Memphis City Council members approved the use of Tourism Development Zone revenues Tuesday, Aug. 28, to finance the construction of a second convention center hotel as they delayed any decisions on long-term crowd control and safety measures in the Beale Street entertainment district.

2. In Face of 6-26 SEC Record Over Four Years, Vanderbilt's Mason Believes Team on Brink of a Breakthrough - Monday, July 23, 2018

The question was natural, maybe even innocent. During Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason’s appearance at SEC Media Days in Atlanta last week, he was asked about going on the road to play Notre Dame early in the season, the challenge it would pose.

3. University of Memphis Moves Ahead With Campus Changes - Saturday, November 4, 2017

After completing the Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center practice facility on its Park Avenue campus, the University of Memphis recently pulled a $33.5 million permit to start construction on the parking garage and land bridge over the Southern Avenue railroad tracks – the most-immediate indication of changes on the main campus in the next three to five years.

4. Final Goodbye: Roll Call of Some of Those Who Died in 2016 - Monday, January 2, 2017

Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba's revolutionary leader and Thailand's longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael.

5. More Black Students, and Memphis Students, Suspended in Tennessee Schools - Monday, October 31, 2016

Half of suspensions across Tennessee in the 2014-15 school year were handed out in just 8 percent of schools, many of which serve black students in Memphis.

Statewide, 20 percent of black male students were suspended at least once that year. Black students were also more than five times as likely as white students to be suspended.

6. Berkshire Hathaway Reduces Goldman Sachs, Wal-Mart Stakes - Tuesday, November 17, 2015

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett's company sold some of its Goldman Sachs and Wal-Mart shares during the third quarter, and made several smaller changes to its stock portfolio.

7. Surprising February Home Sales to Continue Through March - Saturday, March 14, 2015

February sales are up again, this time by 12.6 percent compared to last year’s sales for the same month, according to Greater Nashville Association of Realtors sales figures.

What is surprising to those who monitor such data is that the total number of sales is 2,091 units. As recently as 2011, that number was 1,134, up from 2009 and 2010. Such a number was formerly reserved for months like April, the beginning of the spring market, and April only reached a number as high as 2,091 in 2012.

8. Grizzlies Brass Has Challenge In Analyzing Player Minutes - Friday, October 31, 2014

It took but a single game for one of the Memphis Grizzlies’ main dilemmas to present itself. Namely, what’s a coach to do when his starters are playing well and the bench is giving him almost nothing?

9. Luttrell: Voters ‘Dropping Out’ of Process - Thursday, April 24, 2014

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell says “a lack of civility in public discourse” is one of several reasons many Shelby County voters seem uninterested or unaware of this year’s elections in Shelby County.

10. Alzheimer’s Groups Paint Memphis Purple - Tuesday, November 19, 2013

November is Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, and the Alzheimer’s Association’s local chapter and assisted living facilities such as The Gardens of Germantown Memory Care want to paint the town purple to raise awareness about the deadly, irreversible disease.

11. Henry Turley Co. Files Permits for South Junction - Tuesday, August 27, 2013

727 E. Mann Circle; 726. E. Mann Circle; 725 W. Mann Circle; 35 W. Georgia Ave.; 649 Florida St.; 18 W. Carolina Ave.; 9 E. Carolina Ave.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Costs: $1.5 million; $1.5 million; $1.5 million; $1.5 million; $1.5 million; $1.5 million; $1.4 million

12. Historically Hip - Thursday, September 13, 2012

There will be meandering crowds, hand-made art, funky tunes, political campaigning, locally sourced foods and a fireworks display.

More than 400 vendor booths are slated to celebrate this year’s 25th anniversary of the Cooper Young Festival on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the corner of Cooper Street and Young Avenue.

13. Business License Activity Rises 14 Pct. in Q3 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The number of businesses licenses filed with the Shelby County Clerk’s office increased by more than 14 percent to 1,592 in the third quarter compared with 1,391 in third quarter 2010, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.

14. Growth on Tap at BankTennessee - Wednesday, January 12, 2011

At least one local bank is turning the page on 2010 – a year when the Shelby County housing market saw a drop in purchase mortgage activity – by growing its mortgage department.

Collierville-based BankTennessee has added a new mortgage underwriter and mortgage loan officer, moves the bank’s president and CEO Jim Rout said are part of a strategy to grow all areas of the bank and continue extending its reach into its Middle and West Tennessee markets.

15. Trestle Capital Steps Into Downtown - Wednesday, June 16, 2010

A new investment management and consulting firm is preparing to set up shop Downtown after considering spaces in Midtown and in East Memphis’ Ridgeway Center.

Trestle Capital Partners, which will specialize in marketing hedge fund investments to high net-worth investors, has signed a letter of intent to enter into a five-year lease for 890 square feet of commercial space in The Washburn, a mixed-use building at 60 S. Main St.

