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Carhartt opening first store in Memphis
The retailer will fill the last available space in Ridgeway Trace — making the 300,000-square-foot shopping center 100% leased.
Dima Amro
Reporter
Dima Amro is a native Memphian who covers commercial real estate and economic development for The Daily Memphian. She received her B.A. in journalism at the University of Memphis and M.A. in investigative journalism at American University.
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June 2025
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BusinessSign of the future: PURE, xAI teamup shows teens ‘what welding can do’
A decrepit cemetery sign sparked a partnership between a Memphis school and Elon Musk-founded xAI.
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Real EstateInked: Former Germantown coffee spot becomes salon
Plus, a Bartlett shopping center gets a new owner.
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Business Memphis Chamber’s new council, execs will foster global biz, city workforce
“I think one of our first orders of business is just super capitalizing on the word ‘innovation,’” said the Greater Memphis Chamber’s new executive director of the Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board.
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Midtown Prairie Farms Dairy to close Memphis plant
The announcement said Prairie Farms will work with area manufacturers and employment agencies to support transitions.
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MusicMade in Memphis Entertainment office, recording studio for sale
Tony Alexander, president and director of MIME, said the entertainment group does not plan to leave the city, but is ‘testing the waters’ on selling its Union Avenue real estate.
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Real EstateGreater Memphis Chamber to get sign on 100 Peabody Place
“The sign is more than just the letters,” said Ted Townsend, president of the chamber. “It embodies that business is here in our Downtown core.”
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Real EstateNorthside Grill project moves forward
A vacant building in Klondike should soon undergo renovations to become the Northside Grill.
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Visual ArtsNew mural, furniture coming to Edge District alley
An Edge District alley is getting a glow-up.
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Real EstateInked: Adventure park coming to former Wolfchase Sears
Plus, Burlington is moving its Bartlett store.
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Real EstateNew Crosstown Concourse office spaces go on the market for first time
“This is the first time since the inception of the building that we’ve had any substantial or any availability beyond one or two suites. This building offers way more than any other building in this city.”
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Real EstateAshlar Hall gets more time for renovations
Ashlar Hall was approved for a use variance in 2023 to allow an event center on the property. However, that variance was set to expire in September.
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May 2025
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Real Estate Malco Summer Drive-In sold for $2.3 million
Terms of the sale include a condition that the new owners will not operate a movie theater without the written consent of the seller and Malco for the next 20 years.
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Real EstateInked: Germantown Square heads for auction
The shopping center includes Incredible Pizza, the University of Memphis Kemmons Wilson Culinary Institute and The Tile Shop. Plus, an RV park is planned for Cordova.
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Real EstateFill your plate: Memphis business owners test run vacant restaurant sites
Table Ready is designed to fill former Downtown businesses by allowing restaurant owners to try out the property with the Downtown Memphis Commission covering some of the rent and utility costs for a year.
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Real EstateMake-A-Wish child will swim with ‘piggies and sharkies’
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament is the largest donor event to Make-A-Wish Mid-South outside of events curated by the nonprofit.
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Real EstateInked: ‘Adult playground’ coming, St. Jude demolishing buildings, more
Playground Memphis will offer adults a space to play, ALSAC will demolish more than 12,000 square feet of buildings, senior housing is coming to the Medical District and a Midtown apartment building was sold.
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EducationMUS launching $200M campus improvement plan
The first phase of the project — which includes a new science building consisting of 14 labs — will begin with the demolition of the library in June.
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BusinessGoogle plans data center in West Memphis
Site plans submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis office describe a 920-acre site with five large-scale data center buildings, office buildings, parking areas, internal access roads, a utility substation, stormwater management facilities, utilities and associated infrastructure.
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Real EstateGolf tournament might hit $1M in donations to Make-a-Wish this year
Brooke Ehrhart, vice president of development at Make-A-Wish Mid-South, said the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council tournament this year will grant a Senatobia, Mississippi, child’s wish to swim with pigs in Hawaii.
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Real Estate Home sales dropped, but housing officials expect hot summer market
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors’ latest housing report showed a decline in local home sales in April compared to the previous month and the same period last year.
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Real EstateIconic blue dog paintings replaced
The owners of Union Centre changed the iconic blue dog art in late April. Only one blue dog painting remains on the building.
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MusicHow did Riverbeat perform in year two?
With 30,000 tickets scanned for the three-day music festival in Tom Lee Park, how did Riverbeat compare to its previous year?
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Real EstateInked: ‘Homegrown success story’ expands; Shelby Drive site sold to former owner
VSL Nail Spa adds another location. Plus, a fully leased strip center and a Lamar Avenue liquor store each were sold.
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Real EstateOak Court developers want it to be ‘truly mixed-use property’
An amended site plan was filed for the East Memphis mall site as part of the investors’ efforts to rezone the 31-acre property.
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