Verified Person is adding 40 new employees and doubling its office space Downtown as part of a move to relocate its headquarters from New York City to Memphis…
The renowned rib house has joined with neighboring businesses to rid Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous Alley of its trash bins…
Check out video of one of the hippest newest places to live Downtown, the historic WDIA Radio Station, now called Radio City Flats!
Download the film and presentation by Maurice Cox, keynote speaker from the Center City Commission's Annual Luncheon…
Madison19, a condominium development near the UT-Memphis campus and medical district, along the Madison trolley line, has been completed…
Apartments put new spin on famous radio station's old home…
Popularity of Farmers Market continues to grow as 2008 season gears up…
Belz Enterprises' Peabody Hotel Group moves forward on plans to transform the entertainment and retail center into a luxury suite hotel…
South Main lands new retail and restaurants, building momentum as destination…
New forensics center could replace Downtown parking lot…
Learn about a Façade Grant program for Downtown retailers to improve storefronts and signage…
Former St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith is looking to open several sports bars across the country and is eyeing a location on Beale Street…
Townhomes head to South Forum with the Butler Rows project worth $27 million...
South End home show sets Downtown lifestyle as centerpiece…
Herenton brews big ideas for Convention Center…
Downtown tower slated for city's first Hotel Indigo…
Carlisle Corp. is downsizing the residential section of its One Beale project by eliminating one tower from the original two-tower design…
Prices continue to go up for Downtown Memphis condos…
Diversity incubator and Main Street vehicles are good ideas for Downtown…
Le Bonheur raises $82.5M toward $100M goal…
Downtown Works to bring back alley parties…
Downtown developer Joe Sinkovich is moving forward with a hotel project at 56, 60 and 62 Front Street by taking off old paint and adding a new partner…
CCC panel backs private patrol Downtown; board votes Friday…
Lincoln American lands first tenants: Plough Foundation to occupy commercial space...
St. Jude completes $26 million move to Chili's Center …
Business strip in Uptown plans with a bank, pharmacy, and supermarket possible tenants...
Britney Spears and St. Jude…?
Women's boutique on South Main the first step in ambitious plans…
The Victorian Village neighborhood of Memphis has been named one of the nation's newest Preserve America Communities. ..
University of Tennessee Health Science Center academic research recognized for market value…
Learn about a new Forgivable Loan Program for new and additions to retail businesses in Downtown Memphis…
Memphis pharmaceutical company, GTx Inc., plans to lease more than a floor of space at the Toyota Center office building Downtown…
The Majestic Grille is committing itself to the arts…
MERI begins expansion project that will add training space and facilitate new programs…
Crowne Plaza returns to Memphis following renovations to Wyndham Garden Hotel…
Fifth Third Bancorp., the 15th largest bank in the country, has quietly opened a loan production office in Memphis on the fifth floor of Pembroke Plaza…
Corkscrew clears hurdle to open on Front…
The Peabody Memphis hotel has joins the exclusive list of Four-Star hotels, with Chez Phillip retaining Four-Stars for the 20th consecutive year…
20 River Tower condos fetch $4.1 million at auction…
St. Jude opens Kay Kafe following a $16M renovation…
Second phase of construction set for Beale Street Landing…
Uptown neighborhood develops strategies that go beyond demolition…
After more than 2 1/2 years, the Blue Monkey's Downtown location has finally opened...
RDC is working to match federal funds, as well as get public input, for development and improvements plans to Mud Island River Park.
Lasers at play in Downtown in 'Emerald Aura' project…
Grizzlies adding mobile lounge at Forum to reward floor seat ticket holders…
Rivertown on the Island condos eventually to include 23 buildings, 200 units…
After weeks on the streets, a downtown security force is curtailing aggressive panhandling…
Mark your calendars! The Center City Commission's Annual Luncheon will take place on Thursday, July 10 at 11:30 am in The Peabody Hotel's Grand Ballroom.
The Riverfront Development Corp. on Monday awarded a $4.9 million contract to Memphis-based Continental Construction Co. for phase two of Beale Street Landing…
Hotel space becomes pivotal in the Convention Center equation...
