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Midtown senior facility gets financing, small businesses get loans
A 93-unit senior housing project is moving forward, and a local board awards $43,000 in small business loans.
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A 93-unit senior housing project is moving forward, and a local board awards $43,000 in small business loans.
The Downtown Memphis Commission board talked coffee, new hires and beer at its meeting.
The project will have 93 units, with 72 for assisted living and 21 for memory care, plus restaurant-style dining, fitness amenities, memory care programming, entertainment spaces, salon and spa services and resident support services.
Another fast-food location is coming to Poplar Avenue. Plus, the Memphis Fire Fighters Association is building a new space.
Wendelta, a subsidiary of Carlisle Corp., has acquired four local Wendy’s restaurants and plans “to make sure they’re running really, really well.”
The project is an 800-square-foot retail bay between Cocozza American Italian Restaurant and Cordelia’s Market.
“We sometimes say that we make our money in complexity,” said Sarah Jemison, head of ALCO, which just cut the ribbon on new affordable-housing units in Memphis.
Hillwood Investment Properties has broken ground on a 1.15 million-square-foot building, the first speculative building in the area in three years, which is a positive signal for the local industrial market.
Perdomo Worldwide plans to open a developable site in an older industrial submarket that’s seeing a slight resurgence.
Graybel Investments and Quad Property Group bought Cordova Creek Apartments. Townsend Insurance Group bought the former Regency Realty office. Memphis Goodwill Inc. is leasing the former Big Daddy Pawn building in Southeast Memphis.
5C Data Centers bought the former Fred’s Inc. headquarters as part of its plan for a $152.1 million artificial intelligence data center.
If approved, these projects could add residential units and commercial property across the city.
Location, location, location: The two buildings that housed the former Outdoors Inc. are near one of the busiest intersections in the city, seeing more than 29,000 vehicles daily.
The Community Redevelopment Agency is moving forward with the first phase of Smokey City Market, an estimated $70 million project aiming to bring affordable housing, senior care, retail and green space to the area.
Memphis Jazz, a residential community of 249 homesites, will be across the street from the Memphis Blues neighborhood.
Dunkin’ crosses Union Avenue for a new location, Tolteca Foodservice buys a Southeast Memphis distribution center and Welltower buys a pair of local senior-housing facilities.
In January 2024, the Exxon/Hop-In on one of the most visible retail corners in the city was destroyed in a fire.
The property was well-maintained for years but started to decline after FedEx left. Weeds have grown around the property, and the air conditioning gave out years ago.
Local buyers claim former Daily News building and Fox Run Square. Helen of Troy expands to Southeast Memphis.
Demolition of the former Commercial Appeal building could start in late June. DT Specialized Services, an Oklahoma-based company, filed a demolition permit for the property at 495 Union Ave.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is clearing four buildings on its campus to make the property more accessible, add green space and to save money on upkeep.
Ben Smith opened Tsunami, a Pacific Rim-themed restaurant, in July 1998. He closed it this past February but would like to see it become a restaurant again.
The privately-held commercial real estate firm bought the warehouse for $4.5 million.
A former FedEx office could become upscale medical campus.
A Dallas-based industrial real estate investment firm has made its first purchase in Memphis, and Village Mart, a local clothing store, has signed a lease for a new location.