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 There’s no mystery upstairs. Apartment dwellers will occupy the upper floors of The Citizen, the $35 million, mixed-use development being built at Midtown’s most prominent intersection. -
Real Estate Maserati, Alfa Romeo car dealership may come to Memphis
An auto dealer plans to bring to Memphis two luxury/sporty Italian brands: Maserati and Alfa Romeo. -
Real Estate How much life will Broad apartments add to street? Stay tuned
Construction should start the first half of next year on the $51 million apartment-and-retail development fronting Broad Avenue, the developer said this month. -
Real Estate Memphis BBQ chain Tops to ‘yank’ out dead palm trees
The Tops Bar-B-Q experience with planting palm trees at its restaurants is not ending well. -
Real Estate Indian Pass restaurant closes
Indian Pass Raw Bar and Grill closed this weekend, indicating again that being adjacent to the renovated Overton Square entertainment district is no guarantee of a restaurant’s success.
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September 2018
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Real Estate ErinWay Shopping Center to undergo renovation
A shopping center in the heart of East Memphis will soon undergo a renovation. -
Crosstown christens new theater ‘The Doll House’
Crosstown Arts’ new, $11 million performance and film hall is now built and has new name and manager. The not-for-profit organization for contemporary arts has christened the 28,000-square-foot facility The Doll House. -
Transportation & Logistics Amazon seeks applicants for 1,500 Memphis jobs
Amazon’s emerging presence in Memphis – as an employer instead of an online seller – is hitting full stride with the announcement Thursday that the world’s largest online retailer wants to hire 1,500 people at two Memphis facilities. -
Real Estate New urban-style apartments proposed for Uptown
A developer proposes to build a new urban-style mix of 25 apartment units and some commercial spaces on five empty Uptown lots that had been developed for single-family houses. -
Real Estate Urban Air coming to Southaven
The Memphis area’s third Urban Air, which bills itself as an “indoor adventure park,’’ is coming to Southaven. -
Business IKEA reducing operating hours at Memphis store
IKEA will cut its operating hours in Memphis, the retailer’s only U.S. store to reduce store hours. -
Real Estate Onyx Medical to expand manufacturing facility
Onyx Medical this week applied for a building permit to start an $11 million expansion of its medical-device manufacturing facility in northeast Memphis. -
Education Tiger territory: Big new sign envisioned for University District
The University of Memphis president is at it again, pushing for big, iconic structures to define the campus and its surrounding neighborhoods. -
Real Estate Businessman Marty Mathews fills retail gap along Madison west of Overton Square
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New Victorian Village home built for Airbnb guests
A house now under construction in Victorian Village is rare in two ways. It’s the first home in more than a century to be built in the 600 block of Adams, the core of old 19th-century neighborhood of mansions. And, the new house is intended solely for Airbnb guests. -
Real Estate Saucy Chicken replaces Mama Gaia in Crosstown Concourse
Crosstown Concourse has made a Southern U-turn at one of its restaurant spaces: Replacing a vegetarian-themed restaurant for one that features chicken dishes, including the fried kind.
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