Poag Development Group is buying Oak Court Mall for an undisclosed price in a deal that is expected close by mid-December.

The Cordell Walker Veteran Center is named for the longtime executive director of Alpha Omega Veterans Services. The facility at 3114 Jackson Ave. includes housing for 20 homeless veterans.

East Memphis had the highest total home sales, and Southwind had the lowest.

Those who wish to help with the Nov. 18 giveaway for area agencies that provide food for the hungry must register in advance.

Both those for and against the proposal for two gated entrances to the Midtown neighborhood gathered at City Hall for the vote Thursday, Nov. 9. 

The restaurant would be on a 1.37-acre lot in Uptown near St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. There are plans for a dual-lane drive-thru, outdoor seating and parking.

Besides Blue Suede Vintage, there will be six Memphis-area vintage resellers, as well as ones from Chattanooga, Birmingham, and Water Valley, Mississippi.

The $31.5 million complex — a public-private partnership — will include 12 indoor courts, serve as the home for the Tigers’ men’s and women’s tennis teams and be open to the paying public.

Land Use Control Board staff disagree with a neighborhood plan to combat crime. 

For Downtown Dining Week, Chris Herrington visited Momma’s and said the restaurant’s fried chicken sandwich just might take the title for the city’s best.

The goals of the new roundabout design are to reduce crashes, relieve congestion and provide route continuity for I-55.

Shelby County Chief Administrative Officer Harold Collins said Monday, Nov. 6, County Clerk Wanda Halbert has fallen behind on rent payments for her office in the Poplar Plaza shopping center. Halbert makes no mention of past-due rent.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mid-South, which was founded in 1968, recently closed and the shuttering of its doors surprised many — including those who had been mentors and mentees in the program. 

Renter Victoria Williams is thankful for the pilot program that keeps her landlord informed when police are called to rental homes in her neighborhood. But critics say it gives landlords too much power.

The city’s Liberty Park bonds are underwater. Documents show just how busy the Midtown Kroger and nearby Chick-fil-A are and how much they mean to the Liberty Park Tourism Development Zone. 

“It creates a sense of community between Japanese and West Tennesseans with an interest in Japan, some who will never travel there.”

An economics professor at Mississippi State University has turned his hobby into a Cooper-Young business, joining an ever-growing group of local brewers.

Handmade jewelry, art exhibits, dessert studio activities and the chance to drink a cup of coffee were just some of the things at the fifth annual Broad Avenue Art Walk.

“The space has been such a landmark here,” said one of the restaurant’s new owners. “It’s exciting to be able to take the space and do something different.”

Beginning in February or March of 2024, work at Beale Street Landing will also render the dock there unusable for most of next year. 

More than 50 Downtown restaurants are set to take part in this year’s Downtown Dining Week.

Austin, Texas-based High 5 Entertainment hopes to be open at Liberty Park in mid-2025, its CEO told The Daily Memphian Wednesday morning, Nov. 1.

Alfonzo Turner, owner of Tha Table, was shot Sunday, Oct. 29, outside of his restaurant, 3250 Elvis Presley Blvd., and later died in the hospital. Another man was found dead from a gunshot wound in his car at the same scene. 

The $3 million in federal funding is being subbed for $3 million in private funds raised by the Overton Park Conservancy and the Memphis Zoo toward the parking solution.

In our new food-related news roundup, a Chicken Salad Chick and three new coffee shops are opening within the Memphis area.