There are 12 article(s) tagged Poplar Plaza:
Wanda Halbert addressed the sudden closing of the County Clerk’s Poplar Plaza office at a press conference Thursday, Nov. 9. She maintains the exit was not an “eviction” but acknowledged her office missed paying two months’ rent and called it “trivial.”
Shelby County Chief Administrative Officer Harold Collins said Monday, Nov. 6, County Clerk Wanda Halbert has fallen behind on rent payments for her office in the Poplar Plaza shopping center. Halbert makes no mention of past-due rent.
Janet Hooks, the county commission’s special adviser to Clerk Wanda Halbert, also says the commission should restore $1 million in funding to Halbert’s office that it cut earlier so she can fill positions with new employees instead of moving existing employees around.
An email chain indicates representatives from Poplar Plaza have been asking Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert since at least September 2022 about relocating the clerk’s office space in the shopping center.Related story:
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert goes before county commissioners Wednesday, March 29. Here are some of the basics of the controversy that has been ongoing for about a year.
The 10-foot-tall artwork of spiraling, silver aluminum stands in a nook less than a mile away.
XPO Logistics agreed to temporarily pull its application for tax incentives after U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen wrote to EDGE asking that deliberations be delayed because of controversy over previous XPO operations in Memphis.
The executive in charge of a retail landmark in Memphis opens up about adding a new "egg" to the basket: Apartments.
Owner Finard Properties plans to demolish the two buildings anchoring Poplar Plaza’s most prominent corner, at Poplar and Highland, to build mixed-use structures.
Concerned about increased traffic and building height, the Red Acres Neighborhood Association has asked for a delay in plans for redeveloping part of Poplar Plaza for both apartments and retail.
Finard Properties has filed requests with the planning board to transform Poplar Plaza's southeast corner into a mixed-use development. A rendering indicates existing buildings on the corner will be replaced with six- or seven-story structures.
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