Don Wade: ‘Their efforts to stop a pipeline from running through southwest Memphis were spirited and admirable. But they weren’t supposed to win. And then they did.’

The announcement comes ahead of the end of a two-month truce on the controversial project as well as efforts by local leaders to slow it down and stop it.

Intensity of the pandemic has opened floodgates on staff departures. Fundraising also remains in flux.

So far this year, a total of 10.1 million square feet of new or renewed leases of industrial space have been signed. That’s just 600,000 square feet short of the record-setting 2019, and it’s only July.

Memphis-based company, IAC Supply Solutions, is merging with a similar company in St. Louis, where the new headquarters will be.

The annual national sales meeting is part of AutoZone lore; it is scheduled for Sept. 27-30.

Thursday marked the launch of initial plans for the $50 million project near Winchester and Riverdale roads.

Tennessee Department of Health is expected to decide in October if the transfer is in the best interest of the region, including that the change would improve access and quality of care.

Losch has been with Memphis-based First Horizon for 12 years.

A developer wants to move an Uptown mini-storage business out of the historic Greyhound bus complex and into a planned building next door. But the plans for the old, brick bus facility are far more intriguing.

A Florida-based developer seeks a number of zoning variances to build student apartments near the University of Memphis main campus.

The application states that the project is intended to serve as a model for small-scale neighborhood development that can be applied to other Memphis neighborhoods. 

The project is big and potentially impactful, comprising two buildings fronting Broad and filled with 370 apartments.

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce has seen growth in membership and businesses in the 25 years since it started in a home with a staff of two volunteers.

FHN Financial will move its offices next May from one East Memphis office building to another.

Crumbl Cookies’ East Memphis shop is about a month away from opening, but the business already has plans for a second location at Saddle Creek.

Coronavirus case rates are down 30% in the last 14 days.

With four new restaurants, Williamsburg Village might be a dining destination, but parking is tight and East Memphis neighbors are not happy about cars on the nearby residential street.

Management of East Memphis’ tall, round, glass-encased hotel knows a window is missing.

First Horizon officials confirmed that it plans to close three Memphis branches and one in Southaven next month.

Kroger awarded its first winner of its Community Immunity Giveaway challenge Monday. The celebration was held at the Germantown Kroger store.

Some long or long-haul COVID patients are finding help and hope through a combination of specialized treatments. And “hope is a powerful, powerful thing,” says Dr. Moacir Schnapp.

Renasant bankers brainstormed with LRK Architects to envision the kind of building that millennial employees and customers would want 20 years from now.

Muscle-car shop owner Kenny Bomar warns customers that if they keep racing in the streets he may see them at the weekly Bible class he leads at the Penal Farm.

A dozen girls from Hutchison interviewed the residents, then compiled themes and treasures into a mural created by Memphis potter, Kristi Duckworth.