Once an outdated manufacturing and steel town, Chattanooga went to work on reinventing itself by taking advantage of its riverfront and Downtown. In the end, that was key to landing automaker Volkswagen and spurring a new generation of growth. 

The Daily Memphian launches a special project looking at the recruitment and impact of Ford Motor Co.’s project at the Megasite of West Tennessee, beginning today with the first of three stories examining partnerships between communities and auto manufacturers.

The subsidiary of Louisiana-based wealth management company Argent Financial Group is moving its Memphis office to Ridgeway Center.

The Krosstown Kleaners building was built in 1910 and originally served as a bakery, before becoming a dry cleaning business in 1944 with its distinctive neon sign.

Christian Brothers University appointed David Archer, an associate professor and director of the MBA program, as its interim president, following the Nov. 5 departure of Jack Shannon.

Memphis Regional Megasite of West Tennessee: The Haywood County site no longer includes a reference to the city of Memphis. Now, it’s officially the Megasite of West Tennessee.

The hotel at Elvis Presley Boulevard would be One Stop Housing’s third property in Memphis. 

People can either have walk-in tests or make appointments in advance.

A Texas-based private equity firm has bought Landau Uniforms, an 83-year-old company born inside a Model A Ford on the streets of Memphis.

The project would stand six stories with 975 parking spaces and feature approximately 13,500 square feet of retail space, bike storage and showers. 

The creation of the Peabody Hotel Surcharge will finance capital investments to the property totaling more than $125 million over the next 30 years for long-term preservation. 

The newly elected president is a first-generation high school graduate from rural Arkansas. His unconventional path is one that many of the board members admired in their remarks last week. 

Keith Grant aims to transform land at U.S. 70 and Stage Road into a development called Union Depot.

Over the last three years, Memphis-based Fogelman Properties has purchased 16 properties, totaling 4,829 units worth a combined $706 million. 

Ami Austin hosted a ribbon-cutting at her Laurelwood Shopping Center store after moving from former Downtown location.

Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, encouraged striking employees of the cereal maker’s Memphis plant.

The U.S. Postal Service in Memphis is preparing for the holiday shipping rush by installing two new sorting machines and 10 robots as well as hiring 300 seasonal employees.

The BuildDowntown Master Plan and the South City Good Neighbor Grant program both won awards from an international institution for their city planning efforts. 

The Black-owned multi-family developer who partnered with Carlisle Development on part of the One Beale project and the nearby 7 Vance mixed-use development is taking Carlisle to court as the issue of minority participation in general moves back to the front burner.

Bill C. Hardgrave, a provost at Auburn University, is the recommendation to be the next University of Memphis president. 

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors recorded 1,929 total home sales last month. 

Brooks on the Bluff is being designed through a collaboration between the Swiss-based firm Herzog & du Meuron and Memphis’ archimania.