Rhodes College announced that its 21st president is currently a dean at Southern Methodist University.

Neighborhoods that would receive the tax-increment financing would include Soulsville/South Bellevue, South Third/Gaston Park area, French Fort, South City and South Main/South End. 

Industry leaders covered everything industrial, office and retail, and two of the region’s top economic development experts talked Ford and its unprecedented planned development. 

William “Bill” Townsend continues acquiring commercial properties on the west end of Summer, and he’s forming a plan.

Tannera Gibson becomes the Memphis Bar Association’s first Black female president. She succeeds Peter Gee, the organization’s first Asian American president.

What’s the difference between “card check” and a secret-ballot vote? Perhaps the unionization of the mammoth Blue Oval City that Ford Motor Co. plans to build just east of Memphis.

The St. Jude Memphis Marathon is the biggest single-day fundraiser for the hospital.

If approved by the union, the deal could end an almost two-month long strike. 

The pandemic proved the perfect time for ProTech to remodel its Southwind office space while employees worked from home.

Warehouse Sale buys merchandise that was returned online, often purchasing it in bulk. It can then offer lower prices by skipping the retail markup process and selling directly to consumers at their pop-up events.

The grant was in recognition of the MMDC’s work centered on building equity and prosperity through increased economic opportunities for BIPOC communities.

Summer Avenue may soon receive some much-needed improvements between East Parkway and I-240 to become a “complete street” that is safer for everyone, including drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists.

The technology matters. The capacity matters. But more than anything else, auto manufacturers understand they will only be as good as the training and workers with hands-on new gas-powered and electric vehicles. 

Comcast’s grants are designed to help close the access gap for low-income households. 

After a year off because of the pandemic, the marathon returns Saturday, Dec. 4, with some changes to street closures. The changes put a priority on reopening streets in the South Main area first. 

The ground floor will also sell and display local Memphis artwork.

Charles Cavallo, who also owns The Cupboard restaurant, plans to fully renovate the ground-floor commercial space, which was once a jewelry store.

The vacant Madison Avenue building’s stained glass will be removed but its terra cotta facade will stay. 

Join us Thursday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. for The Daily Memphian’s Commercial Real Estate Seminar. 

Kinsey Thompson has seen opportunities where other people might see the impossible. But restoring a 110-year-old building is his biggest project yet.

The Shopping Center Group’s Shawn Massey: “The leases we’re signing in Arlington and Lakeland right now are a direct result of Ford coming to town.”

A firm that simplifies bill-paying for households around the country reports that Memphis is second only to Austin, Texas, for having the nation’s lowest average utility bills.

Communities leaders jostling to attract vehicle manufacturers say the companies and their high-paying jobs can change citizens’ lives. But some critics say the cost is too great. 

Still trying to catch up from revenue and donations lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, area nonprofit leaders are hoping to finish the year strong.