Tin Roof Launching Beale St. Renovations

VOL. 7 | NO. 43 | Saturday, October 18, 2014

A Nashville-based bar and restaurant chain is preparing to renovate the former Hard Rock Caf location on Beale Street.

Tin Roof has applied for a $1.5 million building permit through the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to begin a makeover of the 11,500-square-foot building Hard Rock occupied at 315 Beale St. Founded in 2002, Tin Roof now has 13 locations, and the Beale Street one is the companys first in Memphis.

Hard Rock Caf previously relocated to the Lansky Bros. building at 126 Beale.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. says it is opening a new facility in Memphis.

The freight shipping company says it is opening a new 267-door service center on Monday, Oct. 20.

The company says Memphis serves as one of its busiest freight hubs due to its proximity to Interstates 40 and 55, three major rail heads, Memphis International Airport and a busy river port.

Old Dominion says it invested more than $30 million to build the service center after four years of growth at its previous location. With 416 employees currently, Old Dominion plans to create over 100 new jobs in Memphis over the next two years.

The Memphis Service Center provides direct freight service to West Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and northern Mississippi.

Three companies including a wing of Memphis-based FedEx received tax breaks for projects in Memphis that total more than $25 million in capital investment and will create 272 new jobs.

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Tin Roof Launching Beale St. Renovations