Former Raymond James Tower to get residential makeover
The Downtown Memphis building once known as Raymond James Tower will become the Memphis Waterfront Tower, with more than 300 apartments.
The Downtown Memphis building once known as Raymond James Tower will become the Memphis Waterfront Tower, with more than 300 apartments.
Downtown Nutrition + Energy will be based on the business model of The Nutrition Hub, which is located in Germantown.
The green space near Poplar Avenue and Manassas Street serves as a gateway between the Medical District and Victorian Village, and as a haven for people experiencing homelessness.
The BDC could not find another grocer to replace Save A Lot in the Binghampton Gateway Center and changed its approach to find a new tenant.
In a high-poverty “eviction capital,” Memphians are at greater risk of homelessness and housing instability than most Americans.
Lynn Greer, who has more than 30 years of experience in the cycling industry, started working for Victory Bicycle Studio in Binghampton.
“This is where the poor are. This is where the Prophet would be. So this is where we need to be.”
The Midtown-based comic store closed for two months at the pandemic’s onset in the spring of 2020, then adjusted to its new reality.
The clinic began touring HBCUs on Sept. 1, having visited Morris Brown College, Alabama State University, Tuskegee University and LeMoyne-Owen College.
Poll participants identified the need for protected bike lanes, safer pedestrian crossings, more appealing building development, better lighting and increasing the sense of security as issues on a five-mile stretch of Summer.
One of Southwest’s biggest challenges in future years is increasing enrollment at its Gill Center. There are only 17 students taking classes at the Frayser campus.
A group of his friends created the “Herman Strickland Random Act of Kindness Day,” a day-long event where individuals perform a good deed for someone they don’t know, a common trait associated with Strickland by those who knew him best.
With the challenges of a pandemic stretching into this school year, Arlington Community Schools continues to make strides forward, Superintendent Jeff Mayo said.
While some small local businesses struggled throughout the pandemic, 901 Comics saw record sales. This summer, owners Shannon Merritt and Jaime Wright opened a second location, 901 Comics East.
The fate of Memphis’s tallest building is likely to remain unclear until the DMC selects one of the bids. Though there appears to be growing excitement that the high-rise’s days of uncertainty could be drawing to a close.
Proposals include known names like Chance Carlisle and Tom Intrator, as well as ones new to Memphis like Aaron Mesner of Block Real Estate Services.
Tounkara opened his eponymous restaurant in 2019, in a small strip on Raines Road, very near the Memphis International Airport, serving such staples as goat curry, chicken peanut stew and jollof rice.
Two notable Memphis golf courses are in different stages of the renovation process and, once they are completed, both are likely to excite regular (and future) golfers.
Current zoning allows for 60 dwelling units per acre, and 18 Main’s development plans call for 133 dwelling units per acre.
A Florida-based developer wanting to build a 92-unit multifamily apartment complex in the University District is one step closer to doing so.
“After some of the initial (COVID) restrictions were relaxed in the early spring, we started to see some behavior Downtown that was not what we were used to,” said commission president Paul Young.
Shelly Pilkington is the owner of a barber shop in Arlington’s Depot Square, maintaining an old-school approach to cutting hair, trimming beards and shaving chins.
“I’m excited because what’s happening now is what should have happened two and a half years ago,” said Binghampton Development Corp. executive director Noah Gray.
The $5 million project not only will provide a complete makeover of the old golf course in South Memphis, but build a new golf house in a new place for easier access.
The Lab School is a private and independent micro-school which currently serves six students of mixed ages 4-6. The day-to-day learning environment sees educators teaching students topics such as problem-solving, critical thinking and communication, along with developing math, science and reasoning skills.