Piecemeal development has occurred around the FedEx Forum in Downtown Memphis, but a major project from a potential new owner of the city's NBA team has boosters excited.
"The area around FedExForum has largely been untouched since the arena opened in 2004, but progress is evident. A Westin hotel is under construction across the street from the Forum. The Lee's Landing Parking Garage, a $9.7 million facility with 73 percent minority ownership, recently opened, bringing 530-plus parking spots to the Beale Street-FedExForum area."
Even so, "it could be said that FedExForum sits at the intersection of Opportunity and Long Odds." Largely neglected for decades, the neighborhood could benefit from a potential $500 million to $1 billion transformation of the FedExForum neighborhood, spoken of by a potential new owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.
"But as with most Downtown projects, it won't be easy. Land assembly will be difficult because of the multitudes of landowners in the roughly 150-acre area...Property owners in the area could hold out for unreasonably high prices, stalling any hopes for large-scale retail, office or residential development."
FULL STORY: Here comes the neighborhood?
Alabama: Trump Terminates Settlements for Black Communities Harmed By Raw Sewage
Trump deemed the landmark civil rights agreement “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”
Study: Maui’s Plan to Convert Vacation Rentals to Long-Term Housing Could Cause Nearly $1 Billion Economic Loss
The plan would reduce visitor accommodation by 25% resulting in 1,900 jobs lost.
Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
Waymo Gets Permission to Map SF’s Market Street
If allowed to operate on the traffic-restricted street, Waymo’s autonomous taxis would have a leg up over ride-hailing competitors — and counter the city’s efforts to grow bike and pedestrian on the thoroughfare.
Parklet Symposium Highlights the Success of Shared Spaces
Parklets got a boost during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the concept was translated to outdoor dining programs that offered restaurants a lifeline during the shutdown.
Federal Homelessness Agency Places Entire Staff on Leave
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness is the only federal agency dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Caltrans
Smith Gee Studio
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service