The Center City Commission board voted Friday to hire Memphis-based Marketing & Research Counsel to conduct a research study to gauge the Mid-South's perceptions of Downtown…
Boutique law firm opens Memphis office to serve railroad clients and seek new business…
Chamber will expand home in Falls Building…
Divine Rags, an upscale women's boutique in South Main, has divine plans for Downtown…
Justin Timberlake donates $200,000 to Memphis music entities…
As part of its Save-a-Landmark program, Hampton Hotels will honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a massive restoration of the National Civil Rights Museum…
Pippin now in Pyramid mix…
CCC to Combat Panhandling With Pilot Program...
Local filmaker begins Memphis chronical in Victorian Village…
Redevelopment of Peabody Place is gaining momentum. .
Bass Pro Shops signs tentative agreement…
Intense interest in penthouse sales helping to get One Beale off the ground...
Uptown Dental Center at home in Downtown redevelopment…
Cotton Museum hires new director; emphasizes fund-raising, participation…
The renaissance of the former Goodwyn Institute into condos will give a lucky few an entire floor and a 360-degree view of the city to call home…
Neighborhood bar set to replace landmark eatery on Monroe…
Historic Methodist church getting second chance, promises to be better than original…
Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton comments about the state of the Convention Center and the Bass Pro Pyramid deal…
Architects unearth hidden gems in historic renovations…
Red Rooster Bar and Music Hall is set to open Feb. 21, while Ground Zero Blues Club and an as-yet unnamed jazz bar are targeted to open before Memphis in May festivities…
A security force could improve the atmosphere Downtown with the proper training and the right tactics…
Group seeks to develop Main Street property…
Wilkins opens Downtown law office in Shrine…
The Center City Commission board is poised to hire a private security force to combat aggressive panhandling…
The oldest YMCA in Memphis is getting a facelift to help a modern organization with a similar mission…
Some Downtown condo developers and real estate agents have been thinking outside the box in order to generate revenue and buyer interest while selling units…
The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law will not only bring students Downtown, it will also bring Barnes & Noble and Starbucks…
Tetra Tech's Memphis office grows along with list of riverfront development projects. . .
Some Memphis City Council members want to give new life to plans to return Memphis Police Department brass to the agency's old Downtown headquarters…
American Health Cos., Inc. is planning an $11 million nursing home and a $8.9 million geriatric hospital for eight acres in Uptown. . .
Emerge Memphis is expanding to make way for 15 new tenants…
Detailed plans of Greg Ericson's proposal for the Pyramid and Mud Island are on a newly released website…
John Weeden, Asst Director for Center for Outreach in the Development Arts (CODA) at Rhodes College, shares his thoughts on place making programs …
A master plan is underway for the Pinch District …
Pinnacle Airlines is looking to move into 150,000-sf of office space in Downtown at One Commerce Square …
Memphis College of Art is celebrating the grand opening of its new South Main gallery at 338 South Main on Fri, Oct 26 from 6-9 pm…
A third hotel project is planned for SoFo, the area south of FedExForum…
Renovations are slated to begin on the Welcome Wagon building…
The Third Street post office will be renamed in honor of recently deceased Kenneth Whalum Sr…
Developer is working to upgrade historic Downtown properties on Cotton Row into an upscale boutique hotel...
The$29.4 million Beale Street Landing has the green light to move forward…
River Inn of Harbor Town, a 28-room boutique hotel, will open its doors Oct. 29…
Thousands saints are marching into Downtown this week for the COGIC convention. Expect traffic delays. Main between Exchange and Winchester will be closed.
The National Civil Rights Museum has received a $1 million grant from the Ford Motor Foundation…
University of Memphis law school has received $5.3M in donations for move to Downtown location…
St. Jude researchers have identified the cells that cause the eye cancer retinoblastoma…
Construction on Legends Park, an $83 million, 38-acre mixed-use development, will begin early summer 2008...
CNNMoney.com has named South Main as one of the best places to retire in the country…
A $7.2 million hotel project is slated for SoFo…
Pa Pa Pia's, an Italian restaurant, will open at 83 Union in mid-December across from the new Mesquite Chop House…
South Main received a historical marker recognizing the impact of the film industry in Memphis in the last 20 years…
The Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation has awarded $345,000 in grants to local non-profits…
Downtown developers target smaller space with mixed-use renovation on Front Street…
Construction is about to begin on the $42.8 million College of Pharmacy building at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus….
