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Business
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Business
LRK expands as projects keep coming
The busy LRK has added 14 employees this year as part of its effort to meet the work demands created by a robust economy for new development.
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Real Estate
Fire-delayed Forum Flats preparing to open first apartments
Delayed four months by a fire, construction of Forum Flats apartments has resumed and the first units should become available soon.
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Real Estate
Loews Hotel plan may impact historic police building
A revised, larger site plan for the Loews convention center hotel shows that the back of the historic Central Police Station would be replaced or retrofitted to support the 500-room hotel. Memphis Heritage opposes any demolition there "at this time."
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Real Estate
Raymond James seeks 8-year tax incentive for office consolidation
The financial services company would vacate the office tower on Front Street Downtown that bears its name.
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Business
Memphis, Loews sign development agreement for new convention center hotel
The City of Memphis and Loews Hotels have signed a development agreement for a $220 million hotel on Civic Center Plaza, funded in part by public incentives.
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Business
Loews Hotel on Civic Center Plaza clears zoning review
A 500-room, 17-story Loews Hotel proposed for Civic Center Plaza won approval by a Memphis zoning board Thursday, Oct. 10.
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Business
Revised plans for Union Row unveiled
New renderings for the 11-acre, first phase of the Union Row mixed-use development show a dense arrangement of apartments, parking garages, hotels and office buildings.
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Real Estate
Souvenir shop may open near Sun Studio in Edge District
A building permit application shows plans for Boulevard Souvenirs to locate about 100 steps from Sun Studio.
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Business
Dream Memphis hotel to rise atop Royal Furniture building Downtown
Developer Tom Intrator's 18Main will partner with New York-based Dream Hotel Group on a Dream Memphis hotel at 122 South Main, site of Royal Furniture's Downtown store and headquarters.
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Business
13 home sites proposed next to Loflin Yard
The planning cases to be heard in August include a new single-family subdivision south of Downtown and three proposed sites for automobile sales.
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Business
The Central Station’s first general manager lays groundwork
As The Central Station’s first general manager, Jeremy Sadler is busy forming his management team and meeting with potential clients in preparation for the hotel’s expected opening in September.
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Real Estate
Hotel battle may decide future for historic police building
The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved.
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Downtown
On the Ground Podcast: Building community with Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity’s Jessica Hord and Habitat homeowner Brandi Hunter talk homeownership and building community in Memphis’ Uptown neighborhood and beyond.
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Business
AutoZone secures tax abatement for Downtown expansion
AutoZone is approved for a tax incentive to expand its Downtown presence into a “campus environment.”
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Business
Dog park concerns overshadow mixed-use development investment
Construction on a $1.8 million mixed-use project on Monroe by the owners of McEwen’s restaurant could begin next month.
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Business
AutoZone plans expansion, $145M investment Downtown
AutoZone seeks a 15-year tax incentive in return for expanding its Downtown Memphis presence with a $145 million investment and addition of 130 jobs.
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Real Estate
Expansion of Uptown TIF District pursued by CRA board
The Community Redevelopment Agency wants to make the advantages of the Uptown Tax Increment Financing District available to all residents in the New Chicago, Bickford and Smokey City neighborhoods.
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Real Estate
Orion celebrates move to the heart of Memphis
Orion Federal Credit Union and friends celebrate the move of its headquarters into the Edge District as the anchor to the larger Wonder Bread development.
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Real Estate
Lots of new windows proposed for Downtown historic building
The preservation and conversion of two historic Downtown buildings for apartments include a plan to create dozens of new windows.
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Business
Design board approves FedEx Logistics’ Downtown HQ
The Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board unanimously approved a plan to unify all elevations of the former Gibson Guitar Factory with brick, windows and black steel, but some members have questions about signage planned by new tenant FedEx Logistics.
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Real Estate
Wheels start turning for massive Snuff District
Developers will seek a single-site tax increment financing district for the 55-acre, mixed-use development along the Wolf River Harbor in Uptown.
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Real Estate
Shadows are ‘small price’ for Clipper’s benefits
The Clipper towers will create significant shadows Downtown, but the neighbor with the most sunshine to lose is not concerned.
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Arts & Culture
Marker honors role of Chinese in Memphis history
The marker south of Beale Street marks the site of a Chinese association founded in Memphis in the 1920s. It is also a testament to the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act that remained in place for 60 years in America.
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City of Memphis
Strickland puts Tom Lee Park mediation on hold for study of park terrain
Mayor Jim Strickland wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study planned changes to Tom Lee Park, adding contour to the mostly flat park. But Strickland said he remains committed to the idea of a park that is more active year-round.
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