Port Authority VP to become interim EDGE leader
Until the new president can be nominated and confirmed, EDGE chose to appoint a vice president to handle certain day-to-day and administrative functions.
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Real EstateInked: Goldfish Swim School headed to Germantown; Union mixed-use update
What to do with shuttered big box stores, and an update on the planned mixed-use development at the former Union Avenue police station.
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Business Bluff City Biz: Riverfront development and lessons we can learn from Uptown with Paul Young
“Expanding docks to accommodate more businesses to bring more visitors to Memphis could only be a great thing,” said President and CEO of the Downtown Memphis Commission, Paul Young.
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Real EstateNovember home sales up 1.1% from last year
“Even with the market slowing a bit during the holidays, like it always does, the numbers are still strong,” MAAR president Cassandra Bell-Warren said in a statement released Monday, Dec. 13.
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Health Care St. Jude and WHO to expand access globally to lifesaving cancer treatments
The WHO and St. Jude first collaborated in 2018 when St. Jude committed $15 million for the creation of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer.
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Business PILOT requests could generate $162M in local investment
The EDGE Board will review PILOT (payment-in-lieu-of-taxes) projects that would keep several hundred existing Memphis jobs, while adding dozens of new positions earning more than $45K annually in wages
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Real Estate DMC wants to expand South City Good Neighbor Grant program
The Downtown Memphis Commission affiliate Center City Development Corp. will decide whether to expand the South City Good Neighbor Grant program when it meets Wednesday, Dec. 15.
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Real Estate Historic Greyhound Building to undergo $29M redevelopment
The original bus station at 525 N. Main in 1937 (before it moved to Union Avenue) could become part of a mixed-use development in the Uptown area.
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Real EstateInked: Here comes Whataburger; One Beale progress; new ownership for Chickasaw Oaks
After years of speculation and false starts, it seems Whataburger is getting closer to breaking into the Memphis market. Also, updates on the progress of work done at One Beale and new ownership for Chickasaw Oaks.
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Business Greater Memphis Chamber’s annual luncheon reflective of a changed world
Chamber officials and members share experiences of the pandemic, plan for the future.
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Movers and Shakers Greater Memphis Chamber names Peabody exec next chairman
Doug Browne has worked for The Peabody for 19 years, but he started his career in hospitality as a dishwasher.
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Real Estate After upgrades, ProTech’s ready for return to office
The pandemic proved the perfect time for ProTech to remodel its Southwind office space while employees worked from home.
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Business Bluff City Biz: Our role in creating Ford’s workforce and Memphis’ cost of living, with Rory Thomas
Memphis Medical District Collaborative president Rory Thomas talks about the potential growth from Ford’s planned investment and attracting outsiders to the Medical District.
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Ford Megasite Industry leaders give insights in 2021 Daily Memphian CRE seminar
Industry leaders covered everything industrial, office and retail, and two of the region’s top economic development experts talked Ford and its unprecedented planned development.
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BusinessKellogg’s announces tentative deal with workers
If approved by the union, the deal could end an almost two-month long strike.
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GermantownInked: Temporary lease makes space for pop-up shop; industrial sales; a Gus’s for Germantown
Warehouse Sale buys merchandise that was returned online, often purchasing it in bulk. It can then offer lower prices by skipping the retail markup process and selling directly to consumers at their pop-up events.
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Real Estate Memphis Medical District Collaborative receives $300,000 grant
The grant was in recognition of the MMDC’s work centered on building equity and prosperity through increased economic opportunities for BIPOC communities.
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Food News DMC awards grant for South Memphis coffee shop
The ground floor will also sell and display local Memphis artwork.
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Real Estate Historic Edge building reno underway
The vacant Madison Avenue building’s stained glass will be removed but its terra cotta facade will stay.
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Food News Downtown health/nutrition bar moves forward
Charles Cavallo, who also owns The Cupboard restaurant, plans to fully renovate the ground-floor commercial space, which was once a jewelry store.
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Real Estate The Daily Memphian’s Commercial Real Estate Seminar features key leaders who landed Ford
Join us Thursday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. for The Daily Memphian’s Commercial Real Estate Seminar.
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Spirit of MemphisHow Krosstown Kleaners will be transformed to Krosstown Venues
Kinsey Thompson has seen opportunities where other people might see the impossible. But restoring a 110-year-old building is his biggest project yet.
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Business Bluff City Biz: Broker talks Ford’s effect on Shelby County, holiday supply chain
The Shopping Center Group’s Shawn Massey: “The leases we’re signing in Arlington and Lakeland right now are a direct result of Ford coming to town.”
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Midtown Friends For Life will move to a Midtown location with a storied past
For more than 30 years, Friends For Life has been the largest service provider for people living with HIV in the Mid-South, with a laser focus on prevention.
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Real EstateInked: Hickory Ridge Mall gets a new tenant; developer buys five Memphis Save A Lot stores
Ms. Stella’s Cornbread to launch at Hickory Ridge Mall early next month, J. Word Enterprises purchases five local Save A Lot’s and RedZone Ministries plans to build a new community resource center.
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