Chickasaw Oaks revamp draws new retailers to retro shopping arcade
Christan Penn shows off some local ceramic ware at Penn Home & Design Co. inside Chickasaw Oaks Plaza. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Opened in 1976, Chickasaw Oaks was designed to celebrate the nation’s bicentennial. The shopping arcade has been refreshed with property upgrades and a host of new retailers.
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LPI Memphis Loeb Properties Chickasaw Oaks Plaza retailAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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