A company that has been making air filters in Memphis for 30 years is moving and building a new facility in Piperton, just across the Shelby/Fayette county line.

The site is the former home of the historic Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital near the Medical District.

Jernigan Capital was a publicly traded Memphis company on a path to grow in the self-storage industry before COVID-19. The pandemic slammed the stock and helped take it private.

Fleming Architects believes it has met the challenge: Design a $60 million development of 348 apartments, parking structures and 53,000 square feet of retail so that it fits in with Cooper-Young’s older, smaller buildings.

The new owner is filling the place with antiques to open a shop. And instead of running from the building’s X-rated past, he may “lean into it.” But don’t worry, the idea involves whimsical branding, not adult entertainment.

In its Building Blocks program, JA partners with Shelby County Schools to offer a 40-part video series and curriculum guides to introduce students to local entrepreneurs.

Implanted device to stimulate nerves lessens or stops chronic nerve pain even after it has been removed. 

No businesses will close in new health directive, but restaurants will see a new curfew and diners will face new masking rules.

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Overton Park Conservancy is asking the public to complete by Nov. 30 a 21-question survey to help guide a new master plan for the park’s east side. The survey is found at www.overtonpark.org/zone1.

Delta Air Lines told Memphis International Airport officials it didn’t generate enough business to justify continuing a Memphis-Indianapolis nonstop that began Oct. 1.

The trial of Quellor, a drug to tame inflammatory response in COVID-19, is for people already sick and with underlying conditions.

If the study can be replicated, it’s possible drugs already in use could be quickly repurposed to fight cytokine storm.

Tennessee’s diversity, size and urban-to-rural ratio are thought to be assets for drug-maker hoping to iron out vaccine distribution wrinkles.

The bio-services firm commits to creating 561 more jobs that pay $63,749 on average, and to making a $212.9 million capital investment.

The family of a man killed in a Nov. 13, 2019, accident at the FedEx Memphis hub is seeking damages from FedEx and a supplier of a cargo containers.

Stella Student Spaces has filed for a time extension for the approval it received two years ago to build 472 beds of student housing in an already congested neighborhood just west of the University of Memphis. But the filing does not mean what it appears, a U of M official says.

Chance Carlisle, owner of the Nylon Net Building, says that extensive study by his architectural and engineering consultants make him confident that razing the historic building and erecting new apartments is the right decision to make. 

Overseers of the Renasant Convention Center project took media representatives on a tour of the nearing-completion project Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 17.

Tennessee Attorney General’s Office is joining the Federal Trade Commission in challenging the proposed change in hospital ownership.

Melvin Jones never stopped pushing to improve the economic well-being of minority business owners.

One in five intermodal shipping containers handled at the Port of Savannah’s expanding Garden City Terminal are headed to or from Memphis, and the volume is growing by double digits.

Founder of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative saw huge potential in the bustling swath of land that is home to six hospitals, two colleges.

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The Arlington Planning Commission endorsed several projects at its Monday meeting, a sign of how development – commercial and residential – in the town continues to advance.

Much of the exterior of Overton Square’s Memphian Hotel is completed. 

The nearly $200 million modernization of the Renasant Convention Center is winding down. A lighting ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, to mark the occasion.