Will parking chaos spark a walkers’ plan for U of M area?
Yet another private dorm with more residents than parking spots may spur the U of M and its neighbors to tackle the automobile congestion.
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.
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February 2019
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Business Crosstown Concourse, LRK receive national design award
Crosstown Concourse and LRK Architects have collected more national recognition for the design of the building's renovation.
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Real Estate Current owner plans to bid on Stonebridge, keep course open
Stonebridge Golf Course will be sold in foreclosure, but a current owner expects to make the high bid, retain ownership and keep the facility open without skipping a beat.
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Downtown Swankys Taco Shop to replace closed LYFE Kitchen on S. Main
Swankys Taco Shop is coming Downtown where the now-closed LYFE Kitchen operated in Chisca on Main.
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Real Estate Land use board to consider latest South City redevelopment proposal
Applications for the March meeting of the Land Use Control Board include the latest phase of the South City mixed-use development, a waste-management company expansion in Whitehaven and the move of a funeral service to Whitehaven.
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Real Estate Midtown church sells its oldest building to preservationists
Trinity United Methodist Church has sold its 94-year-old sanctuary building, but will continue worshiping and carrying out its ministries on the opposite corner.
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Food News Chicken Salad Chick to open in Germantown
A growing new restaurant concept in Memphis is about to open its third local store, this one in Germantown near Trader Joe's.
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Real Estate A2H opening Downtown office, growing in Nashville, Lakeland
The engineering, architecture and planning firm A2H not only has doubled its number of principals, the firm plans to open a Downtown office, expand its Nashville office and has just enlarged its Lakeland headquarters.
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Real Estate Mempops building kitchen on Summer to increase capacity
Homegrown Mempops will increase its capacity for making ice pops with a new production kitchen on Summer Avenue.
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Real Estate Planners respond to worries over how Memphis 3.0 will affect historic neighborhoods
Memphis' top planning officials respond to concerns from historic neighborhoods about the possible effects of the draft Memphis 3.0 Plan.
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Real Estate Long dispute puts paid-parking lot before planners
A Whitehaven business owner has proposed a paid-parking lot, which is unusual outside of Downtown.
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Real Estate Gateway Tire converting vacant dealership on Summer Avenue
Gateway Tire & Service Center will open a new location in a vacant, 81,000-square-foot car dealership on Summer Avenue.
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Business Office/hotel tower to rise Downtown next to FedEx Logistics
The Clipper, a mixed-use, eight-story tower for offices, 250-room hotel and ground-floor retail, will rise next to the future home of FedEx Logistics in Downtown.
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Midtown ‘Arrow at Overton’ targets Rust Hall
The nonprofit organization that proposes to turn Overton Park's Rust Hall into a one-roof art district has re-branded itself as "Arrow at Overton."
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Business Memphian one of 22 receiving ‘Young Architects Award’
Jason Jackson of Memphis firm brg3s is among just 22 architects in the U.S. to receive from the American Institute of Architects the 2019 Young Architects Award.
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Lakeland Lovell only bidder for Stonebridge Golf Course
Businessman Mark Lovell was the highest bidder Thursday in the foreclosure sale of Stonebridge Golf Course, and says he plans to keep operating the 177 acres for golfers.
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Business Planning board endorses Art Lofts across from Overton Park
The Land Use Control Board gave its backing to the 111-unit Art Lofts apartments across from Overton Park after the developer made several concessions to concerned neighbors.
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Real Estate Memphis 3.0 wins 9-0, draws broad support
The proposed, 20-year development guide for the city, called "Memphis 3.0," was endorsed unanimously Thursday by the Land Use Control Board.
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Real Estate Healthy East Memphis office district can absorb some loss to Downtown
The East Memphis office district has been the city's strongest submarket for years. But is it strong enough to weather the shift of big tenants from the suburbs to Downtown?
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Real Estate Possible redevelopment sandwiches Bogie’s future
Bogie's Delicatessen in East Memphis faces an uncertain future as its landlord studies a redevelopment that includes demolition and renovation of the Williamsburg Village Shopping Center.
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Real Estate DeSoto logistics park experiences rapid success
Fast success means the entire 2.5 million-square-foot DeSoto 55 Logistics Center should be built out by the end of this year, its Atlanta-based developer announces.
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Real Estate Blue Monkey developers to start mixed-use project
Blue Monkey partners are prepared to start a $1.6 million mixed-use project next door to their Downtown restaurant on South Front Street.
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Real Estate Ag-equipment company leaving Memphis for Olive Branch
Memphis-based Krone North America never sought incentives to remain in Memphis, and will start moving its 45 jobs to Olive Branch by the end of 2019.
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Real Estate Details emerge about Amazon’s delivery station in Memphis
A 91,852-square-foot warehouse and 547 parking spaces comprise much of Amazon's planned delivery station near I-240 and Lamar, construction documents show.
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Real Estate Emerge Memphis building is sold
A Nashville real estate investment firm has purchased the 109-year-old office building that houses Emerge Memphis at 516 Tennessee for $3.7 million.
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