There are 17 article(s) tagged Lamar Avenue:

• September 2024

  • City Council burns Whataburger, gives RaceTrac green light

    The Memphis City Council vetoed a fast-food restaurant development on Union Avenue, but allowed a hotel and townhomes to continue.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2024

• July 2023

  • American Deli has a new location on Lamar Avenue

    The new location joins more than 200 American Deli locations across eight states. In Tennessee, this will bring the number of American Deli locations to 11.

    By Sophia Surrett July 19, 2023

• May 2022

  • Pedestrian dead after being hit by MPD car

    MPD said the officer was unable to avoid striking the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead on the scene.

    By Julia Baker May 13, 2022

• December 2021

  • Orpheum Theatre transfer approved

    The Memphis City Council approved the property transfer for a token $1 payment Tuesday, Dec. 21, on a unanimous vote.

    By Bill Dries December 22, 2021

• September 2021

  • City Council opens door to Afghan, Haitian refugees

    The council delayed a decision on a retail strip center including gas pumps at 2977 Broad Ave. at Tillman in Binghampton.

    By Bill Dries September 07, 2021

• May 2021

  • Exclusive: Mixed-use development may transform entire block of Lamar

    Midtown’s hot real estate development may soon stretch south to embrace an entire block of Lamar Avenue, which has experienced disinvestment over the decades.

    By Tom Bailey May 06, 2021

• December 2020

  • Lamar Ave. funeral home seeks second cremation furnace

    A funeral home on the recently down-zoned section of Lamar wants to add a second cremation furnace, but now must seek a zoning variance to do it.

    By Tom Bailey December 30, 2020

  • Lamar Avenue leads the way in how Memphis 3.0 could change city’s look

    The six-mile stretch through Orange Mound is changing, using the year-old Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan. Lots of other parts of the city want to follow the same path.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2020

• September 2020

  • City Council Scorecard: Finding the BLM divide and changing Lamar

    The latest edition of our City Council scorecard finds a healthy council majority in favor of changing street names as part of a slate of Black Lives Matter proposals. Plus, the Council held a unanimous vote to begin changing the business streetscape along a stretch of Lamar Avenue.

    By Bill Dries September 09, 2020

• April 2020

  • Comprehensive rezoning proposed for Lamar auto corridor

    The 7.5-mile stretch of Lamar Avenue from Bellevue to Prescott encompasses 188 parcels that would be rezoned in the process.

    By Elle Perry April 07, 2020

• February 2020

  • City Council to review Sheraton Convention Center hotel deal

    The City Council also will review an agreement to take in animals impounded outside the city at Memphis Animal Services.

    By Bill Dries February 18, 2020

• September 2019

  • City Council extends moratorium on new car-related businesses along Lamar Avenue

    After a year-long moratorium on car lots, tire shops and gas stations on Lamar Avenue, Memphis City Council members extended it Tuesday by an additional six months.

    By Bill Dries September 03, 2019

• August 2019

  • Amazon opens delivery operation in Lamar Corridor

    Amazon is now operating its permanent 'delivery station' after renovating an old warehouse near I-240 and Lamar.

    By Tom Bailey August 15, 2019

• January 2019

  • Council ponders fine print of sports betting bills

    Memphis City Council members back the general plan for sports betting on Beale Street, but they want to see what kind of split of revenue is proposed when it comes down to a specific bill in Nashville.

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2019

• November 2018

  • Lamar Avenue overhaul set for spring launch

    The first phase of Lamar Avenue’s long-awaited overhaul is expected to begin next spring and be completed by November 2021.

    By Wayne Risher November 16, 2018

• October 2018

  • Bids top $62 million on first round of Lamar Ave. upgrades

    The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is reviewing bids received Friday, Oct. 5, for the first section of Lamar Avenue’s long-awaited upgrade in southeast Shelby County.

    By Wayne Risher October 09, 2018

• September 2018

  • Logistics industry relieved as Lamar construction approaches

    It’s hard to say who’s happier to see light at the end of the tunnel for the Lamar corridor’s infamous gridlock. Is it owners and operators of trucks that clog the commercial artery and feeder streets, burning fuel, polluting air, wasting drivers’ time and slowing the movement of goods?

    By Wayne Risher September 17, 2018