For more than a decade the Carlisle family’s dream of their One Beale development becoming a reality always seemed just out of reach. 

But when a visibly emotional Chance Carlisle finally announced Tuesday, July 24, that the on-again, off-again project first envisioned by his late father would finally break ground in January, that dream seemed as close to reality as it ever has. 

2. Last Word: One Beale Changes, Treedom and Motel Mirrors in Cooper Young - Thursday, May 24, 2018

For all of the expectation and ambition present in a Memphis where Crosstown Concourse is almost a year old, Shelby Farms Park is an institution and the local economy in general has shaken off a lingering recession that wanted a rent to own deal – there may be some limits to our ambition. At least the scope of some of our ambition, which brings us to the One Beale project at Beale and Riverside.

3. CCRFC Approves Several Lease Agreements - Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The Memphis Center City Revenue Finance Corp. approved two reassignments of payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentives and the refinancing of a lease at its Tuesday, Nov. 15, meeting.

4. The Week Ahead: November 14-20 - Monday, November 14, 2016

Good morning, Memphis! It’s finally feeling like fall outside – just in time for Graceland to flip with switch on Elvis’ Christmas light display. Plus, we have details on a couple of autumn-themed parties, plenty of basketball, and more to keep you busy in The Week Ahead…

5. Downtown Developer Gene Carlisle Laid to Rest - Saturday, June 6, 2015

Downtown developer Gene Carlisle was laid to rest Monday, June 1, following his death late last week. He was 72.

Carlisle was chairman and founder of Carlisle Corp., a multifaceted real estate development firm and restaurant operator, including numerous franchised Wendy’s locations. In 2014, Carlisle Corp. made an equity investment in LYFE Kitchen, which is planning to open two Memphis locations and move its headquarters here.

6. Downtown Developer Gene Carlisle Laid to Rest - Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Downtown developer Gene Carlisle was laid to rest Monday, June 1, following his death late last week. He was 72.

Carlisle was chairman and founder of Carlisle Corp., a multifaceted real estate development firm and restaurant operator, including numerous franchised Wendy’s locations. In 2014, Carlisle Corp. made an equity investment in LYFE Kitchen, which is planning to open two Memphis locations and move its headquarters here.

7. Downtown Memphis Pioneer Gene Carlisle Dies - Saturday, May 30, 2015

Downtown developer Gene Carlisle has died.

Word of Carlisle’s death came Friday, May 29. He was 72.

8. Beale Street Landing Looks Beyond Early Curiosity - Tuesday, July 22, 2014

The Riverfront Development Corp. is filling in a calendar of events at the newly opened Beale Street Landing that stretches into the fall and demonstrates the role of programming in holding the larger public’s interest beyond those coming to the landing now out of curiosity.

9. Downtown Stakeholders Talk Office Space, Riverfront - Friday, July 18, 2014

Office space is moving east in Memphis for now.

But the head of the Downtown Memphis Commission says that doesn’t appear to be a long-term trend.

“I don’t disagree that that’s happened. I disagree that that will continue to happen over the next 20 or 30 years,” Downtown Memphis Commission president Paul Morris said on the WKNO-TV program “Behind the Headlines.” “If you look at it from the longer-term perspective across America, more and more offices are returning to downtown areas.”

10. Riverfront Cornerstone - Saturday, July 12, 2014

Beale Street Landing seems an unlikely choice as a cornerstone, considering its troubled path to completion.

At this point, it’s almost a motto – not on time and over budget, and by a lot on both counts.

11. Core Focus - Saturday, May 11, 2013

The Great Recession silenced construction crews throughout the Memphis area, and that was especially evident Downtown, where ambitious, skyline-changing projects were put on hold, reconfigured or scrapped altogether.

12. Carlisle Corp. Solidifies Development of Chisca - Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Paul Morris hesitated when he started organizing the project launch two weeks ago for the renovation and conversion of the old Chisca hotel into an apartment building.

13. Breaking the Mold - Saturday, February 23, 2013

When Rosemarie Fair was named Broker of the Year in investment sales at last year’s Pinnacle Awards, she became the first woman ever to do so.

Before Fair founded One Source Commercial Inc. in 1993, she worked with Carlisle Corp. in the early 1980s on Beale Street Landing Downtown. She remembers often what her mentor Gene Carlisle taught her – “Somebody will take care of the big stuff, it’s the nickels and dimes that make the difference.”

14. Fair Expands One Source With New Broker, Listings - Tuesday, June 19, 2012

For 15 years, One Source Commercial Inc. has been comprised of one agent: its founder, Rosemarie Fair.

15. Overnight River Cruises to Finance Beale Street Landing - Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. Tuesday outlined a plan to Memphis City Council members to bring overnight and multi-night riverboat cruises back to Memphis as headquarters for the Great American Steamboat Co. The deal would also provide the funding to complete the stalled Beale Street Landing project.

16. Carlisle Corp. Continues Work on New Headquarters - Tuesday, July 6, 2010

263 Wagner Place
Memphis, TN 38103
Loan Amount: $2.1 million

Loan Date: June 15, 2010
Maturity Date: June 15, 2014
Borrower: Carlisle Landing LLC
Lender: Regions Bank

17. Carlisle Corp. Files Building Permit For Downtown Corporate Headquarters - Tuesday, April 27, 2010

263 Wagner Place
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $1.5 Million

Project Cost: $2.7 million
Permit Date: Applied April 2010
Completion: TBA
Owner: Carlisle Corp.
Tenant: Carlisle Corp.
Contractor: N/A
Architect: N/A

18. Carlisle Corp. Files $1.5M Building Permit - Monday, April 26, 2010

Carlisle Corp. has filed a $1.5 million permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to renovate the former One Beale sales center at 263 Wagner Place in Downtown into the company’s new headquarters.

19. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, July 11, 2003
Original Downtown developer corners Wendys market

Original Downtown developer corners Wendys market

By LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

It wasnt much, but considering where Downtown Memphis was at the time, it was something.

In the late 70s...

20. Archived Article: Real Fcs (r.f. Stack) Lj - Tuesday, October 14, 1997
By LAURIE JOHNSON Taking the reins for 1998 Memphis Area Association of Realtors 1998 president, Rosemarie Fair Stack, plans to spotlight philanthropy and education By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News During her upcoming term as president of the Memphi...