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DRG901 Jun 19, 2017 6:38 PM
Commercial Appeal putting property on Union up for sale-- really hopeful something good comes out of this long-term

'The Commercial Appeal to sell building at 495 Union, seek new location in Memphis area'- Wayne Risher/ Commercial Appeal/ 6-19-17

"The decision comes at a time of renewal in the Edge neighborhood on the eastern fringe of Downtown Memphis. Investors have been buying property in the area for future development, an Enterprise rental car facility is under construction, and organizations including the Downtown Memphis Commission and Medical District Collaborative have been working to spark redevelopment"


http://www.commercialappeal.com/stor...rea/409206001/

TheKernel91 Jun 19, 2017 8:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DRG901 (Post 7839297)
Commercial Appeal putting property on Union up for sale-- really hopeful something good comes out of this long-term

'The Commercial Appeal to sell building at 495 Union, seek new location in Memphis area'- Wayne Risher/ Commercial Appeal/ 6-19-17

"The decision comes at a time of renewal in the Edge neighborhood on the eastern fringe of Downtown Memphis. Investors have been buying property in the area for future development, an Enterprise rental car facility is under construction, and organizations including the Downtown Memphis Commission and Medical District Collaborative have been working to spark redevelopment"


http://www.commercialappeal.com/stor...rea/409206001/
Top Golf and LA fitness have been looking Downtown for expanding. But I wouldn't mind seeing something better done on that property.

James Owen Jun 20, 2017 6:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DRG901 (Post 7839297)
Commercial Appeal putting property on Union up for sale-- really hopeful something good comes out of this long-term

'The Commercial Appeal to sell building at 495 Union, seek new location in Memphis area'- Wayne Risher/ Commercial Appeal/ 6-19-17

"The decision comes at a time of renewal in the Edge neighborhood on the eastern fringe of Downtown Memphis. Investors have been buying property in the area for future development, an Enterprise rental car facility is under construction, and organizations including the Downtown Memphis Commission and Medical District Collaborative have been working to spark redevelopment"

http://www.commercialappeal.com/stor...rea/409206001/
The writing was on the wall for a while that the Commercial Appeal was going to sell its headquarters on Union at some point considering all of the cuts and changes made by its parent company Gannett these last few months (similar thing went on with its sister publication in Nashville in which they ultimately had to sell their headquarters as well).

It's going to be interesting to see what becomes of the property itself down the road, and hopefully we see some kind of vertical development happen there rather than something bland.

James Owen Jun 20, 2017 6:20 AM
Memphis is getting a Wahlburgers on Beale. It's going into the space where Sweetie Pie's was supposed to go before a dispute with the property owners killed those plans. Hopefully, there won't be a repeat episode of that this time.

Mark Wahlberg bringing burger joint to Memphis

Jacob Steimer
Reporter, Memphis Business Journal

Quote:
The Wahlberg family's now-famous Wahlburgers restaurant chain will soon have a 6,900-square-foot outpost Downtown, the restaurant announced Monday.

The two-story restaurant will be located at 349 Beale St., about a block from FedExForum.

The restaurant is hoping to open this fall, according to Fletcher Elkington, who represented the lessor, Central Foods, in the lease.

Currently, there are 15 Wahlburgers locations in nine North American cities, according to the restaurant's website. The Memphis location would be the first in Tennessee. It features a wide selection of burgers as well as sandwiches, salads, vegetarian options and "home-style" side dishes.

Chris Warren Jun 24, 2017 1:09 AM
Hotel Permits Pulled
 
Holiday Inn Express
http://www.downtownmemphiscommission...umb600x600.jpg
Central Station
http://www.downtownmemphiscommission...umb600x600.jpg

The Commercial Appeal:
Quote:
Developers for both applied for building permits for work totaling $24.5 million.
Hospitality Builders of America will construct a 115-room Holiday Inn Express at 235 Union, which is now a surface parking lot at the corner of Fourth and across Union from AutoZone Park.
The construction document estimates the work will cost $6 million. Immediately west of that site at 195 Union, work already has started on a Hilton Garden Inn. Both hotels are being built by Nitkinkumar Patel.

