There are 19 article(s) tagged Downtown development:

• August 2022

  • Demolition begins for Downtown fire station

    Until recently, the building housed a Memphis Fire station and headquarters for the department.

    By Bill Dries August 22, 2022

• 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

• April 2022

  • Zoning request suggests Hard Rock Hotels is targeting Downtown

    Documents filed with the city propose a Hard Rock Hotel at the current Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe & Honkey Tonk on Beale Street. 

    By Neil Strebig April 30, 2022

• October 2021

  • Downtown Memphis Commission focusing on cohesive parking plan

    The Downtown Memphis Commission wants to address the long-term problems associated with Downtown parking. 

    By Rob Moore October 27, 2021

  • $30M South Front mixed-use development approved

    The project on South Front would, according to the Design Review Board, fill in a missing piece of a vibrant and developing Downtown neighborhood. 

    By Rob Moore October 07, 2021

• August 2021

  • 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.

    By Tom Bailey August 16, 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

• March 2021

  • State investigating death of Downtown construction worker

    A 36-year-old construction worker fell to his death while helping renovate a building in the Cotton Row National Historic District.

    By Tom Bailey March 08, 2021

• October 2020

  • One Beale starts pre-leasing apartments, office element dropped

    First come, first served: The first 100 units at the The Landing at One Beale are nearly complete and can be pre-leased by apartment hunters willing to commit based on information and images at landingresidences.com. In-person tours are still a few weeks away.

    By Tom Bailey October 20, 2020

• September 2020

  • Hilton’s hip Canopy opens on ‘happening’ Downtown corner

    The 174-room luxury hotel — filled with design touches that are inspired by Memphis history and culture — helps anchor one of the city's most prominent intersections. 

    By Tom Bailey September 08, 2020

• August 2020

  • The Ravine is about to take shape

    Construction is to start next week on the $1 million Phase I. The sunken, two-block-long former rail spur will become a space for gathering, entertainment, dining, playing and shopping in the Edge District.

    By Tom Bailey August 12, 2020

• February 2020

  • Construction of Fire Station No. 5 will start chain of projects

    The Memphis Fire Department has filed for a permit to build a new Fire Station No. 5 at a new location. Moving a mile away to 400 Adams will clear the way for construction of a new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art on the Downtown river bluff.

    By Tom Bailey February 21, 2020

  • New hotel to rise on vacant Downtown corner

    The $11 million project, which could begin construction this summer, joins a growing list of new and planned Downtown hotels 

    By Tom Bailey February 20, 2020

  • Downtown’s ornate Masonic Temple for sale

    For sale for $2.5 million: A one-owner building with six floors, huge rooms and rich architectural detailing. 

    By Tom Bailey February 11, 2020

• January 2020

  • Development team buys old nightclub building in Edge District

    A sprawling, blighted building in the heart of the Edge District has been purchased by some of the same people who have improved other properties in the neighborhood.

    By Tom Bailey January 23, 2020

  • Opening move: Memphis Chess Club builds business for food, coffee, play

    Memphis Chess Club has transformed itself into a business, and is changing the shopfront space of a Downtown building into a café/coffee shop and its new home.

    By Tom Bailey January 22, 2020

  • Retail-ready spaces coming Downtown

    The Downtown Memphis Commission staff particularly liked that the three ground-floor retail bays are virtually ready now for tenants.

    By Tom Bailey January 14, 2020

• December 2019

  • ‘Twas a Bluff Downtown Christmas

    'Out on the roof there arose such a clatter, more Downtown construction, the clang of a ladder....'

    By Keith Goldberg December 23, 2019

  • Downtown incentive projects hit ‘all-time high’ in 2019

    Downtown Memphis Commission-affiliated agencies provided incentives to 52 projects, from mega-projects to mom-and-pop retailers, during 2019. That was the most activity ever for the 42-year-old Downtown revitalization agency.

    By Wayne Risher December 13, 2019