Downtown Memphis Commission-affiliated agencies provided incentives to 52 projects, from mega-projects to mom-and-pop retailers, during 2019. That was the most activity ever for the 42-year-old Downtown revitalization agency.
The busy LRK has added 14 employees this year as part of its effort to meet the work demands created by a robust economy for new development.
Delayed four months by a fire, construction of Forum Flats apartments has resumed and the first units should become available soon.
A revised, larger site plan for the Loews convention center hotel shows that the back of the historic Central Police Station would be replaced or retrofitted to support the 500-room hotel. Memphis Heritage opposes any demolition there "at this time."
The financial services company would vacate the office tower on Front Street Downtown that bears its name.
The City of Memphis and Loews Hotels have signed a development agreement for a $220 million hotel on Civic Center Plaza, funded in part by public incentives.
A 500-room, 17-story Loews Hotel proposed for Civic Center Plaza won approval by a Memphis zoning board Thursday, Oct. 10.
New renderings for the 11-acre, first phase of the Union Row mixed-use development show a dense arrangement of apartments, parking garages, hotels and office buildings.
A building permit application shows plans for Boulevard Souvenirs to locate about 100 steps from Sun Studio.
Developer Tom Intrator's 18Main will partner with New York-based Dream Hotel Group on a Dream Memphis hotel at 122 South Main, site of Royal Furniture's Downtown store and headquarters.
The planning cases to be heard in August include a new single-family subdivision south of Downtown and three proposed sites for automobile sales.
As The Central Station’s first general manager, Jeremy Sadler is busy forming his management team and meeting with potential clients in preparation for the hotel’s expected opening in September.
The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved.
Habitat for Humanity’s Jessica Hord and Habitat homeowner Brandi Hunter talk homeownership and building community in Memphis’ Uptown neighborhood and beyond.
AutoZone is approved for a tax incentive to expand its Downtown presence into a “campus environment.”
Construction on a $1.8 million mixed-use project on Monroe by the owners of McEwen’s restaurant could begin next month.
AutoZone seeks a 15-year tax incentive in return for expanding its Downtown Memphis presence with a $145 million investment and addition of 130 jobs.
The Community Redevelopment Agency wants to make the advantages of the Uptown Tax Increment Financing District available to all residents in the New Chicago, Bickford and Smokey City neighborhoods.
Developers will seek a single-site tax increment financing district for the 55-acre, mixed-use development along the Wolf River Harbor in Uptown.
The Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board unanimously approved a plan to unify all elevations of the former Gibson Guitar Factory with brick, windows and black steel, but some members have questions about signage planned by new tenant FedEx Logistics.
Orion Federal Credit Union and friends celebrate the move of its headquarters into the Edge District as the anchor to the larger Wonder Bread development.
The preservation and conversion of two historic Downtown buildings for apartments include a plan to create dozens of new windows.
The marker south of Beale Street marks the site of a Chinese association founded in Memphis in the 1920s. It is also a testament to the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act that remained in place for 60 years in America.
Mayor Jim Strickland wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study planned changes to Tom Lee Park, adding contour to the mostly flat park. But Strickland said he remains committed to the idea of a park that is more active year-round.
The Clipper towers will create significant shadows Downtown, but the neighbor with the most sunshine to lose is not concerned.
During May, Memphians and local companies can log the miles they travel by bike, foot or shared transport for work, lunch and meetings to get points for prize drawings.
After increasing the amount and lowering the cost of its development loan program last year, more than 50% of approved applicants for the Downtown Memphis Commission’s development loan program have been minorities.
Attorney Charles Newman, Dalhoff Thomas Design Studio and I AM A MAN Plaza are among those honored by the Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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