Twice in the previous three years, SEC media correctly predicted the SEC champion. Both times, they did it by picking Alabama (2014, 2016). They went with Alabama again this year, predicting the Crimson Tide to defeat Georgia in the SEC title game.

2. Council Approves Two Downtown Hotels, Sets Vote on Dairy Expansion - Thursday, December 8, 2016

Memphis City Council members approved two conversions of Downtown buildings into hotels Tuesday, Dec. 6, and set a Jan. 17 date for a public hearing and vote on expansion plans for the Turner Dairy in Overton Square.

3. Council Approves Pair of Downtown Hotels, Sets January Vote on Dairy Expansion - Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Memphis City Council members approved two conversions of Downtown buildings as hotels Tuesday, Dec. 6, and set a Jan. 17 date for a public hearing and vote on expansion plans for the Turner Dairy in Overton Square.

4. Two Hotel Projects Top Council Agenda - Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Two Downtown hotels top a planning and development-heavy agenda for the Tuesday, Dec. 2, session of the Memphis City Council.

The council votes on a special use permit for a 68-room luxury hotel at 477 S. Main St., in a building that until recently had been a graduate school for the Memphis College of Art.

5. St. Jude Planning Renovation Of Tri Delta Place - Thursday, November 17, 2016

350 N. Third St.

Memphis, TN 38105

Permit Amount: $3.5 million

Application Date: November 2016

6. Developer Wins Approval For Downtown Aloft Hotel - Friday, November 11, 2016

Mississippi-based Vibrant Hotels Inc. is one step closer to developing a new full-scale hotel in the heart of Downtown Memphis after its special use permit was approved by the Land Use Control Board Thursday, Nov. 10.

7. Downtown May Get New 12-Story Boutique Hotel - Wednesday, November 9, 2016

A plan to redevelop the former Tenoke Building into a hotel may be revived several years after a similar idea for the vacant Downtown office high-rise fell through.

Vibrant Hotels Inc., an affiliate of Batesville, Mississippi-based development company JVD Enterprises, is seeking a special use permit that would allow the conversion of the century-old Tenoke, located at 161 Jefferson Ave., and the adjacent one-story office at 191 Jefferson Ave. into an “upper-brand franchised full-service hotel,” according to an application filed with the city-county Office of Planning and Development in August.

8. ’08 Foreclosures Set Stage for Rough ’09 - Thursday, January 15, 2009

The most revealing metric for gauging the extent of the foreclosure problem in Shelby County over the course of 2008 isn’t a number at all – though the numbers point to what arguably is a disturbing trend.

9. Events - Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department will observe National Latino AIDS Awareness Day today. Free HIV counseling and testing will be available from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department’s Packer Clinic, 814 Jefferson Ave., Room 221. For more information, call 544-7552.

10. Jefferson Avenue HotelUnder Consideration - Tuesday, June 5, 2007
     Development plans have been submitted to convert the 12-story Downtown high-rise at 161 Jefferson Ave. into a hotel.
     The Memphis-Shelby County Land Use Control Board is scheduled on June

11. Archived Article: Prime2 - Tuesday, November 9, 1999
191 Jefferson Ave 191 Jefferson Ave. for lease or sale Enjoy the convenience of drive-up parking and ground floor office space in the heart of the legal district of Downtown Memphis with this property at 191 Jefferson Ave. Near the courthouse, City ...