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    Zoning board denies variance for convenience store

    The Board of Adjustment denied a variance to allow a convenience store and gas station at site flanked by Sam Cooper Boulevard, Hollywood and Broad Avenue.

    By Wayne Risher September 24, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Cooper-Young apartments getting new owner, new name

    The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. transferred a tax-break incentive for the building at 999 S. Cooper to Jeffrey Little, who plans to rename the mixed-use property The Flats at Cooper-Young.

    By Tom Bailey September 08, 2020
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    BlueCross opening 4 local clinics, the biggest on Cleveland

    Other clinics will be in Whitehaven, Germantown and Cordova; three will open in early November.

    By Jane Roberts September 05, 2020
  • Business

    Crosstown Concourse tweaks parking to help its retailers

    Visitors parking in the Concourse's closest 45 spaces – the "canyon" – are charged $3 an hour after the first 15 minutes, which remain free.

    By Tom Bailey September 04, 2020
  • Real Estate

    No poetic license here: Memphis removes artist’s road sign

    An anonymous artist has fabricated and erected — without permission — 12 road signs in 12 states. They look like official traffic signs, but display a short poem. Tennessee's sign was placed along North Parkway, but city crews this week removed it. 

    BONUS: A Q&A with the creator of the roadside senryu

    By Tom Bailey September 04, 2020
  • Performing Arts

    Binghampton ballet company prepares $11 million move to Tillman Street

    After eight years on Broad Avenue, Collage Dance Collective is relocating to a 22,000-square-foot location on Tillman. This is part of the nonprofit’s vision to grow into the largest Black-owned ballet company in the South.

    By Omer Yusuf September 03, 2020
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    Madison@McLean turns corner, with geography a key amenity

    New residents of Midtown's Madison@McLean Apartments are expected to begin moving in by December. 

    By Tom Bailey September 02, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Senior living facility proposed off U.S. 64; 12 home lots planned for Cooper-Young

    A national developer plans to modify the Morning Woods Planned Development at U.S. 64 and Davies Plantation so a new senior-living facility can be built on 8 acres there. 

    By Tom Bailey September 01, 2020
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    Residences named for Marilyn Monroe, JFK stand nearly side by side in Midtown

    The Kennedy is separated by just one house from The Marilyn on Monroe. It's a developing story.

    By Tom Bailey August 27, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Luciann theater owner gets zoning variance on second try

    The addition of new conditions prohibiting the property from being used for certain businesses may have put the project over the top. 

    By Tom Bailey August 26, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Viaduct building could become mixed-use development

    Developers planning 37 apartments and ground-floor office and retail space in the building once occupied by ABC-TV affiliate, WPTY-TV Channel 24.

    By Tom Bailey August 26, 2020
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    Case for proposed Broad Avenue convenience store may be delayed again

    An issue involving delivery-truck access for an adjacent business will likely again delay the review by the Board of Adjustment of a proposal to build a convenience store with fuel at the corner of Broad and Hollywood.

    By Tom Bailey August 24, 2020
  • Midtown

    Thread of love runs through each mask sewn for Binghampton neighbors

    Over the past four months, the Carpenter Art Garden, located on Carpenter Street, has distributed over 1,000 masks in Binghampton – free of charge – for both adults and children.

    By Omer Yusuf August 24, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Chick-fil-A joins Starbucks at UT Health Science Center food court

    Chick-fil-A on Thursday, Aug. 20, will open a restaurant inside the UTHSC Food Court at 920 Madison.

    By Tom Bailey August 19, 2020
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    Revisions made to proposed Broad Ave. convenience store/gas station

    The latest proposal more tightly controls traffic flow and aspires to blend better with Broad's old buildings. But the opposition leader says the development would still be an unwanted gas station.

    By Tom Bailey August 03, 2020
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    Proposed C-store on Broad draws 93 opposition emails

    Opponents' reasons can be grouped into about 10 categories, from traffic congestion to environmental concerns over underground gas tanks. Still, the Office of Planning Development has recommended the C-store be approved because the area around it has become more commercial. But now the case may be delayed until late August.

    By Tom Bailey July 21, 2020
  • Business

    Think piñata when you see Eclectic Eye’s ‘Chucho’

    Mural's creator: "Life is often hard and challenging. Sometimes it feels like it’s chasing you with a bat, waiting to crack you down."

    By Toni Lepeska July 15, 2020
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    Young pup learns the truth: It’s a zoo out there

    North, a 1-year-old golden retriever, wears a bright yellow cape as he makes the rounds at the Memphis Zoo where curator Courtney Janney is training him to be a Canine Companions assistance dog.

    By Michael Waddell July 13, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Planning board - again - approves Elvis Presley manufacturing site and Cooper-Young four-plex

    After the City Council sent the cases back, the Land Use Control Board for a second time approved two development proposals over the stiff opposition of neighbors.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Metal Museum gets recommendation as Rust Hall’s next tenant

    Mayor Jim Strickland will consider the committee's recommendation that the Metal Museum be Rust Hall's future occupant. If he accepts it, the City Council would have final say.

    By Tom Bailey July 01, 2020
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    UPDATED: Developer asks for 30-day hold on Broad Ave. gas station plan

    Faced with stiff and diverse opposition, the developers have requested a 30-day hold on their already revised plans for a gas station/convenience store at the gateway to Broad Avenue. 

    By Tom Bailey June 23, 2020
  • Real Estate

    Pilgrim, Tiger and Peacock to be part of The Memphian hotel in Overton Square

    Developers of the 106-room boutique hotel have just rolled out some of the branding and concepts for the hotel that already towers over Overton Square.

    By Tom Bailey June 15, 2020
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    Improved apartments, rising rent may force refugees from Binghampton

    Some see new investment and neighborhood improvements that can lift the area's quality of life. Others see rising rents and property values that displace neighbors who cannot afford to stay. One or both is happening at Binghampton's Woodcrest Apartments. 

    By Tom Bailey June 05, 2020
  • Real Estate

    New apartments, retail proposed next to Overton Square

    The mixed-use development comprises 29 apartment units and nearly 4,000 square feet of retail space.

    By Tom Bailey June 02, 2020
  • Business

    Arcade games may be slow to return, but Rec Room heading outdoors

    The venue also has become "home" to 901Wrestling, which hopes to resume live matches around mid-June when the Rec Room plans to reopen.

    By Christin Yates May 21, 2020

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