A long-empty stretch of Jackson Avenue in Uptown Memphis might finally be waking up, with city redevelopment officials quietly lining up a full-service grocery as the potential anchor for a mixed-use project.
The 3.3-acre site, known as Manassas Market at 544 Jackson Ave. just north of the St. Jude campus, has sat largely dormant and debated in neighborhood meetings for years. Now the Memphis and Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is reviewing proposals that could bring back a grocery store, housing and other retail.
According to the Memphis Business Journal, the CRA has identified a prospective grocery operator as part of its mixed-use vision for the parcel. The agency has not named the grocer, and there is no signed lease or formal approval, so for now the tenant remains a bit of a cliffhanger…