The historic venue launches the nearly $2 million artist lounge expansion to give artists “the experience they deserve.”

Eight projects saved St. Jude millions and earned the research hospital a reward from the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

An anonymous local company bought a highly visible retail property in Cooper-Young with plans for an Asian restaurant in the former Alchemy space.

Last week, Amazon announced it was launching Amazon Supply Chain Services and offering freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel shipping to, as it said, “business of all types and sizes.”

“Some sellers still want those 2021 and 2022 prices, but it’s not there. The houses that sell under 30 days, they’re priced just right,” the president of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors said.

MIFA named Dorcas Young Griffin, a longtime Shelby County employee, as its incoming president and CEO on Monday.

After Amazon announced its expansion of its logistics services, experts said the market might have overreacted. FedEx, UPS, DHL and the other Memphis logistics companies bet on resilience.

Daniel Prewitt nearly lost his leg after a high-speed chase in Arkansas. That outcome was avoided thanks to a Regional One team that reconnected tiny blood vessels, some smaller than a human hair.

For Memphis retailers and farmers, the current reality is higher prices and tighter supply.

The property was used as a hospital and stable by Union troops during the Civil War.

A 2025 study by the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank found that BNPL borrowers are typically female, younger, renters, and less educated; but, surprisingly, have higher household incomes.

Hart Roper will succeed Pete Sanders, who announced in January that he would retire at the end of the 2026-2027 school year.

Habitat for Humanity recently hit a milestone in Uptown: Two homes it finished building in February had their appraisals match their costs, which isn’t a given when talking about affordable housing in Memphis.

UTHSC is in better financial position than in recent years — in June 2023, there was a $55 million structural deficit. By the end of June, a surplus of $35.6 million is expected.

HighTee is leaning into high tea, and Raymah Café opens in a long-vacant former Applebee’s.

Former restaurant and retail spots along Bartlett’s main corridors stand empty.

EpicenterU, a partnership between Epicenter, Arkansas State University and the Delta Regional Authority, will provide about $812,000 in grant funding for student entrepreneurs. 

A newly formed company has taken over a Downtown tech-hub project that would combine computing infrastructure, office and residential space on one campus.

Ducks Unlimited, Financial Federal and Burch, Porter and Johnson make promotions and additions. 

Anthropic, the company behind the widely successful Claude chatbot, would use all of Colossus’ computing capacity. 

Historically, West Tennessee has been known for commodity crops such as soy, corn and especially cotton. But in recent years, an increasing number of area farmers have started growing specialty crops — like peaches — because they’re more profitable per acre.

Also, the Carolina Watershed property has a new owner, and a Bartlett retail building sells for $1.4 million.

“We’re trying to combat loneliness,” said the operator of Second Helpings Cafe. 

The route starts this summer. 

Since Ted Townsend stepped down last week, the clock has started for the Chamber to find the ideal candidate to replace him by year-end.