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Inked: Poplar Commons sold for almost $26M, Hotel Pontotoc facelift continues
This week’s Inked includes updates on the Hotel Pontotoc renovation and Poplar Commons shopping center’s new owners.
Neil Strebig is a chef turned journalist covering economic development and commercial real estate for The Daily Memphian. He grew up in Pennsylvania and has worked at media outlets including the York Daily Record/USA Today Network and most recently as Report for America Corps Member with Lookout Santa Cruz. He is a graduate of Point Park University in Pittsburgh.
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This week’s Inked includes updates on the Hotel Pontotoc renovation and Poplar Commons shopping center’s new owners.
The walkway will connect at the fifth floor of the Downtown Mobility Center and the third floor of AutoZone headquarters.
Discount retailer Tuesday Morning is closing more than 400 of its stores, including several in the Memphis region.
In 2022, more than 1,000 advanced manufacturing companies were operating within the Memphis region with a combined workforce of 43,356 persons.
The Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce shared the Prosper Memphis 2030 initiative, aimed at creating 50,000 more jobs and improving STEM vocational training for minority residents.
Portugal-based MSS Steel and Ubique Group were also approved for PILOTs by the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis & Shelby County. Extension of first phase of Dixie Greyhound project awarded tax incentivesRelated story:
Uptown Studios & Storage is part of November 6’s Dixie Greyhound redevelopment project. The developer plans to build a new four-story, 80,000-square-foot building at 475 N. Main St.
Tawanda Pirtle plans to expand the store into the adjacent storefront at 511 S. Main St.
This week’s Inked shares MAAR’s January 2023 home sales report and updates on Dwell at Shelby Farms and the Greenbelt dock expansion.
The most notable changes to the tax incentives are the length of the program and a focus on affordable housing.
Mississippi-based Belnick is also seeking a 10-year PILOT for a furniture distribution facility.
The former Union Avenue police station in Midtown will be home to a new Whataburger location.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s $13 billion campus expansion, the largest in its history, is progressing.
The company chose Memphis for its first U.S. facility.
This week’s Inked includes updates on the National Civil Rights Museum Legacy expansion, Klein Fitness and a new farmer’s market in Orange Mound.
Carlisle Development filed plans to build a temporary surface parking lot at the proposed Grand Hyatt site at One Beale.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, which owns the plant, closed the facility in 2018. Demolition is expected to be completed in 2025, TVA spokesperson Scott Brooks said.
The opening of Conwood Flats and Varsity Spirit’s headquarters marks the halfway point for the historic Snuff District redevelopment.
This week’s Inked covers news on RKA’s new commercial branch, a notable Downtown barbershop closes and updates on the Sterick Building.
Belz Enterprises plans to convert former office spaces at 119 S. Main St. into 73 apartments.
Downtown Mobility Authority agrees to $7 million cleanout request for 100 N. Main building.
Once redevelopment is complete, 100 N. Main will include a restaurant, condos, 205 apartments, 160-room hotel and offices.
Developer Bill Townsend originally mapped out plans to turn the historic Pillow-McIntyre House into an antique shop. Then he had second thoughts. He shares his new plans for two historic properties in the Victorian Village neighborhood.
One of the renovations will include an art gallery and retail area, as well as alley improvements.
This week’s Inked covers 2022 real estate figures, Q4 2022 industrial real estate reports and answers reader questions on the Grand Hyatt.