
Five significant changes are taking place at Poplar Plaza, which has a history of trying new things. Poplar Plaza was the first shopping center in the city – and arguably in the nation – designed to accommodate customers who arrive by auto. -
Business Maker of foam-protected packaging doubles its work space
A new Memphis company that makes foam-protected packaging is more than doubling its size after only six months in business. GLS Integrated signed a new lease to add 20,783 square feet to its existing 16,000 square feet in the warehouse building at 4841 Cromwell in Memphis’ southeast industrial district. -
Real Estate Midtown’s Rite Aid pharmacy closing Nov. 5
The 25-year-old Rite Aid in the heart of Midtown will close this fall, and other retailers are showing interest in leasing the building, a commercial real estate broker said. -
Business Philanthropy forum joins Momentum Nonprofit Partners
A Memphis network of 30-plus organizations and companies that collectively give more than $380 million yearly in charitable grants has joined with a network of 800 Memphis nonprofits that receive such grants. -
Real Estate Camy’s new owner seeks more business from East Memphis
Camy’s still delivers pizza, pasta and sandwiches, but its namesake has sold the delivery-only restaurant she started almost 26 years ago. -
Real Estate Concourse pool to serve Church Health patients, YMCA members
Church Health will soon start building an outdoor swimming pool behind Crosstown Concourse, with a goal to open it by next summer. -
Real Estate South of the tracks: U of M seeks improved path between campuses
Just south of the tracks on South Highland Avenue, the new Sam’s Deli restaurant churned out huge sandwiches for a lively Friday lunch crowd. Country music filled the room, as well as the mountings of five deer heads, a big bass and bobcat. A dozen diners, including one accompanied by his dog on the front deck, consumed sandwiches so big that half a ham-and-cheese could not quite fit into a carryout box.
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