The basement of the Universal Life Insurance building, a Memphis landmark at Danny Thomas Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, is still defined by the intersection of overhead ventilation shafts and pipes.

2. South City Redevelopment Activity Heating Up - Tuesday, August 22, 2017

The up-and-coming South City neighborhood is enjoying a resurgence of redevelopment activity lately, with the restoration of several historic properties, new multifamily construction and talk of bringing in a grocery store. The city and the Downtown Memphis Commission have been instrumental in the renewed interest, with noteworthy projects including the Clayborn Temple, the Universal Life Building and the demolition of Foote Homes.

3. South City Redevelopment Heats Up With Renovations, New Construction - Saturday, August 19, 2017

The up-and-coming South City neighborhood is enjoying a resurgence of redevelopment activity lately, with the restoration of several historic properties, new multifamily construction and talk of bringing in a grocery store. The city and the Downtown Memphis Commission have been instrumental in the renewed interest, with noteworthy projects including the Clayborn Temple, the Universal Life Building and the demolition of Foote Homes.

4. Flintco Files $25 Million Permit for ServiceMaster HQ - Thursday, June 1, 2017

150 Peabody Place
Memphis, TN 38103

Permit Amount: $25 million

Application Date: May 2017 

5. Methodist University Hospital Continues Modernization - Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Methodist University Hospital is seeking a $2.5 million building permit to continue work on its $280 million modernization project on its campus, 1265 Union Ave.

6. CCDC Approves Grants for Downtown Apartments, Public Art Project - Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Wessman Development’s plans to convert a long-vacant historic building in Downtown Memphis into luxury apartments, a high-end basement bar and coffee shop took another step forward Wednesday, Feb. 15.

7. Panel OKs Downtown Project, Midtown Changes - Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. approved two Downtown projects and changes for Belz Enterprises mixed-use development at Union Avenue and McLean Boulevard in Midtown on Tuesday, Feb. 14.

8. Dave & Buster’s to Open Cordova Location - Thursday, January 19, 2017

7930 Germantown Parkway
Memphis, TN 38133 

Landlord: Brixmor Property Group 

Tenant: Dave & Buster’s 

9. Methodist Hospital Pulls $80M Building Permit - Wednesday, January 18, 2017

An $80 million “interior buildout” permit application for Methodist University Hospital has been filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement.

The permit for the 1265 Union Ave. location lists Turner Construction as the contractor, Juan Self as architect and Mike Sheridan as the engineer.

10. Last Word: The Bloody Shirt of Deannexation, More Boats and The Rise of ioby - Wednesday, March 16, 2016

“Waving the bloody shirt” – get ready to hear that phrase a lot as a deannexation bill continues to be debated in Nashville – the one that the state House approved Monday evening.
There was a palpable frustration at City Hall during Tuesday’s council day that featured a light agenda but lots of attention to several challenges – many of them financial and hidden until recently – that the new mayor and council are facing.
As we mentioned in our Monday evening coverage of this, the skirmish lines over the deannexation bill and the larger issue are very close in Shelby County. Our legislative delegation is split between Memphis Democrats vocal in their outrage over the bill and Republicans in the county outside Memphis who are just as vehement in their support of the bill, especially the parts that apply to Memphis.

11. New Life - Tuesday, September 29, 2015

A development 10 years in the making, the abandoned 33,000-square-foot Universal Life Insurance Co. building is within sight of its new lease on life through the support of public and private partnerships.

12. Self-Tucker Designs Green Center at T.O. Fuller - Saturday, June 20, 2015

T.O. Fuller State Park in Southwest Memphis was the first state park opened for African Americans east of the Mississippi River and just the second park of its type across the country.

The 1,138-acre park, originally built to house African Americans during the Great Depression, was designated Shelby County Negro Park in 1938. The name was changed to T.O. Fuller State Park in 1942 in honor of Dr. Thomas O. Fuller, a prominent African American educator who spent most of his life empowering and educating black Americans during the era of racial segregation by law.

13. Design Board OKs Universal Life Redevelopment - Saturday, June 6, 2015

Developers of the Universal Life building have cleared a key regulatory hurdle.

The Downtown Memphis Commission’s Design Review Board on Wednesday, June 3, approved architects Jimmie Tucker and Juan Self’s plans to redevelop the historic property at Danny Thomas Boulevard and Linden Avenue.

14. Design Review Board OKs Universal Life Redevelopment - Friday, June 5, 2015

Developers of the Universal Life building have cleared a key regulatory hurdle.

The Downtown Memphis Commission’s Design Review Board on Wednesday, June 3, approved architects Jimmie Tucker and Juan Self’s plans to redevelop the historic property at Danny Thomas Boulevard and Linden Avenue.

15. Germantown Parkway Parcels Sell for $3.4 Million - Tuesday, May 5, 2015

789 and 725 N. Germantown Parkway
Memphis, TN 38018
Sale Amount: $3.4 million

16. $200,000 Building Permit Sought at Southland Mall - Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Southland Mall has applied for a $200,000 building permit to make repairs resulting from storm damage last year.

Southland ML Shopping LLC applied for the building permit through the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement. The description of the scope of work was listed as “repairs to interior & tenant.”

17. Universal Life Building Developers Secure Loan - Saturday, April 18, 2015

The Center City Development Corp. approved a $300,000 loan to help get the planned redevelopment of the Universal Life Building across the finish line.

