Two residential properties and Downtown Wines and Spirits seek exterior improvement grants with the Center City Development Corp. 

The 10-unit subdivision will be on the back of the former Memphis Police Department precinct on Union. 

Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman lost a bet on voter turnout by a hair. A “38002 All-Star panel” discusses economic development for the suburb. 

“This is a key historic building in Downtown,” a Downtown Memphis Commission staffer said. “The building has been vacant … we want to see it brought back to use.” 

The local food truck will be moving into the former site of Regina’s Cajun Restaurant in a Downtown space near Court Square.

Developers Nick and Sam Patel plan to renovate the historic 10-story Dermon Building Downtown into 103 apartment units. 

This week’s Inked covers a Scooter’s Coffee Shop location, updates on Felicia Suzanne’s in South Main, a possible second location for Uncle Goyo’s Mexican Restaurant and the sale of part of the Germantown Parkway Parcels shopping center. 

With rents up more than 17% nationally over this time last year, the most user-friendly amenities are add-ons that do not cost residents more.

A $30 million, mixed-use development featuring upscale shops, restaurants and boutiques, patterned in part after Silo Square in Southaven, is poised for approval in Hernando.

Emerge Events will host the final 22 weddings on its event calendar following a decision by the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment.

Plans call for a pool courtyard, coffee shop, transit station and pet park.

This week’s Inked shares news on updates with the historic Cycle Shop and Supply building, the Northside High School redevelopment project, archimania’s TCAT BlueOval campus design and a new dual-brand hotel in the Medical District. 

Even as housing prices are rising substantially in some parts of the area, the value of housing in other areas has been stagnant or even falling. 

The Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development and Growth Engine board approved the acquisition of 27.45 acres near the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant.

The development, called University Lofts, will be at 442 Monroe Ave. in the former Holliday Flowers property site. 

Distribution Realty Group plans to build three-warehouse, 2.3 million-square-foot distribution center at 5420 Tulane Road in South Memphis. 

The Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development and Growth Engine is looking to buy four parcels near the old Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant in North Memphis.

Local artist Ephraim Urevbu plans to renovate 825 Jackson Ave. into an artist studio and restaurant on the ground floor and two three-bedroom apartments on the upper floor for artist residencies.

This week’s Inked covers news on two new buildings and a parking garage on St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus and revised site plans for Central BBQ’s renovation in Midtown. 

The $44 million Uptown redevelopment project is expected to begin later this summer. But the original office of Dixie Greyhound chairman James Frederick Smith — his title still on the door — will be kept much as it is today. 

Felicia Suzanne’s is one of three businesses seeking grants from the Center City Development Corp. 

For the upcoming fall semester, the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Memphis campus will be able to accommodate up to 180 students in six competency-based programs.

The Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board approved a street closure for Hadden Street in South Main, an important piece for the Butler Row development to proceed. 

On Thursday, July 14, the Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board approved plans for a three-part expansion at the Junior League of Memphis.