It’s been a hot minute since our last Mane Street Memphis.
There have been some notable changes Downtown and throughout Shelby County. The AutoZone Skybridge, overlooking Front Street , has been officially completed.
Longshot is taking its leave , and the new-look Brooks Museum is moving along to phase two. On June 27, Memphis-based Grinder Taber Grinder filed a new construction permit with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development for the second phase of the Brooks Museum project at 55 S. Front St. The permit application mentions the second phase will consist of the primary three-story, 175,324-square-foot building structure along with the exterior and interior finishes. The estimated cost of the project is $79,741,804.
The construction permit and near $80 million construction price tag for the Brooks Museum building was filed a day before a Shelby County chancellor denied a request to pause construction at the site .
The decision from Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson comes after nearly a year of civil disputes between Friends for Our Riverfront, ancestors to Memphis’ founders, and Brooks Museum leadership and supporters. The new Brooks Museum location is expected to open in 2026, the project’s ceremonial groundbreaking took place in June 2023.