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DoomJ Sep 12, 2013 6:19 PM
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Originally Posted by VSRJ (Post 6264180)
I did some snooping around on Google image search, and I believe this might be what the apartments under construction near the University of Memphis on Southern will look like:

http://i42.tinypic.com/15nshno.png

The number on the building matches the street address, and it looks similar to what's there now. Time will tell.
I want some of that in Midtown, Madison Ave.

But yes, nice find- I want more of that in the UDistrict, too.

Also, seems the U of M has inquired about acquiring part of Audubon Park. Good God, I hope it's for park-like purposes.

arkitekte Sep 12, 2013 7:23 PM
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Originally Posted by DoomJ (Post 6264672)

Also, seems the U of M has inquired about acquiring part of Audubon Park. Good God, I hope it's for park-like purposes.
I just saw that myself. It's interesting for sure. I have a couple of boring ideas of what the University of Memphis wants to do what that land and then one drawn out idea of what I think may be a possibility down the road 5 to 10 years, however I don't think the City would want to part ways with the land if it meant the long drawn out idea would actually happen (unless the city needs the money that bad). I I haven't heard anything solid from anyone that would actually know either...just educated speculating and rumor reporting.:haha:

Johnny Ryall Sep 13, 2013 2:40 AM
Graceland, Civil Rights Museum in Memphis ranked among nation's most iconic attractions
The Commercial Appeal

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Graceland was named Best Iconic American Attraction in a recent USA Today and 10Best readers choice poll, garnering almost half of all votes in its category for a landslide victory... The National Civil Rights Museum took third place in the poll, joining San Francisco as the only cities with two attractions on the list.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...emphis-ranked/

kingchef Sep 13, 2013 6:12 AM
the graceland and civil rights rankings in the publication is certainly a feather for memphis' tourist cap. i am convinced that the city and county need to continue to work to put interesting tourist packages together for both extended weekend excursion packages, romance packages, and family packages, which include the pink palace, the zoo, and several other regional venues. i was speaking to someone last saturday morning, and she was telling me about the expected draw of the union city museum and entertainment venue, which is discussed in the memphis skyscraper compilation. regardless, good positive attention for the area, and as many of us know, memphis has a great deal of good to offer, and apparently our resources and our offerings our being extended to a wider audience.

kingchef Sep 13, 2013 6:44 AM
i think that it makes total rationally good sense to bring civil service, government services, etc., for memphis back to the downtown city proper. what a better time to draw a line in the sand to keep our government employees down town. we talk about sprawl and the accompanying issues, but it seems that so many cities do so little about it. when the city has the opportunity to encourage companies, agencies, business, etc., to remain down town, we need to have the necessary eateries, parking, security to make them want to be downtown or at least w/ no real reason to oppose it as a work station and work venue. these office workers cover the gamut of workers from legal secretaries to accountants, investigators for various state departments, and many more. i am strongly behind the downtown as the largest venue of a large metropolitan city work force. we talk about diversity, but if the downtown is basically a shrinking relatively unsupported location, we really are not diversified at all.

arkitekte Sep 13, 2013 6:37 PM
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Originally Posted by kingchef (Post 6265638)
i think that it makes total rationally good sense to bring civil service, government services, etc., for memphis back to the downtown city proper. what a better time to draw a line in the sand to keep our government employees down town. we talk about sprawl and the accompanying issues, but it seems that so many cities do so little about it. when the city has the opportunity to encourage companies, agencies, business, etc., to remain down town, we need to have the necessary eateries, parking, security to make them want to be downtown or at least w/ no real reason to oppose it as a work station and work venue. these office workers cover the gamut of workers from legal secretaries to accountants, investigators for various state departments, and many more. i am strongly behind the downtown as the largest venue of a large metropolitan city work force. we talk about diversity, but if the downtown is basically a shrinking relatively unsupported location, we really are not diversified at all.
I agree, plus it's not a very good look to have an abandoned building towering over civic plaza, Memphis City Hall, and the Shelby County Building.

MIRYDI Sep 13, 2013 7:25 PM
Parking lot across from AutoZone Park sold
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...zone-park.html

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An out-of-town buyer has purchased a parking lot across from AutoZone Park for $1.4 million.
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Patel could have plans to build a hotel at the property, according to local sources

arkitekte Sep 13, 2013 7:38 PM
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An out-of-town buyer has purchased a parking lot across from AutoZone Park for $1.4 million.
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Patel could have plans to build a hotel at the property, according to local sources
Damn, it's like everything we've been asking for has been delivered, at least in the form of ideas.

Out of town developer buys property in downtown. Check.
Possibly could develop a hotel. Check.

I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this.

VSRJ Sep 13, 2013 7:59 PM
Exciting news, indeed! I just hope that if it is a hotel, it's a visually appealing one, not an interstate-side, cookie-cutter building plopped down in the middle of the city. I'm getting a bit ahead of myself, though. At least someone sees the value in that spot. Hopefully we'll learn more soon.

arkitekte Sep 15, 2013 9:32 PM
Not for sure if this was posted the other day or not.

Edit: Sorry about the size of the photo...at least it gives us a better view of what the Pyramid looks like right now.

Memphis files $40M permit for next phase of Pyramid
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...-for-next.html
http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphi...id%201.JPG?v=1

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Bass Pro Shops Inc. is gearing up to start their portion of the Pyramid’s redevelopment, after the city of Memphis has prepared the property.
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It will include Bass Pro’s retail store and the Uncle Buck’s Fishbowl, which includes with 12 bowling lanes and a restaurant.
The city of Memphis is finished its last phase at the Pyramid, preparing the rooftop and other site improvements such as an elevator to the top of the building.
The city has already done demolition work, seismic work and installed electric and HVAC systems in the building.

