The board also approved zoning variances for a Georgia-based developer that plans to build affordable housing complexes in the North Poplar neighborhood near Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
All the property within the vast, old Memphis Army Distribution Depot has been sold to private owners, so the public board overseeing the site was to have been dissolved Wednesday. But neighbors’ concerns delayed the action.
Though the school announced Wednesday it would be adding new outdoor seating options for the upcoming season, there’s a much larger vision.
Robert Machen has been named chief information officer for Prospero Health, which runs its operational headquarters in Memphis.
One Beale’s developer unveiled the final renderings for the 20-story, $190 million Grand Hyatt Hotel. Construction is to start early next year.
The change reflects research that shows the vaccinated can transmit the COVID-19 virus to others.
A developer says he needs exceptions to zoning rules so he can build a 92-unit apartment complex near the University of Memphis and meet demand for student housing. But the University District Neighborhoods Corp. and others oppose the plan.
Memphis will soon be home to the corporate headquarters of six of the nation’s biggest companies.
The VA is the first federal agency to mandate vaccines. It applies to employees at the VA Hospital in Memphis. The only other Memphis hospital that mandates vaccinations is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Shelby County commissioners chose Dr. Michelle Taylor as the new head of the county’s Health Department Monday, and they picked Judicial Commissioner Danielle Mitchell-Sims to fill a General Sessions judge vacancy.
Poplar Healthcare supports physicians across the country witha variety of technologies to process lab specimens.
‘The whole idea was to make it modern so when someone gets off the plane, they say Memphis is going places and Memphis is cool,’ said Scott Brockman, president and CEO of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority.
The Memphis-based architectural firm marks its 25th birthday with a new way it’s helping nonprofit organizations and by announcing new and emerging leaders within the firm.
Memphis hospitals relaxed strict visitation policies, allowing outside ministers to visit patients alongside family. But an uptick in COVID numbers could cause those policies to tighten again.
Memphis has been heralded in recent years for its exponential growth of women-owned businesses and women entrepreneurs.
According to Lakeland’s economic development specialist, a Downtown Memphis business owner who resides in Lakeland wants to bring a venue like Railgarten or Carolina Watershed to the suburb.
The initial estimate was a late July reopening for the Hernando DeSoto Bridge. TDOT officials also upped the number of replacement plates to be installed aside from the damage that prompted the closing of the interstate bridge from 16 to 17.
In lieu of a press release, there’s a sign that Tesla has big plans for Memphis.
Atlantic Track plans to expand its rail-manufacturing operations in South Memphis, hiring another 26 people.
Sylvamo, the spinoff from International Paper, will locate its global headquarters in East Memphis.
In early 2020, Congress passed a law establishing an eviction moratorium that was to end in summer 2020. But the CDC extended the moratorium at the request of former President Trump.
Pose 901 offers a place for visitors to snap photos in a variety of Memphis-themed settings.
Simmons would become the sixth largest bank in Memphis based on local deposits when the deal closes in the fourth quarter.
Developers planning The Walk on Union announced that the two hotels in the $363 million Phase I will be a Tempo by Hilton and an Embassy Suites.
Some say changes could affect the level of care at the hospital.