With its robust pipeline of new projects, Memphis-based full-service architectural, planning and interior design firm LRK is hiring and promoting among its 120-member staff across eight offices in Memphis; Baton Rouge, La.; Celebration, Fla.; Dallas; Little Rock; New Orleans; Princeton, N.J., and Philadelphia.

2. LRK Invests in Talent, Names New Associates - Saturday, September 1, 2018

With its robust pipeline of new projects, Memphis-based full-service architectural, planning and interior design firm LRK is hiring and promoting among its 120-member staff across eight offices in Memphis, Baton Rouge, Celebration, Dallas, Little Rock, New Orleans, Princeton and Philadelphia.

3. University District Set To Begin 1st Phase Of TIF Fund Improvements - Saturday, August 18, 2018

It’s been about two years since the Highland Strip TIF was first created by local development officials to improve public infrastructure in the area surrounding the University of Memphis.

But, since a TIF, or tax increment financing, funds work by allocating a portion of new property taxes generated by a development over period of time, it’s taken some time for the money from new developments along the Strip to add up.

4. Last Word: DEB Comes to Memphis, Collierville's New School and Lamar Avenue - Monday, August 6, 2018

At the end of an eventful week on several fronts, two of those fronts met Saturday evening in Memphis Park. The park, cleared of all remaining Confederate monuments and markers earlier in the week, was the site of the first Le Diner en Blanc in the city. This is an event that takes place in other cities with the Paris DEB 30 years old and still running.

5. East High Sportsplex Has Broader Goal - Monday, August 6, 2018

The first day of the school year usually finds those who run the seven public school districts within Shelby County thinking much further ahead. The start of the school year is something that may have consumed their thoughts about the time they were taking down the Christmas tree last December and preparing for the start of the calendar year.

6. Last Word: The Clean-Up, Strickland On Security and Memphis Urbanism - Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Clean up from weekend storms was the first order of business at the top of the work week and that continues into Tuesday around the city. As Monday became Tuesday, MLGW reported 123 power outages it was working on affecting 2,121 customers.

7. Looney Ricks Kiss: Memphis-Grown Urbanism Spurs World-Class Design - Saturday, June 23, 2018

Crosstown Concourse, a gem of mixed-use urbanism and historic redevelopment, has recently been honored with a spate of awards for its design and innovation. These include the grand prize at the Congress for the New Urbanism’s Charter Awards, and the 2018 TN Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award. Additionally, Crosstown received the 2018 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification, the highest level of LEED certification available.

8. $20M Permit Filed For Bakery Apartments - Saturday, June 9, 2018

The team redeveloping the Wonder Bread bakery and several nearby properties has filed a $20 million building permit application for the apartment portion of the $73 million mixed-use project.

LRK was tapped to handle the design work, while Montgomery Martin Contractors will head up the construction.

9. $20M Permit Filed for Bakery Apartments - Friday, June 8, 2018

The team redeveloping the Wonder Bread bakery and several nearby properties has filed a $20 million building permit application for the apartment portion of the $73 million mixed-use project.

LRK was tapped to handle the design work, while Montgomery Martin Contractors will head up the construction.

10. Crosstown Concourse Wins New Urbanism Award - Saturday, May 26, 2018

Crosstown Concourse took home the grand prize at the Congress for the New Urbanism’s 17th annual Charter Awards. The awards honor local governments, developers, architects, urban designers and others for projects that improve the quality of lives for those who live, work and play in the areas.

11. Crosstown Concourse Wins New Urbanism Award - Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Crosstown Concourse took home the grand prize at the Congress for the New Urbanism’s 17th annual Charter Awards. The awards honor local governments, developers, architects, urban designers and others for projects that improve the quality of lives for those who live, work and play in the areas.

12. Pizza, Donuts and Pinnacle Planned For Midtown - Monday, February 5, 2018

1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN 38104: Two local restaurateurs are looking to carve out their own slice of the Crosstown Concourse with the opening of Elemento’s Neapolitan Pizza.