18. Universal Life Building Developers Secure Loan - Thursday, April 16, 2015

The Center City Development Corp. approved a $300,000 loan to help get the planned redevelopment of the Universal Life Building across the finish line.

19. Heritage Trail Redevelopment Plan Resurfaces - Thursday, April 16, 2015

A long-delayed city plan to remake a large swath of Downtown’s southern end appears to be making a comeback.

Memphis Housing and Community Development director Robert Lipscomb said Tuesday that the city expects to receive good news on the Heritage Trail development plan sometime this year.

20. Universal Life Building Developers Acquire Key Public Financing - Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Developers of the Universal Life Building have received approval for two key pieces of financing and a commitment from the city of Memphis to lease about half of the building.

Self-Tucker Properties LLC won approval Tuesday, April 14, for a nine-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement from the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. to renovate the building for office use. Architects Jimmie Tucker and Juan Self, principals of Self-Tucker Architects, also gained approval for $2 million in Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds for the project.

21. ‘History Has Changed’ - Friday, March 21, 2014

The headquarters for Freedom Summer is still being set up and nearby the stage is almost ready for the March on Washington.

The almost-finished exhibit on the black power movement includes an interactive media table that is as bold as the moments and cultural history it offers.

22. Webb Builds on Reputation of Integrity, Efficiency - Saturday, September 7, 2013

Long before the county and city would cleave their school systems, Shelby County Schools saw unprecedented growth as more and more residents filled the neighborhoods that seemed to appear overnight like springtime daffodils.

23. Self-Tucker Focused on Designs to Inspire - Saturday, June 15, 2013

Self-Tucker Architects wants to lift the aspirations of the community through great architecture and design.

The firm is currently involved with a variety of high-profile projects across the area, including the National Civil Rights Museum and the new ground transportation center at Memphis International Airport, and past work includes the Stax Museum, Stax Music Academy and the FedExForum.

24. Self-Tucker Focused on Designs to Inspire - Saturday, June 15, 2013

Self-Tucker Architects wants to lift the aspirations of the community through great architecture and design.

The firm is currently involved with a variety of high-profile projects across the area, including the National Civil Rights Museum and the new ground transportation center at Memphis International Airport, and past work includes the Stax Museum, Stax Music Academy and the FedExForum.

25. ‘Lean and Mean’ - Saturday, June 15, 2013

Architectural firms that were thrown into a deep, dark hole following the Great Recession are finally starting to see light again.

The only worry is that the light at the end of the tunnel is another recession-driven train, threatening to again pummel the architectural community.

26. Experience Keeps Self-Tucker in Game - Monday, October 31, 2011

In the wake of the Great Recession, one local architecture firm is maintaining its focus of designing a better Memphis.

Self-Tucker Architects was founded in 1995 by Juan Self and Jimmie Tucker. Overtime, the firm at 505 Tennessee St. has grown to a staff of 20, including eight registered architects.

27. Tucker's Nonprofit Work Mirrors Architectural Career - Friday, October 6, 2006

Riding a bike or pushing a metal grocery cart, Jimmie Tucker delivered copies of the Memphis Press-Scimitar to about 100 South Memphians every afternoon from 1965 to 1968.

A sixth grader who enjoyed drawing and listening to Memphis soul music from the local recording mecca, Stax Records, Tucker learned the aesthetic nuances of his neighborhood as he made his way down cracked sidewalks on his daily route.

28. 'Close-Knit" and 'Well-Planned' Become Suburban Mantra - Monday, March 20, 2006

A good title for a book about real estate development in Shelby County might be "The Rise and Sprawl of the American Dream."

One chapter could touch on how well-manicured suburbs like Germantown and Collierville have become magnets for growth. Another could show how those growth patterns have carried a few unwanted side effects, such as cookie-cutter subdivisions and retail strip centers.

29. Archived Article: Small Biz - Wednesday, November 24, 2004
By Andy Meek

Self Tucker Embraces Diversity, Individuality

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

You dont have to look far to see the influence of Self Tucker Architects Inc. on Memphiss architectural landscape.

Several of the citys most prominent...

30. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, February 11, 1998
Thompson & Co Thompson & Co. has added three employees: Suzanne Gibson has joined the company as a senior account executive. She formerly was a marketing consultant. Gibson is a graduate of Robert Morris College. Janice Chu Kelly has joined ...

31. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, February 4, 1998
Kevin Mitchell has been promoted from art director to associate creative director at Walker & Associates Inc Kevin Mitchell has been promoted from art director to associate creative director at Walker & Associates Inc. He is a graduate of th...

32. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, January 28, 1998
State Technical Institutes corporate center has added three assistant directors to its staff: State Technical Institutes corporate center has added three assistant directors to its staff: Jane Sipes is the new assistant director of distance learning...

33. Archived Article: Lemoyne - Monday, January 5, 1998
LeMoyne-Owen takes bids LeMoyne-Owen takes bids on renovation of oldest building By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News LeMoyne-Owen College will accept bids through Tuesday for the renovation of Steele Hall, a project which includes constructing a sec...

34. Archived Article: Koinonia Chg - Monday, March 31, 1997
By CAMILLE H Koinonia Church adds building, expands charter service By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Koinonia Baptist Church has borrowed $600,000 from Brownsville Bank to construct a new 15,000-square-foot family life center at its property at 4...