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Former Hi-Tone Cafe in Midtown will become hookah bar

The graffitied space formerly occupied by The Hi-Tone Cafe on Poplar Avenue in Midtown Memphis will be renovated for a hookah bar.

The landlord, Kang Rhee, has signed a nine-year lease for the 4,764-square-foot building at 1909 Poplar Ave. with a businessman who owns several high-traffic gas stations in the Memphis area, said Tucker Beck, broker and vice president of Crye-Leike Commercial.

The renovations to the building should begin soon, said Beck, who represented both parties in the lease negotiations.

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Germantown lands office development

The Salvaggio Group has purchased 1.3 acres in Germantown and plans to develop and sell three office buildings on the Old Poplar Pike property.

Salvaggio Group will build three 5,000-square-foot office buildings, courting small professional firms to buy the properties in the Old Germantown area. The company paid $255,000 for two properties which it will combine into a 1.3-acre building site.

Tucker Beck, of Crye-Leike Commercial, represented the family in the sale and says they had been trying to sell the property for a number of years.

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Great old building keeps firm Downtown Great old building keeps firm Downtown

The building, at 345-347 N. Main St., was purchased for $475,000. A separate limited liability corporation was established for the renovation work that originally was budgeted at $200,000.

We want to own our own place and stay Downtown, Evans said. Its a great old building.

Tucker Beck of Crye-Leike Commercial represented the buyer in the purchase. Ambassador Construction Co. of DeSoto County, Miss., is the contractor for the renovation project.

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Pie factory faces fate in crumbling market

A dilapidated warehouse long included in the eclectic fabric of a historic Midtown neighborhood is now for sale and facing an uncertain fate, after year-old plans to renovate the site failed to materialize. The 35,475-square-foot Keathley Pie Factory building, 2271 Young Ave., within the Cooper-Young community, was recently listed at a cash-only price of $350,000, said Crye-Leike Commercial agent Tucker Beck. 

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