The designation signifies UMRF can help with domestic market research, patent reviews, import/export law, plus offers access to capital investment. 

Banking company plans to grow Memphis presence, establish permanent office in the Crescent Center in East Memphis.

Silo Square is to comprise 13 mixed-use buildings, 305 single-family housing lots, six retail outparcels, a bank outparcel, two hotel sites, three office buildings, a 2.6-acre farmer’s market, 10 acres of apartments, and 64 acres of green space.

The deal for the 3,000-square-foot space was signed shortly before Christmas.

Methodist Le Bonheur president and CEO is the ninth recipient of the national award.

The group is practicing in satellite offices to serve clients in the Mid-South and Middle Tennessee.

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board voted 7-0 to approve a 20-year incentive that will save developers of the $77 million Central Yards project $23 million in property taxes.

The number of houses sold in December rose 10.7 percent compared to a year earlier. And for the entire pandemic-plagued year of 2020, house sales still climbed slightly.

A fire early Saturday morning heavily damaged a 120-year-old building in the historic Pinch District.

A proposed second convenience store at Byhalia Commons has faced resistance from the town’s Planning Commission.

Club Champion opened its Memphis studio on Saturday, Jan. 9. The business custom fits golf clubs to golfers of all levels. The East Memphis shop is the company’s second in Tennessee and 76th in the nation.

Sterling Development of Indiana plans a 260-unit, $25 million apartment complex near the southeast corner of U.S 64 and Reid Hooker Road.

“It will give us the fuel to move our vision research forward,” said the director of the Hamilton Eye Institute. 

A trend of rising housing prices combined with less homes available in Shelby County is reflected in two North Memphis neighborhoods: Frayser and Raleigh, albeit at different rates, according to Memphis Area Association of Relators (MAAR) data.

A veteran Memphis real estate broker says he believes Tesla is coming to Memphis soon. The broker represented the seller in a transaction this week involving the former — and now vacant — Homer Skelton Wolfchase Hyundai dealership property at 3020 N. Germantown Parkway.

A developer seeks to change a planned development to build a 22,490-square-foot commercial center at the northeast corner of Hacks Cross and Sedgwick Way in Southwind.

A property owner has applied for a planned development called Brookhaven Townhomes at 786 E. Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis. The three-story units, each 2,300 square feet, will be sold instead of leased, and each will have a two-car garage and rooftop deck.

When you add all the industrial space leased during 2020 and subtract the new vacancies, the Memphis area experienced a net positive absorption of more than 12 million square feet. The vacancy rate fell to 5%, and 12 million square feet of more space is under construction.

Crown World this week followed through with its plans for Memphis after receiving a tax incentive in December. The firm has bought the long-empty office building at 2990 Airways and will establish operations there.

Seven homes will soon occupy homes on Cordes and Dogwood. Piper’s Grove has already received city approval on land in Germantown that once held the “Spanish mansion.”

RISE Foundation offers pro-bono, personalized guidance, savings-building programs and financial literacy classes.

Memphis-based Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance is now a Higginbotham company, but will continue to operate as “Lipscomb & Pitts.” The two co-chief executives, Mat Lipscomb III and Johnny Pitts, have been named managing partners by the Fort Worth-based Higginbotham.

Ollie’s has two Memphis locations, one in the Wolfchase area and the other in Southwind’s Centennial Commons shopping center. Both are in former Toys R Us buildings, 

The firm buys a portfolio of seven retail strip centers, including four in the Memphis area. 

The store’s location in Collierville is expected to close by the end of 2021.