13. New Pizza Place Coming to Crosstown Concourse - Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Two local restaurateurs are looking to carve out their own slice of the Crosstown Concourse.

Elemento’s Neapolitan Pizza, founded by Adrian Accury and Justin Dorah, will soon begin construction on a new location at 1350 Concourse Ave., according to a $350,000 building permit application filed with the Office of Construction Code Enforcement on Monday, Jan. 29.

14. Crosstown Concourse Earns LEED Platinum Designation - Saturday, January 13, 2018

Crosstown Concourse has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification, with Crosstown believed to be the largest such historic adaptive reuse project anywhere to win this certification.

15. Crosstown Concourse Earns LEED Platinum Designation - Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Crosstown Concourse has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification, with Crosstown believed to be the largest such historic adaptive reuse project anywhere to win this certification.

16. Crosstown Concourse Earns Prestigious LEED Design Award - Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Crosstown Concourse has won a significant design award – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification, with Crosstown believed to be the largest such historic adaptive reuse project anywhere to win this certification.

17. TraVure Developer Unveils East Memphis Project - Friday, November 3, 2017

With two highly-anticipated developments already in the works, Gill Properties has announced plans for a new mixed-use development East Memphis.

Known as The Grove at White Station, the new office/retail development will be located on South White Station Road just north of Poplar Avenue.

18. New Apartments, Offices Headed for Cooper-Young - Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Two new development projects will get underway later this year along Cooper Street in Midtown, following their approval for 11-year PILOTs on Tuesday, Oct. 10.

Both projects received the payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentives by the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board.

19. Week Ahead: Oct. 9-15 - Monday, October 9, 2017

Hey, Memphis! The real NBA and college basketball seasons creep closer with teasing events this week and the schedule of fun things to do is highlighted by the second annual Memphis Food & Wine Festival Saturday evening. Here’s toasting to a great week.

20. Connecting The Pieces - Saturday, October 7, 2017

The Pinch District – a Downtown mini-neighborhood of only a few blocks sandwiched between the Memphis Cook Convention Center, Uptown, The Pyramid and the campus of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – has been a neglected donut hole of development for years, as investments have poured into other areas of Downtown around it.

21. Last Word: The Chamber on Forrest, Different Amazon News & More 2018 Dominoes - Friday, October 6, 2017

The Greater Memphis Chamber rolls out its part of the push by the city administration to get a state waiver for the removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue. Next week is the meeting of the Tennessee Historical Commission with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland showing up to make his pitch. That is even though the chairman of the body has told him the commission will not take up a waiver at the meeting.

22. Pinch District Redevelopment Discussion On Tap - Friday, October 6, 2017

The nine-block area between the Pyramid and the campus of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital known as the Pinch District is set to be remade in transformative fashion as part of the city moving closer to its bicentennial in 2019.

23. City Hall Stands Ready to Assist Brooks Museum - Friday, September 15, 2017

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art’s first and only home is owned by the city of Memphis, and the institution is the state’s largest art museum. Those two facts make city government more than an interested onlooker in what happens next as the museum’s board explores possibly moving out of Overton Park to a newly built facility elsewhere in the city.

24. Dorothy Day House Plants New Roots in Midtown - Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Sister Maureen Griner, the executive director of the Memphis chapter of the Dorothy Day House, says that every night in Memphis there are about 160 families who will be sleeping in a shelter or somewhere inhabitable.

25. Cordova Apartment Community Sells for $27.9M - Thursday, August 10, 2017

The Charleston, a 284-unit apartment community on the east side of Houston Levee Road just south of U.S. 64, has sold for $27.9 million, marking a new chapter for a property that was built just last year.

26. Work Continues at Central Station - Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Work on the $55 million Central Station renovation is continuing as a roughly $1 million building permit application has been filed with construction officials.

The permit, which calls for renovations and additions to 545 S. Main St., lists MATA as both the owner and tenant.

