The firm’s plans for 2197 Central is just a block east of a much larger mixed-use development that is planned by another developer.

FedEx said Monday, Dec. 28, it had closed on the acquisition of ShopRunner, a membership-based online shopping platform. A purchase price wasn’t disclosed.

Among other things, the CARES Act eliminated the 10% early withdrawal penalty for individuals under the age of 59½. But one-third of any money withdrawn will be included as income on taxes for each of the next three years

Wolf River Conservancy is almost halfway home in a decades-long quest to build 26-mile Wolf River Greenway spanning Memphis. Next up: completing connection to Shelby Farms Greenline by next summer.

Movie theaters are not mentioned in the most recent health directive, but Malco was told it would have to close. DeSoto County locations remain open.

The COVID-19 vaccines now becoming available offer the hope of curtailing the pandemic, but may not be available to the masses for months — and not all automatically trust that the vaccine will be safe. 

Memphis is lit. Well, at least its fireplaces and backyard fire pits are. More people are staying home for longer periods of time during the pandemic, and that has created demand for seasoned firewood.

Shelby County’s hospital beds are filling up even though the county has one of the lowest new case rates in Tennessee, according to a New York Times database.

LeMoyne-Owen College administrator Charles Elliott said it is important for young Black people to learn technology skills so more businesses will want to relocate to and invest in the Memphis community.

William “Bill” W. Deupree Jr., a key leader in the old Morgan Keegan & Co. investment firm, worked with vigor, spent his retirement years energetically, and gave generously.

Tom Cates, who spent many years as an attorney for Germantown and Collierville, died Wednesday. He is survived by his wife and four children.

Memphis’ unemployment rate fell from a revised 13.1% in October to 8.6%.

Affected property owners oppose the design for replacing the Poplar Viaduct that would remove direct access between Scott Street and Poplar Avenue. City and state engineers say keeping the connection would be less safe.

Mrs. Belz was a third-generation member of Baron Hirsch Synagogue and central to every major project there for decades.

Last month, the FTC said it would fight the merger, claiming it would significantly reduce competition for treatments that require at least one night in a hospital.

Now, the refinery and steelworkers of Presidents Island as well as Metal Museum visitors will be asked: “When you were still young, Did you ever dream about, Being who you are.”

Hyatt Centric’s hotel guests and patrons of its rooftop bar and riverfront restaurant will have river views despite plans to erect a taller Grand Hyatt next door.

Roland Cruickshank leaves after fewer than three years at the helm.

Move completes the second phase of a program MLH started in 2019 to increase minimum pay across the system.

Completed in 2019 at 6200 Global as the city’s first spec warehouse in 11 years, the 421,000-square-foot, Class A facility quickly landed a tenant and has just sold for a second time. And, several other speculative logistics centers in Memphis are in the pipeline.

Some Collierville residents don’t want to follow the regulations of set forth by the Shelby County Health Department. However, Mayor Stan Joyner noted they are bound to their orders as their authority is from the governor.

The numbers will be updated twice a week.

New health directive released Monday afternoon puts more restrictions on businesses. 

Related story: Suburban, county leaders still have concerns about revised health directive

FedEx Express workers describe how first shipment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines moved through the Memphis world hub and beyond on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Mueller Industries, a Collierville-based industrial manufacturing holding company, has an agreement to buy a flexible duct business.