4049 Willow Lake Blvd., Memphis, TN 38118 (portfolio)

Sale Amount: $21.8 million

Buyer: Faropoint Ventures

Buyer Rep: Brian Califf, NAI Saig Co.

2. Memphis Pedigree - Friday, March 9, 2018

Hollywood Feed’s newest Memphis store is officially open for business at the corner of Collins Street and Sam Cooper Boulevard. This 5,000-square-foot built-to-suit space replaces their flagship store on Broad Avenue, which currently houses the pet specialty retail chain’s corporate offices and distribution warehouse.

3. City Council Rejects MLGW Gas, Electric Rate Hikes - Thursday, January 11, 2018

Memphis City Council members voted down proposed electric and gas rate hikes Tuesday, Jan. 9, but left the door open to reconsider that.

Approval of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division’s annual budget, which is based in part on such rate revenue, was delayed for two weeks.

4. Harvey's Memphis Remnants Take Out Power to 40,000 - Friday, September 1, 2017

The remnants of Hurricane Harvey “wreaked havoc” in Shelby County Thursday, Aug. 31, according to Memphis Light Gas and Water Division President Jerry Collins.

5. Last Word: The Orange Mound Way, Midtown Apartments and 'I Am A Man' Plaza - Tuesday, August 8, 2017

First day of school redux on Tuesday for students in Memphis Catholic Schools and it is a half-day. The first day of classes in most of the county’s other schools Monday went smoothly. Shelby County Schools reports more than 6,000 students registered on the first day of school despite another concerted effort at numerous events to register students in advance. That’s in a school system of approximately 96,000 students.

6. Last Word: School Days, MLGW Moves Off Beale and Room For Peter Pan To Fly - Monday, August 7, 2017

The K-12 school year begins Monday for most of Shelby County including the state’s largest public school system right here. Some schools have started earlier and some start later. So remember that in your daily travels going forward even if you don’t have school age children.

7. Deep South Drought Kills Crops, Threatens Herds, Dries Lakes - Monday, October 31, 2016

ATLANTA (AP) – Six months into a deepening drought, the weather is killing crops, threatening cattle and sinking lakes to their lowest levels in years across much of the South.

The very worst conditions – what forecasters call "exceptional drought" – are in the mountains of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia, a region known for its thick green forests, waterfalls and red clay soil.

8. Hickory Hill Teen Center Focused On New Heroes - Wednesday, September 21, 2016

On the western end of Hickory Ridge Mall in the corner of a space that was once a video game arcade, there is a super hero’s outfit – a stylized W in the center of the brick-red armored top.

9. Blue-Collar High School - Saturday, July 30, 2016

For all of the changes in public education Memphis has seen in the past six years, there is at least one more big one still on the way.

And it is coming from the city’s post-recession economic development effort.

10. Last Word: The Airport and Hotels, Loans and Musicians and Underground in Town - Tuesday, May 10, 2016

That didn’t take long. Fired one day, hired the next for Dave Joerger now formerly of the Grizz.

11. City Council Sets Stage for Budget Season - Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Two weeks before Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland presents his first budget proposal to the Memphis City Council, the council and administration are setting the stage for the budget season to come.

12. Last Word: Presidents Day In An Election Year, Minority Business and Spring Training - Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Presidents Day in a presidential election year.
Consider the political kaleidoscope of a foggy office-bound or home-bound Monday in Memphis with former President George W. Bush on the tube in the late afternoon defending his brother’s presidential campaign without once uttering the word Trump.
No further word of a Trump appearance promised for Memphis and some of Donald Trump’s own statements Monday suggested that by the time Memphis is on his schedule, he might be running as an independent.
Then there is the obsession in one corner of social media with Supreme Court history in rich detail.
And heads were turned Monday evening by the excerpt on the Grammys from the Broadway musical about Alexander Hamilton – a founding father born in the West Indies who established the nation’s financial system and the Federalist party. He never became a president, in part, because the vice president killed him. Hamilton wasn’t the only one who had been talking bad about Aaron Burr. The top of the ticket, President Thomas Jefferson, had decided to dump Burr from the ticket in the next election and Burr was trying to transition to become governor of New York.

13. Mortgage Market Sees Small January Dip - Thursday, February 11, 2016

Shelby County’s mortgage market kicked off 2016 reflecting a bit of the backwards step other sectors of the economy, such as the stock market, have taken in recent weeks.