Meanwhile, Kemmons Wilson Companies applied for a permit for the adaptive re-use project converting the Central Station apartments into a 124-room hotel at 545 South Main. The work will cost $18.5 million, the document estimates.Central Station Hotel will offer a lobby, bar, ballroom, guest rooms, restaurant and retail in the 103-year-old building that also houses the Amtrak station.
Company principal McLean Wilson has said his company's goal is to make the hotel "an extremely special experience.'' The hotel's full name will be Central Station Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton.
The hotel is part of a joint $55 million project with developers Henry Turley and Archie Willis to redevelop Memphis Area Transit Authority's Central Station. Turley and Willis have built apartments on the former rail yard. Malco Theatres will transform the on-site Powerhouse building into a multi-screen theater. And Wilson will:
Wilson has said the hotel plan includes changing the train station's waiting area into a large bar that will be like a "living room'' for the South Main neighborhood.
The project also will turn the existing Amtrak lobby and ticketing space into the hotel lobby, and move the Amtrak space further east within the building.
The plan will convert ground-floor meeting rooms and offices along South Main and G.E. Patterson into a 3,500-square-foot restaurant and 6,000 square feet of retail that will likely include a coffee shop.
Wilson also has indicated the hotel will offer a unique Memphis, South Main and Central Station experience, although he has declined to give details yet.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/stor...els/419247001/

TheKernel91 Jun 24, 2017 3:59 PM
I felt that this shift would happen eventually. Hearing from the Mayor's mouth is just confirmation that I was seeing the next pattern to come. The mention of
Whitehaven as the next area receiving economic focus and growth is exciting for me. Outside of Downtown, Midtown, & East Memphis, this one made sense as the next focus area with a lot of potential.

This area is under utilized and is not invested into deserving enough for the strong middle class that lives out there.

-"We’re down to one or two right-of-way acquisitions on improving Elvis Presley Boulevard,” Strickland said. “It’s moved too slow for my taste. But I think we are picking up the pace on it.

That comment made me think. Last time I drove down EP Blvd from Brooks Rd, it looks like there were some slated properties from that end. I'm thinking maybe thinking that they are clearing the old businesses to encourage development on that side. But interesting article.

https://www.memphisdailynews.com/new...rt-of-memphis/

Chris Warren Jun 27, 2017 2:45 AM
St. Jude Heading Towards the River

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/28f...truction-3.jpg
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/b24...truction-2.jpg

The Commercial Appeal:
Quote:
St. Jude is going "Westward Ho!" with backhoes with the demolition of buildings -- non-historic ones -- for its expansion toward the Mississippi River. Demolition crews are removing several buildings across South Third from the main campus of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Already gone is the old Downtown Animal Hospital building at 347. N. Third, which St. Jude purchased last year Disappearing fast is the old Promedica Clinic next door at 361 S. Third. St. Jude also bought that property last year......
http://www.commercialappeal.com/stor...ion/427982001/

Johnny Ryall Jun 29, 2017 2:32 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Warren (Post 7846711)
St. Jude Heading Towards the River https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/b24...truction-2.jpg The Commercial Appeal
Just drove by that (what appears to be) a new office tower with the crane. It's a good 10 stories give or take. The hospital towers always have so much space between floor plates for all the additional systems. The new Chili's Center next door is 6 stories, similar height.

Johnny Ryall Jun 29, 2017 2:39 AM
Pinch District pedestrian bridge project moving forward
Michelle Corbet, Reporter/ Memphis Business Journal

Quote:
A pedestrian bridge connecting the historic Pinch District to Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid officially has an architect of record and is currently in the conceptual design phase.
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...ct-moving.html

Johnny Ryall Jun 29, 2017 2:47 AM
$18.5 Million Permit Filed for Central Station Project
By Patrick Lantrip/ Memphis Daily News

Quote:
The permit is the latest step in the $55 million redevelopment project, which includes a boutique hotel, apartments, restaurants, retail and significant infrastructure and landscaping improvements to the surrounding South Main area spearheaded by Henry Turley Co. and Community Capital. Most recently, a $5 million building permit application for the foundation of a new seven-screen movie theater at 45 E. G.E. Patterson St. was filed in March.
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/new...ation-project/

photo (Daily News/Andrew J. Breig)
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/Edi...&maxHeight=600

image 545 S. Main St., Memphis TN 38103 (Google Maps)
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/Edi...&maxHeight=600

Johnny Ryall Jun 29, 2017 3:06 AM
Much more than top national rankings, I'd say the combination of Le Bonheur & St. Jude, which do have collaborative programs, is among the top pediatric services in the world.

