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Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s new $9.5 million outpatient center in Jackson is now open. The 30,000-square-foot, 20-exam-room facility is located in the northwest part of the city, at 1535 Vann Drive. The center provides diagnostic services such as X-rays, ultrasounds, EKGs and pulmonary function testing. Subspecialty clinics will include cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, genetics, […]

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has decided the city should invest in building a new indoor youth sports complex rather than renovating the Mid-South Coliseum. As the speaker at a Pinnacle Bank client luncheon Tuesday, Oct. 31, Strickland addressed a question about the Mid-South Fairgrounds Tourism Development Zone (TDZ) application. In his response, Strickland also addressed […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Big River Crossing will celebrate its one-year anniversary Sunday, and the unique attraction is drawing big crowds to the river in its first year. Nearly 250,000 people have made the one-mile crossing across the Mississippi River over the old Harahan Bridge’s new pedestrian walkway, project leaders say. About 15 percent of those […]

Touting what they call one of the most transformative projects the Medical District has ever seen, Methodist University Hospital officials say they’ve reached the halfway point in constructing a $275 million tower that will consolidate services and increase capacity while accommodating technological upgrades. The hospital, part of the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare system, hosted a topping-out celebration this week as the […]

Construction on Methodist University Hospital’s $275 million tower is officially halfway done, and the tower now has a new name. On Tuesday, Oct. 10, hospital leaders, employees, and members of the project team gathered for a “beam signing.” “This is not just a building; this is an economic impact in this community,” said Michael Ugwueke, […]

The top executives of Memphis’ largest engineering firm were climbing stairs, scaling catwalks and shining flashlights down vacated corridors of the Mid-South Coliseum Friday. Charles “Chooch” Pickard, a preservation architect and urban designer who recently joined ArchInc as partner, led Allen & Hoshall president Harry Prattand Micheal Young, president emeritus, on a tour of the Coliseum Sept. 1. To take your […]

Two proposed developments in two of the city’s high-profile areas – a 130-room boutique hotel near Shelby Farms Park Conservancy and to support the existing neighborhood,” land planner Brenda Solomito Basar said in a letter to OPD planning director Josh Whitehead. “Our teams look forward to working with the Shelby Farms Conservancy on such important […]

The developers behind a planned $200 million mixed-use project near Shelby Farms Park have now added a boutique hotel to the mix. In December, DB Development Co. closed on its purchase of a 55-acre tract of land at Mullins Station and Whitten Road for $4 million. The project is also set to include apartments, restaurants, […]

Allen & Hoshall employees volunteered their time at the PGA’s FedEx St.Jude Classic golf tournament. Several of our land surveyors were right at home using survey equipment to locate the golf balls on the fairways and greens at the TPC Southwind Golf Course.  Using a combination of conventional total stations, RTK GPS receivers and laser […]

Methodist University Hospital is seeking a $2.5 million building permit to continue work on its $280 million modernization project on its campus, 1265 Union Ave. The application filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement describes the scope of work simply as “alterations.” It lists Juan Self of Self-Tucker as the architect, Mike Sheridan of Allen & […]