27. Wonder Bread Factory Rebirth Eyed by Chisca Hotel Developer - Wednesday, August 2, 2017

A new plan submitted to city officials would breathe new life into the former Wonder Bread factory that used to fill the Memphis Medical District with the smell of fresh bread before it closed in 2013.

28. Jerry’s Sno Cones Files Permit for Cordova Shop - Thursday, June 8, 2017

In this week’s Real Estate Recap, one of the most iconic dessert spots in Memphis gets ready to expand, Crosstown Concourse is getting ready for its official grand opening and FedEx Ground upgrades its diesel facility...

29. Crosstown Tower Work To Precede Grand Opening - Saturday, June 3, 2017

As Crosstown Concourse’s Aug. 19 grand opening draws closer, Crosstown LLC is preparing infrastructure in the old Sears Tower building with a $2.5 million building permit application.

30. Crosstown Tower Work To Precede Grand Opening - Friday, June 2, 2017

As Crosstown Concourse’s Aug. 19 grand opening draws closer, Crosstown LLC is preparing infrastructure in the old Sears Tower building with a $2.5 million building permit application.

31. East Memphis Office Sells for $17 Million - Thursday, April 20, 2017

6055 Primacy Pkwy.
Memphis, TN 38119

Sale Amount: $17 million 

Sale Date: April 11, 2017

32. 3 Crosstown Tenants Pull $11M in Building Permits - Saturday, April 15, 2017

Three high-profile tenants have filed paperwork with the county to begin construction on their new locations inside Crosstown Concourse.

ALSAC, Crosstown Arts and Farm Burger filed building permit applications totaling $11 million with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement.

33. 3 Crosstown Tenants Pull $11M in Building Permits - Thursday, April 13, 2017

Three high-profile tenants have filed paperwork with the county to begin construction on their new locations inside Crosstown Concourse.

ALSAC, Crosstown Arts and Farm Burger filed building permit applications totaling $11 million with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement.

34. $12 Million Permit Filed For Hickman Building - Thursday, March 2, 2017

240 Madison Ave.
Memphis, TN 38103

Permit Amount: $12 million

Project Cost: $16 million

Application Date: February 2016

35. $12 Million Permit Filed for Hickman Building - Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Montgomery Martin Contractors has filed a $12 million building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to renovate the historic Hickman Building into a mixed-use development that will include the new headquarters of Memphis-based investment firm, SouthernSun Asset Management.

36. $12M Building Permit Pulled for Hickman Building - Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Montgomery Martin Contractors has filed a $12 million building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to renovate the historic Hickman Building into a mixed-use development that will include the new headquarters of Memphis-based investment firm, SouthernSun Asset Management.

37. SouthernSun Converting Historic Downtown Building to New HQ - Saturday, February 25, 2017

SouthernSun Asset Management is preparing to convert part of a historic but long-vacant Downtown building into its new headquarters.

The $16 million project seeks to turn the nine-story Hickman Building, 240 Madison Ave., into a mixed-use project that houses the Memphis-based investment firm's headquarters as well as 40 apartments, 5,000 square feet of street-level retail and a connected parking structure.

38. SouthernSun Converting Historic Downtown Building to New HQ - Saturday, February 25, 2017

SouthernSun Asset Management is preparing to convert a historic but long-vacant Downtown building into its new headquarters.

The Memphis-based investment management firm plans to invest around $16 million to turn the nine-story Hickman Building, 240 Madison Ave., into a mixed-use project that houses its headquarters as well as 40 apartments, 5,000 square feet of street-level retail and a connected parking structure.

39. SouthernSun Converting Historic Downtown Building to New HQ - Saturday, February 25, 2017

SouthernSun Asset Management is preparing to convert a historic but long-vacant Downtown building into its new headquarters.

The Memphis-based investment management firm plans to invest around $16 million to turn the nine-story Hickman Building, 240 Madison Ave., into a mixed-use project that houses its headquarters as well as 40 apartments, 5,000 square feet of street-level retail and a connected parking structure.

