Beale Street

Beale Street Development

Find out more about how we co-developed historical Beale Street with the city of Memphis and assigned a sublease agreement to Elkington and Keltner, formerly Beale Street Management and presently Performa Entertainment Real Estate. We were instrumental in the development of the Westin Hotel™ and the FedEx™ Forum. Visit us today.

Beale Street Development Process

• 1973 Beale Street Development Corporation Formed
• 1974 Mohammed Ali Town II Cinema Built
• 1977 Negotiations with the City of Memphis
• 1978 First Contract with a Matching Fund Grant of 1.8 Million
• 1982 Beale Street Development Corporation Signs Lease With the City of Memphis
• 1982 Beale Street Development Corporation Signs Sub-Lease with Elkington and Keltner now Performa Entertainment Real Estate
• 2003 FED-EX Forum
• 2006 Westin Hotel/Lee's Landing Garage

History and Current Ownership

Atty. Mark Saripkin is the chairman of a 9 member board of directors, Randle Catron is the executive director of Beale Street Development Corporation. Catron is also the developer of The Historical Daisy/Interpretive Center on Beale. Catron was a staff member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Ralph Abernathy. After the Poor People's campaign in Washington, D.C., Dr. Abernathy encouraged everyone to go back into their communities and work to bring about change for the betterment of mankind. Catron, along with an interracial Board of Directors, tackled the redevelopment of Historical Beale Street. Contact us to learn more about our current community work.

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