Renasant Convention Center boasts $200 million makeover
The center’s newly renovated, 118,000-square-foot exhibit hall was recently used as the set for a History Channel commercial featuring Morgan Freeman.
Rob Moore
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Real EstateInked: Olive Branch lands distributor; Uptown renovation nearing completion
A California company opens a distribution center in Olive Branch, the renovation of Tri State Iron Works nears completion and the Hilton Garden Inn is bought for $36 million by a Virginia-based investor.
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Business Downtown board approves new PILOT for Medical District development
The five-story development would include residential and retail space.
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Real Estate Velo at Shelby Farms requests closing extension
The Birmingham-based developer is asking to move its closing deadline to next year.
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Real Estate Permit filed for Downtown Mobility Center
The Downtown Mobility Center would stand seven stories on the 1.3-acre surface parking lot immediately north of the Orpheum Theatre and include nearly 1,000 parking spaces and ground-floor retail space.
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Business Bluff City Biz: Ford, U of M and Downtown development with Ted Townsend
The Greater Memphis Chamber’s Ted Townsend talks about the megasite’s name change — “I have no problem with it.” — the U of M’s new president and Downtown development.
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BusinessKrosstown Kleaners building could be reborn
The Krosstown Kleaners building was built in 1910 and originally served as a bakery, before becoming a dry cleaning business in 1944 with its distinctive neon sign.
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Business EDGE board to review two requests to modify incentive agreements
Both developments — Link Apartments Broad Avenue and Parkside at Shelby Farms — anticipate delays in completion time.
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Business Tissue manufacturer requests PILOT to expand its Memphis operations
KTG plans to keep 505 Memphis jobs while adding 36 new jobs with an average wage of $54,185.
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Real EstateWorkforce housing developer wants to transform Whitehaven hotel
The hotel at Elvis Presley Boulevard would be One Stop Housing’s third property in Memphis.
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Real Estate The Peabody to become special tourism tax zone
The creation of the Peabody Hotel Surcharge will finance capital investments to the property totaling more than $125 million over the next 30 years for long-term preservation.
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Real Estate Downtown board asks to reevaluate financing options for Mobility Center
The project would stand six stories with 975 parking spaces and feature approximately 13,500 square feet of retail space, bike storage and showers.
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Real Estate Fogelman Properties expands portfolio with South Carolina multifamily investment
Over the last three years, Memphis-based Fogelman Properties has purchased 16 properties, totaling 4,829 units worth a combined $706 million.
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Spirit of Memphis Peanut Shoppe moving, but staying Downtown
Thanks to a GoFundMe campaign and support from the Downtown Memphis Commission, the Peanut Shoppe will move to a new South Main home, instead of closing after 72 years of business.
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Real Estate DMC receives international awards for two city planning programs
The BuildDowntown Master Plan and the South City Good Neighbor Grant program both won awards from an international institution for their city planning efforts.
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Real EstateOctober home sales up more than 5% from last year
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors recorded 1,929 total home sales last month.
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Arts & Culture New Brooks Museum of Art Downtown may be crown jewel of riverfront development
Brooks on the Bluff is being designed through a collaboration between the Swiss-based firm Herzog & du Meuron and Memphis’ archimania.
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Real Estate Finalists announced for 100 N. Main
See exclusive renderings.
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Financial Services Evolve Bank & Trust expanding its East Memphis operations
The financial services company will renew its lease on Poplar Avenue and move its headquarters to a 42,000-square-foot space nearby.
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October 2021
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Midtown Central Yards submits new construction application
Because the development team received a 20-year PILOT earlier this year, the Design Review Board is required to approve new construction.
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Real EstateCommercial brokers launch Memphis-centric real estate firm
Dustin Jones and Jonathan Aur want to create a company that is designed by-Memphis, for-Memphis.
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Downtown Downtown Memphis Commission focusing on cohesive parking plan
The Downtown Memphis Commission wants to address the long-term problems associated with Downtown parking.
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Real Estate CCDC to consider exterior improvement grants for two historic Downtown buildings
The CCDC will address two applicants for its Exterior Improvement Grant (EIG) program at its Oct. 27 meeting, the historic buildings at 24 S. Main and 307 Madison Ave.
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Real Estate Developing Memphis Seminar highlights anticipated developments now charging ahead
The projects discussed at The Daily Memphian’s Developing Memphis Seminar were Central Yards in Midtown, Link Apartments on Broad, the Blues Note Hotel in the Pinch and Orleans Station in the Medical District.
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Real Estate ‘Please don’t let The Peanut Shoppe die’
The business’ owner is requesting a $30,000 Retail Tenant Improvement (TI) Grant to move to 121 S. Main.
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