40. SouthernSun Converting Historic Downtown Building to New HQ - Saturday, February 25, 2017

SouthernSun Asset Management is preparing to convert a historic but long-vacant Downtown building into its new headquarters.

The Memphis-based investment management firm plans to invest around $16 million to turn the nine-story Hickman Building, 240 Madison Ave., into a mixed-use project that houses its headquarters as well as 40 apartments, 5,000 square feet of street-level retail and a connected parking structure.

41. SouthernSun Converting Historic Downtown Building to New HQ - Saturday, February 25, 2017

SouthernSun Asset Management is preparing to convert a historic but long-vacant Downtown building into its new headquarters.

The Memphis-based investment management firm plans to invest around $16 million to turn the nine-story Hickman Building, 240 Madison Ave., into a mixed-use project that houses its headquarters as well as 40 apartments, 5,000 square feet of street-level retail and a connected parking structure.

42. Brewery District Developer Pulls $1.1M Building Permit - Thursday, February 23, 2017

495 Tennessee St., Memphis, TN 38103: Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC has filed a $1.1 million building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for tenant buildout in the former Tennessee Brewery, located at 495 Tennessee St.

43. Brewery District Developer Pulls $1.1M Building Permit - Saturday, February 18, 2017

Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC has filed a $1.1 million building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for tenant buildout in the former Tennessee Brewery, located at 495 Tennessee St.

44. Brewery District Developer Pulls $1.1M Building Permit - Thursday, February 16, 2017

Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC has filed a $1.1 million building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for tenant buildout in the former Tennessee Brewery, located at 495 Tennessee St.

45. St. Jude Expansion Looks East of Campus - Thursday, January 19, 2017

The city’s plan for the Pinch District between the Pyramid and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital isn’t the only reason the city will seek expanded uses of the Tourism Development Zone and an expansion of a Tax Increment Financing district.

46. New Details of St. Jude Expansion Look to Medical Corridors To The East - Wednesday, January 18, 2017

The city’s plans for the Pinch District between the Pyramid and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are only half of the plan the city will seek expanded uses of the Tourism Development Zone and an expansion of a Tax Increment Financing district for.

47. New Details of St. Jude Expansion Look to Medical Corridors To The East - Wednesday, January 18, 2017

The city’s plans for the Pinch District between the Pyramid and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are only half of the plan the city will seek expanded uses of the Tourism Development Zone and an expansion of a Tax Increment Financing district for.

48. Last Word: Pinch Plans, Fusion On Wheels and The Grizz Main Two - Thursday, November 24, 2016

If surface parking lots had a capitol in Memphis, it would probably be the Pinch. That’s why the general ideas and plans the city is currently exploring for the nine-blocks of the Pinch between the Pyramid and St. Jude can be a bit disorienting.

49. The Pinch District ‘Vision’ Plan Meets Reality - Thursday, November 24, 2016

A final public meeting Tuesday, Nov. 22, on the still tentative redevelopment plan for the Pinch District came with a call by some property owners and a Shelby County commissioner for the city to end a moratorium on approving parcel-by-parcel redevelopment plans in the nine-block area.

50. Pinch "Vision" Plan Moves to Funding Reality - Wednesday, November 23, 2016

A final public meeting Tuesday, Nov. 22, on the still tentative redevelopment plan for the Pinch came with a call by some property owners and a Shelby County Commissioner for the city to end a moratorium on approving parcel-by-parcel redevelopment plans in the nine-block area. It also included some general ideas about and renderings of Overton Avenue becoming a walkable well-lit and more heavily developed east-west corridor between the campus of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

51. City Hall City Leaders Prepare for Pre-Thanksgiving Town Hall on Pinch District Development - Wednesday, November 9, 2016

A town hall meeting Nov. 22 on the city’s plan for redevelopment of the Pinch District Downtown should be the last session to gather public input, said the Memphis City Council member whose district includes the Pinch.

