There are 10 article(s) tagged Northside Square:

• May 2025

  • Tom Lee Centennial concludes with pop-up museum in Klondike

    The museum on the larger history of the Klondike area is in an old bank building on Jackson Avenue, about a block from the house where Tom Lee lived the last 27 years of his life.

    By Bill Dries May 10, 2025

• October 2024

  • Revitalizing Northside Square without pricing out current Klondike residents

    The $81 million, 270,000-square-foot Northside Square development is partnered with the work of restored and new affordable housing under the banner of “Moving Klondike Forward.”

    By Bill Dries October 27, 2024

  • Financing has been secured for transformation of high school into Northside Square

    The project leaders of the redevelopment of the former Northside High School in Memphis’ oldest Black community announced on Thursday, Oct. 17, that the residential financials have closed. 

    By Sophia Surrett October 18, 2024

• January 2024

  • Northside Square developers take on barriers to affordable housing

    Roshun Austin and Archie Willis III of the Klondike Partners development group talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the financial hoops the adaptive reuse of Northside High School has had to jump through.

    By Bill Dries January 20, 2024

• December 2023

  • Northside Square represents new life for an old school — and so much more

    The $78 million redevelopment of the old Northside High School comes with an ambitious plan to bring back the surrounding Klondike subdivision from decades of blight.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2023

  • Community breaks ground on Northside Square redevelopment

    The former Northside High School will contain 42 affordable residential units, two-court gymnasium by Dream Sports, performing arts center, food hall by AR Hospitality, LifeDoc health clinic and more.

    By Sophia Surrett December 08, 2023

  • This Week in Memphis: Northside breaks ground, Williams inducted in Hall of Fame

    Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council is expected to take final votes on two ballot questions that could change future city elections. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 03, 2023

• November 2023

  • Northside Square, formerly Northside High School, to be completed in fall 2025

    It is one of the city’s largest Black-led developments in a predominantly Black neighborhood, said The Works president Roshun Austin, who will oversee the project.

    By Sophia Surrett November 19, 2023

• December 2022

  • Klondike revitalization meets skepticism before final votes by city, county

    A public hearing highlighted skepticism about past efforts to bring blighted areas back to life, and fears the North Memphis neighborhood’s current residents could be displaced.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2022

• November 2022

  • Silo Square, Northside High developers discuss connectivity in Memphis development

    Developers Adam Slovis, Archie Willis and Brian Hill share project updates during The Daily Memphian’s “Developing Memphis’ seminar. 

    By Neil Strebig November 05, 2022