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.
Tom Bailey
Reporter
Tom Bailey covers business news for The Daily Memphian. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He's worked in journalism for 40 years and has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
There are 966 articles by Tom Bailey :
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February 2019
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Business 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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Neighborhoods 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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Business 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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Business 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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Business 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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Midtown 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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Neighborhoods 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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Neighborhoods 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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Business 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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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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Business 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.
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January 2019
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Business Amazon confirms site for new Memphis ‘delivery station’
Amazon confirms that a warehouse in Southeast Memphis is being renovated to become the online retailer's permanent "delivery station" for the Memphis area.
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Business Nobody’s talking about tenant for an old warehouse
The recent sale of, and activity at, an old, vacant warehouse near the I-240/Lamar junction is raising questions about who the new tenant will be.
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Midtown Midtown milk plant cited for creek pollution, fish kill
The dairy plant next to Overton Square is waiting to learn if it will be fined by the state for polluting Midtown's Lick Creek.
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Business Historic U.S. Marine Hospital will soon be renovated for apartments
After 16 years of ups and downs, developer and preservationist Lauren Crews has applied for a building permit to convert the historic U.S. Marine Hospital into 71 apartments.
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Business Carlisle vacates offices to make room for One Beale
It's been a busy January for Carlisle LLC, which has vacated its old office building and sold property for a hotel in preparation for One Beale construction.
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Business Maker of miniature war game products plans big expansion in Memphis
England-based Games Workshop plans a $3.4 million expansion of its Memphis distribution center, building documents show.
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Business Speedway plans C-store with gas and diesel in Capleville
The Speedway convenience store chain plans to extend its reach to Memphis with a new store at Shelby Drive and Malone, according to permit documents.
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Business Developers closely watch Germantown’s plans for golf course
Developers watch with interest what may become of the 180-acre Germantown Country Club, which they say would be a prime location for a well-planned, high-end residential development.
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Business Germantown starts study of possible golf course purchase
A steering committee for the Germantown parks master plan will meet Feb. 9 to study whether to recommend that the city buy the Germantown Country Club property.
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Business Stonebridge Golf Course on the auction block
Stonebridge Golf Course is to be sold on the courthouse steps after owners defaulted on their loan.
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Neighborhoods 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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Business 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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Downtown 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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