52. Artspace Locks in Rents in Hot Area - Monday, October 3, 2016

A Downtown apartment complex will lock in affordable rents in one of Memphis’ most expensive areas. The South Main Artspace Lofts saw a formal groundbreaking Thursday, Sept. 29, at the giant United Warehouse building at 138 St. Paul Ave., tucked off of South Main.

53. Belz Preparing Peabody Place for ServiceMaster HQ - Thursday, September 29, 2016

150 Peabody Place

Memphis, TN 38103

Permit Amount: $9.5 million

Project Cost: $27 million overall

54. Crosstown Pulls Permit For Performing Arts Center - Saturday, September 24, 2016

Crosstown Concourse contractor Grinder, Taber & Grinder Inc. has applied for an $8.4 million building permit to begin construction on a new theater and performing arts building as part of the concourse campus.

55. Crosstown Pulls Permit For Performing Arts Center - Friday, September 23, 2016

Crosstown Concourse contractor Grinder, Taber & Grinder Inc. has applied for an $8.4 million building permit to begin construction on a new theater and performing arts building as part of the concourse campus.

56. Crosstown Pulls Building Permit for Performing Arts Center - Thursday, September 22, 2016

Crosstown Concourse contractor Grinder, Taber & Grinder Inc. has applied for an $8.4 million building permit to begin construction on a new theater and performing arts building as part of the concourse campus.

57. Historic Mansion Being Restored Into Exclusive French-Asian Restaurant - Wednesday, September 21, 2016

The Nineteenth Century Club, one of the last great mansions of Union Avenue, was slated to become a strip mall. Next door to the 107-year-old building is a Taco Bell, which stands on the site of the Nineteenth Century Club’s former ballroom.

58. Crosstown Concourse Lands 450-Seat Performing Arts Theater - Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A 450-seat theater on the Crosstown Concourse campus will attract national acts and boost the local arts scene.

“It’s a really important priority for Crosstown Arts that everything we do is additive and not directly competitive, and our hope is the same for this theater,” said Todd Richardson, co-director of Crosstown Arts.

59. $11M Theater Planned for Crosstown Concourse - Monday, September 12, 2016

A 450-seat theater on the Crosstown Concourse campus will attract national acts and boost the local arts scene.

“It’s a really important priority for Crosstown Arts that everything we do is additive and not directly competitive, and our hope is the same for this theater,” said Todd Richardson, co-director of Crosstown Arts.

60. Council Likely to Vote On Pinch Plan in 90 Days - Saturday, July 9, 2016

A plan for the redevelopment of the Pinch area is essentially complete and Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration is rounding up grant funds and other financing for elements of the plan, according to Memphis City Council member Berlin Boyd.

61. Council Likely to Vote On Pinch Plan in 90 Days - Thursday, July 7, 2016

A plan for the redevelopment of the Pinch area is essentially complete and Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration is rounding up grant funds and other financing for elements of the plan, according to Memphis City Council member Berlin Boyd.

62. Designers Transform Old Sears Tower, Maintain Its Character - Saturday, June 18, 2016

When it opens in January 2017, the Crosstown Concourse building will place users in the medical, educational and arts professions side-by-side in a 1.5-million-square-foot building.

The developers’ vision for the project is that through cohabitation, different sectors will inspire collaboration and creativity across seemingly disparate operations. That vision translates into the building’s design, which emphasizes community spaces with tenants sharing entrances and even rented space.

63. City Ready to Develop Master Plan for Pinch District - Monday, April 4, 2016

The Pinch District, one of Memphis’ oldest neighborhoods, is getting its time in the spotlight.

The Downtown Memphis Commission, the city of Memphis Division of Housing & Community Development and the city-county Division of Planning & Development are coming together to develop the Pinch’s first master plan in to bring the area up to date with mixed-use buildings and streetscape improvements.

64. Work Begins On Brewery Development - Thursday, February 25, 2016

502 Tennessee St.
Memphis, TN 38103

Permit Amount: $4.5 million

Application Date: Feb. 18, 2016

Tenant: Brewery Master Tenant LLC

Architect: LRK Architects

Contractor: Montgomery Martin Contractors

65. Packed Overton Park Traffic Town Hall Seeks View Beyond Greensward - Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Architect and urban planner Steve Auterman stood before a standing-room-only crowd at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Tuesday, Feb. 2, and made the case for a broader vision of Overton Park.

