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[arkitekte]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

There's something worrisome about naming a public street 'Bass Pro Blvd' - something soulless and shameless. My old home town of Peoria is also getting a BPS and they are doing the exact same thing with the new street, naming it Bass Pro Blvd. Lame. What ever happened to dignity?

I agree with you on that. I think the city is so happy for Bass Pro to pick up the rent on the Pyramid that they're just about going to let anything fly.

Other than some minor things (huge Bass Pro logo on the side, naming the street Bass Pro Blvd.) this is going to be a tremendous improvement to the Pinch District.

[Johnny Ryall]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

There's something worrisome about naming a public street 'Bass Pro Blvd' - something soulless and shameless. My old home town of Peoria is also getting a BPS and they are doing the exact same thing with the new street, naming it Bass Pro Blvd. Lame. What ever happened to dignity?

That's just the entrance driveway to the Pyramid parking lot.

[Johnny Ryall]

nexAir’s Next Step
Memphis-based gas distributor shrinks supply chain by building hydrogen plant
Jonathan Devin | Special to The Daily News

http://memphisdailynews.com/editoria....aspx?id=51580

Photos: Lance Murphey
Plant engineer Troy Goode stands by the $1.5 million hydrogen gas plant that the company invested in to save production and freight costs of buying hydrogen gas from a company in Chattanooga.

[Johnny Ryall]

A Sense of Place
How June West and Memphis Heritage Give Historic Preservation a Voice
ERIC SMITH | The Daily News

http://memphisdailynews.com/editoria....aspx?id=51599


June West of Memphis Heritage says a local developer is working on a plan that would save a large number of the existing properties at Overton Square. West campaigned against a proposed 53,000-square-foot "high-end" grocery grocery store and suburban-style redevelopment that would have demolished the Midtown property. Photos: Lance Murphey


A freestanding wall from Cumberland Presbyterian Church. An outdoor seating area for the restaurant now sits behind the wall of the church.


A freestanding wall from Cumberland Presbyterian Church. An outdoor seating area for the restaurant now sits behind the wall of the church.


June West of Memphis Heritage, Inc., is campaigning to save Union Avenue Methodist Church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, from becoming a CVS pharmacy.

[Johnny Ryall]

Not development news, but I've never been one to pass up a shout out for Memphis music. Truly innovative, independent & original. Not corporate & commercial.

‘Holy Grail’ of Recording Uncovered
Mitch McCracken | Special to The Daily News

http://memphisdailynews.com/editoria....aspx?id=51579


The 1958 Ampex 351 mono tape recorder recently was discovered in a storage room full of recording equipment. It originally was used at Sun Studio. It’s considered the Holy Grail of the music industry. Photo: Mitch McCracken

[Johnny Ryall]

North Mississippi is on fire!

Toyota supplier resumes plans for $200M Mississippi plant
Memphis Business Journal

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...6/daily24.html

[Johnny Ryall]

Olive Branch Reels in Another Company
ANDY MEEK | The Daily News

Olive Branch will add nearly 1,000 jobs thanks to a trio of major economic development deals involving the creation of new plants and a hospital facility. Even more impressive for the North Mississippi town: the announcements of this impressive job growth came within the span of only a few days last week.

http://memphisdailynews.com/editoria....aspx?id=51768

[Johnny Ryall]

Soladigm's new Olive Branch, Miss., plant to employ 300
Memphis Business Journal

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...6/daily22.html

[Johnny Ryall]

Methodist wins approval for 100-bed Olive Branch,MS hospital
Memphis Business Journal

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...6/daily20.html

[Johnny Ryall]

Hatchett Hospitality to expand Memphis facility
Memphis Business Journal

Hatchett Hospitality is planning a 3,300-square-foot expansion of its Memphis headquarters that will include a new design center and showroom. When the project is completed, the company will shut down its 2,000-square-foot facility in Bartlett, the current home of the design center and showroom.

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...6/daily23.html

[Johnny Ryall]

Haizlip Studio to design new attractions at Elvis’ Tupelo birthplace
Memphis Business Journal

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...l?surround=lfn


COURTESY ELVIS PRESLEY BIRTHPLACE
Rendering of theater and event venue at Elvis Presley Birthplace in Tupelo

[Johnny Ryall]

Highwoods buys Crescent Center for $52.6 million
Memphis Business Journal

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...l?surround=lfn

COURTESY HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES

[Johnny Ryall]

UT seeks to build clinic for primary care
Memphis Business Journal - by Christopher Sheffield

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center hopes to build a $45 million Clinical Services Building/Primary Care Center south of the campus on a Union Avenue site currently occupied by Scottish Rite Cathedral.

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...02/story3.html


COURTESY UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
Artist’s rendering of proposed UT Clinical Services building on Union Avenue

[Johnny Ryall]

Southwest Tennessee Community College to break ground on new Union Avenue building
Memphis Business Journal

Southwest Tennessee Community College will break ground on its $16.75 million nursing, natural sciences and biotechnology building on the Union Avenue campus Aug. 12.

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...02/daily8.html


COURTESY SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

[arkitekte]

Any news on the Hilton that's going on the corner of 4th and Linden?

[Johnny Ryall]

Originally Posted by arkitekte

Any news on the Hilton that's going on the corner of 4th and Linden?

IDB Approves $45 Million For Downtown Hilton
BILL DRIES | The Daily News

A luxury hotel planned for the corner of Linden Avenue and Fourth Street got a big boost this week with the approval of $45 million in taxable revenue bonds from the Industrial Development Board.

The hotel, which will be branded a Hilton, is a key part of the Triangle Noir development plan for the area south of FedExForum and into South Memphis.

http://memphisdailynews.com/editoria....aspx?id=51550

[Johnny Ryall]

Investor group moves forward with plan to bring Pinnacle Airlines headquarters to Downtown Memphis
By Wayne Risher
Memphis Commercial Appeal

With tentative agreement in hand to buy One Commerce Square, a Memphis investor group plans to make a formal proposal shortly to bring Pinnacle Airlines Corp.'s headquarters Downtown.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...nacle-airline/

[Johnny Ryall]

More coverage of this huge potential economic development for Downtown Memphis.

Memphis group wins bid to purchase One Commerce Square and bring Pinnacle Airlines headquarters to Downtown Memphis
Memphis Business Journal - by Andy Ashby

A local investment group led by Terry Lynch, Karl Schledwitz and Gary Prosterman have been selected to enter negotiations to purchase One Commerce Square.

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...2/daily13.html

MBJ

[Johnny Ryall]

American Eagle to add two daily nonstop flights from Memphis to Miami
By Wayne Risher
Memphis Commercial Appeal

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...flights-memph/

[arkitekte]

Originally Posted by Johnny Ryall

More coverage of this huge potential economic development for Downtown Memphis.

Memphis group wins bid to purchase One Commerce Square and bring Pinnacle Airlines headquarters to Downtown Memphis
Memphis Business Journal - by Andy Ashby

A local investment group led by Terry Lynch, Karl Schledwitz and Gary Prosterman have been selected to enter negotiations to purchase One Commerce Square.

http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memph...2/daily13.html

MBJ

Memphis needs more corporations downtown so hopefully Pinnacle will move to One Commerce Square.