Looking at purchase activity, new mortgage numbers available for January show mortgage volume last month slipped 3 percent to $86.7 million, compared with $89.4 million in January 2015. That’s according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, chandlerreports.com.

14. Council Delays MLGW Agenda, Used Car Lot - Saturday, February 6, 2016

The council also delayed for two weeks the entire Memphis Light Gas and Water Division consent agenda after councilman Reid Hedgepeth complained that the utility had done nothing about streetlights that have been out on a street in his district for a month.

15. Council Delays MLGW Agenda, Used Car Lot - Thursday, February 4, 2016

The council also delayed for two weeks the entire Memphis Light Gas and Water Division consent agenda after councilman Reid Hedgepeth complained that the utility had done nothing about streetlights that have been out on a street in his district for a month.

16. Tentative Pinch Development Plan About to Emerge - Wednesday, February 3, 2016

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Bass Pro Shops have agreed on a tentative and general plan for future development of the Pinch District, according to Memphis City Council member Berlin Boyd.

17. Memphis CFO Brian Collins 'Constantly at 50,000 Feet' - Thursday, January 28, 2016

If you think about the city’s chief financial officer at all, you might imagine a robotic figure forever tethered to numbers and a desk, taking a microscopic view of life in search of where to squeeze out a few more dollars here, a few more dollars there.

18. City Council Ends Year With Busy Agenda - Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The last Memphis City Council meeting of 2015 came with few speeches from departing council members and a crowded agenda as well as a few leftovers the new council will have to deal with. It was a mix of a new Beale Street lease, seat backs for some Liberty Bowl bleachers, parking meters and the next phase of Graceland's expansion.

19. Council Delays Central Station and Graceland West Votes - Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Memphis City Council members delayed approval Tuesday, Nov. 17, of the lease agreement and financing of the Central Station redevelopment project for two weeks. And it also delayed a vote on the Graceland West renovation and expansion.

20. Memphis City Council Votes on One Beale Garage Financing - Tuesday, October 6, 2015

The last Memphis City Council meeting before Thursday’s Memphis election day should be a short one given the campaign blitz underway by candidates in the 13 council races as well as the races for Memphis mayor and City Court clerk.

21. Council Explores Retirees Return To Police Ranks - Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Memphis City Council members are exploring the idea of encouraging already-retired police officers to get back in uniform as reserve officers to keep the police force from slipping to less than 2,000 officers.

22. Memphis Mayoral Debate Participants Announced - Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The field is set for an upcoming televised Memphis mayoral debate scheduled for the eve of early voting.

The four mayoral contenders who will participate in the Sept. 17 debate, sponsored by The Daily News and Urban Land Institute Memphis, are incumbent Mayor A C Wharton, city council members Harold Collins and Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Association president Mike Williams.

23. Council Gives Final Approval To Forrest Statue Removal - Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Memphis City Council members gave final approval Tuesday, Aug. 18, to an ordinance setting the stage for removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue in Health Sciences Park

24. Council Budget Committee Recommends $2.5 Million for Brewery Project - Wednesday, May 27, 2015

With a majority of the 13-member Memphis City Council present, the council’s budget committee voted Tuesday, May 26, to recommend $2.5 million in city capital funding for the remake of the Tennessee Brewery as a residential development.

25. Council Remains Critical of City Plans for State Office Building - Thursday, April 23, 2015

The city of Memphis’ information technology department recently signed a new lease for office space at Pembroke Square Downtown.

The city inked the 20,595-square-foot lease as the administration of Mayor A C Wharton Jr. is trying to win council approval to buy the Donnelley J. Hill state office building for $1.5 million.

26. Speedway Calls Off $6 Million Lamar Development - Thursday, April 9, 2015

Speedway LLC called off plans for a $6 million truck stop with 20 gas pumps at Lamar Avenue and Winchester Road Tuesday, April 7, saying they were told just last week that city plans to acquire right of ways would overrule its development plans.

27. Sammons Nomination Approved By Testy Council - Wednesday, April 8, 2015

With an 11-0 vote, the Memphis City Council approved Tuesday, April 7, the return of former council member Jack Sammons to City Hall as the city’s new chief administrative officer.

28. Speedway Calls Off $6 Million Lamar Development - Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Speedway LLC called off plans for a $6 million truck stop with 20 gas pumps at Lamar Avenue and Winchester Road Tuesday, April 7, saying they were told just last week by Memphis leaders that the city’s plans to acquire rights of way would overrule their development plans.

