For several weeks Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen and Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson have been talking about what happens to two failing Memphis schools – American Way Middle and Hawkins Mill Elementary.

2. State and SCS DIffer On Future of American Way and Hawkins Mill Schools - Wednesday, February 21, 2018

For several weeks Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen and Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson have been talking about what happens to two failing Memphis schools – American Way Middle School and Hawkins Mill Elementary.

3. Party Leaders: Voter Turnout Trumps Trump - Tuesday, December 19, 2017

The chairmen of the local Democratic and Republican parties are leading very different game plans into the 2018 elections.

While the focus may be local politics and voter turnout, Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong and Shelby County Republican Party chairman Lee Mills are not blind to what is happening nationally.

4. New Academic Year Brings Changes, Familiar Issues - Friday, August 4, 2017

The school year for most students in Shelby County begins Monday, Aug. 7. But teachers and school administrators mentally remain at least a few weeks ahead, if not more – a permanent condition for educators.

5. Last Word: 'Ono Poke and the Ghost of The Luau, Council Day and $3 Concerts - Tuesday, March 21, 2017

The ghost of the Luau lives on. Loeb has a new tenant for the Shops of Chickasaw Gardens called ‘Ono Poke that features Hawaiian cuisine. And the restaurant will be just about on the other side of Poplar Avenue from where the Luau used to stand with its large concrete Easter Island head, Polynesian dishes and Hawaii Five-O era architecture – not the remake, the real Five-O and the real McGarrett.

6. ‘Critical Mass’ - Saturday, June 4, 2016

Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson calls it “a brave new world” after four years of unprecedented changes: the merger and demerger of the county’s public schools systems, the rise of charter schools, the formation of both the state-run Achievement School District and locally run Innovation Zone model, and declining SCS enrollment.

7. Frayser Apartments Again Bought Out of Foreclosure - Tuesday, October 8, 2013

An entity called MRC Memphis LLC has paid $1.2 million for the Whitney Manor and Frayser Manor apartment complexes in Frayser, following a foreclosure of the properties.

8. University Cabanas Sell for $2.1 Million - Tuesday, June 4, 2013

2059 Vollintine Ave., Memphis, TN 38107

Sale Amount: $2.1 million

Sale Date: May 20, 2013

9. Tennessee St. Office Bldg. Again in Foreclosure - Tuesday, January 10, 2012

460 Tennessee St.
Memphis, TN 38103

Sale Amount: $3 million

Sale Date: Dec. 1, 2011

10. $4.4M Renovation Permit Filed for Northside Manor - Thursday, January 5, 2012

Alco Northside Partners LP, an affiliate of ALCO Management Inc./ALCO Properties Inc., has filed a $4.4 million building permit application for interior and exterior renovations at Northside Manor Apartments at 1514 Northside Drive in Frayser.

11. 2010 - Monday, January 4, 2010

Is it over yet? That may be the most frequently asked question in the New Year. “It” is the worst national economic recession since the Great Depression.

Accurately reading the indicators will not be easy. Some will predict the recession is about to end, just as new indicators point to continuing economic agony for thousands of Memphians.

12. Q3 Multifamily Occupancy, Absorption Rates Improve - Friday, October 9, 2009

The Memphis multifamily market fared well during the third quarter amid a difficult economy, as occupancy rates and absorption improved, according to the latest data from CB Richard Ellis Memphis.

13. ‘Hoops of Fire’ Squelch Commercial Real Estate Activity - Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The economy hasn’t extinguished commercial real estate deals, but it certainly has changed the way they get done.

Shane McElveen learned about the tedious process of property acquisition when he looked into buying the High Point Funeral Chapel at 3788 Summer Ave. in the Berclair area. McElveen, who had worked at the chapel as senior vice president, was trying to buy the business from owner G. David Keller.

