Even before he went to federal prison for 25 years on a racketeering conviction in 1995, Danny Owens had a real estate portfolio. The strip-club kingpin who defined the industry in Memphis across a 20-year period owned the old Memphian movie theater and made possible its 1986 sale to Playhouse on the Square by donating $160,000 toward its purchase.

2. New Nonprofit Charts Role in Blight Fight - Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The bulldozer went straight for the leasing office of the former Spanish Oaks apartments on Cazassa Road near Memphis International Airport.

Meanwhile another bulldozer across the two-lane road was deep into demolishing a set of buildings in the old Winchester Park apartments.

3. Wharton Files Blight Suits - Wednesday, October 27, 2010

For months, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has been standing outside old homes and warning owners of the vacant decaying properties that the city is coming with attorneys and legal papers.

On Tuesday he launched the first wave of lawsuits under the state’s Neighborhood Preservation Act.

4. 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

5. Cazassa Crossing Sold Back to Bank - Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Cazassa Crossing apartment complex at 3539 Cazassa Road in Whitehaven has been sold back to the lender, New Jersey-based MFC Funding LLC, following a foreclosure. The bank on April 30 bought the 248-unit complex for $1.4 million on the courthouse steps in a substitute trustee’s deed.