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"A locally owned, 'build your own veggie bowl' restaurant is opening in East Memphis.
Bad Hunter Veggie Bowl just signed a lease for nearly 1,500 square feet of space at 575 Erin Drive in the Erinway Shopping Center. It will mark the second restaurant concept from the people behind Downtown Memphis' South of Beale."
"Residents reacted to Loeb Properties presentation on the Highland Strip with both excitement and concern at a recent University District Summit.
Loeb Properties owns roughly two-thirds of the Highland Strip and is now trying to revitalize the area into a walkable entertainment district."
"Once a bank, a Poplar Avenue building is about to be repurposed into office space.
Loeb Properties Inc., owner of the 5270 Poplar Ave. site, is in the process of giving the building a complete overhaul. Previously, it housed a Bank of America branch."
"The Highland Strip is being revitalized and one of the companies at the helm of its restoration was also behind Overton Square’s comeback.
Loeb Properties Inc. now owns the buildings from 569 S. Highland St. to 535 S. Highland Street, minus the vacant lot located at 559 S. Highland St. The plan, construct a walkable entertainment district."
Join Buster’s this weekend for their grand re-opening!
Join Bristerfest in Overton Square this fall in The Tower Courtyard on Saturday, October 10th from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Bristerfest is a fun, family-friendly event that benefits urban gardening in Memphis, Tennessee. The fifth annual Brister Street Music Festival will take place at Overton Square’s Tower Courtyard from 11am-6pm on Saturday, October 10th, 2015.
Bring your friends, bring your family, this is going to be a good time! We are preparing to make this year the best Bristerfest ever. Shop with local vendors and artists in our festival marketplace along Trimble street. Enjoy the sweet sounds of Memphis with an eclectic, entertaining local music lineup.
A portion of proceeds benefits GrowMemphis to build new urban gardens, to make Memphis a healthy, sustainable city.
Loeb Properties employees love helping in the community, especially with The Carpenter Art Garden. We recently spent some time there with Donte, the artist of the Grizzlies Yard Hearts. Donte is a talented young man!
Join the Southern Junkers Fall Market in Overton Square this season on the South Lot of Overton Square at 25 South Cooper off of Trimble Place.
Featuring a juried Vintage, Antique and Artisan Outdoor Market with jewelry, art, antiques, unique and weird stuff; collectables, handmade, rusty crusty and cool junk!
Saturday, Sep 12, 2015 thru Sunday, Sep 13, 2015
Saturday 10:00 am to 7:00 pm; Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
"Six years ago its then-leasing agent described the mostly empty Overton Square as an outdated commercial center, much of which should be razed and rebuilt with a big-box grocery behind a suburban-style parking lot.
But on Tuesday came confirmation that the preserved and renovated Square is 100 percent leased with the signing of its 27th tenant, women’s clothing store The Ivory Closet at 2095 Madison.
“I think that had somebody told me it would be 100 percent occupied at this point in time we probably wouldn’t have forecast that conservatively,” said Aaron Petree, leasing broker for Square owner Loeb Properties.
With a long list of more businesses that have expressed an interest in moving into the walker-friendly Midtown entertainment district, Memphis-based Loeb Properties is now making plans to erect new retail space on the last few surface parking lots that line Cooper and Madison."
"That was Overton Square in the 1970s, conceived by a group of young and ambitious businessmen. They transformed the quiet Midtown intersection of Cooper and Madison into Memphis’ premier destination for a good time. Judging by recent Friday night crowds, one might imagine that the mojo never subsided – that the patios have always been a swirling mix of theatergoers, bachelor parties, yoga students, and foodies. But not only did Overton Square spend nearly two decades on life support, it nearly flatlined a few years ago.
The storefronts were bare. Out-of-town owners balked at the cost of renovation. Bulldozers would flatten the block. In its place would rise a strip mall and a discount grocery store. Fortunately, Overton Square was reclaimed by Memphians who wanted their good times back. It required a special group of people to build – and then rebuild – the heart of Midtown Memphis. But then, Overton Square has always benefited from bold and progressive backers – many of whom call Memphis University School their alma mater."
"Overton Square will host a two-day blues festival in October billed as the first of its kind in the city since 1969.
The Bona Fide Blues Festival on Oct. 2 and 3 is being presented by the Memphis Blues Society and will feature two free outdoor stages in the entertainment district. It also will include blues performances in four Overton Square businesses using $25 wristbands. A $100 VIP wristband includes admission to a party before the two-day festival."
"If you eat a plate of ribs at Charlie Vergos’ Rendezvous, you’re likely to walk away with messy fingers. You’re also likely to get messy at a new business in Overton Square, where sisters Anna Vergos Blair and Katherine Vergos Riederer have opened their kid-friendly creativity zone The Art Project.
Only six months ago, the pair dreamed up a place where kids could make art, parents could engage or kick back with adult beverages, and no one’s carpet had to be made a casualty.
“Basically anything that makes a mess, (my daughter Matilda) loves, but I didn’t love the mess in my house,” Blair said. “I started looking for a place to do free art, free in the sense of let them do what they want and explore different materials with no real set projects or no visible outcomes."
