Construction on the new Fire Station No. 1, at 225 Chelsea Ave., began Thursday morning. To celebrate, the City of Memphis Division of Fire Services hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in the afternoon.

St. Jude presented plans for its proposed garage to the Board of Adjustment Wednesday, but the board postponed the decision until its Dec. 22 meeting.

A California company opens a distribution center in Olive Branch, the renovation of Tri State Iron Works nears completion and the Hilton Garden Inn is bought for $36 million by a Virginia-based investor.

Residents met at The Office@Uptown to hear the results of a community survey regarding a new parking garage Monday morning, just two days prior to St. Jude’s meeting with the Board of Adjustments to ask for approval on the rezoning and height variances. 

The Downtown Mobility Center would stand seven stories on the 1.3-acre surface parking lot immediately north of the Orpheum Theatre and include nearly 1,000 parking spaces and ground-floor retail space.

The parking garage for St. Jude and ALSAC employees would be built on a 3.25-acre plot of land consisting of seven vacant parcels on A.W. Willis between North 3rd and North 4th streets. 

The BuildDowntown Master Plan and the South City Good Neighbor Grant program both won awards from an international institution for their city planning efforts. 

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen’s bill to remove late congressman Clifford Davis’ name now moves to the Senate.

Protesters against gun violence marched through the streets of Downtown Memphis on the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday where the dead are honored and remembered. Those who took part in the march said they are tired of the gun violence in the city. 

In 2002, an AutoZone employee new to Memphis began running for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — and he’s never stopped. 

The Downtown Memphis Commission wants to address the long-term problems associated with Downtown parking. 

More than 180 artists from around the country are gathered Downtown this weekend for the River Arts Fest, which is being held at Renasant Convention Center. 

The business’ owner is requesting a $30,000 Retail Tenant Improvement (TI) Grant to move to 121 S. Main. 

First Horizon Foundation announced $1 million dollars toward the creation of Big River Park, a conservation effort along the Mississippi River between the Hernando DeSoto bridge and Big River Crossing on the Harahan Bridge. 

St. Louis, Missouri-based PGAV Planners will determine if the PILOT program is delivering the desired results of growing the tax base and helping projects happen that couldn’t otherwise. 

At its Oct. 12 meeting, the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. is set to approve a plan for reviewing its PILOT program, and it will hear a new PILOT request for a Medical District development. 

Surveillance video shows a five-man crew with chainsaws and other equipment in Martyrs Park on March 10. That’s the day that a 200-yard-wide swath of trees were cut — without permission — from the public riverbank.

The DMC hopes the transformative parking hub will solve most of Downtown’s parking needs. 

The massive mixed-use building will be part of a $62 million parking overhaul across Downtown Memphis.

While the Downtown Memphis Commission prepares for renovations to its own North Main headquarters, it is also evaluating bids for its giant neighbor, 100 N. Main. 

Despite exceeding the density capacity for the South Main District, the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment granted approval of a new mixed-use development.

The tower at 114 N. Main sits at the corner of Adams Avenue and North Main Street. It shares the block with the Fire Museum of Memphis.

The Downtown Memphis building once known as Raymond James Tower will become the Memphis Waterfront Tower, with more than 300 apartments.