Another redevelopment option is being proposed to the county for The Pyramid…
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will open its $25.2 million Cancer Research Building Thursday, Sept. 27…
The Memphis Bioworks Foundation will receive $11.5 million over the next five years launch Innova, a business accelerator for biotech start-ups…
The new $26.8 million Midtown Mental Health Institute will open in a ceremony Sept. 24…
The Blue Monkey shall rise again, just in time for the holidays…
Learn about developments and projects shaping Downtown Memphis by reading the latest Downtown Developer…
Having hit its pre-sale mark, The Nashoba Group is moving forward with redeveloping the former Piggly Wiggly headquarters at 435 South Front into The Nettleton Luxury Condominiums…
The first RiverArtsFest, a new fine arts festival in Downtown's South Main Arts District, will be held October 26 - 28…
Let's go disco! Is Raifords reopening?
A year after a devastating fire, Court Square Center is moving forward and in the process of leasing apartments…
The acquisition of one of Downtown Memphis' most iconic structures, the long-vacant Tennessee Brewery, tentatively is scheduled to close on Oct. 15…
431 South Main into open loft office space with new tenants The Memphis Music Foundation and OE, Too!
Memphis in May International Festival has picked up 18 awards from an industry association, including the top gold award in four categories…
Developers are tackling retail and residential development on Downtown's Main Street one block at a time…
Memphis is ranked among "Best Cities for Singles" by Forbes.com …
Itta Bena is an elegant oasis above Beale tumult…
Saint Blues Guitar is moving to The Edge near Sun Studio…
Local investor Andy Cates bought The Sears Crosstown Building for $3.5 million…
The Peabody Hotel will induct Elvis Presley into the Duck Walk Hall of Fame on Thursday, Aug 16 …
The Lion King is expected to bring an economic impact of $10 million to Downtown Memphis during its run at the Orpheum Theatre Aug. 14-Sept. 16…
CCRFC has approved PILOTs for two new hotel projects in Downtown…
Construction has started on Radio Center Flats, the rehab project planned for the former WDIA headquarters…
Buyers are committing to high-end, high rise condos in Downtown…
NASCAR apparel store to open on Main Street…
Work has begun on FrontBluff, a $5.9 million townhome and condominium development on Front and Vance…
Finard Properties has bought the Welcome Wagon building near Court Square with plans to renovate…
Beale Street Landing nears final approval hurdle…
CCC celebrates 30 years of Downtown rejuvenation…
Governor Bredesen announced that the state will provide a Tennessee Roadscapes Grant in the amount of $80,000 to Downtown Memphis…
Construction begins on Ground Zero Blues Club …
90 residential units and nearly 10,000 square feet of retail space are coming to Downtown's South End…
100 South Main project fills missing ingredient in Demonstration Block…
Center City Commission Annual Meeting Presentation Download. Click here to download Brad Segal's presentation "Global Trends and Implications for Downtown Memphis" …
Luring new retailers to the Memphis area is the focus of a new organization that is launching its effort with an August event…
With river nearby, restauranteur saw the need for a 'catfish joint'…
FedEx Corp. has pledged $2.3 million to build the The FedEx Family House which will offer overnight housing to families of Le Bonheur patients who need extended care and must stay in Memphis…
Memphis Farmers Market returns to Downtown…
A Washington firm has been selected by CCDC to create a strategy to get more retail in Downtown…
Beale Street hits the limelight with ads for Enyce, 'Sports Illustrated,' Mercedes…
One Beale announced its hotel component will be the $55 million Hyatt Regency Memphis Hotel and Spa..
An eight-story Courtyard by Marriott may grace the corner of Jefferson and Main by the end of next year…
The 12-story Tenoke office building at 161 Jefferson may be getting new life as a hotel…
The Downtown Parking Authority unanimously approved an $18.8 million, five-story building with 215 parking spaces, 96 apartment units and 9,800 square feet of ground-floor retail to fill in the hole in the ground at Main and Gayoso…
Lofty One Beale gets ready for take off…
Construction crews have started site and infrastructure work on The Horizon, a 350-unit high-rise condominium development on Riverside Drive…
Marketing push shows businesses that Downtown Works…
The St. Jude Children's Hospital $116 million Chili's Care Center will be the newest facility on its campus…
A neighborhood sports bar is opening in South Main…
New boutiques bring higher-end lines to South Main…
Hilton Garden Inn will be named GE Patterson Place after the late COGIC leader…
Construction firm moves ahead with plans for Downtown law school...
