Developer Kevin Hyneman has died
Longtime Memphis and Nashville developer Kevin Hyneman has died, less than six months after his brother and developer Rusty Hyneman passed away.
Tom Bailey
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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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North Memphis Vehicle repair shop isn’t budging from Jackson Ave. home
The businesses all around Jackson Tire & Alignment moved or closed over the decades, but the vehicle-repair shop has remained steadfast in serving the Heights, Nutbush and Douglass neighborhoods. This year marks the business’s 50th year at 3506 Jackson Ave.
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Real EstateGiant Elvis, Tina Turner share stage in new public art
A gritty block of Summer Avenue is now the scene for a public art installation that is highly unusual for several reasons.
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DowntownNew public garages Downtown look to add charge
A new Downtown Memphis report tackles this awkward time when gas-powered vehicles still dominate but when the age of electric vehicles is just beyond the horizon.
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Real Estate Walgreens chooses Memphis for new delivery model
The EDGE Board on Wednesday, May 19, approved tax incentives for Walgreens’ high-tech distribution center, Ampro’s expansion in Frayser and the renovation of an old shopping center in the Heights.
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Real EstateArt will soon rise on The Ravine’s flour towers
Artists Kong Wee Pang and Jay Crum will turn one of The Ravine’s 60-foot-tall silos into public art. The artist for the linear park’s second silo has not been announced yet.
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Business 3 new projects emerge, totaling $62M in investments, 200-plus jobs
Walgreens plans a new distribution center in Memphis with 200 jobs. Ampro plans a $30 million expansion in Frayser. And an old shopping center with a huge presence in the Heights neighborhood may be renovated.
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Real Estate New program offers array of help to Downtown retailers
The Downtown Retailer Rx program will offer expert guidance and $1,000 to $5,000 grants to help Downtown’s businesses rebound from the pandemic.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx, Wright Medical seek waiver for tax-incentive obligations
Companies receiving tax incentives from the EDGE Board are supposed to meet their commitments for the number of employees coming to the workplace. But because so many employees worked from home during the pandemic last year, some companies are seeking a waiver.
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Real Estate Central Station, The Commonwealth earn historic honors
The adaptive reuse and preservation of two historic, Downtown buildings have received recognition by the Tennessee Historical Commission.
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Real EstateFor sale: A midcentury modern time capsule
It’s not just the simple lines and large, aluminum-framed windows that make this East Memphis home a midcentury modern jewel.
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East Memphis Saint Nick gate rejected; Walnut Grove subdivision approved
Among the 18 cases it considered, the Land Use Control Board rejected a plan to gate one end of Saint Nick Drive, dropped long-range plans for a street at the request of a new car dealership, and approved a 156-lot subdivision along Walnut Grove.
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Real Estate Requests withdrawn for closing street, building C-store, allowing drive-thru
The Land Use Control Board will have a few less controversial cases to consider when it convenes Thursday, May 13. Three applicants have withdrawn requests that had faced opposition.
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Real Estate ‘Sputnik’ breaks orbit for repairs
The city’s only Roto-Sphere business sign is in the shop for repairs. But fret not Memphis, says the management of Joe’s Wines & Liquor, “Sputnik” will return.
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Real EstateNumber of available homes rises 2.9% in April
The number of Memphis-area homes sold in April 2021 rose 25.9% compared to April 2020, local Realtors report.
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Spirit of MemphisHard labor, donations transforming White Station High’s tough courtyard
Against all odds, a $550,000 fundraising and work project to turn White Station High’s hardpan courtyard into an oasis is nearing the finish line. But a little work and fundraising are still to be completed.
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Real Estate The Memphian surrounds its ‘pilgrims’ with color and art
The Memphian in Overton Square has just opened. Inside, the place is as much a lively, luminous art gallery as a hotel.
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Real Estate Loews Hotels drops plans to use historic police building
Any plans Loews still has for a Civic Center convention center hotel have changed. The hotel company won’t be buying the historic police headquarters building on Adams Avenue.
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Business Big projects from Capleville to Downtown seek planning board approval
The new planning board applications for the June meeting include a 500-plus door truck terminal, a $75 million warehouse park and a proposal for 15-lot subdivision in East Memphis that would use a public street but be gated.
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DowntownFamily’s printing shop in Pinch District turns 100
The C.A. Davis Printing Co. marks its 100th year of being in business. The two-person shop still operates in the Pinch District at 349 N. Main, where it has completed printing jobs for the past 77 years.
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BusinessWhoa. Careful. Mind the ‘baby grass’ at Overton Park, please
Careful where you step, please. Baby grass is growing on the Overton Park golf course.
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Real Estate Hollywood-scale film lot planned for Memphis
The application states that the 85-acre filmmaking studio will rival any facility in Hollywood, Atlanta or London.
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South Memphis Proposed South Memphis TIF district could generate $93M for improvements
Residents polled in South Memphis identified blight removal as the No. 1 issue they’d like TIF money to address, but also affordable housing, stronger local retail, and improved streets and sidewalks.
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Real EstateExclusive: Mixed-use development may transform entire block of Lamar
Midtown’s hot real estate development may soon stretch south to embrace an entire block of Lamar Avenue, which has experienced disinvestment over the decades.
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Real EstateChickasaw Gardens duplex hits the market for $1.2 million
About $4,000 is the projected, monthly rent for each of the two units. But the apartments – if that’s how a buyer uses them – are more than 3,000 square feet each, have luxury finishes, and are nestled in one of the city’s leafiest neighborhoods.
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