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11.08.23

‘Coffee lovers, get ready! french truck coffee ready to open third memphis location’

French Truck Coffee will open its third location in the Memphis area at 732 Madison Ave. on Nov. 10.

Owner Geoffrey Meeker said he is excited about being one of the first tenants in the Orleans Station development located adjacent to the Medical District and Edge District of Downtown Memphis. READ MORE

05.03.23

‘Pizza, coffee, yoga spots come to Medical District’

Orleans Station is set to bring a French Truck coffee shop, a Rock’n Dough Pizza & Brewery and a yoga studio to the Medical District by late summer. 

Rock’n Dough will lease the nearly 7,000 square-foot space that was formerly the Trolley Stop Market on Madison Avenue, said Alex Turley of Henry Turley Co. READ MORE

10.27.22

‘Orleans Station: From residents to retail, here's where this Memphis development stands’

While materials and labor shortages and inflation-driven price hikes have slowed other developments in Memphis, the Orleans Station project has hummed along and already welcomed 35 residents.

Another 10 units have been leased and more will be opening up each month. Half of the residential portion of the project will be done this year, with the rest wrapping up next year, said Alex Turley, CEO of Henry Turley Company, which is developing the project. The exterior work on retail spaces is done, with interior work nearing completion.

“People ask when we’re going to open,” Turley said. “We have residents already. READ MORE

12.21.21

‘We see the Medical District as the new frontier’

By the time Rory Thomas gets to his office, he’s already taken aback with how rapidly the neighborhood is changing. 

Whether it’s a crane working on a growing University of Tennessee Health Science Center or a bulldozer leveling ground for the 10.2-acre mixed-use development known as Orleans Station, Thomas finds something new to remind him that both private and public development have come to the Medical District.  READ MORE

09.02.21

Orleans Station to move forward with exterior renovations

Developers of Orleans Station, the proposed 10.2-acre mixed-use development in the Medical District, have the go-ahead to begin exterior renovations to the shopping strip that once housed the Trolley Stop restaurant. READ MORE

08.18.21

Midtown development: Work to begin on retail portion of Orleans Station project

The former home of the Trolley Stop Market on Madison Avenue is getting a facelift and a second life as part of the 10 acre Orleans Station mixed-use development. READ MORE

08.06.21

Medical District demolition to give way to new housing, less ‘pass-through’

All but about 5% of the available rental housing in the Memphis medical district is occupied, according to figures kept by the Memphis Medical District Collaborative. READ MORE

03.24.21

‘Orleans Station’ project to bring hundreds of apartments, retailers downtown

Downtown Memphis will soon be home to hundreds of new residents and retailers. A development project on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus is one step closer to construction. READ MORE

03.24.21

‘Orleans Station’ to bring residents, new retail to Medical District

A mixed-use development that will bring hundreds of new residents to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus and Medical District received a key approval from the State Building Commission’s executive committee on Monday, March 22. READ MORE

02.11.21

'Decades in the making:' Edge District continues to evolve. Here’s what's happening now

For years Memphis’ Edge District has been quietly changing at the outskirts of Downtown. Long-vacant buildings have been rehabilitated and repurposed. Restaurants and a taproom have opened their doors. Apartments have brought new residents and office buildings have brought new workers — at least before the pandemic. READ MORE