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    Memphis tourism keeps eye on protests as COVID-19 recovery inches forward

    Civil rights protests create another headwind for Memphis Tourism's push to rebuild demand for hotels, attractions and restaurants after COVID-19 flattened travel.

    By Wayne Risher June 04, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    New Tom Lee Park plans include large open spaces, fountain, treetop walkway

    Memphis River Parks Partnership and its design team, led by Studio Gang and Scape, announced a new, improved concept for a $60 million overhaul of Tom Lee Park. 

    By Wayne Risher May 21, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Modified design concept for Tom Lee Park to be revealed

    The new concept for the park's $60 million transformation will be revealed live today at 3:30 p.m. on The Daily Memphian's site. 

    By Wayne Risher May 20, 2020
  • Downtown

    Room service with a flair takes flight at Westin during pandemic

    Room service was never so varied as the Westin Beale Street's dinner offering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guests can get meals delivered to their rooms free from eight restaurants.

    By Wayne Risher April 29, 2020
  • Real Estate

    46 Downtown businesses given $260,000 to help survive pandemic

    Sixty-three percent of the 46 Downtown businesses receiving the forgivable loans were minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE).

    By Tom Bailey April 25, 2020
  • Real Estate

    $65,000 in forgivable loans approved for 13 Downtown businesses

    The Center City Development Corp. has now approved about $200,000 in forgivable loans for 33 Downtown businesses. 

    By Tom Bailey April 22, 2020
  • Downtown

    Downtown’s forgivable loan program grows by $60,000

    The Center City Development Corp. has added $60,000 to the money available to help small Downtown businesses survive the effects of COVID-19.

    By Tom Bailey April 21, 2020
  • Downtown

    Downtown agency rushes love and money to distressed businesses

    Twenty Downtown businesses severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have now received forgivable loans totaling $135,000.

    By Tom Bailey April 17, 2020
  • Downtown

    A. Schwab, Peanut Shoppe among businesses seeking emergency loans

    Twelve more Downtown businesses have applied for forgivable loans totaling $79,900 and which are designed to help them survive the effects of COVID-19.

    By Tom Bailey April 17, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Kemmons Wilson Cos. plans move into Downtown historic building

    The old Spaghetti Warehouse property on West Huling will become home to the new corporate headquarters for the company that began Holiday Inns.

    By Tom Bailey April 08, 2020
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    Downtown board navigates pandemic to help Raw Girls

    Members of a Downtown Memphis Commission board used a teleconference to keep their social distance and to approve a $30,000 grant to bring the healthy food business to Peabody Place. 

    By Tom Bailey March 26, 2020
  • Transportation & Logistics

    River cruise lines navigate uncertainty of COVID-19

    Mississippi River cruise season opens Sunday, March 15, one week after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Memphis. Cruise operators are taking steps to deal with the crisis.

    By Wayne Risher March 11, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Condos near FedExForum, 51 Cordova townhomes planned

    Among the new applications to the planning board is a request to develop six, $400,000 condos about a block southeast of FedExForum.

    By Tom Bailey March 03, 2020
  • Premium Real Estate

    Court may give Raymond James Tower new lease on life

    The reputation of a Downtown office tower and its landlord received a boost from a federal court recommendation.

    By Tom Bailey March 03, 2020
  • Downtown

    Viking sets April 7 reveal of U.S. cruises, expected to include Memphis

    Memphis is expected to be among port cities getting more visitors after Norway-based Viking launches Mississippi River cruises in 2022.

    By Wayne Risher March 02, 2020
  • Downtown

    Indigo Ag: Memphis office growing despite job cuts

    Indigo Ag indicates that roughly 50 Memphis employees have been laid off. Yet, the Memphis staff of 280 is still larger than it was a year ago and will keep growing, a company representative says.

    By Tom Bailey February 28, 2020
  • Real Estate

    DoubleTree to become a Marriott ‘Autograph’ hotel

    The 93-year-old hotel at the southeast corner of B.B. King Boulevard and Union across from The Peabody will become one of the upscale, boutique but independently owned hotels in Marriott's Autograph Collection.

    By Tom Bailey March 02, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Carlisle buys 100-year-old building near One Beale

    A company affiliated with Carlisle LLC, developers of One Beale, has just purchased a century-old, vacant warehouse at 339 S. Front. 

    By Tom Bailey February 28, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Cigar bar plans two-story humidor, performance area with Downtown loan

    Havana Mix will also add a new restaurant into Downtown retail space never before occupied.

    By Jane Roberts February 19, 2020
  • Premium Downtown

    Tom Lee Park design retooled to suit mediation, Corps of Engineers

    Designers are revising a proposed revamp of Tom Lee Park according to specifications of a city-ordered mediation agreement and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    By Wayne Risher February 19, 2020
  • Downtown

    Sheraton passes first test in push for new city incentives

    Committee leans toward giving the Downtown Sheraton hotel owners a tax incentive that would put the property back on the tax rolls but also, the city hopes, encourage a more substantial renovation. 

    By Wayne Risher February 18, 2020
  • Downtown

    Cigar bar near Beale seeks loan to expand

    Havana Mix Cigar Emporium and Cocktail Lounge, 250 Peabody Place, is seeking a Downtown development loan for expansion.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 12, 2020
  • Downtown

    Seven flags over Mud Island fading into history

    Replacing a seven-flagpole installation at the tip of Mud Island, including one that flew a Confederate flag, is among Memphis River Park Partnership's priorities for upgrades at riverfront parks.

    By Wayne Risher February 12, 2020
  • Premium Downtown

    City backs Sheraton deal to boost conventions

    City touts Sheraton hotel incentive deal, expansion or not, for boosting ability to host larger conventions, putting tax-exempt land back on tax rolls.

    By Wayne Risher February 12, 2020
  • Downtown

    Waltons’ $20M will help complete 85-mile trail southwest of Memphis

    Memphis outdoor enthusiasts will have another regional bike and walking trail to enjoy covering 85 miles along the Mississippi River, thanks to the Walton Foundation. 

    By Tom Bailey January 30, 2020

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