Developers unfazed by COVID economy, forge ahead with construction
Eddie Towles with Madden Phillips Construction fires up a chainsaw on March 26, 2020, to continue clearing a site on White Station Road to make way for a new $4 million shopping center. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
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Tom 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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