16. CRE Market Sweats Tight Times - Tuesday, March 16, 2010

From Downtown to the eastern suburbs, from the airport to Millington, the landscape is bleak for commercial real estate brokers.

Everywhere they look, they see signs that the local market has endured and continues to endure its share of black eyes. In the past 12 months, for example, two of the area’s four biggest sales occurred on the Shelby County Courthouse steps.

17. Downtown Businesses Brace for Year Of Change - Wednesday, January 20, 2010

2009 was a less-than-stellar year for Downtown Memphis based on several measures of business and financial activity.

During the past 12 months, the area saw a slump in business license and residential sales activity, rising bankruptcies and a spike in foreclosures.

18. Doctors Bring Clinic, Gelato Bar Downtown - Monday, December 21, 2009

This is the story of two doctors squeezing life back into a dead storefront.

Dr. Carey W. Frix and Dr. Nicole M. Jennings started shopping for a Downtown condominium and wound up revitalizing an entire building. The husband-and-wife physicians have just opened a clinic at 59 S. Main St, where they are also putting in a gelato bar and four loft apartments.

19. Newspaper Circulation May be Worse than it Looks - Tuesday, November 24, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.

20. Adoption Support Center’s McDonald Honored for Successful Work - Friday, November 6, 2009

Michael McDonald knows some of the biggest hurdles in adopting a child come after the deed is done.

21. Q3 Biz Permit Dip Not as Steep - Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Recession casualties in the business sector could be easing, according to the most recent numbers for privilege licenses in the greater Memphis area.

The number of business permits issued during the third quarter slipped by 2.8 percent from the same period a year ago, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com. That compares to an 8.8 percent drop in the second quarter.

22. Service First: Nonprofit orgs struggle to balance client needs with funding shortages - Monday, September 14, 2009

Rahema Barber gazed into the void of the Power House. It looked as though all the art had been wiped away: blank walls, empty rooms and silent space.

What had been a center of creative energy was about to become a shuttered building once again – just six years after the nonprofit Delta Axis had transformed the old coal plant into a venue for contemporary art and film.

23. Transformation of 109-Year-Old Downtown Building Moves Forward - Tuesday, March 31, 2009

59 S. Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $1.5 Million

Project Cost: $2 million
Permit Date: Applied March 2009
Completion: Varies
Owner: Frix Properties
Tenant: Mixed (Frix-Jennings Clinic, coffee shop, apartments)
Contractor: Frix Properties

24. S. Main Renovation Moves Forward - Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Dr. Carey Frix of the Frix-Jennings Clinic in Henderson, Tenn., has filed a $1.5 million permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to build four apartments at 59 S. Main St. Frix is renovating the building into a multiuse property with a medical office, coffee shop and apartments.

25. Mixed-Use DevelopmentsOn Tap at Design Review - Wednesday, October 3, 2007
     Proposed renovations for Downtown buildings at 91 S. Front St. and 59 S. Main St. top the agenda at today's Center City Commission (CCC) Design Review Board meeting.
     The two-story build

26. Design Review BoardConsiders Mixed-Use Projects - Wednesday, September 5, 2007
     A proposed renovation of the three-story mixed residential and commercial building at 59 S. Main St. and renovation of a two-story residential/commercial building at 73 Monroe Ave. are among the topics to be discussed at

27. Medical Office, Coffee Shop Slated for Main Street - Tuesday, August 7, 2007

59 S. Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Cost: $1.7 million

Permit Date: Applied July 2007

Completion: Unknown

28. Have You Seen This Dog? - Friday, June 29, 2007

As any serious parent or pet owner knows (and some would say the two job descriptions amount to the same thing), losing sight of your little ones for even a split second is a heart-stopping experience. One minute they're there, the next minute they're not and you find yourself in a hell of slow-motion panic until you manage to find them.

29. Abandoned Kmart to Find New Lease on Life - Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The Cordova-area retail space formerly home to Kmart is being remodeled to make way for bowling lanes, a mini-golf course, go-kart track, video games, a pizza buffet and more.

The company behind the renovation of that vacant space at 1245 Germantown Parkway is Tulsa, Okla.-based America's Incredible Pizza Co., a company whose properties are veritable palaces of dining and entertainment options.

30. Underutilized Downtown Properties Await Development - Tuesday, August 23, 2005

The 29-story Sterick Building at 8 S. Third St. was once the city's premier office building - and was the tallest structure in the region for several decades.

Today, the 350,883-square-foot building is vacant and faces the same plight of inactivity as nine other historic Downtown properties identified by the Center City Commission.

