The long-vacant, 30,000-square-foot building at 61 Keel Ave. is set to open its doors again as an event venue.

While some officials say the problem is not as serious as news media and social media portray it, empty shelves and food shortages exist and there’s a multiple choice of causes.

The Works, Inc. plans to develop a community hub that would house organizations that provide technical skills training and workforce development, comprehensive healthcare services, literary advocacy, as well as performing and visual arts programming. 

Less than one month after forming a unionizing committee, all seven employees of the Starbucks store on Poplar near Highland were fired. Starbucks says they violated safety precautions. 

The $56 million Memphis Sports and Event Center is the centerpiece of Liberty Park, which sits on the grounds of what was once the Libertyland theme park.

Encompassing 15 acres near the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on Walnut Grove Road, the Maslow Shared Community would include a school, mixed-income housing, health and wellness facilities and workforce development opportunities. 

“It’s competitive when making an offer, especially with inventory running a little low,” MAAR president Bill Stewart said in a statement.

“The pandemic put challenges on the hotel market and the lending market, making the economics of our proposed transaction remarkably difficult.”

The center, funded by AutoZone, has a specific goal of increasing Black representation in corporate C-suites and senior executive leadership.

Elvis Presley Enterprises is hoping to break the late singer’s world record, this time, in the metaverse. 

Talks of a Loews Hotel for Downtown extend as far back as 2018 when representatives of the luxury hotel chain first announced plans to build a 500-room hotel near the Renasant Convention Center. 

Turning employees into investors is a trend that could increase as companies struggle to attract and keep workers.

Spillit’s next Slam will be an Industry Night, with free admission for restaurant workers. 

Located on the empty surface lot at 645 N. Front St., just south of the historic Snuff Factory building, the six-story Conwood II will include 294 housing units and 10,000 square feet of retail space. 

As Memphis explores severing its decades-long ties to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a business seemingly jointly owned by an MLGW board member and the wife of a TVA vice president is causing critics to cry foul. 

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Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is ending its birth and delivery services at the suburban location, shifting those to a single location at St. Francis Hospital-Memphis on Park Avenue.

Mueller reported $956.4 million in fourth-quarter net sales and operating income of $172.1 million.

MOGA offices in DeSoto County are moving to a new building for a larger, more efficient facility to better serve patients.

Spanning 170 acres, The Legacy at Colonial would bring resort-style living to Cordova, something that has been attempted in the past. 

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors (MAAR) annual Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament is the single-largest external fundraising event for Make-A-Wish Mid-South, exceeding $500,000 in the event’s 11-year history. 

The Tennessee Valley Authority has to turn over material about the 20-year contract agreement it wants Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and all the other local utilities in its system to sign.