29. Council Critical of Wharton Debt Restructuring - Wednesday, February 18, 2015

First reviews from Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Feb. 17, to Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s plan to restructure the city’s debt payments were harsh and skeptical.

Wharton wasn’t present in council committee sessions Tuesday as council member Jim Strickland played audio of Wharton in 2010 telling council members that the restructuring of city debt then was a “plain vanilla” transaction.

30. Evolving Identity - Saturday, December 20, 2014

Some of the most telling views of Memphis are the ones many of us see for only seconds at a time as we drive on viaducts that take us and our cars just above the treetops and rooftops of older neighborhoods interrupted by the roadways.

31. City Council Could Close Pension Debate - Tuesday, December 2, 2014

At their next-to-last meeting of the year Tuesday, Dec. 2, Memphis City Council members could put to rest the dominant issue they have faced in 2014 – changing the unsustainable trajectory and liability of city employee benefits.

32. Room for Growth - Saturday, October 4, 2014

Sardor and Gulam Umarov are used to fighting battles with seemingly long odds.

Between 2005 and 2009, the brothers waged a high-profile human rights campaign against the authoritarian government in their native Uzbekistan for the release of their father, Sanjar Umarov, a Germantown businessman thrown into prison for opposing the regime.

33. Council Hesitates Over Fire Recruit Class Funding and Charter Restrictions - Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Memphis City Council members discussed a new recruit class Tuesday, May 20, for the Memphis Fire Department that is not in Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s budget proposal.

But council members voted down a plan to come up with the $1.7 million for the class of 100 fire recruits from a $3 million cut in the line item for fire department sick leave, proposed by council member Kemp Conrad.

34. Shelby County Home Sales on the Rise - Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Shelby County experienced a modest increase in home sales in April compared to the same month last year, but sales rose sharply from March and prices continued their upward surge.

Shelby County recorded 1,356 home sales in April, up 2 percent from the 1,335 homes sold in April 2013, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com. However, the 1,356 homes sold in April is up 14 percent from the 1,192 homes sold in March, giving Realtors hope that the market is heating up along with the weather.

35. Raleigh Springs Mall Owners Question City’s Plans - Monday, May 5, 2014

The owners of the Raleigh Springs Mall had been talking with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s administration until late last year about the city’s desire to see a revitalized mall possibly with city government offices.

36. CubeSmart Sells Storage Facility for $7.9 Million - Tuesday, November 12, 2013

2700 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38112
Sale Amount: $7.9 million

Sale Date: Nov. 4, 2013
Buyer: WCP/DSSH Holdings 16 LLC
Seller: CubeSmart LP
Details: Wayne, Va.-based self-storage real estate investment trust CubeSmart LP has sold the U-Store-It facility at 2700 Poplar Ave. in the 38112 ZIP code for $7.9 million.

37. Beale Street Deal Would Pay Handy Park Debt - Thursday, October 17, 2013

The settlement of the last remaining item in the bankruptcy petition of Beale Street developer Performa Entertainment hasn’t gone by any of the scripts the administration of Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has written and rewritten.

38. Council Approves Beale Deal, Delays Highland McDonald's - Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Memphis City Council members sent a plan Tuesday, Oct. 15, to settle the last barrier to direct day to day city control of the Beale Street entertainment district to a federal bankruptcy judge.

The council approved a resolution that would use $400,000 from a dormant city fund related to the abandoned Midtown interstate corridor and $100,000 in revenues it has collected from the Beale Street district to pay off a loan Beale Street developer John Elkington took out for improvements he made to Handy Park.

39. Council Gives Early Approval to Solid Waste Fee - Thursday, September 5, 2013

The Memphis City Council sent a proposed lease of Handy Park on Beale Street back to committee Tuesday, Sept. 3, for more discussion about the details.

And the council approved on the first of three readings a restoration of the city’s solid waste fee to $25.05 a month. But there were conflicting explanations about which part of an overhaul of sanitation services the restoration of the fee is supposed to fund.

40. Armstrong: No Precincts Closing This Year - Friday, August 2, 2013

Three police precincts Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said earlier might have to close if his department continues to take budget cuts will not close in the current fiscal year or the next.

41. Wharton Calls for 'Revenue Director' - Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. wants to hire a city “revenue officer” as a next step in efforts to change financial practices at City Hall.

