Taking the long view, Gill Properties is forging ahead with construction of a $3.9 million commercial center in East Memphis despite the recent economic disruption caused by COVID-19.

Members of a Downtown Memphis Commission board used a teleconference to keep their social distance and to approve a $30,000 grant to bring the healthy food business to Peabody Place. 

Realtors say they intend to tell potential homebuyers to remain in their cars if too many of them show up to open houses at the same time.

Construction is expected to start on Oaks Edge in three to four months now that the Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board has approved a tax incentive for the senior-living development in East Memphis.

The 350-unit Links Apartments Broad Avenue is to rise next to the iconic water tower of Broad Avenue, across the street from the row of historic commercial buildings.

Developers seek tax incentives for 350 apartment units under Broad Avenue's signature water tower.

A request to have taxpayers pay for Millington Farms' roads, sidewalks and other infrastructure is headed to the Shelby County Commission.

MFA is a sideline business — a joint-venture — formed by three architecture firms. It does not design buildings, but works to keep construction on time and under budget for the owner. Business is so strong that MFA is looking for permanent office space Downtown. 

A 327-acre farm that had been in Rev. H.W. Key's family for 140 years was sold at auction on Saturday.

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.   

Developers have returned with a new design for 350 apartment units that would rise across the street from Broad Avenue's row of historic storefronts.

Historic Midtown mansion shows signs of revival even with the stern warning posted on the property.

Neighbors and preservationists are concerned about new developments that could arise from the sale of the historic mansion.

Among the new applications to the planning board is a request to develop six, $400,000 condos about a block southeast of FedExForum.

The reputation of a Downtown office tower and its landlord received a boost from a federal court recommendation.

The 93-year-old hotel at the southeast corner of B.B. King Boulevard and Union across from The Peabody will become one of the upscale, boutique but independently owned hotels in Marriott's Autograph Collection.

Hillery W. Key rose from slavery to prominence in higher education and the ministry. The large farm he bought in 1880 just northeast of Memphis will finally leave his family next month. 

A company affiliated with Carlisle LLC, developers of One Beale, has just purchased a century-old, vacant warehouse at 339 S. Front. 

The Design Review Board will consider three proposed sculptures for Downtown, changes to the design of Poplar Art Lofts apartments, and the renovation of the old Glass Factory building for Memphis Made Brewing.

The Board of Adjustment approved on a 6-1 vote Valvoline Instant Oil Change's request to build at 1615 Union. The site is next to the Central Gardens residential historical district but also in a place already zoned for such vehicle-services businesses.

The architecture firm is putting its specialty – designing renovations and adaptive-reuse projects for historic buildings – to good use, uncovering 1,900 square feet inside Downtown's 96-year-old Claridge House for its own offices.

The Memphis Fire Department has filed for a permit to build a new Fire Station No. 5 at a new location. Moving a mile away to 400 Adams will clear the way for construction of a new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art on the Downtown river bluff.

The Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel's expansion needs could come in conflict with a more than 200-year-old slice of Memphis history.

The $11 million project, which could begin construction this summer, joins a growing list of new and planned Downtown hotels 

Havana Mix will also add a new restaurant into Downtown retail space never before occupied.