There are 15 article(s) tagged Memphis Medical District:
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.
In 2023, 11 new businesses opened in the Memphis Medical District, helped by the district’s pre-development grants and other incentives.
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.
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.
The Memphis Medical District is currently undergoing a transformation with several private and public developments and redevelopments in the works.
Both private and public development have come to the Memphis Medical District.
But there may be a small silver lining after most of the art installation was destroyed.
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.
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.
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.
The new service aims to make it easier for those who live within the service area to get back and forth to their workplaces.
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.
Stella Maris Development owner Amin Zaki plans to revive apartments at 1030 Poplar. They’ve been vacant and deteriorating more than five years.
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.
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.
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