There are 117 article(s) tagged economic development:

• November 2019

  • Planning board approves big expansion of UPS hub

    The Land Use Control Board has approved a UPS plan that includes enlarging its Memphis airport hub by 266,000 square feet.

    By Tom Bailey November 15, 2019

• October 2019

  • Revised plans for Union Row unveiled

    New renderings for the 11-acre, first phase of the Union Row mixed-use development show a dense arrangement of apartments, parking garages, hotels and office buildings.

    By Tom Bailey October 01, 2019

• September 2019

  • Room to spare: Medtronic to renovate, lease part of its campus

    Medtronic plans to carry out a $5 million renovation of its large office campus in Memphis and to lease out excess space to a business tenant. 

    By Tom Bailey September 25, 2019

  • Southaven Chamber marks 50 years with Solid Gold Gala Oct. 17

    The Southaven Chamber of Commerce will mark its 50th anniversary with a $50-a-person Solid Gold Gala Thursday, Oct. 17, at Landers Center in Southaven.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 20, 2019

  • Good sign? Pallet maker plans big expansion

    The Pallet Factory has been making pallets for 42 years.

    By Tom Bailey September 04, 2019

• August 2019

  • Amazon footprints elsewhere match that of ‘Project Iris’

    Plans for three proposed fulfillment centers -- in Memphis, Mt. Juliet, Tenn., and Prince George's County, Md. -- are strikingly similar. And Amazon has linked itself to the Maryland proposal. 

    By Tom Bailey August 30, 2019

  • New Uptown parking lots may pave way for St. Jude expansion

    Memphis planners are endorsing – with conditions – St. Jude’s request to build rule-breaking parking lots in Uptown because the lots will support the research hospital’s massive expansion.

    By Tom Bailey August 28, 2019

  • Special ground is broken for One Beale

    A ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday morning celebrated the first, $150 million phases of One Beale. Work already has started to erect the Hyatt Centric hotel and Landing Residences at One Beale apartments. 

    By Tom Bailey August 20, 2019

  • Surface Dynamics to expand in Bartlett

    Bartlett-based Surface Dynamics LLC will expand, creating 110 more jobs and investing $10 million in Bartlett over the next five years.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 19, 2019

  • Amazon opens delivery operation in Lamar Corridor

    Amazon is now operating its permanent 'delivery station' after renovating an old warehouse near I-240 and Lamar.

    By Tom Bailey August 15, 2019

  • Medline quietly takes 450 jobs to Mississippi

    A medical supply company is moving distribution operations to Southaven, creating 450 jobs there.

    By Tom Bailey August 09, 2019

  • Shelby County’s opportunity zones seek investment in 32 census tracts

    Memphis and Shelby County economic development organizations are promoting eight newly designated opportunity zone areas consisting of 32 census tracts, 30 in Memphis and two in Millington.

    By Wayne Risher August 09, 2019

  • Regional Economic Alliance ponders united front with suburbs

    The Memphis-Shelby County Regional Economic Alliance is considering adding representation from Shelby County suburban cities' chambers of commerce as a way of creating a unified approach to economic development.

    By Wayne Risher August 08, 2019

• July 2019

  • Navy relinquishing 42 acres on Presidents Island

    Demand is high for industrial acreage on Presidents Island, and the property that the Navy is giving the Port Commission is the largest available undeveloped tract on the island.

    By Tom Bailey July 24, 2019

  • TRUE Sports moving headquarters to Downtown

    True Temper Sports has rebranded itself as TRUE Sports and will move its 35 headquarters jobs from the suburbs into Downtown's One Commerce Square.

    By Tom Bailey July 23, 2019

  • Smith & Nephew upgrading its Brooks Road campus

    The medical-device maker is adding employees and spending millions to improve facilities at its sprawling complex on gritty Brooks Road.

    By Tom Bailey July 21, 2019

• June 2019

  • Saia takes another step toward new $15M truck terminal

    Saia Motor Freight seeks building permit to build 200-door cross dock just east of Memphis International Airport.

    By Tom Bailey June 24, 2019

  • Snuff District revealed in new renderings

    Newly released architectural renderings have revealed what the 55-acre, nearly $200 million Snuff District mixed-use development will look like in Uptown next to the Wolf River Harbor.

    By Tom Bailey June 17, 2019

• May 2019

  • Memphis implant firm grows rapidly, draws majority investor

    A private-equity firm has bought controlling interest of the rapidly growing CrossRoads Extremity Systems, which was founded in Memphis less than five years ago. 

    By Tom Bailey May 14, 2019

• April 2019

  • My City Rides revs up motor scooter campaign for Memphis

    The nonprofit My City Rides is gearing up for a more aggressive second year to promote its motor scooter sales as an answer to the transportation challenges for many Memphians.

    By Tom Bailey April 28, 2019

• March 2019

  • EDGE: Downtown Memphis will never be top ‘economic node’ in Shelby County

    Although Downtown Memphis has landed several corporate headquarters relocations, some local leaders see it as part of a bevy of community assets rather than a center for economic activity. 

    By Michelle Corbet March 01, 2019

• February 2019

  • JNJ Logistics to start building new Memphis headquarters

    JNJ Logistics will break ground on a new headquarters and employ more than 500 near the old Mall of Memphis, but the headcount will eventually exceed 1,000, a consultant says.

    By Tom Bailey, Michelle Corbet February 25, 2019

  • Ag-equipment company leaving Memphis for Olive Branch

    Memphis-based Krone North America never sought incentives to remain in Memphis, and will start moving its 45 jobs to Olive Branch by the end of 2019.

    By Tom Bailey February 20, 2019

  • Robertson: Workforce development and economic development go hand in hand

    When reporting on economic development, the media often emphasizes tax breaks while downplaying the net new taxes generated. This leads many people to simply misunderstand how incentives work and can have serious repercussions for a community, as can be seen in New York with Amazon.

    By Beverly C. Robertson February 19, 2019

  • Governor’s first Memphis economic development announcement expected Tuesday

    Gov. Bill Lee is scheduled to be in Memphis Tuesday, Feb. 12, for what's expected to be his first economic development announcement in the city. 

    By Wayne Risher, Michelle Corbet, Bill Dries February 12, 2019