Memphis receives EPA funding to clean contaminated areas
This marks the first time since 2009 that a city in Tennessee was granted one of these funds.
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Real Estate Rapper 2 Chainz restaurant to go before design board
Esco Restaurant & Tapas is scheduled to open this year on the ground floor of the 200 S. Second parking garage at 156 Lt. George Lee Ave.
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City of Memphis MATA to continue $1.25 ride share service
The original service zone of Downtown and New Chicago was expanded to include Presidents Island and areas of South Memphis.
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Real EstateInked: NCRM, Tesla and Starbucks are all expanding in Memphis
In this edition of Inked, The National Civil Rights Museum expansion gets a foundation, Tesla will expand its charging station on Park Avenue and there will be a new Starbucks on Winchester.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx says it has reached ‘tentative agreement’ with pilots union on new contract
Earlier this month, the FedEx ALPA Master Executive Council, the union which represents the pilots, announced its members had voted to strike if necessary to achieve a new labor agreement.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx launches platform to help customers track CO2e emissions
The Sustainability Insights tool is designed to assist FedEx in its goal of reaching carbon neutral operations by 2040.
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Transportation & Logistics Hundreds of FedEx pilots picket for new contract
Pilots picketing outside the FedEx Express Air Operations Center on Airways Boulevard Wednesday held signs that read “When the world shut down, FedEx pilots delivered” and “Now is the time!”
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Transportation & Logistics Memphis International expects 52K travelers this Memorial Day weekend
The airport and TSA have shared tips for people traveling for the holiday.
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Transportation & Logistics Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority passes $156M 2024 budget
The increase in revenue will be supplemented by the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act funding and surplus funds that will carry over from 2023.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx pilots vote to authorize strike
A representative of FedEx said the decision should not affect the company’s operations at this time.
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Transportation & Logistics Fedex mother-daughter team make historic flight
The aviation duo broke new ground after they traveled from Memphis to Incheon, South Korea.
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BusinessInternational Paper urges shareholders to reject recent offer
A mini-tender offer is an offer made to buy a company’s shares directly from its current investors, usually in an amount less than 5% of issued stock.
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Business Dextrous Robotics moving to larger space in Midtown
The Silicon Valley startup began its operations at Crosstown in 2020, where it started work on developing its flagship robot, DX-1. The purpose of DX-1 is to help companies move packages with “superhuman strength and speed.”
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Metro Apartments near Southwind, previously refused, get Land Use Control Board nod
In February 2022, the LUCB rejected plans to build the Tournament Trails Center complex at 3581 Tournament Drive-South, but a decision in April 2022 from the Memphis City Council reversed that decision.
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Front Page Comcast to award grants to 100 small businesses in Memphis
Memphis is one of five cities that Comcast selected to award the grants, as part of the company’s RISE program.
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Real EstateInked: Updates on Intrator’s South Main properties
Developer Tom Intrator said the Dream Hotel planned for South Main could break ground as early as November.
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First phase of Intrator’s Pinch District gets closing deadline modification
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Real Estate Falls Building owners seek tax incentives to repurpose historic landmark
New York-based Left Lane Development LLC will ask the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Center City Revenue Finance Corp. for a 12-year PILOT for the redevelopment project.
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Real Estate First phase of Intrator’s Pinch District gets closing deadline modification
Developer Tom Intrator received closing deadline modifications for three of his Downtown projects that already have tax incentives.
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Financial ServicesQ&A: What the First Horizon CEO has to say after the termination of TD deal
Following the announcement Thursday, which saw First Horizon’s stock down nearly 40%, First Horizon chairman and CEO Bryan Jordan spoke with The Daily Memphian to answer questions related to the terminated merger.
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Financial ServicesFirst Horizon CEO on merger breakdown: ‘We pursued every possible path to complete this transaction without success’
Under the terms of the termination agreement, TD Bank Group will make a $200 million cash payment to First Horizon on top of the $25 million fee due to First Horizon pursuant to the merger agreement.
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Q&A: What the First Horizon CEO has to say after the termination of TD deal
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Financial ServicesTD calls off First Horizon deal
Because there is uncertainty as to if and when regulatory approvals can be obtained, both banks agreed to terminate the merger agreement.
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BusinessOptum at Home CEO to lead Memphis Chamber’s Chairman’s Circle
The Chamber announced the Circle’s new leadership on Thursday, May 4, including the selection of Bill Dunavant as vice chair.
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Real Estate Pizza, coffee, yoga spots come to Medical District
A Rock’n Dough Pizza & Brewery restaurant will occupy the nearly 7,000 square-foot space that was formerly the Trolley Stop Market on Madison Avenue. French Truck Coffee and Sana Yoga studio will open in the Orleans Station development.
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Real EstateInked: An adaptive reuse project in the Edge; The Falls in Arlington updates
The Downtown Memphis Commission’s Design Review Board will consider exterior renovation plans for the single-story masonry building at 405 Monroe Ave.
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Transportation & Logistics Spirit Airlines to launch Memphis, Los Angeles nonstop service
Flights from Memphis International Airport will depart daily.
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