Warren: Progress at The Lake District provides glimmer of hope
The Lake District, the largest multi-use development in the region, remains unfinished, and little progress has been made on the project since developer Yehuda Netanel declared bankruptcy in 2023. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
The Lake District remains unfinished, and little progress has been made on the project since developer Yehuda Netanel declared bankruptcy in 2023.
I wasn’t as skeptical about the endeavor as some were (Clay Bailey, the usual wordsmith of this column, comes to mind). When I do venture to Lakeland instead of sticking to the eastern Shelby County suburbs I cover, it makes me think what could have been. It also makes me think maybe some of the naysayers were right.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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