Designed by Memphis architect Francis Gassner, the angular concrete, metal and glass building began as the headquarters for Commercial & Industrial Bank. It was featured on the cover of Architecture Record magazine in May 1972.
Memphis City Council’s Memphis Light, Gas and Water committee gave the utility the green light to keep paying the city $2.5 million a year towards the arena.
Also, a cocktail bar prepares to open in the former Longshot space Downtown, and Flip Side Pinball Bar can now serve liquor.
Photographer Brad Vest was on hand to capture the action.
Bob’s Bakery may be tiny and fairly nondescript, but the items in the case are anything but. And if you longingly remember the pies at the Wilson Cafe, you’re in luck.
Leaders of the immersive experience built in the old River Museum on Mud Island are hoping the recent activity can bring some momentum to the city-owned river park.
A free jazz festival featuring local and national artists is slated for Downtown Memphis.
Jennifer Chandler will be the first to say the name of the dish may not sound appetizing but Lobbyist chef and owner Jimmy Gentry has a way of elevating the most common ingredients.
The financial services company is seeking more than $13 million from the owner of 50 N. Front St., formerly known as Raymond James Tower.
MATA plans to resume trolley service Downtown in the fall with four trolleys, according to the trustee of the city-owned bus system. Plus, an update on the city’s recently revamped Group Violence Intervention Program from City Council coverage.
A new level of exclusivity is coming to Downtown Memphis’ Peabody hotel.
Coffee potheads have a new place to go in Midtown. And so do the matcha lovers in Downtown.
The number of people visiting Downtown is holding at about 85% of pre-COVID numbers, according to the Downtown Memphis Commission.
Renovations have been approved for the “Old” Daisy Theater on Beale Street after a June 2025 electrical fire.
Charles Phillips takes a break at Mud Island Marina from the Huck Finn journey that’s been exciting, enlightening, and on occasion terrifying.
This week on “The Sidebar,” the principal of Constellation Properties, Stuart Harris, and the executive director of HiFi Memphis, Mersadies Burch, join Eric Barnes to talk about the scope and scale of the Downtown project.
Plus, a 14-year-old wing spot has opened its “bigger, better” location in Collierville.
Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors markets historic Front Street building, FI Real Estate Capital Management makes second local purchase and North Carolina investors buy East Memphis Bojangles for $3 million.
The iconic Front Street Deli is among the businesses struggling with the loss of pedestrian traffic as the city closes the street in preparation for the December opening of Memphis Art Museum.
Two Front Street buildings in the Historic Cotton Row District have new owners with plans to restore them after decades of vacancy and neglect.
A vacant hotel Downtown just got one step closer to getting a $63 million makeover.
A long-vacant and overgrown lot near Loflin Yard and an active railroad could be getting new infill development next year.
The Cotton Row Historic District could be getting a glow-up and Downtown a pair of new restaurants.
Walt & Ricky’s Seafood Kitchen could open as soon as September.
The Memphis Redbirds’ current lease, which allows the St. Louis Cardinals’ top-tier farm team to play in the city-owned ballpark, expires in four years.
Developers hope to pump new life into the Downtown DoubleTree hotel with the help of tax incentives.
Soccer fans gathered at AutoZone Park for a free watch party, hoping to witness the United States Men’s National Team advance in the 2026 World Cup. Instead, they watched history repeat itself.
A Downtown Memphis Commission board gave the green light for the new Memphis Art Museum’s signage, including a code deviation.
A luxury hotel Downtown is the first West Tennessee hotel to join an international network of boutique hotels.