There are 12 article(s) tagged Pinch redevelopment:

• October 2020

  • City Council talks riverfront tower project and record homicide count

    The Tuesday city council session will also include a call for more information about the percentage of city contracts that minority-owned businesses get.

    By Bill Dries October 20, 2020

• December 2019

  • Downtown incentive projects hit ‘all-time high’ in 2019

    Downtown Memphis Commission-affiliated agencies provided incentives to 52 projects, from mega-projects to mom-and-pop retailers, during 2019. That was the most activity ever for the 42-year-old Downtown revitalization agency.

    By Wayne Risher December 13, 2019

  • The Early Word: AutoZone, an email scam and letter-writing is making a comeback

    Good morning, all. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 11, and today we're talking about ALL the letters, a new crude oil pipeline and how AutoZone plans to grow. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 11, 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

  • The Early Word: Who is Intrator; sanitation layoffs; and possible snow

    It’s Monday, Dec. 9. Today, the Shelby County Commission will meet; "It's a Wonderful Life" will show at The Orpheum, and, oh, hey, it might snow tomorrow. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 09, 2019

  • Tom Intrator stakes claim as Downtown change agent

    Tom Intrator is described as “a self-made, self-taught investor, developer and entrepreneur.” So, just who is the man behind one of Memphis' biggest proposed mixed-use real estate projects ever?

    By Wayne Risher December 09, 2019

  • City Council gives nod to Loews, Union Row and Pinch moves

    City Council members approved development milestones Tuesday, Dec. 3, in three major Downtown development projects.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2019

• November 2019

  • Downtown developments angle for $449 million in incentives, with more to come

    A pair of $1 billion-plus Downtown development projects that would require heavy doses of public incentives are scheduled for an initial vote on Monday, Dec. 2.

    By Wayne Risher, Omer Yusuf November 26, 2019

  • Planners, St. Jude compromise over Pinch building design

    Plans for a new St. Jude building with security fencing and a windowless, ground-floor wall ignited a planning board's concern that it would deaden street life in the resurgent Pinch District. But ALSAC/St. Jude officials won concessions, saying safety of its ill children is a priority.

    By Tom Bailey November 21, 2019

  • Busy City Council agenda features Loews, Union Row and Pinch decisions

    Memphis City Council members have paperwork on their agenda Tuesday for the second convention center hotel project, changes to the Union Row project incentives and a supplement to the Pinch District redevelopment.

    By Bill Dries November 19, 2019

  • Preservation advocates wary of plan’s impact on historic Pinch

    Historic preservation advocates cast a wary eye toward a developer's $1.1 billion plan to transform the Pinch historic district into 2.8 million square feet of apartments, hotels, offices and retail.

    By Wayne Risher November 18, 2019

  • $1.1 billion Pinch District project, expanded Union Row could bookend Downtown

    The $544 million first phase would include 942 apartments, 406 hotel rooms, 160,000 square feet of retail and 200,000 square feet of office.

    By Wayne Risher November 14, 2019