Taking new steps
Permit filed to start on first phase of The Walk
Downtown development The Walk files permit to start construction on Union Avenue.
Developer Kevin Adams has filed a building permit for construction on the first phase of his massive planned Downtown development known as “The Walk.”
Adams filed a permit April 8 for new construction of a seven-story mixeduse building with 414 apartment units and 20,000 square feet of retail space as well as a parking garage at 341 Union Ave.
The permit was filed the day after the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Design Review Board approved exterior plans for the first phase of the development, known as Building G. The plans were done by LRK Architects.
Board members praised the plans, which were unanimously approved, and said it was designed with pedestrians, not just residents and tenants, in mind.
The project formerly known as Union Row was renamed The Walk on Union and later The Walk as a nod to the developer’s intent to have it be walkable and enhance the Downtown pedestrian experience.
Building G will be bounded by Union on the north, Danny Thomas on the east, Gayoso on the south and a new street to the west (referred to as Fifth Street) and will have a bus rapid transit stop on the side of the building fronting Union.
The new parking garage will front Danny Thomas. The retail spaces will front Fifth while a two-story restaurant space at the northwest corner of the building will face
Union.
Landscaping and streetscaping include street trees and planters along public streets, public seating and bike racks. The project also has three outdoor spaces in the first phase, intended to be used by residents and pedestrians.
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