Local group bringing New York City style to Memphis with brownstone project on Butler…
Construction has begun on the last piece of developable land on Mud Island, where a 200-unit condominium complex where be built…
Daily Grill's American cuisine looks for a seat at Downtown's table …
Lee's Landing restaurants are nearing completion…
More residential and retail heads to Main Street…
The high-end Westin Hotel opens across from FedExForum
The new Westin serves as a signature hotel project for downtown architectural firm Hnedak Bobo Group …
Damage to Court Square just means 'different' plan…
The Daily Grill, a restaurant chain out of L.A., is opening in the new Westin Hotel…
An $18 million gated mixed-use development with 30 loft townhomes is going up at Tennessee and Butler…
Main Street Dental invests in technology and design to create a distinct patient experience…
Energy Fitness moving into larger space Downtown adding yoga, massage services…
Kress Building wins award for adaptive reuse…
Court Square project set back, but not up in smoke…
Construction has begun on the $450 million UT Baptist Research Park…
A $25 million renovation and addition project will transform the Cummins Mid-South building into a mixed-use development in South End…
Center City Commission hires Public Safety Coordinator …
Interesting to note ...the number of Downtown condos sold during the second quarter of 2006 has increased more than ten times the number of condos sold in 2005 during the second quarter.
The Lincoln American Tower could house tenants within nine months and plans continue with Court Square Center …
Memphis Farmers Market plants seeds for next year…
Riverside Texaco is being rebranded as a BP station adding a biodiesel pump to become the first Shelby County outlet to sell alternative fuel to the public…
The Center City Commission is kicking off an ambitious new project designed to give women and minorities hands-on experience in Downtown development…
CCC President Jeff Sanford assumes chair of International Downtown Association…
Holiday Inn Select latest Downtown hotel to launch renovation…
A modern $10 million residential project is coming to Cotton Row Historic District…
Townhome development headed to Pinch District…
Runway Boutique joins growing development of fashion retail stores in South Main District …
Center City Commission wins international award for diversity outreach...
Developers have proposed a 14-story Downtown condominium project as part of a renovation of the Tennessee Brewery…
36-unit condo planned for Tayloe building in the Warehouse District …
Uptown project concept proves to be visionary…
A new fine arts festival called RiverArtsFest will be held in Downtown Memphis October 26-28…
Blues City Pastry Shop and Coffee Bar plans to open in the former Viking Culinary Arts space by May …
Downtown Memphis parking has the most affordable in the nation…
Developers are launching an ambitious $49 million renovation of three historic Downtown buildings adjacent to Court Square…
Nearly 50 people camped out in line to purchase homes in a new residential community being built on Mud Island.
Traveling "Rock and Roll Hall' satellite exhibit will be housed at Gibson Beale Street...
A new nursing home in Uptown received a 15-year tax freeze from CCRFC…
Flying Saucer operators opening Flying Fish restaurant near The Peabody…
Mark your calendars! The Downtown Home Show at South End opens on April 12 …
Sleep Out Louie's giving way to Mesquite Chop House …
New Memphian thrives with Downtown dry cleaning business…
Construction begins on River Inn of Harbor Town…
Developers look at old WDIA site…
Tennessee Health Management is developing an $11 million nursing home in Uptown …
The Center City Commission is drafting a development plan for the area around FedExForum which will offer block-by-block recommendations for approximately 130 acres between Danny Thomas, Mulberry, Linden and G.E. Patterson.
Developer Henry Turley honored with the Center City Commission's Lifetime Achievement Award…
Former Butler Street Bazaar sells for $1.8 million…
Lokion is planning to take an additional 4,500 square feet in 88 Union Center …
With $10K grant in hand, local architects at work to launch Regional Design Center...
One Beale gets the high sign…
Embassy Suites is coming to Downtown …
A statement from Jeff Sanford, President of the Center City Commission, regarding the fires Friday, Oct 6
Veteran veterinarians expanding business with animal hospital in South Main location…
Black Repertory Theater will open in The Edge …
Tom Lee Park will get new memorials…
CCC will seek retail consultant to boost Downtown development…
Emerge Memphis, downtown's business incubator, adds two new businesses …
The city celebrated the 25th anniversary of the grand reopening of The Peabody…
The new Majestic Grill animates Main Street …
Grizzlies score with charter school…
Mud Island property is sold to local home building firm Grant & Co. for $7.5 million…
Henry Turley Co. invests $1 million to expand The Lofts parking …
Downtown post office is moving to the Tower at Peabody Place…
Stella Restaurant expands to its basement …
Chef Judd Grisanti is returning his family's cooking to Main Street by opening a 120-seat restaurant, Spindini, slated to open about January 15…
Turley Co. makes parking access priority for Shrine condo owners with new garage link…
The 75-seat Bardog Tavern at 73 Monroe by early May, joining established neighborhood restaurants such as McEwen's, Lolo's Table, Zoe's and the Little Tea Shop…
Community banks establish branches Downtown to pursue new accounts…
Shelton Clothiers owner follows his passion to provide clothing for men who appreciate the finer things…
Self Tucker Architects, Inc., plans to renovate the Universal Life Building…
Center City Commission helps minorities in Downtown development …
A Crepe Maker franchise is opening on the ground floor of the Hampton Inn and Suites….
