Guest Column: ‘People crave cities. They crave community.’
The renovated Sterick Building will be part of Downtown’s revival story
The Sterick Building was known as “The Queen of the South.” (The Daily Memphian file)
Stuart Harris
Stuart Harris is the founder of Constellation Properties. He has nearly 20 years of commercial and residential real estate experience.
“Our shared future can only be created in community. And to do that, we’ll need to use the most efficient and productive platform humanity has yet devised: a bustling, busy, connected urban center.”
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