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ODDS ‘experiential’ retail store opens on South Main
Posted on 6/8/21
Experiences can’t be bought online, which may help explain one of the ideas behind a recently opened brick-and-mortar retailer in the South Main Arts District. O.D.D.S Atelier (ODDS) is doing business at 304 S. Main. In a release, the Downtown Memphis Commission describes the business as a “lifestyle and experiential retail store.”
Read Morekeyboard_arrow_rightBrunch with a Side of History
Posted on 6/4/21
Envolve LLC, one of the country’s largest multifamily property owners and managers (local to the Memphis market since 1979 as LEDIC Management Group) recently purchased brunch from Catherine & Mary’s for all residents at The Chisca on Main apartments in downtown Memphis. Envolve founded its Resident Lunch Program shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and […]
Read Morekeyboard_arrow_rightTouring 100 N. Main: Shattered glass, shell casings, law books and spectacular views
Posted on 6/2/21
The Downtown Memphis Commission is to issue a request for proposals June 15, but is taking steps already to find a new developer and life for the city’s tallest building. “We’re at 12,300 steps,” Brett Roler announced midmorning Sunday, May 30. Roler had glanced at his Fitbit as he, a reporter and photographer descended 100 […]
Read Morekeyboard_arrow_rightJa Morant the focus of Moneybagg Yo’s new song ‘ROTY’
Posted on 6/2/21
If one could hold Ja Morant’s star potential in their hands, it would have been strapped to a rocket ship and sent to the moon this postseason. The Memphis Grizzlies point guard has emerged as one of the league’s brightest rising talents, taking down two-time MVP Steph Curry and legendary coach Gregg Popovich along the […]
Read Morekeyboard_arrow_rightDowntown Development Round-Up
Posted on 6/2/21
Renovation coming to another historic building in the Edge Courtesy Daily Memphian, by Tom Bailey. Kris Shepherd started looking for something interesting to do after retiring as Varsity Spirit’s executive vice president of marketing and communications. She found what she wanted after a friend of a friend mentioned that a 103-year-old building in the Edge […]
Read Morekeyboard_arrow_rightGHOST RIVER BREWING COMPANY OPENING SECOND LOCATION ON WORLD FAMOUS BEALE STREET
Posted on 5/28/21
Ghost River Brewing Company, Memphis’ first craft brewery, and Beale Street Management are excited to announce Ghost River’s second location at 341-345 Beale Street in historic Downtown Memphis, with a grand opening scheduled for July 2021. Beyond great local brews, the Beale Street location will feature cuisine from Chef Sobie Johnson of Flying Sobie’s Gourmet […]
Read Morekeyboard_arrow_rightNew public garages Downtown look to add charge
Posted on 5/20/21
Electric vehicles are quietly but inexorably coming to Memphis, where the number registered has doubled over the past two years. That’s according to a four-page memorandum that the Downtown Memphis Commission’s transportation program manager Lauren Crabtree prepared for the Downtown Mobility Authority, which oversees parking facilities. Titled “EV Charging Recommendations for DMA Facilities,” Crabtree and […]
Read Morekeyboard_arrow_rightApplications open for program to help Downtown retail businesses thrive
Posted on 5/18/21
A new program is set to help retailers in downtown Memphis thrive in 2021. Downtown Retail Rx is designed to help existing retailers emerge from economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Apply here.] According to a release from Downtown Memphis, the program provides professional advice in one of four key focus areas: 1) exterior improvements […]
Read Morekeyboard_arrow_rightWhere Southern Meets Latin
Posted on 5/18/21
Chefs Keith Potter and Garron Sanchez bring a bit of Latin flair to CIMAS in the new Hyatt Centric on Beale Street Downtown’s One Beale has long been under public scrutiny, with construction setbacks and a lengthy hiatus moving the plan through several iterations since the early 2000s. But the project’s Hyatt Centric opened its […]
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