To Auterman, of Looney Ricks Kiss, it’s a still-developing plan that’s larger than the volatile issue of the Memphis Zoo’s overflow parking on the greensward.

66. Strickland Proposes Mediation in Greensward Controversy - Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is asking leaders of the Memphis Zoo and the Overton Park Conservancy to enter voluntary mediation over parking in the Overton Park Greensward.

67. Overton Park Conservancy Hires Trio of Firms For Park Traffic Study - Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The Overton Park Conservancy has hired a trio of firms led by the design firm Looney Ricks Kiss to recommend solutions to the park’s traffic flow and parking problems.

Working with LRK on the study, agreed to by the conservancy and all of the park’s institutions including the Memphis Zoo, are greenway and trail consultants Alta Planning + Design and engineering consultants Kimley-Horn and Associates.

68. New Owner to Revive Long-Vacant Downtown Block - Tuesday, November 3, 2015

A group of private investors – led by Memphis businessman Michael Cook – is looking to turn a blighted Downtown block into a mixed-use development with covered parking.

Walk-Off Properties LLC bought the nine-story Hickman Building and its accompanying two-story parking garage on Sept. 30 for $1 million. The building, at 240 Madison Ave., sits across from the Fogelman Downtown YMCA.

69. Mix It Up - Saturday, October 31, 2015

Memphis’ development eye is turning inward and upward as mixed-use projects are becoming more common than ever before.

Usually a mode of survival for densely packed cities, residential, office, retail and even manufacturing are cohabitating in single mixed-use buildings or lots as a way to recoup Memphis’ sprawl. Downtown and Midtown are being combed for infill and adaptive reuse possibilities as millennials are moving to the urban core in droves.

70. One Beale, Tennessee Brewery Plans Go to Design Board - Thursday, August 27, 2015

Plans for two of Downtown Memphis’ most high-profile projects are set to go before a key development board next week.

Both the Tennessee Brewery and One Beale development teams have filed applications to be heard by the Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board at its Sept. 2 meeting.

71. One Beale, Tennessee Brewery Plans Go to Downtown Memphis Design Board - Thursday, August 27, 2015

Plans for two of Downtown Memphis’ most high-profile projects are set to go before a key development board next week.

Both the Tennessee Brewery and One Beale development teams have filed applications to be heard by the Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board at its Sept. 2 meeting.

72. One Beale, Tennessee Brewery Plans Go to Downtown Memphis Design Board - Thursday, August 27, 2015

Plans for two of Downtown Memphis’ most high-profile projects are set to go before a key development board next week.

Both the Tennessee Brewery and One Beale development teams have filed applications to be heard by the Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board at its Sept. 2 meeting.

73. Iberiabank Building New Memphis Branch - Monday, August 10, 2015

Iberiabank is expanding its Memphis footprint with another full-service branch in the works along Poplar Avenue east of Overton Park.

The Louisiana-based bank filed a $750,000 building permit in April for 2504 Poplar Ave., where Iberiabank Tennessee market president Greg Smithers said a standalone branch is planned. Set to open in the fourth quarter, it will mark the bank’s eighth branch in the Memphis area, not counting 10 other offsite ATMs included in the bank’s Memphis footprint.

74. 'En Fuego' - Saturday, August 1, 2015

When Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite took office in June 2013, one of the first tasks that landed on his desk was a long-planned regional outlet mall.

The outlet mall, planned for a roughly 33-acre site at Church Road and Interstate 55 in the DeSoto County city, had been on the drawing board for some time, but the recession and its aftermath caused developers and Mississippi officials to put it on hold.

75. LRK Launches Expansion in Downtown Memphis - Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Looney Ricks Kiss is embarking on an expansion of its Downtown Memphis headquarters.