Architect John Jones transforming S. Main building into microbrewery for Boscos…
A new dentist is coming Downtown, bringing another medical service to Memphis' Main Street.
A group of developers has bought land directly behind the Coleman-Taylor Transmission site at Union and Lauderdale for a planned residential community...
Trust One buys land for new branch in growing South Main area…
Don't miss the photopgrahic exhibit "The Whole World's Watching: Peace and Social Justice Movements of the 1960s and 1970s" on display at the National Civil Rights Museum through July 20.
Happy Mexican restaurant stakes out corner on Second near Civil Rights Museum…
The $27.3 million Beale Street Landing project gets the nod to proceed…
The $9 million Goodwyn condominium development is nearing completion…
Despire fire, Court Square projects move forward …
2006 shaping up to be banner year for number of conventions booked in Memphis…
Upscale women's shoe store comes to South Main…
Research park prepares to break ground on biocontainment lab and College of Pharmacy…
St. Mary's Catholic Church is poised to sell part of its Downtown property to developers who plan to launch an $85 million, 28-story luxury housing complex on the site….
The Uptown Partnership and the City of Memphis recently held a grand opening to showcase the renovation of young Elvis Presley's teenage home.
Four development groups submit proposals for vacant space at Main and Gayoso…
Jimmy Ishii, one of the first chefs to serve sushi in Memphis, is taking a distinctly Southern turn with a new Downtown venture in the spot once occupied by Elvis Presley's Memphis Club…
The 96-year old, 12-story building at 161 Jefferson will be auctioned off on June 22 …
Lansky 126 expanding store in Peabody Hotel…
Bioscience sector proliferates subtly but powerfully in Medical District...
An Atlanta-based developer is launching an affordable-housing apartment complex in the Uptown neighborhood….
A statement from Court Square Center LLC regarding the fire downtown
The Westin Hotel prepares to open in Downtown…
New boutique hotels piggyback on the downtown condo craze …
Blue Monkey makes plans to open in expanded space…
Condos are brewing at the Tennessee Brewery…
Uptown partners launch third phase with addition of 137 single-family homes…
Meditrinia, an upscale restaurant in the former Café Samovar spot, is now open for lunch…
Plans for the Tennessee Brewery are approved…
Phil Woodard's latest condo project hugs Medical District…
Two Memphis charitable foundations announced they would pony up $3.6 million over three years to build InMotion's laboratory and hire its first major research personnel…
Harbor of Health helps patient manage all aspects of health…
The Bristol on Union apartments, a 220-unit luxury mid-rise in the Medical Center, has been sold to a New York-based pension fund adviser for $23.5 million…
CCC approved the $3.6 million Radio Center Flats at 66 S. Main…
Cutting torch may have caused fire at former UP Bank building…
Old Union Planters building gets major facelift…
With Back Beat, tourists get to hear Memphis music while they see it…
A comprehensive plan is underway for the South Main Arts District…
Learn about the VESTA Home Show in Downtown's South End …
CCC will offer a special demonstration project for minorities…
How important is public realm to a downtown? Find out what the experts say about public spaces …
CCC expands real estate education program for minorities…
Center City Commission has been offering several incentives to help draw and keep retail in Downtown…
SEE Main, a new optometrist group, will set up on Main Street …
City Commons development in South End is adding 18 new townhomes…
Uptown Homes are affordable…
Second-Home buying offers mid-southerners a chance to relax and refresh…
Developers of The Ivy at South End are adding eight single-family houses…
100 North Main building is for sale for $20 million…
Center City Commission launches an educational campaign - "Say NO to Panhandling"…
The Grisanti family could be re-opening a restaurant on South Main Street, where their first restaurant opened in 1909…
FedEx IT Innovation Group seen as major catalyst for Emerge Memphis…
FedEx Labs has set up in Emerge Memphis in Downtown…
Blue Monkey making a comeback …
A new 300-unit condominium development is scheduled to be built at or near the Fourth Street and Union Avenue intersection Downtown…
Center City Commission is behind the effort to improve Downtown infrastructure...
