French Fort Neighborhood

[James Owen]

A new website is online that details the history as well as redevelopment plans for the French Fort neighborhood near Downtown Memphis just south of the I-55, Frisco, and Harahan Bridges.

 

http://frenchfort.net

 

The proposed Master Plan for the area includes the redevelopment of the old Marine Hospital as well as new mixed-use, residential and hotel opportunities totaling $150 million. The entire project is tentative with proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district designation along with TDOT's reconstruction of the I-55 & Crump Boulevard interchange that will include new roundabout access to the neighborhood via an extension of Alston Avenue.

 

Memphis Daily News story:

http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2014/jul/22/french-fort-plan-calls-for-150-million-development/

[BrandonTO416]

I'm just now researching this project, it sounds like a nice way along with TDOT's new traffic circle and redesign of the I-55 interchange to reconnect and urbanize the area around south downtown.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2014/07/22/first-look-at-renderings-of-138m-french-fort.html

 

This is about the I-55 redesign:

http://wreg.com/2014/10/30/funding-decreases-delay-transportation-projects/

 

But the pics at the bottom have an outline of the project.