Apartments Near Beale Street & FedEx Forum: Downtown Memphis Living at the Exchange Building
The Most-Walkable Address in Downtown Memphis
If you want an apartment where Beale Street, FedEx Forum, AutoZone Park, and the Memphis Riverfront are all inside a 10-minute walk, you want the Exchange Building on Front Street. Completed in 1910 as the home of the Cotton and Merchants' Exchange, it's now the most-centrally-located apartment building in Downtown Memphis.
What's Walkable from the Exchange Building
Beale Street — 5 Minutes
Live blues, barbecue, and one of the most historic entertainment districts in America. B.B. King's Blues Club, Silky O'Sullivan's, the Rum Boogie Cafe, and the Beale Street Music Festival each May. Residents of the Exchange Building walk home from Beale Street — no Uber surge, no parking, no DUI risk.
FedEx Forum — 7 Minutes
Home of the Memphis Grizzlies (NBA) and the Memphis Tigers (NCAA basketball). Major concerts year-round. Season-ticket holders who live at the Exchange Building walk to every game and every concert.
AutoZone Park — 5 Minutes
Home of the Memphis Redbirds (AAA St. Louis Cardinals affiliate). One of the most beautiful minor-league parks in the country, and a 5-minute walk from home.
Renasant Convention Center — 10 Minutes
When you're in town for a conference, the Exchange Building is a hotel alternative that doesn't require shuttles or rideshares to the convention floor.
Memphis Riverfront & Mud Island — 8 Minutes
Morning jogs along the Mississippi, kayak rentals on Mud Island, Big River Crossing bike rides to West Memphis. The Mississippi River is literally the view from west-facing apartments.
National Civil Rights Museum — 10 Minutes
A Downtown Memphis landmark at the Lorraine Motel. Walking distance from Exchange Building residents, and regularly visited by out-of-town guests.
Peabody Hotel & Duck March — 4 Minutes
One of the South's grandest hotels and a Memphis ritual. Exchange Building residents wander over for rooftop parties, lobby bar cocktails, and the famous Peabody duck march at 11am and 5pm.
South Main Arts District — 8 Minutes
Trolley Night every last Friday, art galleries, boutique restaurants, and some of the best independent coffee in Memphis.
Two Ways to Live at the Exchange Building
Apartments for Rent — Annual Leases
Unfurnished 1BR ($950) and 2BR ($1,250) apartments for rent in Downtown Memphis. 12-month leases, pet-friendly, skyline and river views. Browse Downtown Memphis apartments for rent.
Short-Term & Monthly Furnished
Furnished nightly, weekly, and monthly apartments for visitors — book direct, no Airbnb fees. See Downtown Memphis short-term rentals or furnished monthly apartments.
Why the Exchange Building
- National Register of Historic Places — a 1910 landmark in the heart of Downtown Memphis.
- Mixed-use: apartments, furnished short-term rentals, and community amenities under one roof.
- Resident amenities: rooftop terrace, fitness, co-working, Makers Space, controlled-access floors.
- Owner-operator management — you talk to the real Memphis team, not a property-management call center in another state.
Whether you're signing a 12-month lease, a 3-month corporate assignment, or a long weekend for a Memphis Grizzlies series, the Exchange Building is the address that puts Downtown Memphis on foot.