Northside Square will include office space, education and healthcare services, food and beverage space and rooms on three levels designated for community events.
Redevelopment of the 270,000 square-foot-facility, closed in 2016 due to student population loss, could bring revitalization to the area, planners predict.
Rachel Starks is grant and communications manager at United Housing Inc., where she oversees more than $3 million in awarded grants. She received her master’s degree in applied anthropology from the University of Memphis, with a focus in energy burden, environmental justice and community development.
The development of a local funding stream through the Memphis Affordable Housing Trust Fund would create the only flexible, permanent and dedicated fiscal resource for nonprofit developers in the city.