Designers are revising a proposed revamp of Tom Lee Park according to specifications of a city-ordered mediation agreement and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Committee leans toward giving the Downtown Sheraton hotel owners a tax incentive that would put the property back on the tax rolls but also, the city hopes, encourage a more substantial renovation. 

Havana Mix Cigar Emporium and Cocktail Lounge, 250 Peabody Place, is seeking a Downtown development loan for expansion.

Replacing a seven-flagpole installation at the tip of Mud Island, including one that flew a Confederate flag, is among Memphis River Park Partnership's priorities for upgrades at riverfront parks.

City touts Sheraton hotel incentive deal, expansion or not, for boosting ability to host larger conventions, putting tax-exempt land back on tax rolls.

Memphis outdoor enthusiasts will have another regional bike and walking trail to enjoy covering 85 miles along the Mississippi River, thanks to the Walton Foundation. 

The Battle on the Bluff raged for most of the 1990s and resulted in the Bluff Walk, an outdoor amenity that Downtown residents, workers and visitors take for granted now.

The story of Memphis’ role in Tennessee ratifying the 19th Amendment has become the story of the Memphis woman who has worked tirelessly to make sure people know how that victory was won.

The Land Use Control Board on Thursday approved plans for the first 10.5 acres of the $1.3 billion Union Row mixed-use development. But the board rejected a proposed convenience store with gas sales in a wooded part of southeast Shelby County.

The Downtown Review Board will consider public art and signage for a number of projects, including Wiseacre Brewing Co., a suffrage monument and Sugashack on Beale. 

Memphis-based Americana and roots music network, DittyTV, has purchased the building next door to its Downtown office, with plans for a store. The network has more store locations planned. 

Downtown Memphis Commission-affiliated agencies provided incentives to 52 projects, from mega-projects to mom-and-pop retailers, during 2019. That was the most activity ever for the 42-year-old Downtown revitalization agency.

Plans to turn a 99-year-old Downtown warehouse into a pub will be reviewed by the Downtown Review Board next week.

The busy LRK has added 14 employees this year as part of its effort to meet the work demands created by a robust economy for new development. 

Delayed four months by a fire, construction of Forum Flats apartments has resumed and the first units should become available soon.

A revised, larger site plan for the Loews convention center hotel shows that the back of the historic Central Police Station would be replaced or retrofitted to support the 500-room hotel. Memphis Heritage opposes any demolition there "at this time."

The financial services company would vacate the office tower on Front Street Downtown that bears its name.

The City of Memphis and Loews Hotels have signed a development agreement for a $220 million hotel on Civic Center Plaza, funded in part by public incentives.

A 500-room, 17-story Loews Hotel proposed for Civic Center Plaza won approval by a Memphis zoning board Thursday, Oct. 10.

New renderings for the 11-acre, first phase of the Union Row mixed-use development show a dense arrangement of apartments, parking garages, hotels and office buildings.

A building permit application shows plans for Boulevard Souvenirs to locate about 100 steps from Sun Studio.

Developer Tom Intrator's 18Main will partner with New York-based Dream Hotel Group on a Dream Memphis hotel at 122 South Main, site of Royal Furniture's Downtown store and headquarters.

The planning cases to be heard in August include a new single-family subdivision south of Downtown and three proposed sites for automobile sales.

As The Central Station’s first general manager, Jeremy Sadler is busy forming his management team and meeting with potential clients in preparation for the hotel’s expected opening in September. 

The owner of the long-vacant, 108-year-old Central Police Station Building has a Plan A and Plan B for renovating the historic Central Police Station Building at 128 Adams. Which plan is used depends on how the legal dispute over the convention center hotels is resolved.