Memphis International Airport’s $245 million makeover of B Concourse marched toward a September construction launch Thursday with approval of $161 million in related contracts that will create thousands of jobs.

2. The Week Ahead: June 4-10 - Monday, June 4, 2018

Good morning, Memphis. Or should we say, “Hush, y’all.” It’s time again for the annual FedEx St. Jude Classic golf tournament, a Memphis tradition that spans 60 years and has been funneling millions of dollars into the doors at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

3. Hernando de Soto Bridge Lighting Work Begins June 4 - Saturday, June 2, 2018

Work to install new LED lights on the Hernando de Soto Bridge is set to begin Monday, June 4, and will result in lane closures on the bridge for several weeks.

The privately funded installation of Philips LED lights will begin work by closing two lanes on the westbound side of the bridge Mondays through Saturdays from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. through July 14. Two eastbound lanes on the bridge will close July 16-Aug. 25, and times of the overnight closure will be confirmed at a later date.

4. Hernando de Soto Bridge Lighting Work Begins June 4 - Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Work to install new LED lights on the Hernando de Soto Bridge is set to begin Monday, June 4, and will result in lane closures on the bridge for several weeks.

The privately funded installation of Philips LED lights will begin work by closing two lanes on the westbound side of the bridge Mondays through Saturdays from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. through July 14. Two eastbound lanes on the bridge will close during the same days and hours from July 16-Aug. 25.

5. Memphis Launches Public Campaign for Amazon Bid - Thursday, October 12, 2017

Memphis’ bid to land Amazon’s second U.S. headquarters got a new public component Wednesday, Oct. 11, with the launch of a social media push and the lighting of Big River Crossing in Amazon’s signature orange color to help raise the city’s profile amid intense competition.

6. Memphis Marks International Overdose Awareness Day - Thursday, August 31, 2017

As opioid painkiller abuse rises across the nation, Memphians are preparing to mark International Overdose Awareness Day Thursday, Aug. 31.

A ceremony is set for 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Martyr’s Park Downtown, followed by a lighting of the Harahan Bridge and a candlelight procession to Big River Crossing. Guest speakers include Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich and Memphis Police Department chief of special operations Michael Hardy, and names of individuals who have died as a result of addiction will be read.

7. Last Word: Milhaus Sells, Voucher Debate Gets Heated and Boyd's Fly Around - Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Highland Row isn’t fully open yet and it is already up for sale as part of a real estate portfolio. The owner, Milhaus, based in Indianapolis, is a development, construction and property management company that works in mixed use development. And the portfolio being on the market could turn into a recapitalization.

8. DMC Outlines 2017 Plans, Recaps 2016 Successes - Friday, November 18, 2016

The Downtown Memphis Commission is looking ahead with strategies to improve the pedestrian experience, support large-scale hotel developments, attract corporate headquarters both large and small, and enhance the Main Street Mall.

9. Ikea Prepares To Join Retail Landscape In Cordova - Friday, November 4, 2016

The marketplace section of the Ikea Memphis store is still a work in progress six weeks from its Dec. 14 opening.

Shelves are awaiting items in the home organization and storage area. The same is true in the home decoration area. LED fixtures are in place in the lighting area.

10. Residents Embracing Big River Crossing - Tuesday, October 25, 2016

On the first Saturday morning in which it was consistently autumn by the weather conditions as well as the calendar, political leaders on both sides of the Mississippi River walked from Memphis and West Memphis to meet in the middle of the Big River Crossing.

11. The Week Ahead: October 17-23 - Monday, October 17, 2016

This will be a historic week for Memphis, so mark your calendar for Saturday, Oct. 22, when a boardwalk across the Harahan Bridge opens to the public that will give Memphians and visitors alike an intimate experience with the Mighty Mississippi. The Big River Crossing also will link Memphis to West Memphis, Arkansas, and provide bicycle enthusiasts miles of trails along the river levee that will be unique in the world. There’s only one Mississippi River, the world’s second-largest inland waterway, and there’s only one Memphis! This crossing will be an unmatched amenity for the city for years to come.   

12. Editorial: Big River Crossing Will Revitalize Both Sides - Saturday, October 15, 2016

When Big River Crossing, the bicycle and pedestrian boardwalk on the northern side of the Harahan Bridge, has its grand opening Oct. 22, it will be a busy day.

The RiverArts Festival will be underway in South Main. St. Jude will be holding a bicycling event on the riverfront. And that evening, local officialdom will gather again to throw the switch on the LED lighting that will illuminate the Harahan, in addition to the regular lighting at a lower level on the boardwalk.

