There are 62 article(s) tagged Board of Adjustment:

• July 2024

  • New gas station planned for Poplar-Highland intersection

    A new Mapco Express convenience store could replace the Exxon/Hop-In that burned down in January at Poplar Avenue and South Highland Street.

    By Julia Baker July 12, 2024

• January 2024

  • Downtown Chick-fil-A and ALSAC/St. Jude parking garage approved

    A 2,500-space parking garage will be built in the eastern part of the St. Jude campus, and the Chick-fil-A Downtown is one step closer to construction.

    By Sophia Surrett January 24, 2024

• September 2023

  • Inked: Plan for Ashlar Hall gets pushback; Atlanta developer sells South Memphis property

    According to the initial application, Juan Montoya hopes to turn the 127-year-old castle-style Ashlar Hall into an event center “of limited scale and character in conformance with the city’s ordinances.”

    By Rob Moore September 27, 2023

  • Historic Ashlar Hall could reopen as event space

    Designed and built by prominent real estate developer Robert Brinkley Snowden in 1898, Ashlar Hall has been in a state of limbo for years.

    By Rob Moore September 11, 2023

• June 2023

  • TacoNGanas wants to bring another location to East Memphis

    If approved, it would become the sixth TacoNGanas location, with trucks in Cordova, Midtown and East Memphis. 

    By Rob Moore June 02, 2023

• September 2022

  • Demolition plans set for Williamsburg Village, Dory gets a new patio

    On Wednesday, Sept. 28 Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment approved plans for demolition and redevelopment at Williamsburg Village, a new outdoor patio at Dory Restaurant and an update on the Lowenstein Mansion. 

    By Neil Strebig September 29, 2022

• May 2022

  • Board of Adjustment tables Pinch District project, approves variance for Uptown daycare

    The Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment waived an agenda item regarding height changes for the Pinch District development following two board member recusals. 

    By Neil Strebig May 26, 2022

• April 2022

  • TacoNGanas readies to open new East Memphis location

    The Board of Adjustment approved a variance that would allow for a new TacoNGanas location in East Memphis. 

    By Neil Strebig April 28, 2022

• January 2022

  • East Memphis neighbors win appeal regarding synagogue

    Although the site plan did not violate any rules or codes, Board of Adjustment members were sympathetic to neighbors’ concerns, noting the development was “wrong” and they themselves would not want to live next to the synagogue.

    By Julia Baker January 30, 2022

  • Mixed-use development planned for South Main

    Butler Row would span more than 2 acres, including the intersection at East Butler Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard.

    By Rob Moore January 03, 2022

• November 2021

  • Board postpones action on proposed St. Jude garage

    St. Jude presented plans for its proposed garage to the Board of Adjustment Wednesday, but the board postponed the decision until its Dec. 22 meeting.

    By Julia Baker November 18, 2021

• August 2021

  • Board approves requests for University District apartments

    A Florida-based developer wanting to build a 92-unit multifamily apartment complex in the University District is one step closer to doing so. 

    By Rob Moore August 25, 2021

• July 2021

  • Board delays U of M apartment decision, allows for Uptown storage facility

    The board also approved zoning variances for a Georgia-based developer that plans to build affordable housing complexes in the North Poplar neighborhood near Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. 

    By Rob Moore July 28, 2021

  • Planners, neighborhood group oppose proposed apartments near U of M

    A developer says he needs exceptions to zoning rules so he can build a 92-unit apartment complex near the University of Memphis and meet demand for student housing. But the University District Neighborhoods Corp. and others oppose the plan.

    By Tom Bailey July 27, 2021

  • ‘Welcome’ sign takes shape in Binghampton

    The mosaic, expected to be ready later this summer, is located at the Binghampton Gateway Center.

    By Omer Yusuf July 12, 2021

  • Food hub proposed for Orange Mound

    The Original Project Team is expanding upon the Healthy Frayser sustainable food project it began two years ago. That initiative came together in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA).

    By Omer Yusuf July 02, 2021

• June 2021

  • Uptown developer reveals plans for historic Greyhound complex

    A developer wants to move an Uptown mini-storage business out of the historic Greyhound bus complex and into a planned building next door. But the plans for the old, brick bus facility are far more intriguing.

    By Tom Bailey June 30, 2021

  • 92-unit apartment development proposed for University District

    A Florida-based developer seeks a number of zoning variances to build student apartments near the University of Memphis main campus.

    By Tom Bailey June 30, 2021

  • Proposed gas station grandfathered in despite Summer rezoning

    Yet another convenience store with gas may be built on Summer Avenue in Highland Heights. The Board of Adjustment determined Wednesday, June 23, that a C-store developer submitted required paperwork in time before the City Council rezoned the area to prohibit gas sales.

     

    By Tom Bailey June 24, 2021

• May 2021

  • E. Memphis detox center can provide inpatient care for 2 years

    The Pax Memphis Recovery center has provided outpatient addiction counseling and services in East Memphis since 2018. The Board of Adjustment just approved a temporary variance allowing the center to provide inpatient care for up to two years.

    By Tom Bailey May 26, 2021

  • 4 senior-living units proposed for Beltline neighborhood

    Jacob’s Ladder CDC seeks a zoning variance to allow four, studio-style dwellings for seniors in the Beltline neighborhood, just east of the old Mid-South Fairgrounds.

    By Tom Bailey May 26, 2021

  • Developer appeals decision blocking C-store/gas on Summer

    A developer of convenience stores selling fuel tore down the old, masonry building on a prominent Summer Avenue corner. Now he’s appealing a decision that he cannot build a C-store there.

    By Tom Bailey May 26, 2021

• April 2021

  • Board approves zoning exceptions for Orleans Station

    The Board of Adjustment approved zoning exceptions for the nearly 10-acre, mixed-use Orleans Station on the campus of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Other cases included the rejection of illegal business signs on Summer and a compromise for a nonconforming hotel sign on Lamar.

    By Tom Bailey April 28, 2021

• March 2021

  • Ice cream business, self-storage, Orleans Station among new zoning cases

    The new Board of Adjustment applications include a business that wants to produce ice cream in Whitehaven, a 3-acre self-storage business in South City and a 10-acre mixed-use development in the Medical District.

    By Tom Bailey March 31, 2021

• February 2021

  • UPDATED: VECA opposes ‘smoke shop’ near Snowden School

    The Vollintine-Evergreen Community Association is appealing a decision to allow what it calls a “smoke shop” to open next to Dino’s Grill and near Snowden School. While renovations have been made, the business has not yet opened.

    By Tom Bailey February 24, 2021