The latest milestone in the comeback of Overton Square came the weekend of the Tony Awards in New York City with the groundbreaking for the new Hattiloo Theater.

For Ekundayo Bandele, the founder of the black repertory theater company who named it for his two daughters, the groundbreaking on what is now a parking lot fronting on Cooper Street represented a milestone for theater in Memphis.

2. Engineers Surviving by Shifting to Market Needs - Saturday, June 15, 2013

Engineering firms are still dealing with an up-and-down economy, one that seems to fly high at times and another that slows almost to a halt.

“We’re a long way from where we were when the recession hit and I don’t know if we’ll ever get back there,” said Scott Barry, president of SSR Ellers Inc. “It’s not back to where it was before the economic crash. It seems like we’re bouncing around the bottom.”

3. Hattiloo Theatre Ready to Rise at Overton Square - Thursday, March 21, 2013

Hattiloo Theatre is preparing to break ground on its build-to-suit facility at Overton Square in Midtown within the next 45 days, as it finalizes some last-minute financing and lines up subcontractors.

4. Fairway Manor to Rise in Westwood - Thursday, December 13, 2012

An $8.5 million public housing project called Fairway Manor soon will break ground in Westwood’s 38109 ZIP code.

The facility at 12 W. Fairway Ave. will include a three-story senior living space and a seven-building townhouse apartment complex with clubhouse. The 110,000-square-foot project will contain 96 units between the two properties.

5. Tying it All Together - Monday, June 25, 2012

Two of the city’s high-profile architecture firms are behind the design enhancement of one of Memphis’ most cherished spots – Overton Square.

LRK Inc. is the architect of record for both Loeb Properties Inc.’s $20 million revitalization of the Midtown theater district and also for the city’s parking garage at Monroe Avenue and Florence Street.

6. National Organization Engineers Without Borders Boosts Memphis Presence - Thursday, April 14, 2011

Starting in June, Memphis will be able to boast a significant addition to its engineering resume, touching on design, education and philanthropy in one fell swoop.

The city is expected to land an official chapter of the Engineers Without Borders-USA – a national organization devoted to helping create a more stable and prosperous world by addressing and providing human necessities such as clean water, power, sanitation and education.

7. Needham Named Public Works Director - Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell has appointed Tom Needham as the new county director of public works. Needham heads a list of mayoral appointments changing the leadership of the department.

8. Luttrell Appoints Needham To Public Works Post - Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell has appointed Tom Needham as the new county director of public works. Needham heads a list of mayoral appointments changing the leadership of the department.

9. UTHSC College of Medicine Names Smith Interim Dean - Wednesday, October 21, 2009

J. Lacey Smith has been named interim dean for the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Smith currently serves as the associate dean of clinical affairs for the College of Medicine and the chief medical officer and executive vice president for UT Medical Group Inc.

10. SSR Ellers Named Employer of Year - Tuesday, July 14, 2009

SSR Ellers, the Memphis office of Smith Seckman Reid Inc., has received the Employer of the Year award from the statewide chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers.

The TSPE selects the Employer of the Year based on employment policies that work to advance the engineering profession. The engineering, design and facility consulting firm was chosen for its use of education and fundraising events to boost employee morale and its demonstrated support of employee participation within various professional engineering societies.

11. Four Memphis Firms Win Engineering Awards - Friday, March 6, 2009

Four Memphis-area firms have won category awards in the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee’s 2009 Engineering Excellence competition.

Allen & Hoshall Inc. received the Energy Category Honor Award for the Davy Crockett Park Energy Conservation Project in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. Askew Hargraves Harcourt & Associates Inc. received the Small Projects Category Honor Award for the Highland/Getwell Force Main and Pumping Station. EnSafe Inc. received the Environmental Category Honor Award for the brownfields remediation of the Smarthouse Way Southern Track in North Little Rock, Ark. Parsons Transportation Group received the Structural Systems Honor Award for the U.S. 90 bridge over Biloxi Bay in Biloxi Ocean Springs, Miss.

12. Playhouse on the Square To Build New Theater - Tuesday, August 19, 2008

60 S. Cooper St.
Memphis, TN 38104
Permit Cost: $8.3 million

Project Cost: $12 million
Project Date: Aug. 12, 2008
Completion: Fall 2009
Owner: Playhouse on the Square
Tenant: Playhouse on the Square
Architect: Morris Architects Planners Inc.
Contractor: Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC

13. Florida Investor Buys SE Memphis Retail Center - Tuesday, August 12, 2008

6990 Shelby Drive
Memphis, TN 38125
Sale Amount: Quitclaim

Sale Date: Aug. 1, 2008
Buyer: Gator Shelby Partners Ltd.
Seller: Shelby Square LLC
Loan Amount: $4.3 million
Loan Date: Aug. 1, 2008
Maturity Date: N/A
Lender: Bank of America NA
Details: Miami-based real estate investment firm Gator Investments, operating locally as Gator Shelby Partners Ltd., has entered the Memphis market with the acquisition of the Shelby Square retail strip center on the northeast corner of Riverdale Road and Shelby Drive.

14. Engineering Firm to Move To Thousand Oaks - Monday, August 4, 2008

CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has filed a $1.2 million permit application with the city-county Department of Construction Code Enforcement to make alterations to office space at Thousand Oaks Business Center near Interstate 240 and South Perkins Road.

15. ACEC of Tennessee ChapterElects Officers - Friday, September 14, 2007
     The Memphis chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Tennessee, which is comprised of more than 30 Memphis engineering firms, has elected its officers and board.
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16. Prestidge Chosen to Head Kroger Delta Division - Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Mark Prestidge has been promoted to president of The Kroger Co.'s Delta Division. The Delta Division is based in Memphis and includes 111 Kroger stores in Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Prestidge succeeds Richard Tillman, who recently announced his retirement after a 42-year career with Kroger. Prestidge previously served as vice president of operations for Kroger's Southwest Division.

17. Melick Tapped to Manage Fixed Income Banking Group at Morgan Keegan & Co. - Wednesday, July 5, 2006

Jordan Melick has joined Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. as a managing director for the firm's Fixed Income Banking Group. Melick previously was managing director of the health care finance team of Minneapolis, Minn.-based Piper Jaffray & Co. He began his career in health financing in 1991 at Detroit-based Comerica Bank.

18. EOCR Name Change Reflects National Presence - Monday, June 5, 2006
    Full-service consulting engineering firm Ellers, Oakley, Chester & Rike Inc. (EOCR) has changed its name to better reflect its partnership with Nashville-based engineering firm Smith Seckman Reid Inc. Effective June 1, the Mem

19. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Judge George Brown Joins National Arbitration Firm

Judge George Brown to Join Arbitration Firm

Judge George Brown will join Resolute Systems Inc. as a private mediator and arbitrator in the companys Memphis office upon his retirement from the ...