Container-home development proposed for North Memphis
A vacant, 5-acre in North Memphis could be transformed into a subdivision of homes made from repurposed shipping containers. (Armando Franca/AP file)
A businesswoman who is a veteran of the logistics industry proposes to adapt shipping containers for housing if she can receive approval for a 34-lot planned development in North Memphis.
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shipping containers Land Use Control Board North Memphis planned developments container homesTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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