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The Memphis Area Association of Realtors (MAAR) annual Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament is the single-largest external fundraising event for Make-A-Wish Mid-South, exceeding $500,000 in the event’s 11-year history.
Talks of a Loews Hotel for Downtown extend as far back as 2018 when representatives of the luxury hotel chain first announced plans to build a 500-room hotel near the Renasant Convention Center.
“The pandemic put challenges on the hotel market and the lending market, making the economics of our proposed transaction remarkably difficult.”
“It’s competitive when making an offer, especially with inventory running a little low,” MAAR president Bill Stewart said in a statement.
Encompassing 15 acres near the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on Walnut Grove Road, the Maslow Shared Community would include a school, mixed-income housing, health and wellness facilities and workforce development opportunities.
The Works, Inc. plans to develop a community hub that would house organizations that provide technical skills training and workforce development, comprehensive healthcare services, literary advocacy, as well as performing and visual arts programming.
Less than one month after forming a unionizing committee, all seven employees of the Starbucks store on Poplar near Highland were fired. Starbucks says they violated safety precautions.
The long-vacant, 30,000-square-foot building at 61 Keel Ave. is set to open its doors again as an event venue.
To help alleviate a supply-chain hardship that could last well into 2023, the Memphis-based logistics company pursues Mexico operations, something it hasn’t had since 2010.
“Hopefully, there’s going to be a lot of economic spin-off,” Halperin said of the city’s $56 million youth sports complex.
The airport will now support 50% more traffic than its pre-pandemic levels, with 23 gates capable of accommodating 6 million travelers.
Sponsored by Pinnacle Financial Partners, the Grizz Biz Challenge pits local businesses against one another in a competition resembling the popular ABC show “Shark Tank.”
Recent economic development throughout West Tennessee, including Ford’s $5.6 billion auto campus in Haywood County, has been a boon to business.
“In many cases, this will be the first impression or experience our visitors will have when they’re coming to Memphis,” Townsend said, “and hopefully we’ll see many, many returns as a result of it.”
As electric vehicle footprint director and project manager of Blue Oval City, Greg Christensen will be tasked with helping the iconic brand transition into the era of EV.
State Rep. Jason Powell plans to start a new caucus, the Train Travel Caucus, to increase rail infrastructure in Tennessee.
She will be replaced by a former VP at Hormel Foods.
MATA will work with Virginia-based Moment AI to develop and deploy autonomous vehicles. The vehicles would still require an operator.
Russian invasion prompts FedEx to indefinitely suspend its services in Ukraine.
On a conference call Monday, Feb. 28, Toronto-Dominion group president and CEO Bharat Masrani announced plans to invest $150 million to keep First Horizon employees.Related story:
This week, we’re joined by Martha Hample, managing partner of Hampline Brewing, and Vonesha Mitchell, executive director of the Women’s Business Center South.
AutoZone reported net sales up almost 16% from the second quarter last year.
A Canadian banking and financial firm will pay $25 a share, a 37% premium on FHN’s last close. Shares of the Memphis-based financial institution were up nearly 32% in early trading.
Site work at Blue Oval City could begin as early as March 15, and local officials say Shelby County is poised to be an electric vehicle hub “if we dare to dream big enough.” Ford, ready to grow workforce, begins to recruit eighth-gradersRelated stories:
Ford will run EV business separately as Ford Blue
HTL’s Mark Herbison visits Fayette County to speak about Blue Oval City
“We’re looking for technical, we’re looking for operational, we’re looking for lean and professional behaviors when we think about that ideal worker of the future,” said Liliana Ramirez, Ford’s workforce development director.