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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 :
Why did the The Central Station Hotel developers send a photographer on long train trips? And why are they installing a big, wooden dial in each guestroom? The answers involve aspirations to make this hotel a beacon for authentic Memphis music and art.
The dam has broken and development projects are flooding through the Edge District.
The Community Redevelopment Agency wants to make the advantages of the Uptown Tax Increment Financing District available to all residents in the New Chicago, Bickford and Smokey City neighborhoods.
Developers will seek a single-site tax increment financing district for the 55-acre, mixed-use development along the Wolf River Harbor in Uptown.
Orion Federal Credit Union and friends celebrate the move of its headquarters into the Edge District as the anchor to the larger Wonder Bread development.
The preservation and conversion of two historic Downtown buildings for apartments include a plan to create dozens of new windows.
Townhouses and a Goodwill retail store/donation center for Midtown are among the requests that the Land Use Control Board will consider in July.
Shelby County is adding 3,535 square feet to a building that houses Shelby Farms Park's operations and development staff.
An instructor in pole fitness and dancing – as well as yoga, Pilates and aerial hoop – has started a Kickstarter fundraiser to equip the modest building that will become her studio.
Grizzlies leader Jason Wexler stays low key about his high-profile spot to build a home.
The 22-lot Ellsworth Place faces the historic homes of the East Buntyn neighborhood and backs up to the large, mixed-use Highland Row development.
The final worship service for Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church is Sunday. A developer has bought the property that has featured a large, religious mural seen by Summer Avenue travelers for 37 years.
The financing and the land acquisition for Union Row's first phase have been accomplished, the developer says.
Construction has started on Carvana's "car vending machine" along I-40 in Northeast Memphis.
The co-founders unveiled the well-funded 275 Food Project, a comprehensive “social enterprise” to boost the local-food economy in Memphis as well as access to local food and the jobs it creates.
The Memphis Botanic Garden has announced new officers and board members.
The Board of Adjustment has given permanent approval for the shipping-container concession stand at River Garden park.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has chosen Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron to design its $105 million future home overlooking the Mississippi River Downtown.
The European architect leading the design of the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art said months of research will take place before building shapes and materials are considered.
A building permit application indicates three Tennessee State grads plan to bring one of their gourmet pizza restaurants to the Edge District in Memphis.
The Clipper towers will create significant shadows Downtown, but the neighbor with the most sunshine to lose is not concerned.
A local, nonprofit organization that provides feminine hygiene products to impoverished women has organized a special week for collecting donations of supplies and monetary contributions.
The Juicy Crab, a Georgia-based seafood chain serving New Orleans-inspired food, will open a restaurant where The Melting Pot once operated at 2828 Wolfcreek Parkway. That's near Wolfchase Galleria.
A building permit application has been filed for the 176-unit Thrive at the Park apartments at Sam Cooper and East Parkway.
The Urban Land Institute has selected Crosstown Concourse as one of 19 finalists for the 2019 Global Awards of Excellence.