3536 Canada Road,
Lakeland, TN 38002

Tenant: Malco Theatres Inc.

Tenant’s Agent: Michael Lightman, Michael Lightman Realty

Landlord: The Lake District

2. Sleep Out Louie Returns, Tennessee Brewery Preps for Phase II - Monday, May 28, 2018

150 Peabody Place, Memphis, TN 38103: After more than a decade, Sleep Out Louie, Memphis’ favorite fictional vagabond, is returning to the Bluff City.

3. Second Convention Center Hotel Has Footprint Beyond City’s Tallest Building - Monday, May 14, 2018

After four years as an emptied out eyesore and lots of promises with very little follow up, the city’s tallest building is at the center of a tentative deal to make it the second convention center hotel.

4. Council Sets Stage for Tax-Rate Votes in June - Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Memphis City Council members take the first of three votes on two ordinances essential to setting the city government budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The ordinances to set the city property tax rate and then allocate how much of the rate goes to debt and other areas are on the Tuesday, May 8, agenda as the council budget committee continues its deliberations.

5. Designs for 3 Downtown Redevelopment Projects Approved - Thursday, October 12, 2017

Plans for three prominent Downtown redevelopment projects received the architectural green light Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 11, from the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Design Review Board.

Developer 495 TN Partners, which includes partners William Orgel, Jay Lindy and Adam Slovis, will be able to begin construction on Phase II of the Tennessee Brewery development at the southeast corner of Tennessee Street and Butler Avenue in the South Main Historic Arts District.

6. The Week Ahead: Aug. 14-20 - Monday, August 14, 2017

Hello, Memphis! School was the big opening last week, but this week it’s the majestic Crosstown Concourse, the 1.5 million-square-foot tower on Cleveland Street at North Parkway. It is hosting a six-hour extravaganza of tours, music, food and the arts. Check out the details, plus more Elvis Week events and other need-to-know happenings in The Week Ahead...

7. Medical District Apartments Sell for $5.2 Million - Thursday, May 25, 2017

A medical district apartment switches hands in a multimillion-dollar deal, a Downtown developer plans an apartment complex near FedExForum, and a California investor buys a local industrial portfolio. Details in this week’s Real Estate Recap...

8. Loflin Yard Pays Attention to Residents - Tuesday, April 5, 2016

This week, a “rural oasis” opens for business in the middle of Downtown Memphis. That’s developer Taylor Berger’s vision for Loflin Yard, an acre-wide outdoor destination with pit barbecue, live music and barrel-aged cocktails.

9. DMC’s Morris Touts ‘Radically Different’ South Main - Thursday, November 12, 2015

One of Paul Morris’ first speeches as president of what was then the Center City Commission was to the South Main Association.

10. Central Station Design Plans Come Into Clearer Focus - Friday, October 30, 2015

A six-screen movie theater and nine multistoried apartment buildings with a total of about 200 units are among the updates in the recently submitted plan for the redevelopment of Central Station.

In its application to the Design Review Board, an affiliate board of the Downtown Memphis Commission, developers submitted their $55 million proposal to turn the Downtown train station into a vibrant mixed-use campus.

11. Firehouse's Red-Hot Potential on Display During Beer Garden - Thursday, September 3, 2015

When the pop-up beer garden event Station 3: The Memphis Fire Haus makes its debut at the corner of Third Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in October, it will be a showcase for a property that has sat vacant since its arena neighbor opened in 2004.

12. South Junction Expansion Plans Go Public - Tuesday, August 4, 2015

A second phase of the South Junction apartments goes before the Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board Wednesday, Aug. 4.

The set of seven three-story apartment building was added to the agenda of the review board Monday afternoon.

13. Woods at Ridgeway Apartments Sell for $18.5 Million - Tuesday, April 7, 2015

6277 Lake Arbor Drive and 6206 Knight Arnold Road
Memphis, TN 38115
Sale Amount: $18.5 million

14. Developer Says Now is Time for One Beale - Tuesday, February 10, 2015

A favorable lending environment and strong demand for Downtown apartments, hotel rooms and meeting space are providing a window for developers to move forward with a skyline-altering hotel and apartment development overlooking the Mississippi River at the foot of Beale Street, a member of the development team told Downtown officials Tuesday.

