Limited lot space, lack of lumber and a labor shortage are just a few of the reasons behind increasing home sales prices in Shelby County.

In June, the average home sales price was $192,514, an 8 percent increase from $178,655 a year ago, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, chandlerreports.com.

2. Events - Saturday, November 25, 2017

Starry Nights at Shelby Farms Park will be open nightly Friday, Nov. 24, through Tuesday, Dec. 29 (closed Nov. 27). Drive through the annual holiday light display, then stop by Mistletoe Village to meet Santa, visit the Starry Petting Zoo, shop local artisans, enjoy live holiday music, and more. Visit shelbyfarmspark.org/starrynights for hours, details and tickets. 

3. Events - Thursday, November 23, 2017

Starry Nights at Shelby Farms Park will be open nightly Friday, Nov. 24, through Tuesday, Dec. 29 (closed Nov. 27). Drive through the annual holiday light display, then stop by Mistletoe Village to meet Santa, visit the Starry Petting Zoo, shop local artisans, enjoy live holiday music, and more. Visit shelbyfarmspark.org/starrynights for hours, details and tickets. 

4. Events - Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Starry Nights at Shelby Farms Park will be open nightly Friday, Nov. 24, through Tuesday, Dec. 29 (closed Nov. 27). Drive through the annual holiday light display, then stop by Mistletoe Village to meet Santa, visit the Starry Petting Zoo, shop local artisans, enjoy live holiday music, and more. Visit shelbyfarmspark.org for hours, details and tickets.

5. Southland Mall Sells In Foreclosure - Thursday, April 7, 2016

1215 E. Shelby Drive
Memphis, TN 38116
Sale Amount: $4.3 million

Sale Date: March 31, 2016
Buyer: 1215 East Shelby Drive Holdings LLC
Seller: Southland Mall Shopping Center LLC
Details: Southland Mall, Memphis’ first enclosed mall when it opened 50 years ago, has sold for $4.3 million in foreclosure.

6. Southland Mall Sells For $4.3M in Foreclosure - Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Southland Mall, Memphis’ first enclosed mall when it opened 50 years ago, has sold for $4.3 million in foreclosure.

The Whitehaven mainstay was bought in a March 31 substitute trustee’s sale by an entity called 1215 East Shelby Drive Holdings LLC. The sale did not include the mall’s two anchor spaces – the Sears store on the west end and the shuttered Macy’s on the east end.

7. Precinct Breakdown Maps Mayoral Race Battlefield - Friday, October 16, 2015

A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of the vote in the Memphis mayor’s race shows Mayor-elect Jim Strickland carried eight of the 10 highest turnout precincts, five of them with better than 65 percent of the vote.

8. Germantown Parkway Parcels Sell for $3.4 Million - Tuesday, May 5, 2015

789 and 725 N. Germantown Parkway
Memphis, TN 38018
Sale Amount: $3.4 million

9. Events - Friday, November 8, 2013

Playhouse on the Square will host Curtain Up: Carnival Noir on Friday, Nov. 8, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the theater, 66 S. Cooper St. The fundraiser will include five different-themed rooms of games, live music, food and cocktails. Tickets are $75. Visit playhouseonthesquare.com.

10. Events - Saturday, February 23, 2013

Make-A-Wish Mid-South will host Wine for Wishes Thursday, Feb. 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Cadre, 149 Monroe Ave. The fundraiser will include food and wine pairings, a silent auction and live music by The Will Tucker Band. Visit midsouth.wish.org.

11. Events - Friday, February 22, 2013

The Gavel Club of Memphis will meet Friday, Feb. 22, at 11:30 a.m. in the Holiday Inn University of Memphis Medallion Room, 3700 Central Ave. Ron Reid, senior agency manager of Memphis Public Library LINC, will speak. Lunch is Dutch treat. Call Bob Gray at 494-8639.

12. Highpoint Church Buys Briarcrest’s East Memphis Campus - Friday, November 9, 2012

After seven years of leasing space for its worship services, Highpoint Church has acquired Briarcrest Christian School Systems Inc.’s property at 6000 Briarcrest Ave. for $7.25 million.

13. Real Estate Gloom Far From Over, Numbers Show - Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The first two months of 2009 are in the books, and the real estate market has shown no signs of improving. For the second straight month, home sales declined by a third from the same month a year ago, proof that housing still needs to dig itself out of a deep hole.

14. Archived Article - Tuesday, February 20, 2007

1215 E. Shelby Dr.
Memphis, TN 38116
Sale Amount: $20 million

Sale Date: Jan. 10, 2007

Buyer: Southland Mall Shopping Center LLC

15. New York InvestorBuys Southland Mall - Friday, February 16, 2007
     Southland Mall at 1215 E. Shelby Drive has sold for $20 million to a New York-based investor. Now public records are giving a little more information about the buyer.
     A limited liabilit

16. Events - Friday, December 29, 2006

MO's Music & Art Café hosts the folk/rock trio Sibella Sunday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 3521 Walker Ave. From 10 p.m. to midnight, blues musician Dave Crowder will team up with bass player Woody Cross to perform. MO's new Blues Burger will be introducted during Crowder's set. For more information, call 324-7892 or visit www.memphisoriginals.com.

17. Q1 Business License Filings Up, Up, Up - Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Shelby County has started the year with business filings at a three-year high, and areas from Cordova to Hickory Hill are getting into the act.

Valarie Thomas, owner of Distinct Wrappers and Beyond, filed for a business license in early January in Cordova because that's where she and her husband live. The business makes custom candy bar wrappers for birthday parties and other special events.

18. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, February 3, 2004
Investors Have No Plans for Vacant Germantown Wal-Mart

Uses Restricted for Vacant Wal-Mart Site

1280 S. Germantown Road

Germantown, TN 38138

Cost: $7.2 million

Borrower: WMT Germantown LLC

Lender: National Bank of Commerce

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19. Archived Article: Commons - Monday, February 23, 1998
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Construction underway on Cordova apartment complex By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Mid-America Apartment Communities has started construction on the Commons at Dexter Lake, an 11-building apartment property at 1501 Germantown ...