Old buildings coming down for Union Row
Bob Biggs sprays for dust abatement on Dec. 3, 2019, as demolition crews continue to take down buildings along Union Avenue, including the former Lit Restaurant Supply, Vista Inn & Suites and Madison Cadillac, to clear the way for the Union Row development. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
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Union Row economic development Land Use Control BoardTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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