There are 82 article(s) tagged Downtown:

• September 2021

  • Proposed nutrition store seeks loan to renovate Downtown property

    Downtown Nutrition + Energy will be based on the business model of The Nutrition Hub, which is located in Germantown. 

    By Rob Moore September 15, 2021

  • About Town: The fate of 100 N. Main in the balance

    The fate of Memphis’s tallest building is likely to remain unclear until the DMC selects one of the bids. Though there appears to be growing excitement that the high-rise’s days of uncertainty could be drawing to a close.

    By Omer Yusuf September 03, 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

• August 2021

  • Downtown office tower bought by Florida company

    CBRE will handle management and leasing of the 15-story office tower at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Third Street.

    By Rob Moore August 24, 2021

• July 2021

  • About Town: How One Beale’s final piece fits in

    The fourth – and final – phase of the $400 million One Beale Development includes 44,000 square feet of meeting and event space, two restaurants, a 6,500-square-foot spa, a 2,200-square-foot fitness center, and “massive rooftop infinity pool.”

    By Omer Yusuf July 30, 2021

  • The Early Word: Good sports news offsets bad health news

    Bad air joins our health worries, while politicians wrangle with health departments in Memphis and Nashville. But better sidewalks, AutoZone Park, the Milwaukee Bucks and even the TVA give us reason to smile.

    By Andrew A. Smith July 22, 2021

  • Prominent Cotton Row building plans makeover

    Plans have been submitted for renovating the building anchoring the prominent southwest corner of Union and Front.

    By Tom Bailey July 20, 2021

• April 2021

  • About Town: Downtown businesses look to post-pandemic life

    A new grocery store, a hotel, a barbershop and an update about Tom Lee Park meant one neighborhood rose to the top for this week’s About Town.

    By Omer Yusuf April 16, 2021

  • WLOK, Big River Market seek Downtown grants

    WLOK seeks a $50,000 grant to beautify its buildings at 363 S. Second. And the owner of the planned Big River Market, a small food/coffee store, seeks a $60,000 grant to help prepare space at the corner of Tennessee and G.E. Patterson.

    By Tom Bailey April 14, 2021

  • New owner describes plans for Masonic Temple building

    Bill Townsend feels he didn’t so much buy a building as a 107-year-old time capsule. He’s already got short-term plans and has discussed long-term possibilities with brg3s architects.

    By Tom Bailey April 13, 2021

• March 2021

  • Junior Achievement sells Downtown headquarters for $2M

    Junior Achievement sold its two, attached buildings at 299-307 Madison, plus a 25-space parking lot, to ServiceMaster by Stratos. Junior Achievement now occupies a small office at the University of Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey March 31, 2021

• February 2021

  • On-demand transit, the wave of the future?

    The Memphis Area Transit Authority launched its new Groove On-Demand service, which enables people to use their smartphones or other devices to order rides with specified pick-up and drop-off points, similar to the way ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft operate.

    By Blake Fontenay February 14, 2021

  • MATA offers new on-demand shuttle service

    The new service aims to make it easier for those who live within the service area to get back and forth to their workplaces.

    By Blake Fontenay February 04, 2021

• December 2020

  • Giving food, clothes ‘is what I love to do’ on Christmas Day

    Many of the Lunches ‘n Love volunteers don’t have to imagine what it was like for those walking into the parking lot, hoping to leave with more than they came. They were once homeless themselves.

    By Omer Yusuf December 25, 2020

• October 2020

  • Efforts to bring grocery to Downtown/South City fail

    A developer has given up — for now — on a two-year effort to recruit a grocery store to serve South City in an otherwise comprehensive, $227 million project to improve the quality of life in the economically distressed neighborhood.

    By Tom Bailey October 18, 2020

• September 2020

  • Daytime plaza designed for the homeless will soon open

    The Hospitality Hub Plaza will offer the homeless three bathrooms, water, shade, lockers, USB receptacles, Downtown skyline views and an open, gentle invitation to receive support.

    By Tom Bailey September 02, 2020

• July 2020

  • Raymond James takes another step from Downtown toward E. Memphis

    Building permit applications show Raymond James plans to spend $7.25 million renovating the 1100 Ridgeway Loop building and $6.33 million renovating the 889 Ridge Lake building.

    By Tom Bailey July 07, 2020

  • Fourth of July weekend activities in Shelby County

    This Fourth of July weekend will look a lot of different because of COVID-19, but there are still multiple activities throughout Shelby County for those to celebrate and enjoy the holiday.

    By Omer Yusuf July 02, 2020

• June 2020

  • Downtown draft plan: Build vertical, include everyone, enforce standards, make it walkable

    The Downtown Memphis Commission has just unveiled a draft master plan that could guide Downtown development for the next decade. The DMC will seek public response through June.

    By Tom Bailey June 08, 2020

  • 200 march against systematic racism on 12th night of protests

    Memphis' 12th night of protests focused on systematic racism. DeVante Hill led protestors for three miles through Downtown Memphis.

    By Abigail Warren June 08, 2020

  • Floyd protest Day 7 blog: Twin protests end peacefully at curfew

    Two groups of protesters worked in at opposite ends of the city Tuesday night, one moving down Germantown Parkway from Shelby Farms, the other starting at I Am a Man Plaza Downtown. Both ended peacefully before curfew.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 05, 2020

  • Floyd protests Day 9: Spontaneous demonstration breaks out

    No protest was planned for the evening of Thursday, June 4, 2020, but one occurred anyway after a civil disobedience class at the National Civil Rights Museum. The Daily Memphian followed events with photos, videos and stories. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 04, 2020

  • Floyd protest Day 8 gallery

    Protests continued for the eighth day in Memphis on June 3, 2020, over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. These photos follow the event. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 03, 2020

• May 2020

  • Herrington: Reopening? We’ll wait and see

    The city and county can loosen restrictions, but a tour of Midtown and Downtown neighborhoods shows businesses and potential customers still have decisions to make. 

    By Chris Herrington May 04, 2020

• December 2019

  • A letter to Tom Intrator

    'Imagine someone wrote you a letter describing who you are, what you need to do, and how you should go about it. Imagine it wasn’t someone you really knew, and yet they act like they know you better than you know yourself. That’s kinda how we feel.'

    By Taylor Berger December 11, 2019