14. Northside Manor Apts. Face Foreclosure - Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A first-run foreclosure notice appears on Page 31 of today’s paper for Northside Manor Apartments at 1541 Northside Drive. The Frayser apartments are on Northside Drive near the intersection of Thomas (U.S. 51) and North Watkins streets.

15. Troubled Frayser Apartment Complexes Land New Owner - Tuesday, August 18, 2009

3081 St. Charles Drive
and 931 Frayser Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38127

Sale Amount: $2.2 Million
Sale Date: July 22, 2009
Buyer: Group 40 LLC
Seller: Whitney Frayser Manor Memphis LLC
Loan Amount: $1.5 million
Loan Date: July 21, 2009
Maturity Date: July 1, 2012
Lender: Madison Realty Capital LP

16. Foreclosed Apartments Find New Owner - Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The bank that bought the Whitney Manor and Frayser Manor apartment complexes in Frayser out of foreclosure has sold the properties to a Connecticut-based entity called Group 40 LLC. The $2.2 million sale closed in late July.

17. Multifamily Market Dominated By Foreclosure Sales - Thursday, May 14, 2009

Apartment complexes can be found throughout Memphis, but lately it seems the center of the multifamily world is on the courthouse steps Downtown.

Foreclosure sales have dominated the industry’s activity in Shelby County of late, with the most lucrative deals occurring as trustees’ deeds after the original owner defaults on a property or as bank sales after the lender reclaims and resells the property.

18. Neuvo Salon Files Permit For New East Memphis Location - Tuesday, May 12, 2009

5158 Wheelis Drive
Memphis, TN 38117
Permit Amount: $712,367

Project Cost: $712,367
Permit Date: Applied May 2009
Completion: March 2010
Owner: Neuvo Salon
Tenant: Neuvo Salon
Contractor: Construction Solutions LLC
Architect: Thoda and Associates PLLC

19. Frayser Apartments Sold Back to Bank - Thursday, May 7, 2009

The Whitney Manor and Frayser Manor apartment complexes in Frayser have been sold back to the bank that owned the note on them, Madison Realty Capital LP, for a combined $1.2 million following a foreclosure. Whitney Frayser Manor Memphis LLC, a local entity related to the lender, bought the properties April 6 from successor trustee Charles S. Sanger on the courthouse steps.

20. Frayser Apartments Face Foreclosure Sale - Friday, March 13, 2009

The owner of the Whitney Manor and Frayser Manor apartment complexes in Frayser has been foreclosed, and both properties will be sold on the courthouse steps April 6, according to a notice on Page 39 of today’s print edition of The Daily News, and also at The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.

21. Frayser Apartments SoldTo Connecticut Investor - Tuesday, March 20, 2007
     Two Frayser apartment complexes have sold to a Connecticut investor for $2.6 million.
     Whitney Manor Apartments at 1520 Whitney Ave. and Frayser Manor Apartments at 931 Frayser Blvd. were

22. Christensen Named to Top Posts At Leading Medical Facilities - Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Michael L. Christensen has been appointed the Stevens Professor in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy. Christensen also has assumed the directorship of the Pharmaceutical Department of Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, as well as the directorship of the Pediatric Clinical Research Unit at the Children's Foundation Research Center. He is a pediatric clinical pharmacist with expertise in clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, pediatric therapeutics and pediatric clinical trials. The new Stevens professorship was established and funded by Mr. and Mrs. David Stevens.

23. California Investor Buys Trinity Place for $7.9 Million - Tuesday, March 21, 2006

7990 Trinity Road
Cordova, TN 38018
Cost: $7.9 million

Buyer: Kapree Trinity LLC

Seller: Crews Trinity Place LLC

24. Archived Article: Exchange Chg - Thursday, December 18, 1997
Exchange Club Family Center to move to Union Exchange Club Family Center to move to Union By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News The Exchange Club Family Center in Memphis has purchased a building at 2180 Union Ave. and will move its offices from 3000 ...