There are 15 article(s) tagged Poplar Avenue:

• February 2024

  • Inked: Soul Fish expanding locations; CRDN moves into Memphis warehouse

    Soul Fish Cafe expands the Cooper-Young and Poplar Avenue locations into adjacent properties for more parking, and CRDN moves to a 100,000-square-foot warehouse in Memphis.

    By Sophia Surrett February 14, 2024

• December 2022

  • Echols: ‘Nothing but a breath between us and the telephone poles’

    “It wasn’t until I reached adulthood that I realized nothing that can be wrapped will fully satisfy. And if the stuff in the boxes — the stuff I flew up and down Poplar looking so frantically for — won’t satisfy, what will?”

    By Candace Echols December 11, 2022

• April 2021

  • Binghampton residents fight potential Scott Street closure

    While the city and TDOT’s recommendation to close the Scott-Poplar intersection came in June 2018, many neighborhood residents and property owners did not find out until late 2020. It’s left many eager to fight the closure.

    By Omer Yusuf April 25, 2021

• March 2021

  • Poplar rezoning moves to public hearing in Germantown

    The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a rezoning on the first of three readings. Multiple aldermen said the approval was part of “due process.”

    By Abigail Warren March 08, 2021

• December 2020

  • New retail building coming to East Memphis

    Construction could start by March on a new retail building on Poplar at Humes, just east of the Poplar Viaduct.

    By Tom Bailey December 30, 2020

  • City, state plan to sever Poplar from Scott Street

    Affected property owners oppose the design for replacing the Poplar Viaduct that would remove direct access between Scott Street and Poplar Avenue. City and state engineers say keeping the connection would be less safe.

    By Tom Bailey December 24, 2020

• September 2020

  • Utility work to affect weekend traffic in Collierville

    While work depends on the weather, the Collierville-Arlington and Eastley Street intersections are scheduled to close from 8 a.m. Saturday but reopen before 6 a.m. Monday.

    By Abigail Warren September 18, 2020

• July 2020

  • Germantown aldermen to examine proposed capital improvements

    The city is proposing nearly $4.7 million worth of capital improvement projects. The Financial Advisory Commission proposed moving forward last week. Aldermen will review the projects Wednesday.

    By Abigail Warren July 09, 2020

• September 2019

  • Renasant Bank plans new Memphis headquarters building

    Mississippi-based Renasant Bank is seeking a tax incentive for plans to build a new headquarters to serve its Memphis market. The $15.8 million development is to rise at 5575 Poplar, where the now-empty Executive Square office buildings stand.

    By Tom Bailey September 13, 2019

• July 2019

  • New roof a ‘tremendous gift’ for Germantown Young Life cabin

    Thousands of high school students have used the log cabin on Poplar Avenue in Germantown over the past couple decades. Thanks to benefactors, future high school students using the cabin will gather under a new roof.

    By Abigail Warren July 31, 2019

  • Retail center’s demolition tied to future Poplar Viaduct project

    This week's demolition of a small shopping center is attributed to the future project to replace the Poplar Viaduct. 

    By Tom Bailey July 04, 2019

• June 2019

  • Germantown reviewing office and retail for former proposed Chick-fil-A site

    Germantown's Planning Commission is reviewing a rezoning request that would bring office and retail to the north side of Poplar near Forest Hill-Irene rather than a Chick-fil-A.

    By Abigail Warren June 18, 2019

• January 2019

  • Rezoning request would bring second Chick-fil-A to Germantown

    Chick-fil-A is looking to build another Chick-fil-A in Germantown, according to the land owner. David Skinner is asking the city to rezone his property to commercial use.

    By Abigail Warren January 22, 2019

• December 2018

  • Refreshed Poplar Towers draws new tenants, restaurant

    The 11-story Poplar Towers was a tired, 45-year-old office building in the middle of Memphis’ newest, most upscale and expensive offices.

    By Tom Bailey December 10, 2018

• October 2018

  • TDOT sets weekend road closings, including at Poplar, I-240 for bridge replacement

    The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has scheduled full weekend closures of Interstate 240 and Poplar in East Memphis for the next three weekends as part of a project to replace bridges over I-240.

    By Wayne Risher October 12, 2018