Wharton also set a schedule of monthly goals through the end of 2013 to discuss with the council such major financial issues as pension plan obligations and employee benefits.

42. MED Buys East Memphis Land for $3.4 Million - Tuesday, December 4, 2012

6525 Quince Road Memphis, TN 38119

Sale Amount: $3.4 million

Sale Date: Nov. 16, 2012

43. Office Condo Owner Files $1.3 Million Loan - Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Collins Corner LLC, the owner of a 10,000-square-foot office condominium at 968 Civic Center Drive in Collierville, has filed a $1.3 million loan on the property.

44. Proposed Gas Tax Advances to November Memphis Ballot - Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Memphis City Council members gave final approval Tuesday, Aug. 7, to a second ballot question for the Nov. 6 ballot in Memphis.

On an 8-3 vote, the council approved on third and final reading the referendum ordinance that puts a one-cent-a-gallon local gas tax to Memphis voters. The same ballot will also include a referendum on a proposed half percent local sales tax hike the council approved in July.

45. Council Rejects 18 Cent Property Tax Hike - Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Memphis City Council members voted Tuesday, March 20, to reject a one-time, 18-cent property tax hike to mop up an estimated $13 million in red ink for the current fiscal year.

Instead the council voted to use $10 million from the city’s reserve fund and cut $3.2 million in the existing budget including money for a voluntary buyout program of some sanitation workers that the Wharton administration has yet to activate.

46. Back into the Fold - Monday, October 3, 2011

Before there was South Bluffs, there was French Fort.

Before the Hernando DeSoto Bridge was built and city zoning regulations placed more distance between commercial, industrial and residential areas, this neighborhood by the trio of older Mississippi River bridges south of Downtown survived in one of the most historic and isolated parts of the city.

47. Home Sales Show Stability, Fall 3 Pct. - Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Now that the holidays are over and spring is around the corner, local real estate agents hope low interest rates and attractive sales prices will heat up the lukewarm housing market.

Shelby County saw 851 home sales in January, down just 3 percent from 881 the same month a year ago, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com.

48. City Council Kills Nondiscrimination Ordinance - Monday, November 29, 2010

With no debate or discussion, a nondiscrimination ordinance for city government died on the second of three readings.

The Memphis City Council voted down the proposal, which would have banned city government from discriminating in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. It got six votes, one short of the seven necessary to pass, on second reading.

49. Council Wants Mediation of MCS Funding Dispute - Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Mediation is the latest direction in a complex school funding morass that is getting more complex by the day.

Memphis City Council members Tuesday voted to have their attorney file a motion in Chancery Court seeking non-binding mediation on how and how much the city should pay the Memphis City Schools (MCS) system in a two-year funding dispute.

50. Midtown CVS Approved By Council - Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Memphis City Council member approved a CVS drug store at Union Ave and Cooper St. on a 10-2 vote that followed a two hour debate.

The council also approved an amendment calling on the developers of the store to get as close as they can in their plans to requirements of the advisory Midtown overlay. The two exceptions to that are restrictions on a drive through window for the pharmacy and how far from the street the building can be.

51. Gaining Speed - Monday, August 16, 2010

For years the Whitehaven community has been fighting against urban decay, crime and economic decline, including the effects of the recent recession.

But with ambitious plans for Graceland in the offing, committed political leadership in place and cooperation from the major players in the area, Whitehaven seems poised to turn an important corner.

52. Renaissance Avenue - Monday, June 28, 2010

When Larry Schmitt bought a two-story building on the corner of Broad Avenue and Collins Street in 1993, he knew the place needed some TLC.

53. Hyneman Sells 3-acre Outparcel Of Lakeland’s Corner Shops - Tuesday, April 6, 2010

2957 Canada Road
Lakeland, TN 38002
Sale Amount: $550,000

Sale Date: March 22, 2010
Buyer: A. Douglas Collins
Seller: Corner Shops LLC

54. Collins Buys Parcel In Lakeland’s Corner Shops - Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Doug Collins has paid $550,000 for a roughly three-acre outparcel of the Corner Shops in Lakeland. The seller was Corner Shops LLC and the sale closed March 22.

55. Wharton Gives Council Hints of Budget to Come - Thursday, March 25, 2010

Before he gives the Memphis City Council the budget numbers next month, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. decided to give the council members a look at his philosophy for governing.

But in his comments Tuesday, Wharton offered a few clues about what the numbers might look like.