13. September 2-8, 2016: This week in Memphis history - Saturday, September 3, 2016

2011: The Shelby County Commission has a list of 100 citizens interested in being appointed to seven positions on what will be a new 23-member countywide school board.
The board, which will serve in the move to a consolidated public school system for all of Shelby County, includes all nine current Memphis City Schools board members and all seven Shelby County Schools board members. Meanwhile, appointments are also being made to the Transition Planning Commission, which will make recommendations on the structure of the schools merger.

14. Last Word: Candlelight Protest, International Paper Rumors and Ruby Wilson - Monday, August 15, 2016

Graceland and Black Lives Matter meet again Monday evening, according to the announcement as the weekend began of the Coalition of Concerned Citizens.

The coalition, which includes leaders of the July 10 bridge protest as well as the July 12 protest that briefly blocked traffic on Elvis Presley Boulevard outside Graceland, isn’t too happy with how its meeting with Mayor Jim Strickland went last Thursday.

15. Big River Crossing View Debuts Online Until October - Friday, July 15, 2016

The view from the Big River Crossing that debuted online Thursday, July 14, shows just how wide the Mississippi River is at Memphis.

The 360-degree view offered on the website www.bigrivercrossing.com is the only view available to the public from the boardwalk on the northern side of the Harahan Bridge until the crossing opens Oct. 22.

16. Big River Crossing To Open In October - Tuesday, July 12, 2016

The Harahan Bridge across the Mississippi River marks its 100th anniversary this week with an eye toward the Oct. 22 opening of the Big River Crossing.

The crossing on the north side of the bridge is a $17.5 million pedestrian and bicycle boardwalk over the river.

17. Storied University of Memphis Railroad Right Of Way To Become Safer, Greener - Saturday, July 9, 2016

When classes resume at the University of Memphis in August, the unofficial campus tradition of crossing the railroad tracks along Southern Avenue will change.

Students on foot will no longer be able to cross just anywhere along the 2,000 feet of track between Patterson and Zach Curlin.

18. Last Word: Back On, EDGE and Diversity and Jungle Room Sessions - Friday, June 17, 2016

Are your lights on yet? How is your air conditioning? First came the rain Wednesday night and then came the power outages that stretched into Thursday.

So the last Twitter update from Memphis Light Gas and Water at 8 p.m. Thursday shows 248 outages in the MLGW service area with 2,746 customers still in the dark and the worst heat of the year so far. Those numbers translate to 95 percent of the customers impacted having their power restored Thursday evening.

19. EDGE Adopts Changes to Diversity Policy - Friday, June 17, 2016

After six months of deliberation, the Memphis-Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine has ratified a diversity policy for its five PILOT programs.

The adopted program requires that companies receiving financial incentives from EDGE spend with local and minority-owned businesses an amount totaling 25 percent of the construction costs plus 15 percent of the projected PILOT savings for the duration of the property tax freeze. Exceptional performance will earn a company up to two years on its PILOT. If a company fails to meet the spending requirements, EDGE will reduce the terms of the PILOT by 20 percent or two years, depending on which is less.

20. Last Word: ServiceMaster Details, Loflin Yard Changes and Bridge Lighting - Wednesday, June 15, 2016

The ServiceMaster local incentives for the new Peabody Place headquarters have cleared the first hurdle.

That was the Center City Revenue Finance Corporation’s Tuesday meeting. It’s on to the Center City Development Corporation Wednesday and then EDGE.

21. Donors Providing $12 Million To Light Mississippi River Bridges - Tuesday, June 14, 2016

With the Big River Crossing on the north side of the Harahan Bridge moving toward a fall opening, the city of Memphis has reached an agreement with a group of anonymous donors for the lighting of the bridge by the Oct. 22 opening of the pedestrian and bicycle boardwalk.

22. Council Accepts Donations For Bridge LED Lighting - Saturday, June 11, 2016

Two of the four bridges crossing the Mississippi River will be framed with LED lighting for a fall debut on the city’s riverfront with the October formal opening of the Big River Crossing.

The Memphis City Council approved Tuesday, June 7, accepting $12 million in private donations for the lighting of the Harahan Bridge as well as a conversion of the existing lighting on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge to LED lighting.

23. Council Accepts Donations for Bridge LED Lighting - Thursday, June 9, 2016

Two of the four bridges crossing the Mississippi River will be framed with LED lighting for a fall debut on the city’s riverfront with the October formal opening of the Big River Crossing.

The Memphis City Council approved Tuesday, June 7, accepting $12 million in private donations for the lighting of the Harahan Bridge as well as a conversion of the existing lighting on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge to LED lighting.

