Downtown developments are ‘moving in the right direction,’ though some more slowly than others. 

Throughout the city, gun-related arrests, gun thefts, and gun seizures have increased for the year. 

A $5 entry fee, plus weapon and ID checks, were required to enter Beale Street between 8 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m., helping officials track the number of visitors.

After the Hernando DeSoto Bridge shut down shut it down, the ‘diner and dive at Highway 55’ has new booths, a big new kitchen and a new patio that will seat 100. 

Located Downtown at 251 Union Ave. across from AutoZone Park, The Walk was originally awarded a 30-year, $741 million PILOT in August 2020.

The new shop, stocked with local and regional food items from more than 50 suppliers, is the latest business to take advantage of the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Open on Main program.

Development Services Group shares updates on The Ravine project, Memphis Made Brewing Co. and conditional plans for Rise 2. 

Originally known as Sunset Serenades, the rooftop parties began in 1939, when the east end of the hotel’s roof was enclosed. 

Signs for the permanent street renaming were unveiled Monday for a section of Fourth Street between Union Avenue and E.H. Crump Boulevard.

Trolley service on Madison has been suspended since 2014, following two fires on two separate cars within six months of each other. 

Downtown Memphis Commission President Paul Young talks on Behind The Headlines about saving tax incentives for Class A office space, why incentives for residential development are still necessary despite a rise in rents and an RFP on Beale Street.

The Uptown development got underway last year with the first phase completing 11 cottages in June.

“This business depends on the walking traffic,” said owner Rida AbuZaineh. “It’s like walking on the beach, where there is ice cream.”

New York-based developer Tom Intrator has also secured funding for his separate, $1.1 billion project in the Pinch District. 

Adrian Granderson, Joe Johnson and Robert Higgins, all originally from Memphis, opened WKND Hang Suite in the South Main Historic District in 2018. 

The proposed seven-story parking garage on the north side of A.W. Willis between North Third and Fourth streets would have been designated for ALSAC-St. Jude employees.

Orgel has had success in recent years with similar adaptive reuse projects like the Tennessee Brewery on South Bluffs and the American Snuff building in Uptown. 

The old Coleman Taylor Transmission shop on Union is leaving the Edge District. Its departure frees more room for new apartments that would be called The Rise on The Ravine.

After a meeting held by plaintiffs suing the city and Memphis River Parks Partnership over the $61 million Tom Lee Park redesign, community members expressed a few concerns about the project.

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The plaintiffs are taking the city and Memphis River Parks Partnership to court over the $61 million Tom Lee Park redesign.

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The plaintiffs, known collectively as “Tom Lee Park for All,” claim the park’s $61-million redesign violated a mediation agreement with Memphis in May.

At a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 5, local artists’ colorful image for the Hyatt Centric — on a concrete wall facing the intersection of Beale and Wagner streets — will be considered. 

Butler Row would span more than 2 acres, including the intersection at East Butler Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard.

The folks at cnct. development say infill projects are as important to revitalizing the Edge District as larger projects like Orleans Station and The Ravine.