15. Fogelman Company Launching Retail Center in East Memphis - Tuesday, February 10, 2015

6544 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38118

Permit Amount: $3.2 million

Permit Application Date: February, 2015

16. Victorian Village Homes See Demand - Wednesday, December 3, 2014

A new single-family residential project in the heart of Victorian Village is doing very well, thank you very much.

Five of the eights lots inside Planters Row II, a unique master planned community on Jefferson Avenue in Victorian Village between the Medical Center and Downtown core, are already optioned or under contract after the first day of sales, according to Scott Blake, president of Design 500 Inc.

17. Elvis Presley Enterprises Seeks $70 Million Building Permit for Hotel - Tuesday, November 18, 2014

3600 Elvis Presley Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38116
Permit Amount: $70 million

18. D. Canale Affiliate Buys Property for Distillery - Tuesday, July 29, 2014

301 S. Front St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Sale Amount: $785,000

Sale Date: July 10, 2014
Buyer: Dominick Properties LLC
Seller: 301 South Front Street GP

19. Chisca Hotel Owners File Construction Loan - Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Chisca Hotel ownership group has filed a $17.3 million construction loan to renovate and redevelop the historic South Main Street property.

Main Street Apartment Partners LLC filed the construction leasehold deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, security agreement and fixture filing July 18 through SunTrust Banks.

20. CB Richard Ellis Brokers Four Multifamily Sales - Friday, March 21, 2014

The multifamily group at CB Richard Ellis Memphis has closed on the sale of four properties in the Memphis market over the last several weeks.

Briar Club Apartments, a 272-unit apartment community constructed in 1985, sold for $8.7 million, or $32,093 per unit. Cinnamon Trails Apartments, a 208-unit apartment community constructed in 1989, sold for $8.6 million, or $41,461 per unit. respectively. CBRE Memphis represented the sellers, Briar Apartments LLC and Cinnamon Apartments LLC in the sale to New York based Briar Club LLC and Cinnamon Trail LLC.

21. Campus Connections - Saturday, November 2, 2013

The University of Memphis is in the early stages of updating its campus master plan, and it will seek input from its neighbors as it moves into its next century of higher education.

The U of M has hired the Smith Group JJR of Ann Arbor, Mich., to lead the effort with Memphis-based LRK Inc. serving as the local partner.

22. South Junction Files $14.8 Million Loan - Friday, August 30, 2013

Just a few days after its permits were filed, the development group building the 197-unit South Junction apartments Downtown has taken out a $14.8 million construction loan for the project.

South Junction Partners – through a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) program via the Memphis Center City Revenue Finance Corp. – filed the deed of trust Aug. 27 with SunTrust Bank.

23. 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

24. Henry Turley Co. Files Permits for South Junction - Monday, August 26, 2013

A development group led by Henry Turley Co. has filed a series of building permits totaling $10.4 million for the 197-unit South Junction apartments Downtown.

25. Removing Barriers - Wednesday, June 5, 2013

While enjoying a meal near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Terry Lynch reminisced on the wilting but salvageable Chisca Hotel in Downtown Memphis.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Carlisle Joins Chisca Project - Monday, April 29, 2013

The partners developing the old Chisca hotel on South Main as apartments announced at a Friday, April 26, project launch that Carlisle Corporation is the main partner for the project.

29. Carlisle Joins Chisca Project - Saturday, April 27, 2013

The partners developing the old Chisca hotel on South Main as apartments announced at a Friday, April 26, project launch that Carlisle Corporation is the main partner for the project.

30. Events - Saturday, April 27, 2013

ArtsMemphis will present the Stax to the Max music festival Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. outside the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 E. McLemore St. Admission to the festival is free; discounted museum tickets are $2 between noon and 5 p.m. Visit staxmuseum.com.

31. Events - Friday, April 26, 2013

The 14th annual On Location: Memphis International Film & Music Fest will be held Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28. Films will be screened Friday through Sunday at Malco Studio on the Square, 2105 Court Ave., and the Music Showcase will take place Saturday and Sunday at Purple Haze Nightclub, 140 Lt. George W. Lee Ave. Visit onlocationmemphis.org for a schedule.

32. Chisca Rebirth - Friday, April 26, 2013

“Memphis: The Musical” meets the real life setting Friday, April 26, for the fictional story of a Memphis radio announcer in the 1950s.