24. City Budgets, Stable Tax Rate Approved With Few Amendments - Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Memphis City Council members approved a city operating budget of $666 million and a capital budget of $85 million along with a stable city property tax rate of $3.40 Tuesday, June 7, ending City Hall’s budget season.

25. The Week Ahead: May 30-June 5 - Monday, May 30, 2016

It's time to get this week started, Memphis! Here’s our roundup of local happenings you need to know about, from a Funkadelic party at the New Daisy to a Day of Merrymaking on the Greensward... 

26. Last Word: The Return of Chiwawa, Mud Island's Dilemma and A Good Map - Friday, May 20, 2016

Chiwawa is back. But don’t call it a doughnut shop. And the owner says it won’t be called Chiwawa either. We presume it will still proclaim that Midtown is Memphis.

27. Private Donor Backs Harahan Bridge Lighting - Friday, May 20, 2016

The Harahan Bridge could be getting a $5 million light show. A private donor, working through the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, has backed the multimillion-dollar effort to light up the 5,000-foot-long bridge as part of the greater Main Street to Main Street Multi-Modal Connector Project.

28. Belz Sells Linden Camilla Towers for $14.4 Million - Tuesday, January 26, 2016

256 S. Camilla Street
Memphis, TN 38104

Sale Amount: $14.4 million

Sale Date: Dec. 6, 2015

29. RVC Outdoor Submits Ambitious Mud Island Plan - Thursday, January 14, 2016

RVC Outdoor Destinations, the Memphis-based company headed by Andy Cates, is proposing a conservancy for Mud Island River Park similar to the Overton Park Conservancy. And its proposal seeks an agreement directly with the city for his company to develop the park, bypassing the Riverfront Development Corp.

30. Big River Crossing Work Passes Half Way Point - Saturday, November 14, 2015

The Big River Crossing on the north side of the Harahan Bridge across the Mississippi River passed the 1,000-foot mark for sections of the pedestrian and bicycle boardwalk.

A 180-foot section, which was assembled on the Memphis side of the river and pulled onto the bridge siding last week, put the boardwalk at 1,080 feet in place.

31. Big River Crossing Work Passes Half Way Point - Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The Big River Crossing on the north side of the Harahan Bridge across the Mississippi River passed the 1,000-foot mark for sections of the pedestrian and bicycle boardwalk.

A 180-foot section, which was assembled on the Memphis side of the river and pulled onto the bridge siding last week, put the boardwalk at 1,080 feet in place.

32. Craving Cooper-Young - Saturday, October 10, 2015

If a neighborhood can be said to possess whatever the real estate equivalent is of that new car smell – a sense that there’s something new here to enjoy, of possibilities, of happy things to come – Cooper-Young would seem to have that, in spades.

33. Groups Want More Memphians to Discover River’s Front Yard - Friday, October 9, 2015

Once upon a time it was called the “promenade.” In 1828, two years after the city of Memphis was incorporated, the city’s founders and their successors put it in writing.

The statement – signed by the men who owned 5,000 acres where the Wolf and Mississippi rivers meet – read: “In relation to the piece of ground laid off and called the Promenade, said proprietors say that it was their original intention, is now and forever will be that the same should be public ground for use only as the word imports.”

34. Harahan Bridge Could Get Brighter - Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Memphis civic and business leaders are in the early stages of talking with an anonymous donor about lighting the Harahan Bridge while a Memphis-based movie theater titan is exploring building a new theater Downtown.

35. Wharton: Tourism Is Serious Business - Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Sometimes in tourism, it is the little things that count. But “little” is relative. Consider the digital LED display screen on the west wall of the Memphis Cook Convention Center – big enough to be seen by eastbound traffic on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge – which local leaders debuted this month after three years of planning.

36. City Council Approves Pension Changes - Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Memphis City Council members put to rest Tuesday, Dec. 16, at least the City Hall portion of the debate about city employee benefits and the liability of those benefits by approving changes to the city’s pension plan.

37. Historic Transformation - Thursday, July 11, 2013

Around nine years ago Scott Blake was walking to St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral when he noticed a window in the tower at the historic James Lee House in Victorian Village had been blown out, exposing it to the elements.

38. Changing Current - Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Uptown waterfront along the Wolf River Harbor – the area of the rejuvenated Uptown neighborhood that has for the most part been left out of the revitalization – could soon become a bustling waterfront village, according to a recently released master plan for the area.

39. Exterior Plans for Bass Pro Approved - Friday, March 8, 2013

Bass Pro Shops’ exterior building and site improvements for repurposing the city-owned Pyramid as a destination retailer were approved by the Design Review Board Wednesday, March 6, but the board asked for more time to digest the company’s controversial signage requests.