St. Jude Ranked No. 1 Pediatric Cancer Hospital
By Michael Waddell/ Memphis Daily News

Quote:
St. Jude is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Care Center devoted solely to children, and the hospital has received designated Magnet status by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor granted to nursing services.
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/new...ncer-hospital/

photo (Submitted)
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/Edi...5&maxWidth=250

Johnny Ryall Jun 29, 2017 4:01 AM
Long-stalled hotel projects finally getting off the ground
Michael Waddell/ High Ground News

Quote:
For developer JVD Enterprise, a new Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites near Winchester Road in Southeast Memphis is more than halfway to buildout and another boutique hotel planned for Downtown could get underway by the end of the year. JVD President Vince Vaghela expects the six-story Holiday Inn to be finished by early next year...

The company is looking to do more hotel projects in the Memphis area once work on the Holiday Inn wraps up, including another project stalled since the late 2000s. JVD owns the former Tenoke Building Downtown on B.B. King Boulevard at Jefferson Avenue that it plans to develop into a 12-story high-end boutique hotel. The 135,000-square-foot building, which JVD bought before the Great Recession and then held onto for a number of years, will be restored and partially demolished. Work could get underway on the Downtown project before the end of the year.
http://www.highgroundnews.com/devnew...TheGround.aspx

photo Michael Waddell
http://www.highgroundnews.com/galler...iday_inn_1.jpg

Johnny Ryall Jun 30, 2017 6:43 PM
Higher-end student living going up at The Nine @ Memphis
MICHAEL WADDELL/ High Ground News

Quote:
The Nine is a $15.5 million five-story, 114-unit student housing community at 3557 Mynders Avenue at the southwest corner of Brister Street. Previously the property had been home to a six-unit apartment building built in 1960.
http://www.highgroundnews.com/devnew...AtMemphis.aspx

http://www.highgroundnews.com/galler..._memphis_1.jpg

Johnny Ryall Jul 6, 2017 12:14 PM
Rhodes College boasts $40 million in improvements
Jacob Steimer, Reporter/ Memphis Business Journal

Quote:
That includes a new $34 million science facility, a $4 million renovation to the former student center, $1 million in residence hall improvements and other minor projects...
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/n...rovements.html

James Owen Jul 6, 2017 11:46 PM
Plans for the proposed Parkside at Shelby Farms development have been retooled, and now includes a hotel component.

Hotel proposed for Shelby Farms project
Elle Perry
Digital Producer, Memphis Business Journal
https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/...s-project.html

Quote:
In December, DB Development Co. closed on its purchase of a 55-acre tract of land at Mullins Station and Whitten Road for $4 million. The project is also set to include apartments, restaurants, retail, office space and senior living.

The new plans call for the inclusion of a boutique hotel of 130 rooms to be located at Whitten Road and the future Shelby Farms Parkway. An application to the Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board (LUCB) also requests final site plan approval for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the overall project.

In a letter that accompanied the application, development representative Brenda Solomito-Basar said, "The detailed plans were tailored to emphasize pedestrians first and to complement the vision of the Shelby Farms Park Conversancy and to support the existing neighborhood. Our team looks forward to working with the Shelby Farms Conservancy on such important issues."

Johnny Ryall Jul 7, 2017 4:45 AM
Fairgrounds Movement Triggers Liberty Bowl Questions
By Bill Dries/ Memphis Daily News

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Meanwhile, the Memphis City Council approved $100,000 in the city’s new budget to look at a possible expansion of the Liberty Bowl to do something it hasn’t done in 20 years – host a concert... Council member Frank Colvett called for the study, which could take the Liberty Bowl’s seating from 61,000 to 80,000 seats in the process.
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/new...owl-questions/

photo (Daily News File/Andrew J. Breig)
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/Edi...&maxHeight=600
photo (Daily News File/Andrew J. Breig)

Wayward Memphian Jul 7, 2017 3:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DRG901 (Post 7839297)
Commercial Appeal putting property on Union up for sale-- really hopeful something good comes out of this long-term

'The Commercial Appeal to sell building at 495 Union, seek new location in Memphis area'- Wayne Risher/ Commercial Appeal/ 6-19-17

"The decision comes at a time of renewal in the Edge neighborhood on the eastern fringe of Downtown Memphis. Investors have been buying property in the area for future development, an Enterprise rental car facility is under construction, and organizations including the Downtown Memphis Commission and Medical District Collaborative have been working to spark redevelopment"


http://www.commercialappeal.com/stor...rea/409206001/
I have consistently posted my belief that this area is where a new indoor/retractable roof stadium should be located as part of a new convention center and extention of the Beale St. Entertainment District. If the existing Cook Convo Center is going to cost the amount they say, why not just build new. 50,000 seats with about 10,000 upper deck seat that can be tastefully blocked off with lots of value added seats to make up any potentiometer revenue loss over capacity right sizing and the ability to add temp seating in one endzone upwards of 5,000. Use retractable seating for the first level and you have a very nice exhibition space for trade shows.

