Memphis Country Club wants street closed for its ‘safety’
The private club has purchased all the property bordering a short street near its tennis courts and is asking the city to close Terrell Place and vacate the right-of-way.
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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Health Care Memphis-based nexAir acquires 16 Linde branches, production plant in Southeast
Memphis-based nexAir has just acquired the 16 Southeast branches of Linde LifeGas as well as a production facility in Georgia.
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Real Estate Medtronic sells its Memphis campus, leases back about half of it
Medtronic has sold its Memphis office campus to a Chicago real estate firm, and leased back just more than half the space. The rest will be marketed to other office tenants.
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Real Estate Short-term rentals, retail proposed for S. Main building
A New York developer plans to convert one of the South Main District's brick, two-story buildings into 18 short-term rental apartments and three ground-floor retail bays.
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Business FedEx invests in Indigo Ag
Indigo Ag announces that FedEx has invested in the startup's latest round of capital fundraising.
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Real Estate Google search: Southaven may head the list for ops center
Google has been looking for a site in Southaven for its operations center, according to sources not directly involved in the company's search.
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North Memphis The robots are coming!
A suspected Amazon facility in Frayser/Raleigh will include 787,000 square feet for "robot storage" platforms.
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Downtown New public art, signs proposed for Downtown
The Downtown Review Board will consider public art and signage for a number of projects, including Wiseacre Brewing Co., a suffrage monument and Sugashack on Beale.
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Business Nucor Steel Memphis plans expansion for new equipment
Nucor Steel Memphis is expanding its mill in the 3,500-acre Pidgeon Industrial Park.
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Business Trolley Stop was at the vanguard of a new era in Memphis
The Trolley Stop Market on Madison Avenue in the Edge District will close its doors on Jan. 10, owner announces.
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Business LEDIC becomes ‘Envolve’
The 40-year-old LEDIC Management Group has told its apartment residents that the company will refresh its branding and image with a new name, look, logo and tagline.
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Real Estate Buyer of Atrium buildings liked their location, quality and tenants
A Nashville-based real estate firm led a group of Memphis and Nashville investors in buying two of the 15 buildings that Highwoods Properties is selling off in Memphis.
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Real Estate Snuff District may embrace ‘cool’ silos
The Snuff District developers have just purchased an adjacent, old cement plant and its tall silos. Instead of tearing them down, the developers of apartment, office and retail space may may preserve the silos as a landmark.
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Real EstateCouple reviving overgrown Midtown mansion
Michael and Mallory Seeker have uncovered a regal home on Stonewall. They plan to take all the time they need to restore its luster.
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Real EstateConstruction well underway at Silo Square in Southaven
The first two mixed-use buildings are well under construction at Silo Square, the 228-acre, $220 million development in Southaven designed as a place to live, work and play.
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Real Estate 2019 was busiest in three decades for planning board
The 134 cases heard by the Board of Adjustment this year were the most since 1989, states a year-end report.
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Business Google to open operations center near Memphis
Google announced Thursday that it will hire 350 people for a new operations center in Northwest Mississippi.
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Real Estate Tax incentives approved for transformer plant, chemical plant
The EDGE Board on Wednesday approved $13.1 million worth of new tax incentives for two companies that plan to make $141 million in capital investments and add at least 159 jobs.
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Business North Memphis chemical plant wants to expand, seeks tax break
Penn A Kem executives say a $2.8 million local tax break will help them convince their European holding company to invest in a $38.5 million expansion in Memphis.
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Real Estate Construction at Williamsburg Village could start soon
Boyle Investment Co. applies for two construction permits totaling $1.5 million to renovate and rebuild the Williamsburg Village Shopping Center.
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Business Korean transformer company, AutoZone seek tax breaks
The EDGE board will consider tax incentives for a company that will occupy the Memphis Mitsubishi plant and an additional $1.9 million for AutoZone.
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Business Korean conglomerate to buy Mitsubishi plant, create 410 Memphis jobs
A Korean company will make an $87 million investment and establish its first presence in the U.S. in Memphis.
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Real Estate New hotel approved for East Memphis
Plans for a five-story, 98-room Residence Inn by Marriott still need approval from the Memphis City Council.
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Business Loews Hotel plan for Central Police Station gets board approval
The Loews Hotel plan would replace the back part of the historic Central Police Station with meeting and event, delivery and parking spaces.
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Business Permit sought for $124M facility Amazon hasn’t acknowledged
A developer on Wednesday filed for a construction permit to build a $124.2 million "sort facility/warehouse" that Amazon declines to confirm.
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