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Possible mixed use in the works for East Memphis:

Racquet Club in East Memphis closing

https://dailymemphian.com/article/1400/Racquet-Club-in-East-Memphis-closing

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Mark Fogelman, president of Memphis-based Fogelman Properties’ multifamily real estate company, said, “If this parcel becomes available, in my opinion it would be one of the best development sites the city has seen in years. You could envision a combination for both high-end, high-density rental and for-sale multifamily, as well as high-end retail space.”

Elliot Embry, vice president with NAI Saig, said, it’s probably one of the largest tracts of developable land in East Memphis.

“I think it’s ideally suited for a mixed-use development with higher-end apartments or condominiums,” Embry said. “If you look at the East Memphis market, there’s kind of a lack of that type of higher-end residential.”

 

 

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Maybe the 100th time's a charm?

Memphis to take bids for Fairgrounds hotel-retail site and Mid-South Coliseum

https://dailymemphian.com/section/business/article/1399/Memphis-to-take-bids-for-Fairgrounds-hotel-retail-site-and-Mid-South-Coliseum

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Buoyed by a state-approved tourism development zone, the city of Memphis will take bids for a hotel-retail developer on the Fairgrounds site as part of a $161 million public-private project and go after a private operator as well to repurpose the Mid-South Coliseum.

Mayor Jim Strickland said Monday the city will start the process to take requests for proposals for the private part of the development, 13 acres on Central Avenue, in addition to courting corporate sponsors for the naming rights on a youth sports complex to be a major part of the Fairgrounds site. A developer would be selected in early 2019, according to city information.

Private investment in the project is expected to be $61 million, and the city will put in $90 million, city officials said.

Not only does Memphis want to go to work on a facility that will reshape 22 acres on the Fairgrounds property, it hopes to revive older buildings, too. Ultimately, city officials said, improvements could be the catalyst for bringing the Mid-South Coliseum back to life after more than a decade of dormancy.

 

 

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The city has made a great effort upgrading the Liberty Bowl as much as they can. I know one of the more recent proposals includes demolishing and rebuilding one of the pressboxes.  I really hope that the city hits it out of the park with whatever is done to the fairgrounds. If done right that area can bustle with year round activities highlighted be Tigers games in the fall.

Also, with the closure of the East Memphis Racquet Club, the city/university might want to look at putting tennis courts in the fairgrounds or on the Park Ave Campus.

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Developers plan new homes near U of M

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The satellite imagery has not been updated to reflect the completion of Highland Row (but you can see one of the development's restaurants, Char, labeled).

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2019/01/17/developers-plan-new-homes-near-u-of-m.html?iana=hpmvp_memp_news_headline

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A pair of developers who have been focused on East Memphis for the past five years are turning their attention to the University District.

Richard Wood and Brandon Ayers recently bought 2.3 acres on Ellsworth Street between Midland and Central avenues and are planning to construct 22 homes there.

"We got tired of building the $800,000 and $900,000 houses [in East Memphis]," Wood said. "The $380,000 to $400,000 range was the cost we wanted to get into building. ... Finding dirt [in Memphis] where we can build a $400,000 house [was tough]."

The property had been owned by Milhaus Development LLC — the developers behind the adjacent Highland Row development — and then Cameron Taylor and Lee Patton of Patton & Taylor Enterprises LLC.

Ayers came across the property while living in Highland Row, and Wood said his relationship with Taylor helped him secure it.

They closed on the $1.5 million purchase in December.

"I think it will be a really nice addition [to the neighborhood]," Wood said. "In that area, you’re so close to everything that our target audience will be pretty broad."

The houses will contain three or four bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, and two-car garages in spaces between 2,300 square feet and 2,600 square feet.

Wood said he hopes to break ground on the first two homes in the next few weeks but will wait on the other 20 until he has a better grasp on home demand by type.

He said he's confident in the project, though, because of the success other infill neighborhoods in recent years have had, including the development at East Parkway's intersection with Sam Cooper Boulevard.

