Chick-fil-A coming to Summer Avenue
The site is where the Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church building was closed and demolished last year.
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.
There are 1216 articles by Tom Bailey :
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Real Estate 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.
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Real Estate Kemmons Wilson Cos. plans move into Downtown historic building
The old Spaghetti Warehouse property on West Huling will become home to the new corporate headquarters for the company that began Holiday Inns.
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Real EstateRacquet Club redevelopment stalls; acreage may shrink
And another residential subdivision is being proposed in Raleigh, this one comprising 11 lots near the intersection of James Road and Warford Street.
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Real Estate Landlords choose ways to help business tenants during crisis
Many commercial landlords in Memphis are using a range of options to help business tenants that have little or no income to pay rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Business Ready, set, apply: Law firm’s chart simplifies forgivable loan program
The $349 billion can be free money for Memphis small businesses hurt by COVID-19, but it's first-come, first-serve for the nationwide Paycheck Protection Program.
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East MemphisEast Memphis synagogue may get ‘historic’ label
A national historic status may come to the Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Congregation building because of its striking architecture and the synagogue's rich history.
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North Memphis Roll, Kruger, roll: Memphis plant churns out the TP
The giant plant makes more than 1 million rolls of toilet paper a day and it's figured out a way to increase production even more.
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Real EstateHighland Row sells for $65 million
A California-based private real estate investment and development company has bought the mixed-use development two blocks west of the University of Memphis.
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Real EstateBoyle buys four Highwoods office buildings
Boyle Investment Co. has purchased four of the city’s premier office buildings in East Memphis as seller Highwoods Properties continues to divest itself from Memphis.
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City of Memphis Is golf allowed? The answer in Shelby County is ‘maybe’
Some local golf courses are open but imposing social-distancing precautions.
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