There are 6 article(s) tagged Metro Shopping Plaza:

• November 2026

  • Inked: 56-year-old shopping center could be demolished to make way for apartments

    A shopping center built in 1970 might be cleared. Plus, a national supplier has bought an Olive Branch warehouse as part of its growth plans.

    By Andy Ashby November 04, 2026

• April 2023

  • Future of Metro Plaza redevelopment up in the air

    The Shelby County Commission postponed indefinitely a plan to buy the Metro Shopping Plaza, which is on the northwest corner of E.H. Crump Boulevard and Danny Thomas Boulevard.

    By Bill Dries April 04, 2023

  • County commission looking at votes on DA’s office, among other agenda items

    Also on the commission’s Monday, April 3, agenda is funding for more prosecutors and a return to a plan to buy the old Metro Plaza Shopping Center in South Memphis for up to $3.5 million.

    By Bill Dries April 03, 2023

• March 2023

  • Tyre Nichols’ death inspires new county timeline for use of force investigations

    County commissioners approved the “Tyre Nichols Transparency in Policing Policy” resolution, delayed votes on two other police-reform ordinances, and approved TikTok use limits for county employees. 

    By Bill Dries March 21, 2023

  • Regional One, new schools plans face critical moment at county commission

    A majority of the commission could greenlight a restructuring of the proposed capital budget County Mayor Lee Harris takes to the commission in April.

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2023

• October 2020

  • Gibson outlines ‘front-loaded’ redevelopment plan for South Memphis

    Business leader and developer J.W. Gibson talks about the South Memphis TIF taking in Soulsville, LeMoyne-Owen College and the old Metro Plaza on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

    By Bill Dries October 04, 2020