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    Hilton Memphis has window missing at roofline

    Management of East Memphis’ tall, round, glass-encased hotel knows a window is missing.

    By Tom Bailey June 29, 2021
  • North Memphis

    Free outdoor activities offered at Wolf River Greenway this summer

    The events include a free one-hour canoe or kayak session, nature walk or one-hour fitness class.

    By Omer Yusuf June 12, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    White Station High celebrates courtyard transformation

    Voluntarism, labor and fundraising transformed an ugly space at the heart of White Station High into a beautiful passageway and courtyard. Nearly 100 alumni, students, faculty, administrators and friends gathered Saturday, June 5, to celebrate.

    By Tom Bailey June 06, 2021
  • East Memphis

    Big, mixed-use development, ‘35 Central’ planned for Central at Highland

    Called 35 Central, the development near the University of Memphis would include a seven-story hotel and a six-story building with apartments, office space and a parking garage.

    By Tom Bailey June 04, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Solar-powered Cordova house charges onto the market

    The four-bedroom, 2.5-bath house on a quiet Cordova cove not only features a substantial new solar array, but a high-tech home battery designed to keep the power during neighborhood power outages.

    By Tom Bailey May 29, 2021
  • Real Estate

    E. Memphis detox center can provide inpatient care for 2 years

    The Pax Memphis Recovery center has provided outpatient addiction counseling and services in East Memphis since 2018. The Board of Adjustment just approved a temporary variance allowing the center to provide inpatient care for up to two years.

    By Tom Bailey May 26, 2021
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    For sale: A midcentury modern time capsule

    It’s not just the simple lines and large, aluminum-framed windows that make this East Memphis home a midcentury modern jewel.

    By Tom Bailey May 14, 2021
  • East Memphis

    Saint Nick gate rejected; Walnut Grove subdivision approved

    Among the 18 cases it considered, the Land Use Control Board rejected a plan to gate one end of Saint Nick Drive, dropped long-range plans for a street at the request of a new car dealership, and approved a 156-lot subdivision along Walnut Grove.

    By Tom Bailey May 13, 2021
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    Hard labor, donations transforming White Station High’s tough courtyard

    Against all odds, a $550,000 fundraising and work project to turn White Station High’s hardpan courtyard into an oasis is nearing the finish line. But a little work and fundraising are still to be completed.

    By Tom Bailey May 11, 2021
  • Education

    Governor addresses gun violence, education during local visit

    Gov. Bill Lee visited Journey Hanley Elementary, and while addressing education, he also discussed concerns about the permitless carry legislation that has concerned a number of local leaders.

    By Omer Yusuf April 23, 2021
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    Sultan of swat: East Memphis artist invents better flyswatter

    Kim Willson is an artist and entrepreneur who grew frustrated swatting at and missing flies with the traditional flyswatter. She invented Taddy Smack, a blend of whimsy and physics that may give a positive meaning to “one-hit wonder.”

    By Tom Bailey April 22, 2021
  • Real Estate

    StayAPT enters Memphis market with extended-stay Cordova hotel

    The new stayAPT Suites company plans to enter the Memphis market with a 76- or 88-room hotel behind the Commons at Dexter Lake shopping center in Cordova. And it won’t be the last stayAPT in the Memphis area, one executive says.

    By Tom Bailey April 09, 2021
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    Two East Memphis neighborhoods want to block through traffic

    Residents of two East Memphis neighborhoods request that their streets be permanently gated or blocked from two busy streets, Poplar and Highland. But doing so would degrade the connectivity of the city’s street network, the Division of Planning and Development says.

    By Tom Bailey April 06, 2021
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    Purchase expands development site to 12 acres where Racquet Club stood

    Property records show that developer Chance Carlisle’s RCM Devco has just added 2.7 acres to the 9.3 acres he plans to develop in East Memphis. The site at 5111 Sanderlin is where the Racquet Club of Memphis closed and was razed.

    By Tom Bailey March 25, 2021
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    CBIZ takes long view, renovates its Clark Tower perch

    The company that provides accounting, tax, insurance, auditing, and human resource services to businesses decided to stay and renovate its lofty place in Clark Tower.

    By Tom Bailey March 24, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Apartments, commercial space proposed for old Holiday Inn HQ site

    New applications to the Land Use Control Board also include plans for a 156-lot subdivision on Walnut Grove, a 129-lot subdivision near Tenn. 385, and a gated, nine-lot subdivision in East Memphis on White Station Road.

    By Tom Bailey March 04, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Contest may help save Highland Heights church buildings

    The Highland Heights Community Development Corp. will award $1,000 for the best concept to reuse the old church buildings anchoring a corner of Summer at Highland.

    By Tom Bailey March 20, 2021
  • Real Estate

    The plan: A development of single-family homes for renters

    In what may be a first for Memphis, a company called Next Chapter Neighborhoods plans a 167-acre development featuring build-to-suit, market-rate rental houses. The plan calls for 230 houses, plus open space and a commercial district to be built later.

    By Tom Bailey February 06, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Conversions planned for E. Memphis hotel, old Sears building in Hickory Hill

    These days, hotels and department stores are struggling. Which may explain the proposed conversions of a sprawling East Memphis hotel and a former Hickory Ridge Mall Sears building.

    By Tom Bailey January 26, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Suburban developments pivot to housing; CBU expansion approved

    The Land Use Control Board approved two unsurprising changes for a couple of big, suburban planned developments. Out, or diminished, is brick-and-mortar retail from the projects.

    By Tom Bailey January 14, 2021
  • Education

    Cordova High principal placed on leave for controversial comments

    Principal’s comments on the power social media and big tech companies have are under scrutiny from Shelby County Schools officials.

    By Linda A. Moore January 13, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Construction starts on Summer Avenue Chick-fil-A

    The popular restaurant has a ground lease for the 1.25-acre site where the old Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church buildings were razed.

    By Tom Bailey January 13, 2021
  • Financial Services

    First Commercial Bank raises $15 million in new capital

    Banking company plans to grow Memphis presence, establish permanent office in the Crescent Center in East Memphis.

    By Christin Yates January 13, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Shop for fitting clubs to golfers opens in East Memphis

    Club Champion opened its Memphis studio on Saturday, Jan. 9. The business custom fits golf clubs to golfers of all levels. The East Memphis shop is the company’s second in Tennessee and 76th in the nation.

    By Tom Bailey January 11, 2021
  • Real Estate

    Townhouses proposed for Brookhaven Circle

    A property owner has applied for a planned development called Brookhaven Townhomes at 786 E. Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis. The three-story units, each 2,300 square feet, will be sold instead of leased, and each will have a two-car garage and rooftop deck.

    By Tom Bailey January 08, 2021

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