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Neighborhoods
A Shelby County Commission committee is recommending the creation of a tax increment financing district to fund public infrastructure for the $950 million Union Row project, though two commissioners expressed concerns about minority- and women-owned business involvement and gentrification. -
Neighborhoods
Mighty Lights seeking dedications for individual lights
A privately funded LED installation on Big River Crossing is seeking Memphians and tourists alike who are interested in dedicating an individual light to a person or group. -
Neighborhoods
Union Row project clears initial 30-year TIF approval
The first phase of Union Row, the $950 million mixed-use project along Union Avenue, is one step closer to securing the tax revenue it needs to fund public infrastructure improvements. -
Neighborhoods
Wiseacre seeking 15-year PILOT for $9M brewery
Wiseacre Brewing Co.’s new Downtown Memphis brewery will carry a price tag of more than $9 million, according to new documents made public Thursday, Dec. 6. -
Neighborhoods
Wagner Place a key piece in connecting visitors to riverfront
With a photo of a vehicle-filled surface parking lot projected on the screen, Carol Coletta asked Downtown Memphis Commission board members to look at the current condition of Wagner Place. -
Neighborhoods
Downtown Memphis ramps up retail recruitment strategy
At a time when brick-and-mortar retailers are competing with e-commerce, Downtown Memphis is trying to figure out if it can support retail at all. -
Business
DMC board questions capacity for apartments Downtown
Several major Downtown Memphis apartment projects received tax breaks Tuesday morning, causing some board members to question just how many apartments are too many? -
Neighborhoods
Downtown master plan kicks off with ‘less vacancy, more retail, dining’
The Downtown Memphis Commission is collecting feedback that will help it shape the next decade of development and initiatives for the Bluff City’s core. -
Business
Big River Crossing: No longer a bridge to nowhere
When Big River Crossing initially opened, many wondered if it would be a bridge to nowhere. Over the past two years, that question has been answered. -
Neighborhoods
Museum Lofts developers move forward with large building permit
The developers of a multifamily project in South City filed a $10 million building-permit application with construction code officials Friday, Nov. 2. -
Downtown
Photo Gallery: Downtown Memphis runs pink for cancer fundraiser
Downtown Memphis was flooded with pink tutus, pink wigs and pink feathered boas as more than 6,000 runners turned out for the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. -
Business
Clayborn Reborn envisions the future of historic Downtown Temple
In a sanctuary once desolate, hope floats. More than 200 visitors from across the city attended an open house at Clayborn Temple, where they listened and learned what could be next for the historic Downtown landmark. -
Real Estate
Union Mission building $34M homeless shelter
The city’s largest emergency shelter for the homeless holds a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the first phase of a $34 million project replacing its outdated facilities Downtown with a 52,875-square-foot complex. -
Business
Lifestyle hub slated for vacant S. Main property
A group of Venezuelan-American businessmen, who manage a local network of pharmacies and medical clinics, are turning a vacated building on the Main Street Mall into a “lifestyle hub.” -
City of Memphis
Convention center rebid one piece in Downtown changes
Construction contractors get a detailed look Friday, Oct. 5, at changes to the $175 million renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center. -
Business
Hotel Napoleon celebrates two successful years in iconic Downtown building
With a vision to repurpose an older building into a boutique hotel, Jay Kumar and Snay Patel immediately fell in love with the charm of the former Press-Scimitar building, located at the corner of Madison Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard. -
Real Estate
Downtown sensors keeping tabs on feet on the street
More feet on the street has long been a mantra in the Downtown Memphis Commission’s effort to attract development and improve quality of life Downtown. -
Education 17 schools in Tennessee’s turnaround district remain priority schools six years after first takeovers
Most of the schools that were taken over by Tennessee’s turnaround district remain on the state’s priority list six years after the intervention efforts began. -
Health Care
Bereaved parents help pediatric hospitals, medical professionals deliver bad news
When 9-year-old Sydney Ives attended her first piano lesson, she put her hands on the keys and when she attempted to play a note, her right hand fell flat to her side, as if she’d had a stroke.
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