Harbor Town

Format
Brief

City
Memphis

State/Province
TN

Country
USA

Metro Area
Memphis

Project Type
Planned Community or Resort

Location Type
Inner Suburban

Land Uses
Education
Hotel
Marina
Mixed Residential
Retail

Keywords
Mixed-Income Development
Town square
Transitional neighborhood development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2005 Winner

Site Size
135 acres
acres hectares

Date Opened
2004

A brief is a short version of a case study.

Harbor Town, ﬁnished in 2004 after a 15-year development period, is one of the earliest examples of a traditional neighborhood development (TND) and certainly one of the most complete. It is located on Mud Island, a 400-acre (162 ha), two-mile-long peninsula on the Memphis side of the Mississippi River. The development site was a barren vacant parcel adjacent to Memphis’s central business district, but miles away from any housing less than 100 years old. Its design—gridded streets, many terminating in small parks; wide radial boulevards; a strong pedestrian orientation; formally planned public squares; and architectural forms based on historical prototypes—embodies many of the basic principles of TND.

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Developers/Owners
Henry Turley Company
Memphis, TN

Belz Enterprises
Memphis, TN

Master Planner and Town Architect
Looney Ricks Kiss Architects
Memphis, TN

Master Planner (Original Plan)
RTKL Associates, Inc.
Baltimore, MD

Consultant
Bologna Consultants
Memphis, TN

Landscape Architect
Reaves & Sweeney
Memphis, TN

Principal Author
David Taksuye

ULI Awards for Excellence 2005 Winner