South Main continues to evolve …
Baker Donelson's renovations in the First Tennessee building are complete …
Coyote Ugly bar plans to open on Beale…
The Memphis "vibe" is a helping to lure bright talent to our work pool …
River Tower renovation under way with 66 of the 153 condos pre-sold…
Memphis Studios chooses to set up shop on South Main over sites in Nashville, Austin and Denver …
Midtown Books is opening an annex store downtown in the Memphis Tobacco Bowl…
FedEx IT Innovation Group is relocated to Emerge Memphis in Downtown …
Seeds planted for Farmers Market on South Main…
Court Square Center, a $44 million rehab of three historic downtown buildings, gets one step closer…
Local residents are finding second waterfront homes on the Mississippi River …
Memphis is racking up "unusual" national attention for a conference this spring on urban design.
In a word, the draw is Downtown. The Seaside Institute will host a 3-day workshop on pedestrian-friendly, mixed-used developments that include Harbor Town, Uptown and the ballpark district.
Memphis Farmers Market will open at Central Station this May…
A new $8 million mixed-use development is coming to the heart of the historic Pinch District…
As the $1 million renovation on Court Square Park nears completion and mounds of dirt are being cleared for paved walkways, the facelift already has attracted a new tenant. At the edge of the Downtown park, Blue Plate Cafe has opened its third location where it serves up Southern home-style cooking at 113 Court Square South.
How suite it is - Renovater pumps $6 million into hotel project.
The former Baptist Hospital between Madison and Union near South Dudley was imploded on Sunday, May 8. About 300 pounds of explosives brought down the more than 310,000-square-foot physician and surgeons building and the 40,000-square-foot intern's residence in about 20 seconds.
Harbor of Health, a patient-focused health care facility, opened last fall in the Harbor Town area…
Downtowner takes pride in her townhome that is low on maintenance, high on style and energy …
A $9 million redevelopment initiative will transform the 18-story Goodwyn Institute building on the corner of Second and Madison into 26-upscale condos and 18 apartments.
Luxury condo market heats up: Mirabella's plans for Downtown have units starting at $600,000…
The 1930's restaurant, The Green Beetle, reopens with "homey charm"…
Collaborators at Downtown's Jay Etkin Gallery create 'go-to gallery' for wide range of customers…
Thinking of living Downtown? Read what one Downtown Dweller has to say…
Downtown scores big as a backdrop to sporting events …
Read the latest New York Times article about having fun in Memphis!
South Main gets another original residential site…
The Center City Commission is seeking public input for its 5-year Strategic Plan by asking everyone in the community to complete a survey (located on the right hand side of this web page)…
Self Tucker Architects is revamping the historic Universal Life Insurance building on Linden…
Locals buying second homes Downtown is a trend real estate agents say is becoming increasingly popular…
The historic Shrine Building hosts a grand re-opening as condos…
Residential units Downtown can't be built fast enough. On March 12, it took just a few hours for Lenox Homes LLC to sell 71 new homes on Mud Island -- and that's before they are even built!
Boscosbought a 9,000-square-foot building at the corner of E.H. Crump Boulevard and South Main for its microbrewery production…
No humbug Downtown! Holiday shopping, Santa and elves in Handy Park, and so much more!
New restaurant and catering business on Main Street is one of Downtown's best kept secrets…
The Lofts at South Bluffs transform the area …
The Center City Development Corp. awarded a $329,000 construction loan to Greenhat Partners for a $6.4 million renovation that will turn four historic buildings between Union and Gayoso into apartments and retail.
Historic firehouse in Uptown gets renovated into artist's home…
A $20 million housing grant has been awarded to revitalize the Dixie Homes neighborhood on Poplar …
Morgan Keegan announced a 10-year extension to its downtown lease…
The dirt started moving at the corner of Union and Manassas two weeks ago to make way for the new UT Cancer Institute lab facility, a four-story, 100,000-square-foot building estimated at $22 million.
