There are 22 article(s) tagged 100 North Main:

• May 2022

  • ‘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. 

    By Neil Strebig May 21, 2022

• February 2022

  • Though argument could be made to move City Hall, that’s not in Mayor’s plans

    The City of Memphis plans to take 60,000 square feet of office space in 100 N. Main when it is redeveloped.

    By Bill Dries February 06, 2022

• January 2022

  • Touring 100 N. Main: Shattered glass, shell casings, law books and spectacular views

    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.

    By Tom Bailey January 20, 2022

• September 2021

  • Orgel, partners make bid to redevelop 100 N. Main

    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. 

    By Rob Moore September 01, 2021

• June 2021

  • Clock’s now ticking: Who’s in with 100 North Main?

    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. 

    By Tom Bailey June 15, 2021

• April 2021

  • Downtown Tourism Development Zone lost $5M in sales tax

    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.

    By Bill Dries April 30, 2021

• March 2021

  • County Commission approves 100 N. Main sale to city

    Commission also approves the appointment of Dr. Marco Ross as Shelby County medical examiner.

    By Bill Dries March 22, 2021

  • ‘Bold’ purchase of city’s tallest building approved

    “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.

    By Tom Bailey March 09, 2021

  • Council Scorecard: An appeal to Nashville, the Health Department’s reckoning and an empty skyscraper

    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.

    By Bill Dries March 04, 2021

  • Council approves sale of 100 N. Main to city

    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.

    By Bill Dries March 02, 2021

  • City Council considers funding for city takeover of local vaccinations

    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.

    By Bill Dries March 01, 2021

• February 2021

  • City Council debates buying city’s tallest building

    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.

    By Bill Dries February 24, 2021

  • City Council reviews details of 100 N. Main sale

    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.

    By Bill Dries February 23, 2021

  • Downtown leader ‘very confident’ in benefits of mobility authority buying 100 N. Main

    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.”

    By Tom Bailey February 18, 2021

  • City may buy 100 N. Main for $10.75M, seek developer

    The city would seek proposals from developers, but has no preference whether Memphis’ tallest building is demolished or redeveloped.

    By Tom Bailey February 13, 2021

  • City proposes inclusion of 100 North Main Building in Downtown parking plan

    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.”

    By Bill Dries February 11, 2021

• January 2021

  • Melrose plans include genealogical center, library

    City Council members got their first look at the details of Accelerate Memphis on Tuesday, Jan. 26. 

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2021

  • Puppy sales, city’s tallest building, sewers top City Council agenda

    City Council members Tuesday will consider banning puppy sales as the only national pet store chain that sells puppies is readying a Wolfchase store. The council also gets an update on the vacant 100 North Main Building and talks over the latest changes to the city’s sewer system.

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2021

• October 2019

  • Loews Hotel on Civic Center Plaza clears zoning review

    A 500-room, 17-story Loews Hotel proposed for Civic Center Plaza won approval by a Memphis zoning board Thursday, Oct. 10.

    By Wayne Risher October 10, 2019

• September 2019

  • 100 North Main owners offer Plan B for second convention center hotel

    With the City of Memphis and Loews Hotels close to a development deal on a convention center hotel, 100 North Main's alternate proposal is viewed as Plan B.

    By Wayne Risher September 17, 2019

• April 2019

  • Conaway: A tall challenge at 100 North Main

    It's a building that could become a beautiful part of what’s next, or remain the biggest ugly elephant in our biggest room.

    By Dan Conaway April 18, 2019

  • 100 North Main owner touts hotel as reducing blight, public subsidy

    Townhouse Management Co. says 100 North Main would cost less in public incentives to retrofit as a convention center hotel, compared to the planned Loews on Civic Center Plaza.

    By Wayne Risher April 10, 2019