The planning board grants an exception to allow The Clipper hotel and office towers to be up to 275 feet tall, three times the existing limit near FedExForum and Beale Street.

An aging apartment complex on Peabody Avenue is under contract to be bought, renovated and joined by a 30-unit addition. 

By 2020, University of Memphis students will no longer be able to pay a fee to get out of their student housing contracts. 

Local developers intended to keep the 266 Lofts in Downtown Memphis, but a private equity firm made an aggressive, unsolicited offer.

The mixed-use development called The Citizen does not yet have a commercial tenant, but its apartment dwellers are a short walk from many Midtown stores and services. 

A passion for Memphis compelled Katie Shotts to return to the city a second time. She is the new chief executive of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors. 

The builder of Forum Flats apartments says 205 units could still be repaired and completed by the original deadline in August.

A new residential development company focuses on infill development in the Memphis core and is listing its first two houses for sale, both under $300,000.

With the first phase of the South City redevelopment project wrapping up, 55 families who lived in the former Foote Homes public housing complex will be moving into the neighborhood soon. 

The Shelby County Health Department will soon renovate the former Scan Interiors building where it will consolidate all its environmental services, open a health clinic and distribute and store commodities.

A new nonprofit organization proposes building a shipping-container restaurant in Soulsville. The 275 Food Project would offer yearlong culinary training for future chefs of color while providing fresh, locally sourced food at affordable prices for the economically distressed neighborhood.

Robert Durbin is building a second, two-story house he designed and dedicates for Airbnb guests.

Developers haven't been building more Downtown condos, so supplies are low and prices are rising. 

A developer proposes to demolish a 99-year-old brick commercial building near Snowden School and erect a building with 12 apartments and 293 square feet of retail.

Oak Court Mall may receive a code citation for cutting down about 10 large trees along Poplar Avenue so motorists can see its new, larger sign. 

Prep work for FedEx Logistics' new Downtown headquarters in the former Gibson Guitar building has begun.

The gaps between points of interest along Madison Avenue are starting to fill up with new ground-floor commercial businesses and new officer users. 

Despite creating fewer jobs and paying lower salaries than promised, EDGE CEO and president Reid Dulberger says IKEA is committed to its Memphis store. 

Sixteen new, Midtown homes that replace those demolished a half-century ago for the ill-fated Interstate 40 corridor have been sold in under 18 months.

Opponents of a proposed 35-foot-tall building of town houses near Overton Square have met with the developer and said he's willing to compromise.

A new restaurant promises both a fresh start and fresh ingredients for a diner that has been through several name changes.

Hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in construction are returning to Parkway Village because of something that never left: I-240 and great access to it. 

Developers of the 29-acre, mixed-use Union Row on Monday purchased 251 Union for $1.4 million. Powerhouse Motors car-repair shop has operated there more than 20 years.

The inventory of available homes for sale remains low in the Memphis MSA as the homebuying season starts to heat up.

Jon McCreery was credited with making the city/county Land Use Control Board more focused and efficient during his seven years as chairman.