Local organizations are working to sell the Downtown experience…
Financing is complete on a 525-car parking garage and neighboring Westin Hotel on the doorstep of FedExForum. Developer Performa Entertainment Real Estate will break ground in May on a $9 million garage in Lee's Landing, now surface parking between Second and Third behind Beale Street.
Center City Commission hires retail recruiter…
Luminetx Corp is expanding in the Memphis Medical Center…
The Church of God In Christ announced long-awaited plans for the $80 million development of the Chisca Hotel…
The Vesta Home Show has chosen the South Main/South End area for its two-weeklong event in April…
Condo Central! Today, 416 condos are either in the design stage or under construction Downtown and another 327 are finished, including 158 units that came on the market when the Claridge House converted to condos.
Downtown lunch spot serves a tangle of a tasty cheese steak …
Two new mexican restaurants bring their flavors to downtown…
More details are divulged regarding Bass Pro and The Pyramid…
Read a Commercial Appeal editorial about new growth surrounding Beale Street …
Downtown architecture firm wins awards by doing something different …
The former UP Bank building at Front and Madison is under contract…
Read an editorial about recent minority development in Downtown…
Developer Phil Woodard is set to make another imprint in the South Main Historic District with a new seven-story, 26-unit condominium project on Tennessee Street. The one-story brick warehouse that now sits at 456 Tennessee will be torn down to make way for an innovative, $6 million steel and glass structure designed by Archimania.
Music festival, cafe, maybe radio coming to Beale Street …
Banks are lending a hand to development in Downtown…
South End, a new residential community with $285 million in projects underway, is picking up steam…
A ground breaking ceremony was held on January 16 for Lee's Landing…
Downtown dwellers get a glimpse of new condo project, State Place…
Read an editorial about two new pivotal developments in Downtown…
The University of Memphis law school plans to move Downtown to the old post office on Front street…
Builders band together to 'brand' South End with a marketing program to create an identity for area…
Downtown has a new hi-fi tenant - Ninth Wave Home Entertainment opened its 3,000-square-foot showroom, which features a speaker system that immerses visitors with life-like sound and a 135-inch video screen at 413 Monroe.
Bass Pro Shops has reached an agreement in principle to convert The Pyramid into an outdoors mega-store…
Plans are under way to launch an 81-room hotel Microtel Suites in Downtown -- the first major project in the area south of FedExForum known as SoFo…
Bass Pro is considering converting The Pyramid into a retail and tourist attraction …
An investor group plans to buy the 1.3 million square foot Sears Crosstown building to transform it into a mixed-use development …
South End has has turned into one of the most aggressive real estate developments in Downtown history…
The new hotel/condo tower planned for Beale at Riverside received a 20-year PILOT from CCRFC…
With more than $640,000 in renovations to Court Square Park, its graceful gazebo again stands testament to a turn-of-20th-Century elegance. It's a stunning contrast to the cybernetters soaking up the sun and Internet in what is also the city's first smart park.
Please help! To learn about local volunteer opportunities to assist hurricane refugees, visit Volunteer Memphis.
The Loft Apartments in South Bluff are going condo…
Financing for the planned $40 million Westin Beale Street Hotel has been secured …
More hotels may be coming to downtown …
Media giant Oprah Winfrey, Rwandan hero Paul Rusesabagina and actress-activist Ruby Dee and her late husband, actor Ossie Davis, were honored by the National Civil Rights Museum at the annual Freedom Award event...
More homes coming to Uptown …
New single-family homes for sale in South End …
The first phase of One Beale, a 27-story, $150 million condo/luxury hotel development at Beale and Riverside, is poised for development…
Beale Street developer and landlord Performa Entertainment Real Estate Inc. has reached an agreement with New York-based King Biscuit Entertainment Group Inc. to host a fall music festival -- tentatively titled the King Biscuit Music Festival.
During the day, Art Village Gallery in South Main is a display space for vivid paintings and sculptures for sale, but at night it's transformed into a yoga studio. DO YOGA offers classes in this unique space throughout the week.
The Madison Hotel has been recognized by Travel and Leisure as one of the world's best hotels…
South Main gets a major retailer …
We've come a long way baby! Read a brief history of Downtown Memphis since the late 1970s.
Bass reign supreme in the Mighty Mississippi …
The Downtown office market continues to grow by offering service-oriented firms smaller leases in spaces that are big on character.
If you've never been on a "South Main Trolley Tour", you don't know what you're missing! Check out the fun to be had at this event on the last Friday of every month!