31. Home Sales Continue Record Climb - Monday, August 1, 2005

2003 was a historic year for residential real estate. 2004 matched that pace, setting an all-time high for home sales in the Memphis market. And most recently, second quarter 2005 numbers outpaced the same period of 2004 by a wide margin.

32. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Thursday, April 7, 2005
Oaklawn Estates Land

Oaklawn Estates Land

Financed for $5 Million

David Miller LLC has financed 226 acres of vacant land near Mt. Airey Road proposed for the Oaklawn Estates Planned Development for $5 million, according to The Daily News On...

33. Archived Article: Trends - Monday, January 31, 2005
By Andy Meek

New Main Revitalization Seeing Progress

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

Little by little, development in the New Main block between Union and Gayoso avenues is taking shape.

In the works. Projects under way include two restauran...

34. Archived Article: Prom 3 (lead) - Friday, February 13, 2004
ANDREW BELL

Promenade Debate Centers on Buildings

Officials, citizens mull over options for library, post office

ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

Although the specific changes that will occur at the six-acre property known as the Memphis Pr...

35. Archived Article: Rosemark P2 - Thursday, December 12, 2002
Austin Peay area subdivision on tap Landowner seeks approval for Rosemark subdivision

By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

A landowner with developments in the Rosemark area is seeking planning approval from the Memphis and Shelby County Land Use C...

36. Archived Article: Neilson (lead) - Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Crye-Leike acquires Neilson Group Crye-Leike acquires Neilson Group By SUE PEASE The Daily News Crye-Leike Realtors acquired Neilson Group Realtors in Memphis this month in a move designed to bolster the companys Midtown office by about 20 agents, C...

37. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, March 13, 2001
The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Tennessee Housing Development Authority partn The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Tennessee Housing Development Authority p...

38. Archived Article: Graphic (crime) - Thursday, July 27, 2000
Incident ZIP code Crime taking a break High temperatures can send crime into remission, which seems to be the trend in June. Crime fell 14.1 percent during the month, compared to May data. Heres a look at the ZIP codes in which any incidents were re...

39. Archived Article: Graphic (bnkrpt) - Thursday, June 22, 2000
Bankruptcies back up Bankruptcies back up The number of petitions filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of West Tennessee for citizens residing in Memphis or Shelby County rose 16.5 percent in May, compared to April. The Westwood a...

40. Archived Article: Graphic (bizlic) - Monday, June 5, 2000
Business is booming Business is booming New and renewed business license filings jumped 16.4 percent in the first five months of the year, compared to the same period in 1999. The Oakhaven/Parkway Village area in South Memphis led the way with 180 l...

41. Archived Article: Graphic (1qbizlic) - Monday, May 1, 2000
Business is booming Business is booming The number of business licenses filed in the Shelby County Clerks Office jumped 15.4 in the first quarter of 2000 in a comparison to the first quarter of 1999. A surge in licenses from the Oakhaven/Parkway Vil...

42. Archived Article: Graphic (bizlic) - Monday, November 22, 1999
Looking up Looking up The number of new and renewed licenses for businesses reporting a ZIP code in Memphis or Shelby County increased over the first 10 months of 1999, compared to the same period in 1998. The 38118 ZIP in south Memphis reported the...

43. Archived Article: Graphic (llcs) - Monday, August 16, 1999
Restricting LLCs Restricting LLCs New state legislation puts additional tax on businesses using the limited liability company designation, which state officials say were undertaxed in the past. Since the Tennessee Secretary of State's Office began r...

44. Archived Article: Gov't (scc) - Monday, June 21, 1999
Budget hike proposal Budget hike proposal goes to Commission By KATHLEEN BURT The Daily News The chairman of the Shelby County Commission budget committee anticipates the proposed county budget, complete with 92-cent tax hike, will be considered by ...

45. Archived Article: Graphic (bizlic) - Monday, April 19, 1999
First quarter business licenses Taking care of business Some ZIP codes showed gains while others declined, but overall the number of business licenses sought in the first quarter from the Shelby County Clerk's Office showed an increase over the same...

46. Archived Article: Graphic (crime) - Friday, January 15, 1999
December crime statistics December crime statistics Law enforcement agencies didn't get a break through the holidays, as perpetrators stayed busy. Oakhaven/Parkway Village and Whitehaven were particularly active areas. Here's a look at crime statist...

47. Archived Article: Graphic (bizlic) - Monday, December 28, 1998
Business is booming Business is booming The number of business licenses containing a complete Memphis or Shelby County ZIP code shows a slight increase in businesses making their home in the area. Here's a comparison of the figures for 1998 and 1997...

48. Archived Article: Bartlett May Dev Lj - Tuesday, May 28, 1996
5-28 Real Review LJ Commercial development up, residential down in Bartlett By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News While the number of residential permits issued in Bartlett is experiencing a slight downward trend during 1996, the number of commercial per...