There are 51 article(s) tagged Union Row:

• March 2020

  • ‘Full steam ahead’ for Snuff District, Union Row despite virus turbulence

    The coronavirus has roiled the financial markets just as primary construction for Union Row and the Snuff District is about to start. Yet the developers are plowing ahead.   

    By Tom Bailey March 14, 2020

• January 2020

  • The Early Word: Massive Memphis projects all moving forward; Tigers basketball ... maybe not so much

    Good morning; it’s Friday, Jan. 10. Tonight, we have the Grizz taking on the Spurs at FedExForum, and the Elvis 85th Birthday Pops concert with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra at Graceland. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 10, 2020

  • Union Row plan approved; gas sales on Lightman property rejected

    The Land Use Control Board on Thursday approved plans for the first 10.5 acres of the $1.3 billion Union Row mixed-use development. But the board rejected a proposed convenience store with gas sales in a wooded part of southeast Shelby County.

    By Tom Bailey January 09, 2020

• December 2019

  • Conaway: Promise

    This is and always has been a city of promise, and a city that fails to live up to it time and time again.

    By Dan Conaway December 13, 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

  • Sanford: Union Avenue is ground zero for change in Memphis

    Blighted property on Union at B.B. King Boulevard became AutoZone Park. A new hotel occupies the site of the bus station. Now Union Row has the potential to remake Downtown Memphis.

    By Otis Sanford December 05, 2019

  • Old buildings coming down for Union Row

    Just over a year after plans for the billion-dollar Union Row project was announced to Memphis, old buildings are being removed to make space for new apartments, hotel, retail, offices and green spaces.

    By Tom Bailey December 04, 2019

  • The Early Word: Lit down; drink up; and holiday goodness

    It’s Wednesday, Dec. 4, and today Stax Music Academy and a special guest will announce details of its 20th anniversary. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 04, 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

  • Big tax incentives approved for Union Row, Pinch District

    How do you jump-start nearly $1.4 billion worth of new apartments, stores and offices? A Downtown board answers that by approving $306 million worth of tax incentives, with $143 million more to come from other sources, for two large developments. 

    By Tom Bailey December 03, 2019

  • The Early Word: Another Downtown grocery store; Tim Howard’s new job?

    Today is Giving Tuesday, and our gifts include a possible all-time volume record for FedEx, two billion-dollar developments and a reported new job for soccer star Tim Howard. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 03, 2019

  • Council takes final vote on solid waste fee hike, Fairgrounds development

    The decisions at Tuesday’s council session would remove two items from the agenda of the council that leaves office at the end of the month. Other items are straddling the New Year’s line between the council leaving office and the new council that takes office in January.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2019

• November 2019

  • The Early Word: New Eggleston Foundation, police shortage and reaching peak peak

    It’s Wednesday, Nov. 27. We saw (heard?) a string of storms last night, but you can expect today to be windy but sunny. The Grizz take on the Clippers tonight at FedExForum, while everyone else will be doing last-minute grocery store runs to buy ingredients they forgot.

    By Mary Cashiola November 27, 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

  • Pinch developer talks about ‘critical mass’ for investors in Downtown Memphis boom

    Tom Intrator, 18 S. Main developer, took the concept of aligned development to City Council members Tuesday as they reviewed a unique tax incentive for the $1.1 billion project that is a PILOT used like a TIF.

    By Bill Dries November 19, 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

  • $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

• October 2019

  • Memphis remains one of the top US markets for real estate investors

    Memphis is the fifth hottest market in the U.S. for investors seeking to flip homes, behind Tampa, Miami, Birmingham and St. Louis, according to a new report from Realtor.com.

    By Frank Lanigan October 22, 2019

  • HUD’s Ben Carson praises Union Row and Opportunity Zones

    The tax advantages of the new Opportunity Zone program motivate investors to stay involved in new developments for the long-term, which help make struggling areas thrive, HUD Secretary Ben Carson says.

    By Tom Bailey October 04, 2019

  • Revised plans for Union Row unveiled

    New renderings for the 11-acre, first phase of the Union Row mixed-use development show a dense arrangement of apartments, parking garages, hotels and office buildings.

    By Tom Bailey October 01, 2019

• September 2019

  • When developers seek incentives should officials check their backgrounds?

    Extra to our Special Report: Unlike Memphis, some cities dig deep into the backgrounds of developers seeking public incentives.

    By Marc Perrusquia September 18, 2019

  • Special Report: Union Men, Part 2

    In Part Two of our series: How the Great Recession nearly flattened J. Kevin Adams before he rebounded to assemble possibly his greatest project yet. 

    By Marc Perrusquia September 18, 2019

  • Union Row 101

    The Three 'R's of Union Row: In an extra to our Special Report, learn the reading, 'riting and 'rithmatic behind Memphis' largest mixed-use development.

    By Marc Perrusquia September 18, 2019

  • Special report: Union Men

    In Part One of our two-part series: How developers lassoed huge public incentives and millions of out-of-state dollars to redo the face of Downtown.

    By Marc Perrusquia September 17, 2019

• August 2019

  • Union and Fourth hotel approved by council with parking in back, hotel on corner

    The city council Tuesday approved expanding a program to pay fines and fees to restore driver's licenses to include criminal court. And the city is checking on the status of 14 works of public art at the city's old Cordova auto inspection station before the council votes on selling the station.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2019