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.
Rob Moore
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December 2021
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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Movers and Shakers 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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Business Bluff City Biz: Global networks, research and innovation with Beverly Robertson
Beverly Robertson, president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber, often touts what she calls Memphis’ four R’s: road, rail, river and runway. Now, she says it’s time to add a fifth: research.
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Business‘We see the Medical District as the new frontier’
Both private and public development have come to the Memphis Medical District.
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BusinessInked: A mobile flower truck sets up shop, a new grocery chain for Memphis, Whataburger update
Construction is underway for a Whataburger in Southaven at the corner of Goodman Road and Airways.
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DowntownPaul Young: After uncertainty, future of Downtown ‘inclusive’
“It’s my belief that the future of Downtown is one that’s inclusive,” Young said. “When I say inclusive, I mean diverse businesses, diverse residents and diverse experiences. The food, the music, the culture. That’s why Memphis, and its future, is unique.”
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Ford Megasite Bluff City Biz: Landers Auto president talks rising Ford plant costs
“I’ve always thought the megasite would be a moving target,” said Kent Ritchey. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it pushes $500 million.”
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Real EstateInked: 114 N. Main moves ahead; a wine merchant for the Edge; a possible pOpshelf
A 120-year-old office building is moving forward with renovations, a new wine merchant is coming to the Edge District and Memphis may get a pOpshelf.
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Arts & CultureMemphis-based Connect Music connects artists to top streaming platforms
The rapid shift from physical to digital created a need for services that can aggregate the data and distribute it for consumption, which is where Connect Music found its opening.
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Real Estate Edge District development to go before Design Review Board
The folks at cnct. development say infill projects are as important to revitalizing the Edge District as larger projects like Orleans Station and The Ravine.
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January 2022
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Ford Megasite Bluff City Biz: Area’s biggest business story of 2021
In September, during a formal announcement at Shelby Farms Park, Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee referred to Ford’s decision as the “single-largest investment in Tennessee history.”
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Real Estate Mixed-use development planned for South Main
Butler Row would span more than 2 acres, including the intersection at East Butler Avenue and B.B. King Boulevard.
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Downtown Design Review Board to consider eye-popping Downtown mural
At a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 5, local artists’ colorful image for the Hyatt Centric — on a concrete wall facing the intersection of Beale and Wagner streets — will be considered.
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