He expects all 22 homes to be built within the next 2.5 years.

 

 

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FINALLY!

U of M files $25M permit for new recreation center

https://dailymemphian.com/article/3323/U-of-M-files-25M-permit-for-new-recreation-center

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A $25 million building permit has been filed for construction of a new recreation center at the University of Memphis.

The new 80,000-square-foot recreation center will be located on Southern Avenue, adjacent to the existing Larry O. Finch recreation center, which will remain, and the new pedestrian land bridge that is expected to be completed in August. 

The new facility will feature a demonstration kitchen for nutrition classes, classrooms for exercise and sport science students, a gymnasium and fitness space and an outdoor pool, said Amanda Whitaker, senior project manager at ANF Architects.

In a recent podcast with The Daily Memphian's Tigers beat reporter, Jonah Jordan, U of M president David Rudd talked about the latest developments for the university's new indoor practice facility, as well as the new recreation center. 

 

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Multifamily project planned at McDonald's site near U of M

https://dailymemphian.com/section/business/article/4066/Multifamily-project-planned-at-McDonalds-site-near-U-of-M

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The former McDonald’s restaurant location at South Highland and two adjacent parcels on Spottswood Avenue could become a new multifamily development near the University of Memphis.

An application before the Board of Adjustment in April seeks several variance exceptions to allow construction of 15 four-bedroom units and five three-bedroom units that will have 75 parking spaces on site for residents.

 

 

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Great to see the UofM expanding (recreation facilities) into Audubon Park:

City of Memphis, University of Memphis and Tennis Memphis Partner to Begin Leftwich Tennis Center Expansion

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Full press release: https://gotigersgo.com/news/2019/8/5/general-city-of-memphis-university-of-memphis-and-tennis-memphis-partner-to-begin-leftwich-tennis-center-expansion.aspx

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The City of Memphis, the University of Memphis and Tennis Memphis have partnered to renovate the Leftwich Tennis Center in Audubon Park. With the completion of this project, the University, and all Memphians will have a world class facility all their own. The majority of the funding has been privately raised with $3 million coming from the City of Memphis and an additional $5 million from the University. 

"I can't say enough about how excited I am for this project to begin," Mayor Jim Strickland said. "And, I'm not the only one. The philanthropic support shown for this has been exceptional. Not only will this be a tremendous asset for the University, but it will be a true gem for our community and all tennis lovers." 

Located on Southern Avenue just east of the University of Memphis campus, the new Leftwich will remain a public tennis center open for the use of all citizens for leisure and competitive tennis play, teaching and clinics. In addition, it will serve as the home of the Tigers men's and women's tennis teams. The Racquet Club of Memphis, which closed this past spring, had been the home of the University's tennis teams since 2009.

The men's and women's tennis teams will play and practice at MUS, Rhodes College and other public tennis centers throughout the city until construction is completed in January 2021. 

 

More renderings are available here: https://gotigersgo.com/galleries/?gallery=999

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On 2/25/2019 at 12:59 PM, VSRJ said:

FINALLY!

U of M files $25M permit for new recreation center

https://dailymemphian.com/article/3323/U-of-M-files-25M-permit-for-new-recreation-center

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Very nice. I like it.

On 8/5/2019 at 1:11 PM, VSRJ said:

Great to see the UofM expanding (recreation facilities) into Audubon Park:

City of Memphis, University of Memphis and Tennis Memphis Partner to Begin Leftwich Tennis Center Expansion

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Full press release: https://gotigersgo.com/news/2019/8/5/general-city-of-memphis-university-of-memphis-and-tennis-memphis-partner-to-begin-leftwich-tennis-center-expansion.aspx

More renderings are available here: https://gotigersgo.com/galleries/?gallery=999

This project has gotten a good bit of positive reaction on a college sports message board I enjoy reading. Good stuff. I like all the blue.

 

 

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$35M permit filed for U of M music facility

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https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2019/08/20/35m-permit-filed-for-u-of-m-music-facility.html

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A $35 million building permit was just filed for the University of Memphis’ new music facility.

