South Main development secures increased density capacity requirement
Despite exceeding the density capacity for the South Main District, the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment granted approval of a new mixed-use development.
Topic: South Main
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September 2021
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August 2021
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Main Street’s final furniture-only store to close
Jesse Chapman Sr. stopped parking cars for a living about 75 years ago to open the Downtown store now called Chapman Furniture. His children just sold their building at 335 and 341 S. Main St. and plan to close shop within six months.
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July 2021
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Downtown’s old MGM warehouse may become jazz venue
The owner of 502 S. Second seeks a $50,000 grant to help fund her $1.1 million plan to convert a vacant part of Downtown’s old MGM film warehouse into the Luxe Jazz Suite.
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June 2021
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ODDS ‘experiential’ retail store opens on South Main
Memphians Cornelius Martin, Marquis White and Matt Roumain founded the Downtown business that combines sales and experiences for customers.
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New Eats: By the Brewery offers a comfortable spot to dine and to linger
By the Brewery is a new restaurant Downtown, conveniently just across the street from where The Daily Memphian is moving.
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April 2021
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South Main area to get a grocery store this year
Cash Saver and High Point Grocery owner Rick James is opening a small independent grocery in South Main.
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Design board staff likes new building coming to historic site
Few people if anybody wanted the demolition of Downtown’s historic Nylon Net Building. But the staff of the Design Review Board gives a thumbs-up to the proposed way that the replacement building would look.
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NY developer proposes 5-story building on S. Main
Developer Tom Intrator plans to fill a vacant lot in the heart of South Main with a relatively tall, mixed-use building.
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February 2021
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Sold Burger: Earnestine & Hazel’s changes hands
A new ownership group has bought Earnestine & Hazel’s for $900,000 and and a nearby warehouse for $200,000. The old bar will reopen soon, and the new owner promises to keep those Soul Burgers sizzling.
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Future South Main restaurant getting renovation grant
The Center City Development Corp. also approved financial support for restoring and replacing stained glass windows at Historic Clayborn Temple, and for the restoration and redevelopment of a blighted, vacant commercial building at Vance and S. Fourth.
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Development of 15 townhomes proposed near Central Station
The townhomes would be built to be sold and rise on a vacant lot at the southwest corner of South Main and Carolina.
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December 2020
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Last call at Earnestine & Hazel’s: Offers due by Jan. 15
States the marketing brochure: “Owner reserves the right to accept all cash full price offers on a first come first serve basis.”
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November 2020
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Carlisle buys Nylon Net Building
The developer of One Beale and the Chisca on Nov. 2 paid $3.15 million for the vacant, historic warehouse at 7 Vance. Carlisle Corp. plans to build apartments there. But does the developer still plan to raze the whole building, or revert to its first plan to preserve the most historic part?
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October 2020
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Board delays vote deciding fate of historic Nylon Net Building
The Board of Adjustment also denied giving a zoning variance to Prairie Farms dairy plant, which wants to use three of its acres for plant operations.
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DMC’s effort to fill shop spaces wins international award
The “Open on Main” initiative has won a Pinnacle Award from the International Downtown Association.
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September 2020
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New plan calls for demolishing all of historic Nylon Net Building
Carlisle Development had planned to preserve the most ornate part of the historic 7 Vance building as part of a plan to build 200-plus apartments there.
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Museum Lofts opens next to National Civil Rights Museum
Managers of the new, four-story apartment building at 138 Huling are leasing the 68 units in the South Main District.
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Outdoor dining space to open off South Main
New outdoor seating off South Main beside Puck Food Hall will be for dining, working or just gathering to enjoy a little distanced socializing and music.
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August 2020
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Paper & Clay plans move to South Main, seeks renovation grant
The maker and retailer of modern-design ceramic products is growing and needs more space. Paper & Clay will move into a building vacated by the closing of Bumpus Harley-Davidson on South Main.
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Apartments with a crust of retail proposed next to Gus’s chicken
The $30 million project would renovate and convert a 120-year-old warehouse at Front and Vance, create 165 apartment units, 10,000 square feet of commercial space, and 100 parking spaces.
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July 2020
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210 units for Nylon Net Building, Oakhaven warehouse approved
The current plan for the adaptive reuse of the Nylon Net Building is to build 199 apartments and a two-level parking structure with 230 spaces.
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April 2020
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Barefoot Bride moves to Downtown’s historic Emerge Building
The by-appointment-only bridal boutique shop started in Cooper-Young, moved to East Memphis, and now moves to the South Main District.
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January 2020
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Short-term rentals, retail proposed for S. Main building
A New York developer plans to convert one of the South Main District's brick, two-story buildings into 18 short-term rental apartments and three ground-floor retail bays.
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November 2019
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Central Station hotel, lobby bar on track to open this week
The Central Station, a Curio Collection by Hilton hotel in Memphis' historic train station, aims to open during the week of Oct. 21-25. The Daily Memphian provides a sneak peek.
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Destination: Delicious Podcast: Talking with Aldo
Slider Inn owner Aldo Dean talks to Jennifer Biggs about his journey to Memphis and what's happened since.
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