Actor Bryan Fenkart will walk about a block on South Main Street from The Orpheum Theater to the old Chisca hotel to perform at the project’s launch party. The party in the hotel’s garage space kicks off the $24 million renovation of the hotel as an apartment building.

33. Events - Thursday, April 25, 2013

Friends for Life will host the fifth annual Dining Out for Life, part of a national fundraiser for AIDS support organizations, Thursday, April 25. Visit diningoutforlife.com/memphis for a list of restaurants donating a portion of proceeds from Thursday sales.

34. Lynch Looks Ahead to Chisca’s Possibilities - Thursday, April 11, 2013

When the cast of “Memphis: The Musical” opens its run at The Orpheum Theatre later this month, they will include an extra performance the afternoon of April 26.

Cast members will sing several selections at the formal opening of the redevelopment of the old Chisca hotel, the real-life setting for the story of a Memphis disc jockey that is the basis for the fictional story line.

35. South Main’s New Life - Saturday, March 2, 2013

The history of the South Main Historic Arts District is as colorful as its present-day users, an alternating rhythm of sorts in Memphis’ songbook.

The area has oscillated from its ritzy suburban roots of the 1800s to the industrial era ghost town of the 20th century and now to its current status as Downtown’s flourishing arts and boutique district and the subject of some $100 million in investment. And it’s all due to stakeholders who braved the status quo in distinguishing the southern end of the Central Business District as that funky place with an indescribable vibe.

36. Council Votes on Sales Tax Referendum - Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Memphis City Council members take the first step toward a fall referendum on a citywide half percent sales tax hike Tuesday, Feb. 4, as they vote on the first of three readings of the referendum ordinance.

37. Filling the Voids - Saturday, February 2, 2013

Last year was a banner year for adaptive reuse projects in Midtown and Downtown.

Developers announced plans for the Sears Crosstown building, Overton Square, Hotel Chisca, James Lee House and old United Warehouse in the South Main Historic Arts District. Construction began on The Pyramid, turning it into a 220,000-square-foot mega-Bass Pro Shop Outdoor World, and Memphis in May moved into its new headquarters at 56 S. Front St., a 14,600-square-foot building that’s on the National Register of Historic Places.

38. Quince Fred’s Super Dollar Sells for $2.1 Million - Tuesday, January 29, 2013

6500 Quince Road, Memphis, TN 38119

Sale Amount: $2.1 million

Sale Date: Jan. 18, 2013

39. Downtown Memphis Commission Celebrates Progress - Monday, October 1, 2012

There was bicycle-powered smoothie preparation, an aerial circus-style art show, Beale Street Flippers, live music outside, a disc jockey inside, and food and drinks from Downtown restaurants and suppliers.

40. Visionary Project - Thursday, August 23, 2012

The reversal of fate for the blighted Chisca Hotel at the intersection of South Main Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, plagued by passive out-of-town ownership and environmental hazards, was set in motion during a phone call about 18 months ago.

41. Chisca Renovation Funding Approved By CCDC - Thursday, July 19, 2012

The Center City Development Corp. approved Wednesday, July 18, $2 million in city funding to redevelop the old Chisca Hotel on South Main Street as an apartment building.

42. Hickory Hill Warehouse Sells for $1.3 Million - Tuesday, July 17, 2012

5837 Distribution Drive
Memphis, TN 38141

Sale Amount: $1.3 million

Sale Date: July 11, 2012

43. Chisca Hotel Project Faces Crucial Votes - Monday, July 16, 2012

Three organizations crucial to the redevelopment of the Chisca Hotel will vote this week on blight remediation and development incentives for the historic Downtown property that has been in dilapidated condition for more than 20 years.

44. Chisca Blight Remediation, Development Incentives Up for Vote - Friday, July 13, 2012

Three organizations crucial to the redevelopment of the Chisca Hotel will vote next week on blight remediation and development incentives for the historic Downtown property that has been in dilapidated condition for the more than 20 years.

45. Barboro Flats Financed for $9.6 Million - Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Barboro Flats, a mixed-use building at 100 S. Main St., has been financed for $9.6 million.

100 South Main Partners filed a 35-year trust deed through Love Funding Corp. for the five-story building’s 92-unit apartment section and 7,000-square-foot ground-floor retail space. The building’s garage was not included in the financing, according to loan documents filed with the Shelby County Register of Deeds.