A group of developers wants to create an identity for a booming Downtown neighborhood called the South End.
After decades of rebuilding cities to accommodate automobiles, New Urbanists realize that people, not cars, are the most important part of a neighborhood.
Blood needed! Lifebood is encouraging people to schedule appointments for donations to spread out the supply for much needed blood.
The new $40 million Westin Hotel coming to Beale Street hopes to lure NBA players…
The Center City Commission offers options that could help increase affordable Downtown housing …
The Center City Commission honored Jack Belz, chairman and chief executive officer of Belz Enterprises, with its first Lifetime Achievement Award for "catalytic work" Downtown.
To support the $37 million renovation of the First Tennessee Building, the Center City Development Corporation is dedicating $400,000 of the project's PILOT closing fee towards streetscape improvements surrounding the building.
Mexican Mango, the soon-to-be-developed three-story mexican restaurant in Downtown, received a tax break saving $107,000 over nine years. The project will feature a first-floor bar and seating for more than 200 people in a second-floor dining room and patio rooftop.
Effective immediately, Memphis Area Transit Authority will offer free transportation on fixed route bus service, trolley and MATAplus service for persons from Louisiana and Southern Mississippi areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Atlanta-based Beazer Homes is building a $49 million, 204-unit condo and town home complex Downtown at Georgia and Florida. Dubbed The State at South End, the project includes two 48-unit condo buildings, standing five stories tall, surrounded by 108 town homes, standing three and four stories tall.
Henry Turley Company is working on a $5.5 million condo conversion in the heart of downtown…
The $40 million Court Square Center project gets one step closer to fruition …
Downtown's National Ornamental Metal Museum took home two Awards of Excellence at the Tennessee Association of Museums annual conference.
Displaced musicians are finding a home on Beale Street. Benefit concert planned on Thursday, September 8 …
Couple restores historic home making it a downtown residential showcase …
The $27.5 million Beale Street Landing project is moving forward …
HURRICANE KATRINA ASSISTANCE
For information on emergency numbers, shelters, food and clothing, medical assistance and more, visit the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau's website. Volunteer opportunities also posted.
South Main building transforms into artists' home…
The Center City Commission is exploring ways to make public improvements to the city's hottest residential market and spur more development…
After $8 million in renovations, the Downtown Radisson officially becomes a Doubletree Hotel …
A full-service, high-end men's clothier will open on Main Street this summer! Thomas Shelton, who worked for 15 years at James Davis, will open his retail space next to Viking Culinary Arts near Peabody Place.
New river condos in the former Rivermark Apartments are selling fast…
"Architecture Month 2005" promises a September filled with educational events and exhibitions and enough parties to make it all seem like fun.
Big plans for the Medical District include a new $27 million mental health facility and a new, upgraded LeBonheur Children's Medical Center hospital …
You can get anything you want at Alice's Urban Market …
Uptown Square transformation hailed as model for impact in Downtown conversion …
The historic Ambassador Hotel on Vance is going condo …
Upscale men's clothier, Shelton Clothiers, opens on Main Street bringing flair to downtown businessmen…
Trikes make tooling around a breeze in Downtown! Learn about the motorized buggies that can get you where you need to go in Downtown.
The Pyramid Action Committee met on April 12 to listen to ideas for future uses for the Pyramid from five selected groups. Click here to view some of the suggested plans.
Definitely the place to be! Free Wednesday night concerts in Court Square are a hit…
As host and co-producer of the show "Definitely Downtown," each month Lee Warren takes viewers on a 30-minute tour of the area's private homes, businesses and nightlife and offers up-close interviews with celebrities. Warren is the Senior VP of Marketing for the Center City Commission.
Harbor Town awarded the Urban Land Institute's Awards of Excellence…
The Orpheum Theatre has an economic impact on Downtown …
Big Foot Lodge opens in Downtown, making big footprints americana cuisine…
A couple get in on the real estate rush to Mud Island and build their dream house. Read about how Rob and Jenny Robertson found the perfect house in the perfect neighborhood on Mud Island.
The Rivermark Apartments are going condo with the help of a $10 million renovation …
The Chicago Tribune tells its readers how to have fun in Downtown Memphis…
An industrial space is being transformed into a "creative incubator" in Uptown …
Plans are in the making for a $1.1 million Cotton Museum to be located in the Cotton Exchange Building at 65 Union Avenue. The museum is scheduled to open this fall.