The Memphis-based architecture, planning and design firm is expanding its office footprint by about 60 percent as part of a long-term lease extension at the Toyota Center building adjacent to AutoZone Park, 175 Toyota Plaza.

76. Passion for Architecture Fuels Looney Ricks Kiss' Norcross - Saturday, June 20, 2015

Rob Norcross, a principal at Memphis architecture, planning and design firm Looney Ricks Kiss, has increasingly enmeshed himself into public service, holding positions on several key boards or committees.

77. Hillwood Pays $17.7 Million for FedEx SupplyChain Facility - Tuesday, June 16, 2015

5050 E. Holmes Road and 0 Lamar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38118
Sale Amount: $17.7 million

78. Rollin' On The River - Saturday, May 9, 2015

When the team of planners and developers behind the Harbor Town community on Mud Island wanted to build slimmer streets to promote a more pedestrian-friendly experience, the city of Memphis said they couldn’t do it.

79. Heritage Trail Redevelopment Plan Resurfaces - Thursday, April 16, 2015

A long-delayed city plan to remake a large swath of Downtown’s southern end appears to be making a comeback.

Memphis Housing and Community Development director Robert Lipscomb said Tuesday that the city expects to receive good news on the Heritage Trail development plan sometime this year.

80. Shelby Farms Conservancy Seeks $7.2 Million in Permits - Tuesday, February 3, 2015

6093 N Patriot Lake Blvd.
415 E. Patriot Lake Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38118
Permit Amount: $7.2 million

81. Crosstown Team Seeks 2 Mechanical Permits - Saturday, January 31, 2015

The Sears Crosstown development team has applied for two mechanical permits totaling $7 million.

The Crosstown team applied for the permits through the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for fire protection systems and HVAC improvements. Walker J. Walker Inc. is listed as the contractor for the $5 million HVAC improvements while Security Fire Protection Co. Inc. is listed as the contractor for the $2 million in fire system upgrades.

82. Crosstown Team Seeks 2 Mechanical Permits - Thursday, January 29, 2015

The Sears Crosstown development team has applied for two mechanical permits totaling $7 million.

The Crosstown team applied for the permits through the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for fire protection systems and HVAC improvements. Walker J. Walker Inc. is listed as the contractor for the $5 million HVAC improvements while Security Fire Protection Co. Inc. is listed as the contractor for the $2 million in fire system upgrades.

83. Sears Crosstown Will Receive New Name - Saturday, January 24, 2015

The team behind the redevelopment of the Sears Crosstown site will unveil a new name for the development during a Feb. 21 community groundbreaking ceremony.

“Until now, when Memphians have talked about the building, they’ve called it Sears Crosstown,” the development team said in a statement announcing the groundbreaking ceremony, which will be held 88 years to the day after the initial groundbreaking in 1927. “But Sears is long gone, and the surrounding neighborhood proudly claims the name Crosstown. Now it’s time for something new.”

84. Sears Crosstown Will Receive New Name - Thursday, January 22, 2015

The team behind the redevelopment of the Sears Crosstown site will unveil a new name for the development during a Feb. 21 community groundbreaking ceremony.

“Until now, when Memphians have talked about the building, they’ve called it Sears Crosstown,” the development team said in a statement announcing the groundbreaking ceremony, which will be held 88 years to the day after the initial groundbreaking in 1927. “But Sears is long gone, and the surrounding neighborhood proudly claims the name Crosstown. Now it’s time for something new.”

85. Restoration of Midtown Landmark Days Away - Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Renovation of the historic Nineteenth Century Club building on Union Avenue in Midtown will begin in a matter of days, according to a local preservation group.

Crews from Archer Custom Builders will soon begin restoring the historic mansion to its previous glory, according to Memphis Heritage. LRK Inc. is the architect.

86. Greenprint Advocates Tout Range of Benefits - Thursday, August 28, 2014

After being lampooned for years as one of the worst metro areas in the country for bicyclists and pedestrians, the Memphis region is poised to make a huge leap forward in developing a regional greenway and trail system.