46. CCRFC Approves Chisca Hotel Tax Break - Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Memphis Center City Revenue Finance Corp. at its Tuesday, June 12, board meeting approved a 20-year PILOT (payment-in-lieu-of-taxes) program for the restoration of the Chisca Hotel led by Main Street Apartment Partners LLC.

47. CCRFC Approves Chisca Hotel Tax Break - Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Memphis Center City Revenue Finance Corp. at its Tuesday, June 12, board meeting approved a 20-year PILOT (payment-in-lieu-of-taxes) program for the restoration of the Chisca Hotel led by Main Street Apartment Partners LLC.

48. CCRFC to Consider Chisca PILOT - Monday, June 11, 2012

A group of local investors spearheading the restoration of the Chisca Hotel will go before the Memphis Center City Revenue Finance Corp. Tuesday, June 12, seeking a pair of incentives as part of the $19.6 million project.

49. Stonebridge Apartments Sells for $22 Million - Tuesday, December 20, 2011

9135 U.S. 64 and 9225 U.S. 64
Memphis, TN 38016

Sale Amount: $21.9 million

Sale Date: Dec. 6, 2011

Buyer: AB Merion Stonebridge LLC

50. Main Street’s ‘Big Hole’ Reaches Symbolic Milestone - Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Today’s topping off ceremony for what once was a giant hole at 100 S. Main St. represents a milestone. By next summer, the property will be the site of a parking garage and 92 apartment units.

51. Housing Divided - Monday, November 23, 2009

A couple of years ago, when Clay Thompson of Memphis decided it was time to stop renting, he set his sights on the Downtown condominium market. He was especially interested in the old warehouses in the South Main Historic Arts District that had been converted to condos.

52. Overlook Apartments Sell for $1.5 Million - Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The 252-unit Overlook Apartments complex at 3085 and 3158 Steele St. in Frayser sold Oct. 1 for a combined $1.5 million to a Chattanooga-based company called UIGTN LLC. The entity bought the property as an REO (real estate owned) asset from LNR Partners Inc. of Florida, which operated in the deal as LBUBS 2001-C3 Steele Street.

53. Developer Files $8M Permit For Barboro Flats - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The development team of the Barboro Flats mixed-used building at 100 S. Main St. Downtown has filed an $8 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to begin the second phase of the project, which is the multifamily component.

54. Building Permit Filed For General Washburn Apts. - Tuesday, January 20, 2009

56 S. Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $5.7 Million

Project Cost: $8 million
Permit Date: Applied January 2009
Completion: Fall 2009
Owner: Downtown Developers LLC
Tenant: Downtown Developers LLC
Contractor: Naylor Construction
Architect: Blackledge Architecture PC

55. Courtyard Hotel Construction Picks Up for ’09 Opening - Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The area surrounding North Main Street and Jefferson Avenue just got busier as construction finally started on the eight-story, 131-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel at the intersection’s southwest corner, on the edge of historic Court Square.

56. Lightman Realty to Begin Phase II of Centennial Gardens - Tuesday, October 14, 2008

7751 Centennial Drive
Memphis, TN 38125
Permit Amount: $10.6 Million

Project Cost: $14 million
Permit Date: Applied October 2008
Completion: 2010
Owner: Michael Lightman Realty Co.
Tenant: Michael Lightman Realty Co.
Contractor: Patton & Taylor Construction Co.
Architect: MMH Hall Architects and Planners Inc

57. Court Square Center Files $5 Million Permit - Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The group redeveloping the Lincoln American Tower and Lowenstein Building for mixed use has filed a $5 million building permit to construct an adjacent Court Square apartment building called CA2. All three buildings will have retail and residential space.

58. Barboro Alley Flats Construction to Begin Oct. 1 - Tuesday, September 2, 2008

100 S. Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $5.5 Million

Project Cost: $18.2 million
Permit Date: Applied August 2008
Completion: 2010
Owner: 100 South Main Partners
Tenant: TBA
Contractor: Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC
Architect: Looney Ricks Kiss Architects Inc.

59. CCRFC to Hear PILOT Request For Apt., Parking Project - Tuesday, August 12, 2008

At today’s Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board meeting, board members will hear a request for a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement for a parking garage and apartments to be built at 100 S. Main St.