1)New, modern home for Tiger football
2)Growing the size of the Beale St. Music Fest
3)up to date seismic standards/ADA compliant
4)ability to host or upgrade for larger conferences, competitions, sporting events and concerts without fear of weather.
5)upgrade the Liberty Bowl/Heritage Classic experience for isiting fans and offering the ability to host showcase games like kickoff classic neutral site games and high school showcase games

Ect, ect, ect.

Spit balling, could be shifted to CA property. There's even a Google amount of public and private Greenspace for tailgating with the right planning.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/up-bucket-0...dd2bb0785a.jpg

Wayward Memphian Jul 7, 2017 4:48 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Ryall (Post 7857485)
Fairgrounds Movement Triggers Liberty Bowl Questions
By Bill Dries/ Memphis Daily News



https://www.memphisdailynews.com/new...owl-questions/

photo (Daily News File/Andrew J. Breig)
https://www.memphisdailynews.com/Edi...&maxHeight=600
photo (Daily News File/Andrew J. Breig)

80,000 is the most insane thing i'v read in a while. Why does Memphis continue to pour millions into the Liberty Bowl just to keep it treading water when it could'very been servicing debt on a new stadium downtown. Millions for Tiger Lane, New chair back seating, video boards, and and what would be millions more for better infrastructure to host a concert or two when that could be just part of new uses for a new stadium.

Little Rock snagged a Guns N Roses concert for even more ancient War Memorial for this summer. It's more about willingness to put up the funds needed to book than the actual venue. But... a new, indoor stadium that was weather proof would sure make that outlay less risky.

TheKernel91 Jul 7, 2017 8:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayward Memphian (Post 7857874)
I have consistently posted my belief that this area is where a new indoor/retractable roof stadium should be located as part of a new convention center and extention of the Beale St. Entertainment District. If the existing Cook Convo Center is going to cost the amount they say, why not just build new. 50,000 seats with about 10,000 upper deck seat that can be tastefully blocked off with lots of value added seats to make up any potentiometer revenue loss over capacity right sizing and the ability to add temp seating in one endzone upwards of 5,000. Use retractable seating for the first level and you have a very nice exhibition space for trade shows.

1)New, modern home for Tiger football
2)Growing the size of the Beale St. Music Fest
3)up to date seismic standards/ADA compliant
4)ability to host or upgrade for larger conferences, competitions, sporting events and concerts without fear of weather.
5)upgrade the Liberty Bowl/Heritage Classic experience for isiting fans and offering the ability to host showcase games like kickoff classic neutral site games and high school showcase games

Ect, ect, ect.

Spit balling, could be shifted to CA property. There's even a Google amount of public and private Greenspace for tailgating with the right planning.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/up-bucket-0...dd2bb0785a.jpg
Is there a way you can send that to someone ? Downtown Memphis commission, City Center Development ?
I really like that idea. Need to be proposed as a desired development. Even though the Commercial Appeal building
is a block right over, I see where you coming from

Wayward Memphian Jul 8, 2017 2:43 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheKernel91 (Post 7858240)
Is there a way you can send that to someone ? Downtown Memphis commission, City Center Development ?
I really like that idea. Need to be proposed as a desired development. Even though the Commercial Appeal building
is a block right over, I see where you coming from
I did that before the CA property was put up for sale. The orange oval for the stadium needs to be bigger and better centered with some plazas on the corners. It can slide over or the CA property incorporated in the design as is as a giant parking deck with liner buildings to hide it or a mega hotel. An attached hotel shoild be a no brainer component of it. The dark red and red long rectangles are new store fronts that front the stadium and convention center for retail, restaurants, ect. The park can be used for tailgating for Tiger games.

You can also add that to 4th to tie in Auto Zone to the Forum with liner buildings to the Stadium.

Check out the new Red Wings arena in Detriot
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/e48...000-dda_01.jpg

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t5...47304448_n.jpg



Here's what I mean when I mentioned the Red Wings Arena. Notice the space between the liner buildings and the arena itself this would have that on three sides with it being physically connected to the convention center over Danny Thomas. Think large high ceiling, glass walled atrium like structure.

After this, get downtown connected to MEM via light rail.


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