87. 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

88. D. Canale Affiliate Buys Property for Distillery - Friday, July 25, 2014

An affiliate of D. Canale & Co. has bought the Downtown property where it will develop a spirits distillery and public tasting room.

89. D. Canale to Open Distillery, Public Tasting Facility - Friday, July 11, 2014

Longtime Memphis food and beverage wholesaler D. Canale & Co. will develop a spirits distillery and public tasting room at 301 S. Front St. Downtown.

90. Square Entertainment - Thursday, July 10, 2014

Everything about the redevelopment of Overton Square followed a script.

But weather, or bad weather for that matter, can wreak havoc on the best-laid plans.

After acquiring Overton Square and spearheading construction and leasing, landlord Loeb Properties wanted to activate the revived entertainment district with programming that would draw people to the revitalized district.

91. Heart of Arlington - Thursday, June 26, 2014

When Sandy Brewer and her family moved more than eight years ago from Cordova to a turn-of-the-century home just two blocks from Arlington’s Depot Square, she said it felt like taking a step back in time.

92. Kitsinger Continues Downtown Work With The Development Studio - Monday, June 23, 2014

As an architect and planner, Andy Kitsinger worked on large projects whose scale immediately changed areas, even as they were being built.

And he’s also worked on developments and projects that are smaller – sometimes part of the ripple effect of larger projects, but no less important or influential.

93. Local Firms Benefiting from Cycling, Walking Paths - Saturday, June 21, 2014

For years Memphis was labeled as a backwater when it came to walking trails and bike lanes, showing up on list after list highlighting the worst cities for pedestrians and cyclists.

That has changed dramatically over the last several years and there are now 150 more miles of new trails and bike lanes planned over the next three years.

94. Team Setting - Saturday, June 21, 2014

In February, three executives at the Church Health Center moved into a shared office space.

After working in separate silos in separate buildings, which created its own set of headaches, Chief Administrative Officer Jennie Robbins, Chief Operating Officer Michaela Sturdivant and Chief Strategic Officer Ann Langston moved into a new world – an office that all three would use.

95. Loeb Midtown Center Now Fully Leased - Friday, April 11, 2014

Loeb Properties’ Belvedere Collection on Union Avenue in Midtown is 100 percent leased.

Agilitas USA Inc., operating as Results Physiotherapy, signed a new lease for 2,280 square feet in Suites 105-106 at the retail strip center.

96. MalmoMemphis Completes Three Law Firm Leases - Friday, February 28, 2014

Three Memphis law firms represented by MalmoMemphis Real Estate Inc. have renewed their office leases or leased new spaces.

97. Telling Her Own Story - Saturday, February 22, 2014

Long before she was running her own business and co-writing a book, “Women in High Gear,” Amy Howell was a little girl in overdrive.

98. Breaking Through - Saturday, February 22, 2014

If it was just an abstraction or a mere theory, it wouldn’t have a definition in the dictionary or a website. It would simply be another urban myth.

But with a few keystrokes you can go right to www.glassceiling.com. And the dictionary definition of “glass ceiling” is tangible – “an unfair system or set of attitudes that prevents some people (such as women or people of a certain race) from getting the most powerful jobs.” In fact, you can almost see a woman stuck in middle management, briefcase in hand, staring up at that glass ceiling and wondering: Where do I find the ladder that gets me from here to there?

99. This week in Memphis history: December 20-26 - Saturday, December 21, 2013

2012: Memphis got on inch of snow Christmas night into the day after Christmas as northeastern Arkansas got a blizzard with 10 to 14 inches reported there.
– Source: National Weather Service Memphis

100. Gates to Share Creative Vision at Crosstown - Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Internationally acclaimed installation and social practice artist Theaster Gates will be in Memphis this week to share some of the beliefs and perspectives that fuel his creative vision.

Gates’ free, public lecture, “A Way of Working,” will be Saturday, Nov. 16, at Sears Crosstown, 495 N. Watkins St.