Buildings as tall as 100 North Main would be allowed in the Pinch District after a 5-1 vote by the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment on Wednesday, June 22.
The vote was on an application for a height variance for Tom Intrator’s proposed $604 million, six-building mixed-use development in the Pinch District at 400 N. Front St.
Read MoreTom Intrator’s proposed $1.1 billion Pinch Development has filed for a zoning variance with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development, giving a first glimpse into details of what the development may entail.
Read MoreAfter years of delays caused by the pandemic, the proposed, $1.1 billion, multiblock development in the Pinch District led by Tom Intrator is again moving forward.
Read MoreDeveloper Tom Intrator remains committed to developing multiple projects in Downtown Memphis, including the massive, $1.1 billion planned Pinch District project, the developer said Wednesday.
Read MoreWe were happy with the skepticism.
With the unveiling of a proposal to build a glass tower in the heart of the Pinch-North Main Historic District, a number of city decision-makers including members of the Memphis City Council and the Housing and Community Development Division, were immediately skeptical.
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A quiet New Yorker with a habit of abruptly speaking his mind, Tom Intrator has launched the largest development project in his young career in Memphis.
From South Main to the Pinch District, Tom Intrator has big things on the horizon for Downtown Memphis. Like, all of Downtown.
Read MoreDeveloper Tom Intrator has plans to add nine floors above the historic building in a partnership with New York-based Dream Hotels that will bring the brand's first property in Memphis to Downtown.
Read MoreAs 2020 kicks off, more than $5 billion in projects are underway in Downtown Memphis, according to the Downtown Memphis Commission.
Read MoreCompanies Tom Intrator is invested in have continued to sell off local apartment buildings and purchase Downtown property.
Read MoreFour new hotel projects have joined Downtown Memphis' largest developments, adding hundreds more rooms to an already long list of hotels that are in various stages of planning and construction or have recently opened.
Read MoreIt’s instructive to read the descriptions of Tom Intrator in a promotional piece about his mobile investment app and applications for more than $280 million in tax incentives for Memphis developments.
Read MoreThe developer said density is key for the Pinch District because a significant amount of office space, apartments, and retail need to be built for any of them to be successful. If he just built the 940 apartments that are projected to be part of phase one, he doesn't think they would be leased.
Read MoreThat intentional outreach, Intrator said, has the potential to raise the quality of business offerings along Downtown Memphis' Main Street while also welcoming more well-known national brands to the city.
Read MoreWhether through franchise agreements, management deals, or some other structure, Intrator will invest in all the restaurant and hotel operators filling his developments, he said.
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