There are 20 article(s) tagged Memphis Medical District:

• February 2025

  • Aldi to open Union Avenue store this spring

    Grab your quarter; Memphis’ 14th Aldi will open in the Medical District, part of the neighborhood’s recent burst of growth. 

    By Aisling Mäki February 27, 2025

  • ‘Excellence and achievement’: UTHSC earns prestigious research designation

    Memphis is now one of six cities nationwide that is home to two public universities with the Carnegie R1 designation. 

    By Aisling Mäki February 25, 2025

  • Memphis-based medevac adds life-saving treatment on the fly

    Hospital Wing, which provides helicopters across the region for emergency dispatch, is taking the next step to provide critical care when “every minute matters.”

    By Aisling Mäki February 20, 2025

  • New apartments could come to the Memphis Medical District

    The vacant lot between FedExFamilyHouse and Quimby Plaza could be filled with a new apartment complex.

    By Sophia Surrett February 08, 2025

• January 2025

  • Memphis Jamaican Kitchen opening in Medical District

    Memphis Jamaican Kitchen owners Ryan and Ebony Meeks are adding a second location in the Medical District area with dine-in service. They will also be keeping the food truck open in Downtown Memphis.

    By Jody Callahan January 24, 2025

• September 2024

  • Morris Park was transformed. Could the same thing happen in Victorian Village?

    The area of spotty grass, situated roughly between Manassas and Neely, became a park by default in the 1960s when five Victorian homes were torn down, says Scott Blake, executive director of Victorian Village Inc. CDC.

    By Jane Roberts September 06, 2024

• January 2024

  • Memphis Medical District marks banner year of growth

    In 2023, 11 new businesses opened in the Memphis Medical District, helped by the district’s pre-development grants and other incentives. 

    By Aisling Mäki January 02, 2024

• September 2023

  • Taste of the District returns with vendors new and old

    From “dirty” sodas to baked chicken, more than a dozen restaurants and food vendors within the Memphis Medical District will showcase their flavors at the annual Taste of the District. 

    By Joshua Carlucci September 26, 2023

• July 2022

  • Departing commissioner hopes for $750M to replace aging hospital

    Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner said Regional One Health saved his life following a horrific car wreck. Before he terms out, he hopes to see progress in the ambitious plan to replace the aging hospital buildings. 

    By Aisling Mäki July 12, 2022

• December 2021

  • About Town: Inside the Memphis Medical District’s transformation

    The Memphis Medical District is currently undergoing a transformation with several private and public developments and redevelopments in the works. 

    By Julia Baker December 24, 2021

  • ‘We see the Medical District as the new frontier’

    Both private and public development have come to the Memphis Medical District.

    By Rob Moore December 21, 2021

  • About Town: Pedestrians hit twice with ‘Naming’ vandalism

    But there may be a small silver lining after most of the art installation was destroyed. 

    By Julia Baker December 03, 2021

• September 2021

  • Orleans Station to move forward with exterior renovations

    Developers of Orleans Station, the proposed 10.2-acre mixed-use development in the Medical District, have the go-ahead to begin exterior renovations to the shopping strip that once housed the Trolley Stop restaurant. 

    By Rob Moore September 02, 2021

• June 2021

  • Multi-block residential development proposed for Medical District

    The application states that the project is intended to serve as a model for small-scale neighborhood development that can be applied to other Memphis neighborhoods. 

    By Tom Bailey June 30, 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

  • $56M mixed-use development proposed for Medical District

    The development of 270 apartments, 17,500 square feet of retail and a 411-space parking structure would replace the existing First Horizon and IberiaBank branches on Union, between Cleveland and Claybrook. 

    By Tom Bailey February 04, 2021

  • Developer plans to renovate blighted, vacant apartments near Downtown

    Stella Maris Development owner Amin Zaki plans to revive apartments at 1030 Poplar. They’ve been vacant and deteriorating more than five years. 

    By Tom Bailey February 03, 2021

• January 2021

  • Suburban developments pivot to housing; CBU expansion approved

    The Land Use Control Board approved two unsurprising changes for a couple of big, suburban planned developments. Out, or diminished, is brick-and-mortar retail from the projects.

    By Tom Bailey January 14, 2021

• November 2020

  • St. Vincent de Paul food mission seeks permit to shelter homeless, too

    Volunteers and a small staff have been serving morning meals for eight years at the Ozanam Center, 1306 Monroe Ave. Now the Catholic lay organization plans to work with Room In The Inn to shelter homeless women and children each night.

    By Tom Bailey November 09, 2020