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Food Files: ‘Mushroom queen’ moving her kingdom
Shroomlicious pauses operations to kickstart progress on new location, Pretty Taco closed “temporarily” and The Ready Room is closed.
Sophia Surrett
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January 2025
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BusinessWild Beet grows devoted citywide fan base
Kelcie Nollner didn’t have a background in restaurants when she opened her first one in 2014. But she knew her salad-focused concept could find a following.
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Real EstateInked: Crosstown development gets Memphis city funding
Two Olive Branch warehouses bought by Atlanta-based firm, Great Clips signed a lease in Arlington and Bellevue Montgomery got $500,000 from City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development.
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Real EstateFirst-time homebuyers struggle with high rates, prices
“It really is unfortunate because I believe that owning your own home, especially that first home, is truly the American dream.”
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Real EstateInked: Crunch Fitness weighs third location; Madison Ave. shopping center sold
Another Crunch Fitness could be headed to Memphis, and a shopping center on Madison Avenue sold for $1.78 million. Plus, ConMed Corp. leases a new building.
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Food NewsFood Files: What’s Italian for ‘extra space’? Ecco at Overton Park expands.
Ecco Lounge is fitted with couches, chairs, tables and wall accents, including the signage Ecco Sala, meaning lounge in Italian.
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Real Estate Downtown Crowne Plaza ownership up in the air
The developer who won the auction for the 230-room Crowne Plaza Memphis Downtown could be denied ownership weeks before closing.
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Metro COGIC moves its largest event from Memphis to St. Louis
The Church of God in Christ held its annual event in St. Louis from 2010 to 2019. It returned to Memphis in 2022.
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Real EstateCooper-Young development approved for property-tax incentive
The Cooper will be on 5.8 acres at Cooper Street and Central Avenue with 250 multifamily apartments, 27 rental townhomes, a 125-room hotel, surface parking and a 325-space parking garage.
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Business XAI opens path to work with Memphis-area businesses
“It is important to us as a company that we grow in Memphis. We want our fellow businesses to grow, too.”
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Real Estate XAI vendor secures facility in Memphis
Houston-based Solaris Energy Infrastructure is opening a 34,000-square-foot warehouse in Whitehaven. The company is a vendor for the Elon Musk-founded AI company xAI.
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Food NewsFood Files: The Crazy Coop, Cache 42 Downtown open
Two Downtown restaurants welcoming customers, a new Scooter’s coffee and a Waffle House one step closer to construction on Forest Hill Irene Road.
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Real Estate The Cooper Midtown developers seek property tax relief
The Cooper Development group, led by Chance Carlisle and Carlisle Development Co., seeks a 20-year property tax incentive for the Cooper-Young mixed-use development.
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Food NewsFood Files: Primas Bakery wants Memphians to know it hasn’t closed
In other food news: Whataburger, Tops and Pizza Hut are all adding new locations.
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Real EstateInked: Industrial real estate market ends 2024 with low demand, high supply
Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors released its industrial market report for quarter four of 2024, which shows high supply and low demand. Memphis Education & Research Institute plans to build a new office and storage facility.
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Real EstateInked: New Arlington retail development planned
A new Arlington retail strip is planned, Timber Creek Plaza will have a new tenant and the mobile tire-repair shop Tire Installation will have a new corporate headquarters.
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Food NewsFood Files: Petals of a Peony and RockHouse Live opening drive-thrus
Petals of a Peony and RockHouse Live will both introduce drive-thru concepts and Wing House will soon open in the former Nothing Bundt Cakes in East Memphis.
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DowntownGenerational blend: Son opens cafe inside father’s restaurant
Mustapha Mustapha, the owner of Sam’s Main Street Eatery, felt his space needed something more. His son wanted to run his own coffee shop. So, they brewed a plan.
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Real EstateInked: National Plaza building, Downtown gas station find new life
National Plaza Memphis could become a new mixed-use development, a new Downtown gas station and a new laundromat in Raliegh.
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Food NewsMemphis restaurant that put the soul in soul food says goodbye
“We hear a lot about restaurants closing here in Memphis, and they just leave, but this is one that we should say, ‘Thank you for all the things you have done for us. After 40 years, this family deserves all the flowers.”
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Business Hear, hear: Pickleball Kingdom coming to Memphis
Pickleball Kingdom is taking over a former Memphis superstore and, with it, bringing indoor courts, classes and more.
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Food NewsFood Files: Petra Cafe closes; Catherine & Mary’s to undergo $175K reno
Petra Cafe is looking for a new location, Guthrie’s Chicken will open, Wendy’s on Covington will be torn down and rebuilt, and Catherine & Mary’s will be renovated.
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Real EstateInked: New Collierville center, South Main to get retail spots
The Collierville intersection at North Byhalia Road and Wolf River Boulevard will get a shopping center, South Main to get new retail spots and the three-building Mendenhall Road Collection was sold for $1.175 million.
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Food NewsFood Files: City Silo opens new location; Farm Burger goes local — Globally
City Silo reopens in East Memphis with a new look and a new location. Plus, a Bartlett bakery has closed its storefront.
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Food NewsTekila owners to open restaurant in former Carrabba’s
People familiar with the restaurant said the concept could be an upscale steakhouse similar to the Tekila location at the Nineteenth Century Club building at 1433 Union Ave.
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