The footprint of the city’s dominant grocery store will undergo a facelift worth tens of millions of dollars over the next five years.

Kroger’s Memphis-based Delta Division, which operates 115 Kroger grocery stores and 70 fuel centers in five states, is pumping $100 million into its portfolio.

2. Plenty is Happening in the 38104 ZIP Code - Saturday, December 22, 2012

Saying something different is happening in Midtown is like saying the sun will rise in the east each morning.

But the pockets of change particularly in commercial real estate in Midtown point to significant changes we haven’t seen before. And they represent some big opportunities to affect daily life for those who call Midtown home as well as those who pass through an area with three major east-west arteries – Poplar, Union and Madison Avenues.

3. Plenty is Happening in the 38104 ZIP Code - Saturday, December 22, 2012

Saying something different is happening in Midtown is like saying the sun will rise in the east each morning.

But the pockets of change particularly in commercial real estate in Midtown point to significant changes we haven’t seen before. And they represent some big opportunities to affect daily life for those who call Midtown home as well as those who pass through an area with three major east-west arteries – Poplar, Union and Madison Avenues.

4. Midtown Momentum - Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Midtown real estate market has long been an anomaly compared to its Bluff City counterparts, with fundamentals as diverse as its demographics.

“The types of real estate that you’ll find in Midtown can be some of the most expensive or some of the most modest when it comes to prices and facility,” said Gary Myers of Gary Myers Co. “Retail in particular.”

5. Lease Brings New Breed Footprint to 3 Million Feet - Friday, October 12, 2012

New Breed Inc. is enhancing its Memphis operations with a new distribution warehouse lease in the Southeast industrial submarket.

6. Kroger Midtown Expansion Gets Mixed Reaction - Wednesday, September 26, 2012

While the expansion of Kroger’s Midtown store is still in the early stages, the effects are apparent in the surrounding community.

Kroger Delta Division earlier this month bought the Belvedere Apartments for $2.6 million. It then purchased the Kroger store on Union Avenue that it was leasing from Art Seessels’ family, as well as two adjacent parcels for a combined $4.6 million, bringing Kroger’s ownership of property in the area from South Idlewild Street to LeMaster Street along Union.

7. Kroger Purchases Union Store, Seessels Family Property for $4.6M - Friday, September 21, 2012

The Kroger Delta Division has purchased the Kroger store on Union Avenue from the Seessels family, which includes the land behind the Belvedere Apartments and the strip of land behind the store, for a combined $4.6 million.

8. Deed Filed for Kroger's Purchase of Apartments - Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A $2.6 million warranty deed has been filed for Kroger LP’s purchase of Belvedere Apartments, a 10-story apartment high-rise at 1745 Union Ave.

9. Kroger Buys Union Space for Expansion - Friday, September 14, 2012

Kroger has acquired the Belvedere Apartments in Midtown as part of a long-term project to reconfigure the grocery store’s antiquated and challenged layout.

Kroger Delta Division closed Wednesday, Sept. 12, on the 10-story apartment high-rise at 1733 Union Ave. from Belvedere Apartment Inc. The sale includes Belvedere’s attached and front parking areas.

10. Kroger Midtown Buys Space for Expansion - Thursday, September 13, 2012

Kroger has acquired the Belvedere Apartments in Midtown as part of a long-term project to reconfigure the grocery store’s antiquated and challenged layout.

Kroger Delta Division closed Wednesday, Sept. 12, on the 10-story apartment high-rise at 1733 Union Ave. from Belvedere Apartment Inc. The sale includes Belvedere’s attached and front parking areas.

11. Parktown Place Condos Sold Back to BankPlus - Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Ridgeland, Miss.-based BankPlus has bought back the Parktown Place Condominiums in Midtown following a foreclosure of the eight-unit multifamily complex and its owner, Dogwood Properties of Memphis.

12. Former Mall Acreage to be Industrial Development - Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Acreage on Former
Mall of Memphis Site

Sale Amount: $2.7 million

Sale Date: April 18, 2012

Buyer: Memphis Industrial Properties LLC

13. CK’s Moves Into Jackson as Part of Expansion - Friday, March 02, 2012

A longtime Memphis diner chain is expanding its presence into the Jackson, Tenn., market.

CK’s Coffee Shop has signed a five-year lease for 1,390 square feet of the existing 4,900-square-foot Old Medina Market Gas Station at 2800 Old Medina Road.

14. Midtown Apts. Sell for $1M - Thursday, March 01, 2012

Samuel Adefeyisan has purchased the Ashley Manor Apartments – two separate buildings totaling 16 one-bedroom condo units in Midtown – from John P. Waddell and Nancy S. Waddell for $1 million.

15. Drexel Buys Presidents Is. Warehouse - Friday, January 27, 2012

A longtime Memphis-based agricultural chemical provider has snatched up a warehouse on Presidents Island, where it already has a strong presence.

Drexel Chemical Co. purchased the 137,526-square-foot former manufacturing and distribution facility on 12 acres at 2070 and 2071 Channel Ave. on Presidents Island from HPD Properties LLC for $810,000, or $5.89 per square foot.

16. Development Partners Reunite on Midtown Project - Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Community Capital and Architecture Inc. have teamed up again, this time to build Community Capital’s new headquarters at 1708 Monroe Ave. between South Belvedere Boulevard and South Evergreen Street.