60. Greenstone Condo Renovation Approaches Finish Line - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

New York-based Blackstar Capital Partners is nearing completion on its $3.8 million renovation of Residences at The Greenstone, an 18-unit condominium redevelopment on the northeast corner of Poplar Avenue and North Waldran Boulevard.

61. Work Begins OnRadio Center Flats - Wednesday, August 8, 2007
     Construction is under way on Radio Center Flats, the rehab project planned for the former WDIA headquarters at 66 S. Main St. The project is a partnership between Greenhat Partners and Slovis & Associates.
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62. Georgia-Based Developers Find Their Spot in Uptown - Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Hurricane Katrina forced Verlyn and Harold Foley to leave their New Orleans home in 2005 and move to the Atlanta area.

But when the city of Memphis tried to file eminent domain rights on an Uptown property the husband and wife were eyeing for a multifamily building, this real estate development duo decided to stand their ground and fight.

63. Downtown Parking AuthorityTo Consider 'Hole in Ground' Property - Wednesday, April 25, 2007
     The Downtown Parking Authority (DPA) appears poised to select one of four development proposals for the "hole in the ground" at the corner of Main Street and Gayoso Avenue.
     The DPA board

64. New Uptown Townhouse ProjectTargets St. Jude Employees - Friday, February 16, 2007

Developer James Rasberry wants to turn North Main into more than just a street.

Rasberry - who's created upscale condominiums in the Cooper-Young area, developed scores of Downtown
spaces, renovated, converted and built from the ground up many others - is part of a development team that's bringing new townhouses to a previously forlorn stretch of the Uptown neighborhood.

65. Remember the Main - Tuesday, January 2, 2007

In the midst of guiding the development partnership he helped assemble to create what could become the largest African-American-led project ever in Downtown Memphis, Darrell Cobbins heard from an old friend recently.

66. Another Fire Erupts Downtown - Friday, November 10, 2006

A fire in the basement of the former Union Planters Bank headquarters at 67 Madison Ave. drew dozens of firefighters and onlookers early Thursday afternoon.

Smoke filled the air Downtown for the second time in little more than a month as the Memphis Fire Department contained the fire in 22 minutes, said Deputy Chief Donald B. Kuhn.

67. Old Union Planters Building Gets Major Facelift - Tuesday, June 20, 2006

With the Center City Commission (CCC) listing 1,065 condominiums in the Downtown market and with more on the way, a Dallas-based residential development company has decided to go in a different direction.

68. Archived Article: Lead - Friday, January 7, 2005
Downtowns Claridge House Readies for Condos

Claridge House Up for Condo Conversion

Property targets second-home buyers, Downtown workers

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

Homebuyers shopping for a Downtown residence soon will have yet anothe...

69. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, May 4, 2004
10 S

Developer Refinances South Main Apartments

10 S. Main St.

Memphis, TN 38103

Cost: $7.9 million

Borrower: CTB LLC

Lender: Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc.

Trustee: Mid-South Title Corp.

Property: No. 10 Main Apartment...

70. Archived Article: Auction (lead) - Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Mixed building development eyes Islanders

Uptown Area Set for More Development

Mixed-use building to add retail options for Downtowners

ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

About 10 years ago, a group of five people who became friends after sep...

71. Archived Article: Ccrfc (lead) - Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Tax freeze spurs more work in run-down block

Tax freeze spurs more work in run-down block

By STACEY WIEDOWER

The Daily News

A developer who plans to renovate the WT Grant Building at 113 S. Main St. into residential and commercial space ...

72. Archived Article: Pg. 2 (ccrfc) - Wednesday, October 23, 2002
CCRFC grants two tax freezes

CCRFC grants two tax freezes

By SUE PEASE

The Daily News

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. granted tax abatements Tuesday to two developers who plan to invest more than $14 million in Downtown projects. <...

73. Archived Article: Mlc (lead) - Wednesday, April 24, 2002
By JENNIFER MURLEY MLC considers new Midtown construction By JENNIFER MURLEY The Daily News A little known section of the Evergreen Historic District sprinkled with older homes, rental properties and apartment buildings may soon gain another new sin...

74. Archived Article: Schilling Lj - Tuesday, March 19, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Construction on Colliervilles Schilling Farms set to begin By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News In addition to daffodil blooms and the sighting of the first robin, Colliervilles rites of spring this year will include the birth of Schilling...