After being resuscitated by Loeb Properties Inc. Newby’s on the Highland Strip has received a new lease on life — literally.
Larry Thompson and his business partners just inked the deal on the 539 S. Highland St. property. The former 535 S. Highland St. building, which had also been occupied by the original Newby’s, will be leased to a separate tenant.
Loeb bought both buildings from Paragon Bank in December 2014 after Newby’s fell into foreclosure. Loeb then proceeded to do what they are known for: take an old building, mend its aging bones and find new tenants. Part of the update included replacing the roof and installing new plumbing and electric.
"Foreclosed, sold and now reborn — Newby’s is on its way back.
The longstanding bar located at 535 and 539 S. Highland St. was sold to Loeb Properties Inc. in December 2014 after being foreclosed on by Paragon Bank. The then-Newby’s bar was just shy of celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Loeb gave the space some much-needed TLC, and now, the new tenant, Larry Thompson, will finish the job.
Thompson, a University of Memphis graduate, is also a former Newby’s employee, and he owned a wings restaurant in Colorado. He will relaunch the bar under the same signature name and plans to build on its rich history.
“Newby’s was just too good of an opportunity to pass on,” Thompson said. “I want to keep Newby’s alive. I don’t want to change it.”"
"Their breath fogging the glass, the young men and women pressed their faces against the windows of Bombay Bicycle Club. Somebody outside was checking a thermometer, counting down the numbers as the temperature dropped: 30, then 29, then 28. "What's taking them so long?" a man demanded. Inside the crowded club, a woman finally shouted, "Here it comes!" and everyone glimpsed the first snowflakes — first a few, but within minutes, a veritable blizzard. People dashed outside, catching the flakes in their hands, laughing and cheering, and even throwing snowballs. Soon a white blanket covered the streets and sidewalks of Overton Square.
But what a strange snowstorm. Anyone who glanced up could see a bright blue sky overhead, and — even more remarkable — just two blocks away in either direction, Madison Avenue had no snow at all.
It didn't require a weatherman to explain the snow storm that fell on Overton Square that December afternoon in 1976. The blizzard was fake — snow blown by powerful machines mounted on the roofs of buildings. It was a highlight of the Charles Dickens Christmas that year, just one of many unique events that helped make Overton Square the city's premier entertainment district. That was more than 30 years ago, and the intersection of Madison and Cooper has seen many changes since then, some good, some bad. Here's a look back at the early days, when it was hip to be Square."
"Today Loeb Properties announced in a press release their plans to revitalize the old Sears Factory Outlet warehouse space at 2542 Broad Avenue and turn it into a mixed-use development totaling 44,500 square feet. The now vacant warehouse, originally purchased by Loeb in 1995, is across the street from the now vibrant, south side of Broad Avenue which is 100% occupied. Both sides of Broad constitute the Broad Avenue Arts District.
Initial renderings of the repurposing show the warehouse “hollowed out” in the middle for parking on what is now a warehouse floor. Surrounding the parking area will be retail, entertainment, restaurant and even office space for tenants with space needs from 1,700 square feet to 30,000 square feet."
"Susan Ritter had been a Marine and a competitive athlete. Mike Farah had been a successful corporate executive who almost worked himself into an early grave, lost 50 pounds, retired, and began competing in body building competitions.
Along the way, Ritter and Farah worked as trainers at area fitness centers, and started talking about having their own business.
Recently, Farah, 61, and Ritter, 50, opened Trainers Studio in a 1,200 square-foot space in Farmington Centre in Germantown. The complex includes a fitness center and yoga studio, plus a chiropractor, but they don’t see any of them as threats. If anything, they are complementary business models."
"Local retailer, Dixie Pickers, signed a lease with Loeb Properties to open a store in East Memphis.
Located at 964 June Road near the intersection of Poplar and Yates, the 8,400-square-foot building previously housed Tommy Bronson's Sporting Goods. The expansion will mark the second Dixie Pickers location."
"Overton Square is preparing to throw a party 45 years in the making, the commemoration of a milestone for one of the city’s premier restaurant and entertainment districts that’s once again hopping with activity.
A 45th anniversary party for the square is in the works, planned for May 21 in honor of the opening of TGI Friday’s on May 21, 1970. And the square’s official Facebook page lists a few ways the public can participate in the celebration.
Among the things being sought are contact details for bands that played the square in its heyday and that could be approached about performing at the party the square is billing as a “reunion.”
The public also is being asked for any historic photos of the square and of celebratory moments enjoyed there that could be used in display and event marketing."
"Memphians may not have to graduate from Newby's after all. Venerable Memphis developer Loeb Properties Inc.has expanded its retail portfolio with the purchase of the recently shuttered Newby’s bar and music venue on the Highland Strip.
Loeb, operating as Highland University District LLC, paid $450,000 for the two adjacent properties at 535 and 539 S. Highland St. Built in 1927, the properties total a combined 10,200 square feet, according to Shelby County Assessor of Property data. Paragon Bank foreclosed on the buildings in July 2014.
Loeb Properties president Bob Loeb said a record amount of public and private investment in the University of Memphis district prompted his company's interest in Newby's."