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Spirit of Memphis
First Horizon Foundation announced $1 million dollars toward the creation of Big River Park, a conservation effort along the Mississippi River between the Hernando DeSoto bridge and Big River Crossing on the Harahan Bridge. -
Real Estate
Downtown board approves consultant to review tax incentive policy
St. Louis, Missouri-based PGAV Planners will determine if the PILOT program is delivering the desired results of growing the tax base and helping projects happen that couldn’t otherwise.
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Real Estate
Downtown board reexamines PILOT program, considers new applicant
At its Oct. 12 meeting, the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. is set to approve a plan for reviewing its PILOT program, and it will hear a new PILOT request for a Medical District development.
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About Town
About Town: Growing brand agency boosts Black-owned business cluster
After adding a new principal and more staff, Baby Grand is looking for a new location in the Edge District.
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Business
Video shows mystery chainsaw crew at Martyrs Park
Surveillance video shows a five-man crew with chainsaws and other equipment in Martyrs Park on March 10. That’s the day that a 200-yard-wide swath of trees were cut — without permission — from the public riverbank.
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Real Estate
Board approves Downtown Mobility Center
The DMC hopes the transformative parking hub will solve most of Downtown’s parking needs.
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Real Estate
Downtown Mobility Center will go before the Design Review Board
The massive mixed-use building will be part of a $62 million parking overhaul across Downtown Memphis.
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Premium Real Estate
DMC moves forward to redevelop historic N. Main building
While the Downtown Memphis Commission prepares for renovations to its own North Main headquarters, it is also evaluating bids for its giant neighbor, 100 N. Main.
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Real Estate
South Main development secures increased density capacity requirement
Despite exceeding the density capacity for the South Main District, the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment granted approval of a new mixed-use development.
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Real Estate
114 N. Main set for commercial renovation
The tower at 114 N. Main sits at the corner of Adams Avenue and North Main Street. It shares the block with the Fire Museum of Memphis.
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Business
Former Raymond James Tower to get residential makeover
The Downtown Memphis building once known as Raymond James Tower will become the Memphis Waterfront Tower, with more than 300 apartments.
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Premium Real Estate
Construction crew makes discovery at landing: bonus cobblestones
The extra, 5,300 square feet of buried stones would expand the area of the cobblestone-landing project by nearly 2% if state and local officials agree to enlarge the restoration site.
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Downtown
Morris Park, an urban oasis, set for upgrades
The green space near Poplar Avenue and Manassas Street serves as a gateway between the Medical District and Victorian Village, and as a haven for people experiencing homelessness.
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Spirit of Memphis
Events throughout Shelby County honor fallen heroes of 9/11
Ceremonies in Bartlett and at the Fire Museum of Memphis were among the events across Shelby County marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
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Premium Real Estate
11 developers vying for iconic tower
Proposals include known names like Chance Carlisle and Tom Intrator, as well as ones new to Memphis like Aaron Mesner of Block Real Estate Services.
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Real Estate
Downtown developer seeks density capacity increase for development
Current zoning allows for 60 dwelling units per acre, and 18 Main’s development plans call for 133 dwelling units per acre.
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Premium Business
Idea born in Victorian Village spreads throughout city
EcoPro Services, a division of Empower Employs, provides jobs to the disadvantaged who sanitize agencies working with the homeless in Memphis.
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Premium Real Estate
Main Street’s final furniture-only store to close
Jesse Chapman Sr. stopped parking cars for a living about 75 years ago to open the Downtown store now called Chapman Furniture. His children just sold their building at 335 and 341 S. Main St. and plan to close shop within six months.
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Reviews
New Eats: Sandwiches come ‘piled high’ at The Backlot
At the Backlot Sandwich Shop, on South Front, the meats are done in-house and piled high, from clubs to Reubens to po’ boys and more.
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Real Estate
Design of Grand Hyatt at One Beale receives conditional approval
The 20-story, $190 million Grand Hyatt will be a centerpiece of the 5.2-acre mixed-used development at the end of Beale Street overlooking the Mississippi River.
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Premium Real Estate
Incredible hulks: Two muscular buildings by esteemed architects appear doomed
A eulogy for two important, modern buildings, each designed by architects who sit in the pantheon of Memphis architecture.
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Real Estate
One Beale reveal: Grand Hyatt’s final renderings unveiled
One Beale’s developer unveiled the final renderings for the 20-story, $190 million Grand Hyatt Hotel. Construction is to start early next year.
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Transportation & Logistics
Bridge won’t reopen until early August
The initial estimate was a late July reopening for the Hernando DeSoto Bridge. TDOT officials also upped the number of replacement plates to be installed aside from the damage that prompted the closing of the interstate bridge from 16 to 17.
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Real Estate
Walking in Memphis: Grants now available for sidewalk repair Downtown
The board of a Downtown agency approved a matching-grant program that offers commercial property owners up to $5,000 to repair their sidewalks.
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Investigation Transportation & Logistics
One cracked bridge. One person fired. A troubling rush to judgment raises major questions about bridge inspections
More than two months have passed since Monty Frazier’s firing from the Arkansas Department of Transportation, and he’s kept quiet. But now, he’s ready to talk.
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