This week on “The Sidebar,” the principal of Constellation Properties, Stuart Harris, and the executive director of HiFi Memphis, Mersadies Burch, join Eric Barnes to talk about the scope and scale of the Downtown project. 

All of the Hardee’s restaurants in Memphis are closed except for one. These closed locations have been sold or are under contract.

Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors markets historic Front Street building, FI Real Estate Capital Management makes second local purchase and North Carolina investors buy East Memphis Bojangles for $3 million.

Private development at Liberty Park has stalled, and the City of Memphis is looking to end its contract with the joint venture managing the project.

Darrin Pigram, 41, who was shot and killed on May 13, was being sought on a warrant for charges of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary and a weapons violation.

The iconic Front Street Deli is among the businesses struggling with the loss of pedestrian traffic as the city closes the street in preparation for the December opening of Memphis Art Museum.

Here’s the buzz on owner Josh Steiner’s vision for the brand, as well as plans for the new space that is seven times larger than the Front Street location.

The battle over The Station, a high-end liquor store that opened in East Memphis on Feb. 17, continues as opponents head to the City Council on Tuesday in another attempt to shut it down.

You can call it a choreographed, you can call it a performance, you can call it entertainment. But don’t ever call wrestling “fake” unless you want to rile up folks like The Bite-Sized Brawler or Hucklebuck Jenkins. 

Two Front Street buildings in the Historic Cotton Row District have new owners with plans to restore them after decades of vacancy and neglect.

U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, and Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, headlined the “Get Out the Vote Rally.”

The California-based fast-food chain has had an East Memphis site under contract for $5 million since late last year.

Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza has stopped accepting reservations due to backlash about its refusal to serve National Guard members.

Shelby County is back at the polls and the ballot is lengthy. 

Here’s a rundown to help you with the what, when and where of voting in the 2026 August elections. 

What is pool checkers? Well, it’s a lot like straight checkers but, according to those who love the game, it’s a lot more challenging. Let the trash-taking commence.

Stonewall Memphis claimed the 104-year-old Almadura apartment tower in Midtown out of foreclosure.

After nearly 10 years vacant, a restaurant is once again open in a building in front of the Malco Paradiso movie theater. 

A vacant hotel Downtown just got one step closer to getting a $63 million makeover.

A long-vacant and overgrown lot near Loflin Yard and an active railroad could be getting new infill development next year.

The Cotton Row Historic District could be getting a glow-up and Downtown a pair of new restaurants.

The development group branded the project as Mid-City Memphis and planned a development that would include a mix of townhomes, retail, offices and hotels.

Walt & Ricky’s Seafood Kitchen could open as soon as September. 

The Memphis Redbirds’ current lease, which allows the St. Louis Cardinals’ top-tier farm team to play in the city-owned ballpark, expires in four years.

A native Memphian combined two of his favorite things: bicycles and cats. The result? Dos Gatos Bike Shop.