17. Dollar General Coming To James Road in Raleigh - Tuesday, September 29, 2009

3609 James Road
Memphis, TN 38128
Permit Amount: $497,000

Project Cost: $497,000
Permit Date: Applied September 2009
Completion: TBA
Owner: SW Properties LLC
Tenant: Dollar General Corp.
Contractor: SW Properties LLC
Architect: N/A

18. Waddells Buy Ashley Manor Condominiums - Tuesday, September 22, 2009

John and Nancy Waddell have bought the two-building, 16-unit Ashley Manor condominiums at 129 and 137 N. Belvedere St. in Midtown for $1.6 million from Chamberlain, McCreery and Rice GP. The sale closed Sept. 4.

19. Modular Energy Plant To Be Installed at Le Bonheur - Tuesday, April 21, 2009

905 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38105
Permit Amount: $13.6 Million

Project Cost: $327 million
Permit Date: Applied April 2009
Completion: 2011
Owner: Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Tenant: Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Contractor: Skanska USA
Architect: FKP Architects

20. Owner Files $1M Loan For Parktown Place - Monday, April 20, 2009

Dogwood Properties, the owner of the eight-unit multifamily complex in Midtown called Parktown Place, has refinanced the property with a $1 million loan through BankPlus. The company’s principal is Jon McCreery, who said this transaction was a move from a construction loan to a longer-term, permanent loan on the property. The loan was dated March 30 with a maturity date of March 30, 2014.

21. Central Gardens Condominiums Under Renovation - Tuesday, October 21, 2008

1676 Central Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
Loan Amount: $ 750,000

Loan Date: Sept. 18, 2008
Maturity Date: Sept. 17, 2009
Borrower: Belvedere Central LLC
Lender: BancorpSouth Bank

22. Construction Loan Filed For Central Gardens Project - Friday, October 17, 2008

Belvedere Central LLC has taken out a $750,000 construction loan for the second phase of the Central Gardens Square Condominium renovation project at 1676 Central Ave. The lender was BancorpSouth Bank, and the loan has a maturity date of Sept. 17, 2009.

23. Extensive Rehab Planned For Frayser Apartments - Tuesday, September 30, 2008

2881 Range Line Road
Memphis, TN 38127
Permit Amount: $2.6 Million

Project Cost: $2.6 million
Permit Date: Applied September 2008
Completion: Spring 2009
Owner: Rynard Properties Ridgecrest LP
Tenant: Rynard Properties Ridgecrest LP
Contractor: R.L. Rynard Construction Inc.

24. Midtown Anti-Crime Group Grows Fast - Tuesday, August 26, 2008

It started out as a small group of concerned citizens who wanted to keep crime out of their neighborhoods, but Peggy Williamson, chair of the Midtown Security Community, says the group is steadily growing.

25. Archived Article - Tuesday, November 21, 2006

2362 and 2382 N. Germantown Parkway
Memphis, TN 38016
Sale Amount: $14.6 million

Sale Date: Nov. 9, 2006

26. Grosvenor Square GetsNew Ownership Group - Thursday, November 16, 2006
     Midtown apartment complex Grosvenor Square has a new ownership group, after limited liability company Belvedere Central LLC bought the property recently for $750,000. The sellers were Joseph C. Jefferds III, Marion Evans

27. Loeb Properties Adds Eight Shopping Centers To Retail Portfolio - Monday, July 03, 2006

Loeb Properties Inc. recently grew its retail unit with the purchase of eight shopping centers for $12.7 million, a move that brings Loeb's retail portfolio to 104 properties.

The shopping centers were sold by contractors Stewart Austin and Michael Weiss as a package deal. But buying eight shopping centers in one transaction from one seller is not the norm, said Bob Loeb, president of Loeb Properties. Usually, the company buys one property at a time.

28. Archived Article - Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Parcels in four
shopping centers
Loan Amount: $11.4 million

Loan Date: May 25, 2006

Maturity Date: June 1, 2021

29. Archived Article - Tuesday, February 14, 2006

4200 Trenton Drive
Bartlett, TN 38135
Cost: $17.3 million

Borrower: Belvedere Apartments Inc.

Lender: LaSalle Bank NA

30. Quail Ridge ApartmentsFinanced for $17.3 Million - Thursday, February 09, 2006
Belvedere Apartments Inc. has financed Quail Ridge Apartments in Bartlett through LaSalle Bank NA for $17.3 million. The 20.28-acre property near Egypt Central and Altruria roads contains 238 apartment units built in 1996. Belvedere Apartments purcha

31. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Rusco Plans Subdivision Near Houston Levee Road

Rusco Plans Subdivision Near Houston Levee Road

24.78 acres on

Houston Levee Road

Cost: $2.7 million

Borrower: Rusco Co.

Lender: Renasant Bank

Trustee: Michael J. McCarver

Prope...

32. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Friday, July 23, 2004
Quail Ridge Apartments

Quail Ridge Apartments

Sell for $16.6 Million

Belvedere Apartments Inc. has purchased Quail Ridge Apartments at 4200 Trenton Drive in Bartlett for $16.6 million, according to The Daily News Public Records Database, ww...

33. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, March 17, 1998
A four-bedroom, four-bath home in the planned community of CordovaThe Town won a top design award at the Best in American Living awards sponsored by Professional Builder magazine A four-bedroom, four-bath home in the planned community of CordovaThe ...

34. Archived Article: Page 3 - Tuesday, October 08, 1996
Southern Living plan featured at Cordova The Town home show Southern Living plan featured at Cordova The Town home show A home built from a Southern Living magazine plan of the month will be the centerpiece of a month-long home show starting Oct. 18...