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The Downtown Core is the place to live to experience a true urban lifestyle. High and mid-rise condos and apartments are a quick walk or trolley ride to surrounding sports and entertainment venues, nightlife, chic restaurants, and office centers. Court Square, "the living room of Downtown", serves as the central gathering spot with its WiFi connection and manicured park. Most living spaces in the Core are renovated historic buildings that once served as offices, banks and cotton warehouses.
Court Square Historic District Area
Many historic buildings surrounding Court Square are undergoing renovations into residential uses. The Porter Building is a residential condominium property that is immediately adjacent to Court Square Park. Other commercial buildings around the park also provide residential opportunities on their upper floors. The Claridge House and 99 Tower Place offer high-rise views of Downtown. Of note, Court Square Center, which includes three historic buildings - Lincoln American Tower, Court Square Annex and Rhodes Jennings buildings, is amid renovation and expected to bring about 80 apartments, retail and restaurants opening onto Court Square.
Madison-Monroe Historic District Area
The Madison-Monroe Historic District area stretches roughly from Third to Front between Madison and Monroe. This area is a relatively dense mixed-use area that provides employment, dining, and shopping opportunities. Residential properties in this area include the Exchange Building, Number 10 Main, and smaller upper-floor residential projects above some Main Street businesses.
AutoZone Park Neighborhood
The AutoZone Park Neighborhood began to take shape with the 385-unit Echelon apartment community (now called Fielder's Square) and the addition of new condos on the upper floors of the Fogelman YMCA, called the Lofts at the Ballpark. The Medical Center trolley line runs through this district and the Downtown Elementary School is an anchor in this neighborhood.
Cotton Row Historic District Area
When Memphis was a center for cotton production and distribution in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Cotton Row Historic District was an activity center for the unloading of riverboats and for many cotton warehouses and classing rooms. Today, the Shrine Building, Cotton Growers, Front Row Condos, 49 Union, Cotton Row Apartments, the Timpani Building, Union Commons Condominiums, and River Row Condominiums offer a variety of housing alternatives in buildings that once served this industry.
Gayoso-Peabody Historic District Area
The Gayoso-Peabody Historic District Area is anchored by the historic Peabody Hotel, 300,000-square-foot Peabody Place Entertainment and Retail Center, and many mixed-use buildings. Office, commercial, and retail space is predominant, but residential opportunities exist within the Peabody Place development at Pembroke Square Apartments, and Gayoso House. Also included in this district is New Main, the block on Main Street between Union and Gayoso that it undergoing dramatic residential redevelopment with projects like Main Street Flats, 83-95 South Main, and The Cornerstone Apartments.
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