Meritan staff braves pandemic to continue in-home care
The nonprofit social work and health agency wants to add walk-up, COVID-19 testing for the homeless to the array of services it provides.
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 Estate Clark Tower goes to lender in foreclosure sale
Wells Fargo offered the only bid — $43 million — to take ownership of the landmark building in East Memphis.
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Real Estate Shipping-container fence OK’d for blocking thieves at tire/repair shop
Mot C Wheels at 4599 Millbranch lines three sides of its property with eight metal shipping containers to keep thieves out and to store tires.
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Real EstateLuciann theater’s new owner starts plans for adaptive reuse
Work has already started to place the 80-year-old theater building on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Financial Services Raymond James colleagues reunite for Mid-South Food Bank
The company's 937 employees in Memphis have worked from home during the pandemic, but a number reconvened Thursday to donate food and money for the Mid-South Food Bank.
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Real EstateClark Tower’s ownership is changing, tenants told
In-Rel Properties said in an email that the East Memphis landmark will change ownership due to the outcome of a legal case.
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Real Estate COVID-19 puts its stamp on commercial leases
Across the Memphis area, new and amended commercial real estate leases are reflecting the pandemic and what such a "force majeure" can do to a business's ability to pay rent.
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Real EstateState tech school expanding again to meet demand
Tennessee College of Applied Technology will now add a 20,000-square-foot building to its Downtown campus, even while construction continues on its new Bartlett campus.
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Real Estate20twelve moving from Broad to Regalia, opening Nashville store
The historic, renovated building housing the sophisticated designer-clothes and lifestyle store has been sold to real estate investors who plan to find another business tenant.
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Real Estate Memphis-made Shine ‘n Jam hair gel called market’s ‘hottest thing’
Two manufacturers and an apartment builder received tax incentives from the EDGE Board.
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City of Memphis Bamboozled? Not Memphis Zoo, easily feeding pandas during pandemic
The Calgary Zoo is having to return its two giant pandas to China because of pandemic-caused logistics problems in getting enough bamboo. But the Memphis Zoo has its own bamboo farm as well as bamboo donors.
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Real Estate Hen House will aspire to be ‘unpretentious’ wine bar
A California-inspired wine bar and restaurant plans to open this summer in Williamsburg Village shopping center in East Memphis.
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Real EstateRaymond James files more allegations against landlord
Raymond James wants to go another legal round against its Downtown Memphis landlord. The company also reveals that six years ago it negotiated to be anchor tenant for what is likely the planned One Beale office tower.
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Real EstateBrookhaven Lofts bringing live/work (and walk) units to East Memphis
A development team is building a three-story apartment building that will place residents in the middle of the restaurants, groceries and entertainment that surround Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis.
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Real Estate Developer proposes apartments next to Fairgrounds, designed by LRK
A four-story, 127-unit apartment building is proposed for the east edge of the Fairgrounds.
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Real Estate Pandrol, Ampro plan to invest more in manufacturing
Pandrol plans to increase its capital investment in Memphis from $9.3 million to $12.9 million, and Ampro plans to invest $6 million to manufacture a new product line at its plant in Frayser.
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Coronavirus Clergy sync up to promote delay of in-person worship
A large group of Memphis-area faith leaders has made and just released a video promoting the continued delay of face-to-face worship until conditions improve with COVID-19.
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Real Estate Graceland-linked production plant wins planning board’s OK
Despite a “rejection” recommendation from the Office of Planning & Development, the Land Use Control Board voted 6-4 to approve construction of a production facility, using 3-D printing, in the middle of single-family homes in Whitehaven.
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Real Estate Longtime South City businesses plan renovations
Both founded in South City in the 1960s, Paradise Entertainment Center and Tom Martin's Body Shop plan to improve the exterior of their buildings.
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Metro Planners turn thumbs down to factory proposed by Graceland executive
The Graceland-related proposal to build a light-manufacturing plant amid Whitehaven residences should be rejected, the Office of Planning & Development recommends. -
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Real EstateGrind City Brewing beers hitting local shelves this coming week
The first 500 cases of beer from the city's newest craft brewery rolled away Monday toward groceries, liquor stores and bars. The taproom will open once a power pole is moved so the city can restore access to the site.
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Real EstateLululemon coming to Midtown
The athletic-apparel chain will open its second, Memphis-area store at the southwest corner of Central and Cooper. The 111-year-old building last housed Toad Hall Antiques.
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Spirit of Memphis ‘Data, not dates’ guide worship plans for many Memphis congregations
The Memphis Clergy COVID-19 Response group remains cautious about resuming in-person worship despite receiving qualified permission from the state.
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Business Two Broke Bartenders growing into permanent business
Taylor Berger's new company, founded to provide handyman-type work to jobless restaurant workers, has grown and is moving into a new headquarters.
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Real Estate April home sales drop (only) 15%
Yes, the pandemic pushed home sales down substantially. But the agents still completed 1,456 transactions under trying conditions. And this weekend, look for the return of open houses.
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