There are 17 article(s) tagged Poplar Plaza:

• March 2025

  • Pickleball 901 coming to Poplar Plaza 

    The business is launching a free pickleball concept for six months in East Memphis. 

    By Sophia Surrett March 25, 2025

• December 2024

  • Party City ‘winding down’ operations

    An employee at the Cordova Party City location said the two local stores are franchises and are not planning to shutter.

    By Aisling Mäki December 21, 2024

  • Feast & Graze owner joins with cousin to open Poplar Plaza store

    They offer charcuterie boards, sandwiches, salads and healthful drinks at the new Feast & Graze X HighP Hour Wellness. Guests can grab food to go or relax and spin vinyl records while they eat.

    By Jennifer Chandler December 01, 2024

• November 2024

  • Grab a drink and roll the dice at the gaming bar in Poplar Plaza

    Local gaming parlor Board to Beers plans to move to the former McAlister’s Deli in Poplar Plaza, more than tripling the available space for gamers.

    By Jody Callahan November 04, 2024

• September 2024

  • Poplar Plaza spins new development ‘angle’ at busy Highland corner

    Finard Properties is renovating the former Spin Street site into six smaller spaces with an eye on attracting local businesses. That spot, which Finard executives refer to as “the angle,” has sat mostly empty since the music and memorabilia store closed in 2017.

    By Jody Callahan September 16, 2024

• November 2023

  • Wanda Halbert denies being evicted from Poplar Plaza office

    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.”

    By Bill Dries November 09, 2023

  • Amid Poplar Plaza office closure, County Clerk focuses on new location

    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.

    By Bill Dries November 07, 2023

• June 2023

  • Shelby County Clerk’s office will stay in Poplar Plaza

    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.

    By Bill Dries June 14, 2023

• March 2023

  • Poplar Plaza, Wanda Halbert have been discussing office space since September

    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.

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    Your questions about Wanda Halbert’s office, answered

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2023

  • Your questions about Wanda Halbert’s office, answered

    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.

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2023

• October 2020

  • Mystery solved: Poplar Plaza statue found by DM reader

    The 10-foot-tall artwork of spiraling, silver aluminum stands in a nook less than a mile away.

    By Tom Bailey October 21, 2020

• August 2020

  • New DHL campus among 5 projects receiving tax incentives; issue delays XPO application

     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.

    By Tom Bailey August 20, 2020

  • Poplar Plaza’s new ‘front door': $56M, 240 apartments, 282,000 square feet (and more to come)

    The executive in charge of a retail landmark in Memphis opens up about adding a new "egg" to the basket: Apartments.

    By Tom Bailey August 14, 2020

  • Planning board approves Poplar Plaza redevelopment despite Red Acres’ privacy, traffic concerns

    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.

    By Tom Bailey August 13, 2020

  • Poplar Plaza’s proposed redevelopment concerns neighboring Red Acres

    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.

    By Tom Bailey August 11, 2020

• July 2020

  • Mixed-use development proposed for Poplar Plaza’s corner at Poplar & Highland

    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.

    By Tom Bailey July 07, 2020

• October 2018

  • Changes coming to Poplar Plaza, Memphis’ first shopping center

    Five significant changes are taking place at Poplar Plaza, which has a history of trying new things. Poplar Plaza was the first shopping center in the city – and arguably in the nation – designed to accommodate customers who arrive by auto.

    By Tom Bailey October 10, 2018