The permit for “new construction of music building” was filed Aug. 16 with Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC listed as the contractor and Archimania as the architect. The site address was for 3800 Central Ave.

 

 

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Five-story East Memphis hotel planned — right next to IP HQ

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2019/09/04/five-story-east-memphis-hotel-planned-right-next.html

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An East Memphis office building may soon make way for a new Marriott brand hotel.

The owner of 1714 W. Massey Road, located just north of Poplar Avenue, plans to build a five-story hotel and associated structured parking, according to documents filed with the Memphis and Shelby County Office of Planning and Development. The site is bordered on the east and south by International Paper Co.'s headquarters.

 

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Mississippi-based Renasant Bank plans new Memphis location

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/money/business/development/2019/09/13/renasant-bank-memphis-locations-poplar-avenue-memphis-banks/2313527001/

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Renasant Bank has plans to open a new branch along Poplar Avenue, according to an application for a local tax break.

The Mississippi-based bank has several locations in the area including in Midtown, East Memphis and Bartlett. The new location will be at 5575 Poplar Ave.

The bank plans to build a three-story building that will serve as its headquarters for Memphis metro market banking operations, offering commercial banking, mortgage, private clients and treasury services.

 

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More adaptive reuse! Looks like Park Ave. is going to be the next area to blow up, which makes sense given the UofM's investment in the Park Ave. campus.

Investor plans apartment redevelopment in anticipation of Park Ave. revival

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2019/10/03/investor-plans-apartment-redevelopment-in.html

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...By next fall, he hopes college kids will be enjoying a clubhouse-type atmosphere in that same room, above a retrofitted, 38-unit apartment building.

"We're [1.5] miles from Orange Mound but also a half-mile south of the university," Underwood said Thursday, Oct. 3. "There are a ton of students [living nearby]."

The old, three-story office building at 3637 Park Ave. is the first phase of Underwood's big plans for the corridor near the University of Memphis. He hopes to eventually build another three-to-five-story apartment building behind the current one. And, with purchases of the Easy Money property at 3638 Park Ave. and the adjacent brick building set to close in a month, he's trying to buy as many Park properties as he can.

 

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New office building proposed at Quince and Lynnfield in East Memphis

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2019/11/05/new-office-building-proposed-at-quince-and.html

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A new office building could soon rise on Quince Road in East Memphis, just southwest of the Lynnfield Road intersection.

An application for a 12,000-square-foot building was recently submitted to the Memphis & Shelby County Land Use Control Board, which is scheduled to consider the development at its Dec. 12 meeting.

A coffee shop and restaurant would be located on the ground floor of the three-story building, according to architectural renderings included in the application.

 

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It's reassuring to see a developer moving forward despite the pandemic:

White Station retail moves forward, developer shares long-term view

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2020/03/26/white-station-retail-moves-forward-developer.html

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Earlier this week, the large majority of retailers and restaurants were ordered to close up shop for at least two weeks. But, that hasn’t stopped Gill Properties from moving forward with its $4.9 million retail-focused development on White Station Road.

Gill Properties executive Brown Gill said Thursday, March 26, he believes the economy will be back to normal in late 2020, which will put him in a good position to open the 27,000-square-foot development around March 2021. The development will stretch across the five parcels between the Orion Federal Credit Union and the Girl Scouts Heart of the South headquarters on the west side of White Station Road.

 

 

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Apartments coming to Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis, behind the paywall.

https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/business/article/14134/brookhaven-lofts-livework-apartments-clark-tower

"A three-story building of 16 apartments — four of them planned as “live/work” units — will rise under the shadow of Clark Tower in East Memphis.

Dirt work already has started for Brookhaven Lofts, 728 Brookhaven Circle, which is in the exact middle of the street’s U-shaped curve."

"The site is a short walk to not only Clark Tower, but Malco’s Paradiso movie theater, Whole Foods, Kroger, multiple restaurants, medical offices, yoga studios and all the other businesses that the Poplar Corridor in East Memphis has to offer."

 

 

 

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