The Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis is being used for inspiration in turning around a Memphis building, according to the
Memphis Daily News.
The co-directors for the Sears Crosstown building in Memphis toured
other cities to come up with a blueprint to make the Memphis building an urban arts village.
It reads, "While Minneapolis' Sears building is anchored by a major
400,000-square-foot health care tenant, the progress of the Phillips
neighborhood and its dramatic transformation is the piece Crosstown Arts
wants to bring to Memphis."
In the story, Crosstown Arts co-director Todd Richardson says, in
reference to the Midtown building, "Nobody thought that was possible. It was in the worst neighborhood in Minneapolis, and
in large part because of that redevelopment, it's been a catalyst."