56. Braking Point: Inside MATA's identity crisis - Monday, August 24, 2009

The bus system in Memphis has an undeserved “mythology,” according to the people who run it. However, some who ride Memphis Area Transit Authority buses everyday – and many who don’t – contend the system is far from perfect.

57. New Mayor Lowery Braces for First Council Battle - Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Memphis Mayor Pro Tempore Myron Lowery goes to the City Council today with a new nominee for city attorney, former U.S. Attorney Veronica Coleman Davis, and lots of questions from some of his former council colleagues about his dismissal Friday of the old city attorney.

58. There Goes the Neighborhood: New hope emerges in one of Memphis’ roughest areas - Monday, July 6, 2009

Hope and despair have co-existed for a long time along the stretch of Poplar Avenue between Danny Thomas Boulevard and Decatur Street. And for the past two years, the area has seen more change than just about any other inner-city avenue in Memphis.

59. Regional Web Video Shows More Than Just Bubba’s Tricks - Monday, September 15, 2008

Online TV is becoming more and more popular, with one of the most popular online destinations being Youtube.com.

About 20 percent of American households watch TV over the Internet, according to The Conference Board Consumer Research Center and market research firm TNS, which is twice the number from 2006.

60. Jackson Avenue Properties Transformed Into Flea Market - Tuesday, June 17, 2008

3972 Jackson Ave.
Memphis, TN 38128
Sale Amount: $1 Million

Sale Date: May 30, 2008
Buyer: Anthony Joseph Campos Sy, trustee for Anthony Joseph Campos Sy Trust Dated June 26, 2007
Seller: MIP Properties, Craig S. Mednikow and Stacy P. Mednikow
Loan Amount: $380,000
Loan Date: May 30, 2008
Maturity Date: June 1, 2010
Lender: Craig S. Mednikow and Stacy P. Mednikow
Details: Joseph Sy has added the final piece of the puzzle for his forthcoming open-air flea market on Jackson Avenue. Sy, a developer who spends time in Nevada and Memphis, has bought a 17,686-square-foot retail center at 3792 Jackson Ave., south of the Jackson–Interstate 40 interchange.

61. M.J. Edwards Expands With New Funeral Home - Monday, June 9, 2008

M.J. Edwards Funeral Home Inc. has bought a vacant funeral home at 4445 Stage Road in North Memphis for $772,000 from Houston-based Service Corporation International. Operating as M.J. Edwards Hillside Chapel Inc., the company on June 1 held a grand opening for the new locale, called Stage Road Chapel.

62. Events - Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Talk Shoppe will meet today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive. Julia Barreda Willhite of GoBilingual.com will present "How to do Business in the Latino Market." The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Jo Garner at 759-7808.

63. Archived Article - Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Airport Business Park
North of Democrat Road
Sale Amount: $13.8 million

Sale Date: Feb. 21, 2007

64. Cooper-Young Enclave Embraces New Mini Police Precinct - Friday, June 16, 2006

The hustle and bustle that's visible inside 937 Cooper St. - where former Overton Square tenant Square Foods will be re-launched later this month - is one example of how popular the Cooper-Young neighborhood continues to be among businesses, as well as residents, shoppers and casual visitors.

65. Ground-Breaking HeraldsMore Growth in Cooper-Young - Friday, May 12, 2006
The Cooper-Young Development Corp. will break ground on an eight-home project at noon Monday at the corner of Seattle Street and Felix Avenue, just west of McLean Boulevard.
The CYDC will be building the eight houses along Seattle Street in the

66. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, September 24, 2002
By Stacey Wiedower

Home, business owners give new Sam Cooper mixed reviews

By STACEY WIEDOWER

The Daily News

With businesses experiencing a downturn and traffic patterns changing since the Sam Cooper Boulevard extension opened several we...

67. Archived Article: Broad (lead) - Tuesday, April 17, 2001
New Sam Cooper Parkway plan comes before city council Council to hear new Sam Cooper plan By MARY DANDO The Daily News The final draft of the Midtown Corridor East Redevelopment Plan will be considered by the Memphis City Council at a public hearing...

68. Archived Article: Properties - Tuesday, December 10, 1996
Oakley-Keesee Building Oakley-Keesee Building 2700 Poplar Ave. For sale The Oakley-Keesee building at the corner of Poplar Avenue and Collins Street is for sale for $2.8 million. The building has 77,650 square feet and is on 9.24 acres of land. The ...