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.
Robert Durbin is building a second, two-story house he designed and dedicates for Airbnb guests.
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.
Developers haven't been building more Downtown condos, so supplies are low and prices are rising.
Prep work for FedEx Logistics' new Downtown headquarters in the former Gibson Guitar building has begun.
Developers of the 29-acre, mixed-use Union Row on Monday purchased 251 Union for $1.4 million. Powerhouse Motors car-repair shop has operated there more than 20 years.
A portion of Jackson Avenue seen as a gateway to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is scheduled to get upgrades that will make it more visually appealing and pedestrian friendly.
The Downtown Memphis Commission is negotiating with the tour company it forced out of the W.C. Handy House in February, while the musician's family continues to push for changes after years of complaints the property is being ignored.
Townhouse Management Co. says 100 North Main would cost less in public incentives to retrofit as a convention center hotel, compared to the planned Loews on Civic Center Plaza.
Memphis Riverboats Inc. has bought the old Cargill dock at the north end of Wolf River Harbor, providing space to declutter its cobblestone operation.
By the city’s 200th anniversary on May 22, people looking out of their Downtown offices and crossing the bridges back and forth across the Mississippi River will have a different view when they peer out over Mud Island.
Loews says it is moving ahead with a hotel in Civic Center Plaza across from City Hall. Meanwhile, THM indicated Friday it intends to turn the 100 North Main building into a 500-room hotel.
Landlord of Downtown's Raymond James Tower announced a $3 million upgrade to the elevators that have been an issue for the building's anchor tenant.
A cruise ship operator is banking on the lure and popularity of the Mississippi River, introducing a new, modern ship and others to follow that will dock in Memphis.
The $5 million Cossitt Library renovation could get started later this spring, with an emphasis on spaces for gathering and creativity within the walls of the city's first library.
The Memphis Sports Council faces a world of choices when considering the inaugural class of Hall of Famers who called the city home, or had varying degrees of ties to Memphis.
A coffee house with soup, sandwiches and pastries will open on North Main, filling a gap in the neighborhood.
Leaders of a proposed Hall of Fame are seeking nominations for those with ties to Memphis who had an impact on the city's sports history.
Memphis, as well as Chicago, Akron and Detroit, are all participating in the three-year, $40 million Reimagining the Civic Commons initiative. Their involvement follows the initiative's pilot in Philadelphia.
The first construction for Beale Street's Handy Park renovation will create space to house an Insomnia Cookies shop.
The Mississippi River has been lubricating the economic machinery of Memphis since land speculators put down stakes where a high bluff overlooked the muddy terminus of the Wolf River.
Coworking community Launch Pad Memphis puts an emphasis on membership. Now halfway to capacity, they are set to celebrate the entrepreneurs who bought into their vision.
Demolition work has begun on a $16 million hotel project at the previous site of the Muhammad Ali Towne II Cinema and several nightclubs at 380 Beale St.
Cafe Eclectic has closed its Harbor Town shop, but signs indicate it will reopen across the street.
Revelry rolled through Downtown Memphis as the Beale Street Merchants Association hosted their 46th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday afternoon.