DeeO’s Seafood signs lease for 3rd site despite COVID-19
So much of DeeO's Seafood restaurants' business is takeout or delivery anyway, the owners decided to sign a long-term lease for their third restaurant in the Memphis area.
Tom Bailey
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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Real EstateGoogle Operations Center may land at wooded site in Southaven
Sources say Google has homed in on undeveloped land fronting Interstate 55, just north of Tanger Outlets, for a customer-support center that will employ more than 350 people.
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Visual Arts Brooks Museum temporarily furloughs 29 staff positions
Except for seven administrators and security officers, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has placed its entire staff on temporary furlough because of COVID-19.
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Real Estate Proposed industrial park near airport takes step forward
The Land Use Control Board endorsed rezoning from residential to light-industrial uses 66 acres just north of Memphis International Airport. The site is where 258 homes were removed decades ago as part of a noise-abatement program.
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Real EstateRDX grew from house in Bartlett to turning Mall of Memphis into HQ
A trucking firm's co-owner realized his new business was no longer an experiment when employees started feeling secure enough to buy bigger and better houses. That's when RDX started looking for a place to build a bigger headquarters.
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City of Memphis Crisis in charities: Needs soar as donations fall
Hard-hit Latino families formed a 2.5-mile line and waited for hours Friday morning to receive a week's worth of free groceries. COVID-19 hardships are growing even as Memphis nonprofits report a $32 million drop so far this year in revenue.
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Neighborhoods Easter church gatherings went viral for the most part
The parking lots of 17 Memphis-area churches were mostly bare Easter morning as they adhered to social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic, but some found ways to engage their congregations nonetheless.
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Real Estate Forgivable loans approved for 8 Downtown businesses
Acting with a sense of urgency, the Center City Development Corp. board approved the first forgivable loans for eight Downtown businesses that have been disrupted by COVID-19.
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BusinessAmazon hired 2,000 people in Tennessee the past month
Amazon says it has met its goal of hiring an additional 100,000 people in the U.S. over the past month, including 2,000 in Tennessee.
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Real Estate Developers press on with apartments near Overton Park, airport
Applications were filed this week to build two different kinds of apartment developments, one for the working poor and the other for tenants who will have good views of Overton Park.
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Coronavirus Kresge gives $485,000 to help Memphis nonprofits, artists, musicians during pandemic
Money from the philanthropic foundation will help Memphis-area nonprofits provide relief for economic stress caused by COVID-19, and provide support to Memphis musicians and artists who have lost income because of the pandemic.
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Downtown A. Schwab, Peanut Shoppe among businesses seeking emergency loans
Twelve more Downtown businesses have applied for forgivable loans totaling $79,900 and which are designed to help them survive the effects of COVID-19.
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Downtown Downtown agency rushes love and money to distressed businesses
Twenty Downtown businesses severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have now received forgivable loans totaling $135,000.
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Real Estate Space odyssey: Exploring the future of Memphis offices after COVID-19
Will demand for space in office buildings go up or down as a result of COVID-19? How does a company balance teamwork and social distancing in designing its floor plan? We picked the brains of several leaders in the world of Memphis office buildings.
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Real Estate Safe houses: Real estate agents adapt to COVID-19
The real estate industry is deemed an essential business and is still operating during the pandemic. But agents are taking such safety precautions as hosting live, virtual open houses and arranging drive-by closings.
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Real Estate Chick-fil-A coming to Summer Avenue
The site is where the Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church building was closed and demolished last year.
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South Memphis Waste Connections pursues Plan B for expanding Whitehaven operation
The City Council last year rejected a solid waste company's plan to expand operations in Whitehaven. Now the firm plans to enlarge operations in a way that does not need City Hall approval.
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Downtown Downtown’s forgivable loan program grows by $60,000
The Center City Development Corp. has added $60,000 to the money available to help small Downtown businesses survive the effects of COVID-19.
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Real Estate $65,000 in forgivable loans approved for 13 Downtown businesses
The Center City Development Corp. has now approved about $200,000 in forgivable loans for 33 Downtown businesses.
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Real Estate A fence of shipping containers deters theft, violates zoning
The owner of a Whitehaven tire and repair shop is searching for a way to store and protect his inventory from theft in a way that does not violate zoning.
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Real EstateMemphis industrial activity ‘solid’ in early 2020
Despite the beginnings of what will likely be a pandemic-caused recession, the industrial vacancy rate for the first three months in the Memphis area was 6.5%. That is below the five-year average of 7.8%.
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North Memphis A new Starbucks may be brewing for Raleigh
Neither Starbucks nor the developer has confirmed it, but a building permit document suggests that Raleigh may soon have its own Starbucks coffee shop.
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Real Estate 46 Downtown businesses given $260,000 to help survive pandemic
Sixty-three percent of the 46 Downtown businesses receiving the forgivable loans were minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE).
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Real EstateHoming in on a home office that really works
The kitchen table might function fine as a home office for a few hours, but eight hours a day for weeks at a time? Some Memphis architects share their experiences with their own home offices during the pandemic, and what they believe makes a home office work well.
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Business Floied’s sign douses all doubt: Fire extinguishers sold here
"Trade signs" are more expensive and take longer to make, but they instantly communicate what a business does or makes.
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