I’ve seen school officials have some pretty interesting conversations with parents and students over the last few decades – explaining the school merger comes to mind immediately, of course the demerger too, along with the always charged conversations surrounding busing and even the kidnapping of a child from a school building. But when SCS superintendent Dorsey Hopson met parents and students from Kirby High School Thursday evening in Hickory Hill, it was new ground. The subject was rats – lots of rats.

2. Board to Consider Requests for Madison Apartments, Graceland Master Plan - Friday, September 7, 2018

A new apartment building for Madison Avenue and a master plan for the Graceland campus are among the latest proposals submitted to the Land Use Control Board.

The planning board will consider the requests at 10 a.m. on Oct. 11 at City Hall.

3. Last Word: Two Paths, Council Day, Conley Writes and WIGS Debut - Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Two ways to look at the Fourth of July in Memphis. It was either soggy or the fireworks began early.

For probably less than a minute, the mother accused to killing four of her children last week in southeast Shelby County will make her first court appearance Tuesday morning either in person at 201 Poplar Ave. or by video link from Jail East.

4. Cotton Council Apartments Sell for $6.1 Million - Tuesday, September 23, 2014

1918 North Parkway
Memphis, TN 38112
Sale Amount: $6.1 million

Sale Date: Sept. 16, 2014
Buyer: Lynxco LLC
Seller: Cotton Council Apartments LLC
Details: Lynxco LLC, an affiliate of Rhodes College, has purchased the former National Cotton Council building on North Parkway in Midtown for $6.1 million. Rhodes intends to use it as student housing, according to the school’s website.

5. Belvedere Apartments Come Down for New Kroger Store - Thursday, June 12, 2014

Work is underway this week to bring down the former Belvedere apartments on Union Avenue to make way for the new Midtown Kroger supermarket.

The Delta Division of Kroger is investing $100 million over six years into the overhaul of several Memphis-area stores, including the new Midtown store. The original store, at 1745 Union, will be demolished for a parking lot for the new store.

6. Midtown Kroger Construction to Start - Friday, October 25, 2013

With a few amendments by the Memphis-Shelby County Board of Adjustment Wednesday, Oct. 23, the new Midtown Kroger supermarket rolled out of the planning and zoning process and into preparation for demolition of the old Belvedere apartments building and construction of the new store.

7. 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.”

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. History for Sale - Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Three historic properties in the Midtown and Downtown areas are on the market, all listed with major Memphis commercial real estate firms.

The most recent listing is the Hunt-Phelan house at 533 Beale St., priced at $2.9 million with Henry Stratton and Andy Cates of Colliers International Memphis. The mansion has hosted guests including Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson.

12. Midtown Merchants Form Madison Biz Association - Friday, July 20, 2012

Merchants along Madison Avenue from Cleveland to Cooper streets are forming a business association.

A group of 50 business owners and operations on what is Midtown’s Main Street gathered at Minglewood Hall Wednesday, July 18, to get acquainted and kick off the effort.

13. 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

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. Apartment Conversion, New Condo Construction Planned for North Belvedere - Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Ashley Manor Condo Conversion at
129 and 137 N. Belvedere Blvd.
Sale Amount: $695,000

Sale Date: May 31, 2007

17. 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

18. Archived Article - Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Parcels in four
shopping centers
Loan Amount: $11.4 million

Loan Date: May 25, 2006

Maturity Date: June 1, 2021

19. Quail Ridge ApartmentsFinanced for $17.3 Million - Thursday, February 9, 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

20. Archived Article: Page 3 - Tuesday, October 8, 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...

21. Archived Article: Cordova Sidebar Lj - Tuesday, July 2, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Construction underway on Les Passees show homes in Cordova-The Town The Les Passees Southern Living Home Show, a month-long home show to benefit Memphis oldest volunteer womens organization, will feature three upscale houses currently ...