Greater Memphis Chamber’s annual luncheon reflective of a changed world
Chamber officials and members share experiences of the pandemic, plan for the future.
Rob Moore
Rob Moore is an Arkansas native who moved to Memphis to attend the University of Memphis. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English. He covers Public Companies, Transportation and Logistics, and Banking and Finance.
There are 555 articles by Rob Moore :
-
December 2021
-
Business -
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.
-
Business 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.
-
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.
-
Business 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.
-
Update
BusinessKellogg’s announces tentative deal with workers
If approved by the union, the deal could end an almost two-month long strike.
-
Premium
BusinessInked: 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.
-
Neighborhoods 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.
-
-
November 2021
-
Neighborhoods DMC awards grant for South Memphis coffee shop
The ground floor will also sell and display local Memphis artwork.
-
Business Historic Edge building reno underway
The vacant Madison Avenue building’s stained glass will be removed but its terra cotta facade will stay.
-
Neighborhoods 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.
-
Business 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.
-
Premium
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.
-
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.”
-
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.
-
Premium
BusinessInked: 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.
-
Business Bluff City Biz: Ford’s investment, our opportunity and Downtown parking with Carol Coletta
“Now it’s our job to capitalize on the opportunity to lure suppliers to Ford and related companies.”
-
Business Bioventus to invest $9.1 million, create 40 new jobs in Shelby County
The facility at 7101 Goodlett Farms Parkway will become the medical device manufacturer’s second site in Cordova.
-
Business Renasant Convention Center boasts $200 million makeover
The center’s newly renovated, 118,000-square-foot exhibit hall was recently used as the set for a History Channel commercial featuring Morgan Freeman.
-
Premium
NeighborhoodsInked: Olive Branch lands distributor; Uptown renovation nearing completion
A California company opens a distribution center in Olive Branch, the renovation of Tri State Iron Works nears completion and the Hilton Garden Inn is bought for $36 million by a Virginia-based investor.
-
Neighborhoods Downtown board approves new PILOT for Medical District development
The five-story development would include residential and retail space.
-
Business Velo at Shelby Farms requests closing extension
The Birmingham-based developer is asking to move its closing deadline to next year.
-
Neighborhoods Permit filed for Downtown Mobility Center
The Downtown Mobility Center would stand seven stories on the 1.3-acre surface parking lot immediately north of the Orpheum Theatre and include nearly 1,000 parking spaces and ground-floor retail space.
-
Business Bluff City Biz: Ford, U of M and Downtown development with Ted Townsend
The Greater Memphis Chamber’s Ted Townsend talks about the megasite’s name change — “I have no problem with it.” — the U of M’s new president and Downtown development.
-
Premium
NeighborhoodsKrosstown Kleaners building could be reborn
The Krosstown Kleaners building was built in 1910 and originally served as a bakery, before becoming a dry cleaning business in 1944 with its distinctive neon sign.
-