There are 201 article(s) tagged Downtown Memphis Commission:

• May 2019

  • Downtown board cuts Beale Street hotel developer’s requested PILOT extension

    A Downtown Memphis Commission board was not willing to let the developer of a Beale Street boutique hotel delay paying an increased payment-in-lieu-of-taxes to see if he could negotiate with the partners behind Union Row. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 14, 2019

  • Claridge House to be regional headquarters for 2020 Census

    The Census Bureau will oversee the 2020 Census in Shelby and nine other West Tennessee counties from the third floor of the historic Claridge House in Downtown Memphis. 

    By Tom Bailey May 14, 2019

  • A downtown for everyone

    'I intentionally moved my family to Uptown to give my children an experience of the best of both worlds; a safe, decent and affordable neighborhood with access to a vibrant downtown and beautiful riverfront.'

    By Tanja Mitchell May 08, 2019

• April 2019

  • Two more redevelopment projects target Madison Avenue

    The gaps between points of interest along Madison Avenue are starting to fill up with new ground-floor commercial businesses and new officer users. 

    By Michelle Corbet April 19, 2019

  • Poplar Arts Lofts, Midtown office space move forward

    Several projects, including new office space and a new six-story apartment project in Midtown, received mulityear tax abatements for their investments Tuesday. 

    By Michelle Corbet April 09, 2019

  • Closed Handy House at center of Beale contract talks

    The Downtown Memphis Commission is negotiating with the tour company it forced out of the W.C. Handy House in February, while the musician's family continues to push for changes after years of complaints the property is being ignored.

    By Bill Dries April 04, 2019

  • Midtown apartment developers seek tax abatements

    Two development groups are looking for a break on property taxes to help balance the cost of their Midtown apartment projects. 

    By Michelle Corbet April 02, 2019

• February 2019

  • Week-long sessions on Downtown master plan open Feb. 25

    With public input in hand, Downtown officials will host sessions this week with experts who will engage the public on issues of importance as part of a Downtown master plan process that began last year. 

    By Michelle Corbet February 26, 2019

  • Johnny Cash memorial adds incentives at Midtown apartment project

    Developers of an apartment complex on South Cooper in Cooper-Young received an extension on tax incentives for adding a public art element, a tribute to Johnny Cash, who played his first gig near the property. 

    By Michelle Corbet February 07, 2019

• January 2019

  • Downtown Memphis Commission board members hit the road

    On a bus ride spanning one end of Downtown to the other, Downtown Memphis Commission board members got a tour of projects Thursday they have helped along through financial incentives. 

    By Michelle Corbet January 19, 2019

  • Former hotel proposed for renovation into apartments, Airbnb units

    Downtown incentives are sought for renovation of Main Street section of Ambassador Hotel and a 1920s warehouse in the South End and development of Grind City Brewery in Uptown.

    By Wayne Risher January 11, 2019

• December 2018

  • Without philanthropy, Ravine will be ‘grittier’ than the renderings

    A vacant rail spur beside the former Kudzu’s Bar & Grill received initial funding to be transformed into a shared public plaza.

    By Michelle Corbet December 20, 2018

  • Wonder Bread developers seeking grant for expansive Edge District park

    PGK Properties, which is spearheading the redevelopment of the former Wonder Bread plant in the Medical District, is seeking a grant from the Downtown Memphis Commission for a park that could cost up to $5.7 million.

    By Patrick Lantrip December 14, 2018

  • Wiseacre lands tax break to build ‘Instagramable’ Downtown taproom

    A swath of vacant land is purposely part of Wiseacre Brewing Co.’s plans for its new brewery and taproom Downtown.

    By Michelle Corbet December 14, 2018

  • Building density, building community

    With a shared private and public goal to increase population density as a mechanism to become more efficient and successful as a city, the expansion of Memphis and Shelby County’s Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) payment in-lieu-of taxes (PILOT) incentive to include Midtown has been welcomed by multifamily developers in our community.

    By Rick Wood December 11, 2018

  • Union Row project clears initial 30-year TIF approval

    The first phase of Union Row, the $950 million mixed-use project along Union Avenue, is one step closer to securing the tax revenue it needs to fund public infrastructure improvements.

    By Michelle Corbet December 11, 2018

  • Wiseacre seeking 15-year PILOT for $9M brewery

    Wiseacre Brewing Co.’s new Downtown Memphis brewery will carry a price tag of more than $9 million, according to new documents made public Thursday, Dec. 6.

    By Patrick Lantrip December 06, 2018

• November 2018

  • Grand entrance: $950M Union Row proposed for Downtown

    The largest mixed-use development in Memphis history goes public this week, promising to transform a haggard Downtown gateway with apartments, stores, restaurants, a hotel, office towers, parking structures, green spaces, even a half-acre park perched over a roadway like a rooftop.

    By Tom Bailey November 19, 2018

  • Downtown Memphis: A pipeline of passion

    The Downtown Memphis from 2014 when I moved back home from Austin, compared to the Downtown I experience and represent today, is almost night and day.

    By Benjamin Orgel November 17, 2018

  • DMC board questions capacity for apartments Downtown

    Several major Downtown Memphis apartment projects received tax breaks Tuesday morning, causing some board members to question just how many apartments are too many?

    By Michelle Corbet November 13, 2018

  • Downtown master plan kicks off with ‘less vacancy, more retail, dining’

    The Downtown Memphis Commission is collecting feedback that will help it shape the next decade of development and initiatives for the Bluff City’s core.

    By Michelle Corbet November 08, 2018

  • Apartment project near Loflin Yard tacks on warehouse renovation

    Developers planning a mixed-use apartment and commercial building next to Loflin Yard in Downtown Memphis have upped the ante, adding a warehouse redevelopment to the project.

    By Michelle Corbet November 07, 2018

  • Downtown Dining Week returns for year 10 with more than 50 restaurants

    Downtown Dining Week ushers in its 10th year Monday with more than 50 restaurants, about triple the number it started with back in 2008. But all those extra choices will cost you: This year a three-course dinner is $20.18, up 10 cents from $20.08 when it started.

    By Jennifer Biggs November 02, 2018

• October 2018

  • Downtown agency to posthumously honor Phil Trenary in rescheduled awards

    The Downtown Memphis Commission will posthumously honor Phil Trenary during an Oct. 26 awards program that was postponed after Trenary’s death.

    By Wayne Risher October 20, 2018

• September 2018

  • Downtown sensors keeping tabs on feet on the street

    More feet on the street has long been a mantra in the Downtown Memphis Commission’s effort to attract development and improve quality of life Downtown.

    By Wayne Risher September 28, 2018