Council delays sale of Union Avenue police property
City Council member Chase Carlisle, shown at a council session on May 18, said the former police precinct on Union Avenue east of McLean Boulevard is a key piece of commercial real estate. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Council members had questions about the land sale coming in below the $6 million appraised value of the property.
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