‘How did this happen’ to once-spectacular 100 North Main
Led by Kevin Woods and Billy Orgel, 100 North Main Development Partners share updated plans for condos in the historic building and outline the next steps in the property's renovation.
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Led by Kevin Woods and Billy Orgel, 100 North Main Development Partners share updated plans for condos in the historic building and outline the next steps in the property's renovation.
The planned $267 million revitalization of 100 N. Main would include 60,000 square feet of office space for the City of Memphis.
The City of Memphis plans to take 60,000 square feet of office space in 100 N. Main when it is redeveloped.
This week, we’re joined by Kevin Kane, president and CEO of Memphis Tourism, and we discuss, yet again, 100 N. Main’s potential for adding Downtown vibrancy, as well as the need for a grocery store in South Main.
Kevin Woods, the Memphis market president for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, has had a big week.
Left vacant since 2014, Memphis’ tallest building is set to undergo a $267 million renovation.
The Downtown Memphis Commission anticipates issuing in about two weeks a request for proposals to potential developers of the 100 North Main Building and the entire block it towers above.
Orgel has had success in recent years with similar adaptive reuse projects like the Tennessee Brewery on South Bluffs and the American Snuff building in Uptown.
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The fate of Memphis’s tallest building is likely to remain unclear until the DMC selects one of the bids. Though there appears to be growing excitement that the high-rise’s days of uncertainty could be drawing to a close.
Proposals include known names like Chance Carlisle and Tom Intrator, as well as ones new to Memphis like Aaron Mesner of Block Real Estate Services.
The period for bids on Memphis’ tallest building is over, culminating in 11 offers.Related story:
The group intends, if its bid is accepted, to invest around $267 million to revitalize one of the city’s most alluring pieces of commercial real estate.
The Downtown Memphis Commission released its request for proposals from any developers considering buying and redeveloping the 100 North Main Building as well as the entire city blocks it stands on.
On “Behind The Headlines,” the incoming CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission says federal pandemic relief funding due the city will likely make up the loss. The drop in sales tax revenue for the TDZ comes as sales tax revenues across the city have exceeded bleak projections at the outset of the pandemic.
Commission also approves the appointment of Dr. Marco Ross as Shelby County medical examiner.
“This will allow us to get rid of a black eye that exists right in the heart of our Downtown,” said the DMC’s interim president.
The Daily Memphian City Council Scorecard tracks three council decisions this week on major issues including what to do with the 100 North Main Building, a state law that would allow police and firefighters to live outside Shelby County and how, or if, to judge the Health Department as the city takes over vaccine distribution.
The city plans to offer the property to developers once the sale from THM Properties of New York City closes. Demolition of the part of the city’s skyline is also an option.
The items added Monday evening to the council’s committee list include $1 million in funding for the city’s vaccine ramp-up. They join what was already a busy council day, including the 100 North Main building, street racing and sewer fees.
The council votes next week on the further use of a PILOT extension fund already being tapped for $62 million for four Downtown parking garages. Meanwhile, one of the banks involved in financing the garages wants some more loan guarantees, which includes a proposed TIF.
The Tuesday, Feb. 23, council session also includes final votes on a set of ordinances cracking down on illegal street racing and possibly a continuation of council discussions with MLGW about the city’s water crisis.
The interim president of the Downtown Memphis Commission addressed “the big thing out there,” the proposed purchase by the Downtown Mobility Authority of the empty 100 North Main office tower, parking and adjacent properties. Ray Brown called 100 North Main “an enormous source of blight.”
The city would seek proposals from developers, but has no preference whether Memphis’ tallest building is demolished or redeveloped.
The resolution from Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland going to City Council next week would include the city’s tallest building in the use of a PILOT extension fund and also include a parking garage in the “Snuff District.”