Johnny Ryall Sep 16, 2013 1:47 AM
Diverse Cooper-Young Festival draws large crowd on beautiful day
The Commercial Appeal

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More than 400 artisans, bands and refreshment vendors served the projected crowd of more than 120,000 who danced, ate and reunited with old friends in the street.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...s-large-crowd/

Johnny Ryall Sep 16, 2013 2:01 AM
As the I-240 widening project continues with additional lanes & privacy walls for one of Tennessee's busiest stretch of interstate highway, the coming massive project of finishing the West Tennessee 4-stack interstate junction in East Memphis approaches.

Get ready: I-40/240 interchange project likely to cause backups and push traffic onto side roads
The Commercial Appeal

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...artner=popular

Johnny Ryall Sep 16, 2013 2:08 AM
Headline is a little misleading, but I believe this is the former American Snuff Co. HQ in East Memphis.

National Bankers Trust to build new East Memphis HQ
Memphis Biz Journal

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National Bankers Trust is seeking 4-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive to invest $6 million and add 43 jobs at its new corporate headquarters at 813 Ridge Lake Blvd. The alternative commercial lender will purchase the previously vacant 51,000-square-foot Ridge Lake facility...
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...build-new.html

Johnny Ryall Sep 16, 2013 2:42 AM
In addition to this article, the new Southwest Tenn. Comm. College School of Nursing & Natural Science's steel is topped out. Anyone got any photos of that?

Prescription for Success
Memphis Medical Center leaders confident in district’s future
Memphis Daily News

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While Memphis medical leaders say there is still plenty of work to be done, today cranes and construction sites are cropping up throughout the Memphis Medical Center at a rapid clip.
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news...n-for-success/

(Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Edit...0.jpg?id=16690

(Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Edit...&maxHeight=600

(Methodist University Hospital)
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Edit...&maxHeight=600

arkitekte Sep 16, 2013 3:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Ryall (Post 6268497)
In addition to this article, the new Southwest Tenn. Comm. College School of Nursing & Natural Science's steel is topped out. Anyone got any photos of that?
I'll try to take some tomorrow.

VSRJ Sep 16, 2013 4:05 AM
Thanks for all the updates, guys! All this activity makes me very happy for Memphis. Hopefully the trend of new construction/activity/development continues.

I'm a little confused about Bass Prop's permit for the first phase of construction. Does this mean that they will only complete some of the project and then open it? Or are they breaking the construction into parts for other reasons? If anyone can clarify, I'd greatly appreciate it.

arkitekte Sep 16, 2013 4:59 PM
Had to go out east this morning. Is this International Paper moving dirt or is this another development at an adjacent property? These photos were taken in the parking lots directly behind the First Bank and the Backyard Burger; roughly 200 or so yards east of the current towers.

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...psf7c17413.jpg

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0aad334d.jpg

Johnny Ryall Sep 16, 2013 5:23 PM
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Originally Posted by arkitekte (Post 6268922)
Is this International Paper moving dirt or is this another development at an adjacent property? These photos were taken in the parking lots directly behind the First Bank and the Backyard Burger; roughly 200 or so yards east of the current towers.
Yep, that's IP. Another parking ramp will be constructed behind the 10-story building. :cheers:

VSRJ Sep 17, 2013 9:54 PM
Kroger ready to move forward with Union store design

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...ward-with.html

http://i40.tinypic.com/bej7nd.jpg

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Kroger’s Union store has come along a ways since neighbors saw first drawings months ago.

The latest changes include altering the building’s colors, breaking up some of its walls with materials and design elements and softening the parking lot with more landscaping.

Joe Bell, manager of marketing and public affairs with Kroger’s Delta Division, said the changes were well-recieved at a neighborhood meeting last night, even eliciting some applause.

“If Kroger had written a movie script for it, we couldn’t have done any better,” he said.

The Pickering Firm Inc., a company which has worked on many Kroger stores, led the design on this location.

Brad Schmiedicke, a Midtown resident, led the process for Pickering.

“We need the community to want this store and like this store,” Bell said.

“Like many retailers in this area, I don’t need them to be talking about me for the next 20 years. If they did, I wanted it to be in a favorable context.”

One challenge for the property design was that the 51,000-square-foot store needed a lot of parking.

Neighborhoods asked Kroger to soften the design, so the grocery store chain came back with more landscaping and green space in its parking area.

The parking area will also have some short brown walls, surrounded by shrubbery, and berms to separate it from the sidewalk.

Neighbors along the back part of the property were concerned about noise and lighting, so Kroger is adding fencing and more landscaping.

Kroger also altered its building exterior, which had a straight masonry wall.

They broke up the design with building materials and columns, changing the exterior to more earth tones and softer browns.

“When you couple that corner with the eating area and outdoor seating, it really changed the look of the store,” Bell said.

Johnny Ryall Sep 18, 2013 2:34 PM
And here is the site layout.

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...ward-with.html

MBJ
http://media.bizj.us/view/img/103002...-104301-am.jpg

Also, additional renderings from the Commercial Appeal.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...gn-changes-to/

Kroger/ The Commercial Appeal
http://s3.documentcloud.org/document...-p2-normal.gif


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