40. Exterior Plans for Bass Pro Approved - Thursday, March 7, 2013

Bass Pro Shops’ exterior building and site improvements for repurposing the city-owned Pyramid as a destination retailer were approved by the Design Review Board Wednesday, March 6, but the board asked for more time to digest the company’s controversial signage requests.

41. Main Connector - Monday, September 3, 2012

The attention Downtown Memphis’ South Main Historic Arts District and its surrounding areas has received this year has far-reaching implications for future development.

Recent high-profile deals the community has seen get the green light include the Chisca Hotel redevelopment, Storefront Improvement Grant Program, branding efforts with North Star Destination Strategies, growth at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis and Memphis Central Station, a flurry of apartment and loft rehabs, and retail activity with a new athletic club and restaurants.

42. Greener Gateway - Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Work crews unearthed an old concrete planter last week along the rapidly greening median strip along the Plough Boulevard connector to Memphis International Airport. And on Saturday, Aug. 6, they began laying out what will be an M-shaped planter that will be a visual centerpiece of the effort to make Plough Boulevard more of a Memphis gateway for those going to and from the airport.

43. City Beautiful - Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Art is more than something pretty to look at.

In the context of an urban environment, art can give communities identity, provide spaces to gather and literally brighten the landscape of entire neighborhoods.

44. Corporations See Added Value in Volunteer Hours - Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The value of a corporate dollar may have seen some decreases in the last few years, but the value of a corporate hour – a volunteer hour that is – is going up.

In 2009 one volunteer hour was equal to $19.51 in labor value, up from $17.55 in 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2009 the Independent Sector, a coalition of national charities, raised the figure to $20.85.

45. Precision Healthcare Makes Entrée Into Memphis Market - Monday, May 10, 2010

At the start of 2010 the economy was weak and the health care industry was preparing for major reform, but a hidden niche in medical services opened up a vein of opportunity for an expanding business.

46. Mud Island Makeover - Monday, November 30, 2009

In August 1976, Roy Harrover, the Memphis architect who designed such landmarks as Memphis International Airport, Memphis College of Art and the NBC Bank Building wrote a six-page description of a project then known as Volunteer Park.

47. Task Force Defers Return of Cars to Main Street - Friday, May 15, 2009

There may be cars once again on the stretch of Main Street between Exchange Avenue and Peabody Place. But now is not the time, according to a Center City Commission task force on the future of the Main Street Mall.

48. Former FedEx HQ Recast as Aerotropolis - Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The building that served as FedEx Corp.’s initial corporate headquarters is at the center of a rebranding campaign designed to tap into the city’s growing aerotropolis concept.

49. Archived Article - Wednesday, May 31, 2006

TDN: Tell me a bit about your new facility - location, size, how many classes it will facilitate, etc.

KST: The location is on York Avenue between Meda and Young just north of the Urban Arts Commission/Cooper-Young trestle bridge. We think of it as a gateway into Cooper-Young. It is currently 11,000 square feet, but will have 14,000 square feet of useable space once complete. We will be able to triple our capacity for classes, operate a core program for students on a professional track, add community and adult classes and host other local dance groups that require a space with quality floors for safety and more room than they currently have access to. Pilates Central will operate a full service Pilates studio upstairs. NBE is a stakeholder in Heart of the Arts in partnership with Playhouse on the Square. We are two minutes down the street from the new theater location, where we will be able to rent performance space.

50. Archived Article: Lakeland (lead) - Tuesday, October 7, 2003
Lead

Highway 64 Sees More Retail Growth

Big-box retailers could continue to move east

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

When Makowsky Ringel Greenberg LLC opens its latest retail development along U.S. Highway 64 in the Lakeland area, it wil...

51. Archived Article: Airport (lead) - Monday, March 10, 2003
Airport expansion prepares for takeoff

Airport expansion prepares for takeoff

By BRYAN MASSEY

The Daily News

At its board of commissioners meeting Thursday, the Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority plans to recommend a Hernando, Miss....

52. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, July 24, 2001
By JENNIFER MURLEY CDC builds residential development through community involvement By JENNIFER MURLEY The Daily News Two city blocks sandwiched between the site of the $20 million Stax Museum of American Soul Music and the $75 million, 40-acre rede...

53. Archived Article: Walkway Lj - Thursday, November 2, 1995
lj 10/5 cates City requests bids for Riverbluff Walkway By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The city has issued a request for bids for the first phase of the Riverbluff Walkway, which will follow the old Memphis Historic Trail route and feature a "gate...