Memphis-based ServiceMaster has completed a $1.55 billion sale of its non-pest control brands. 

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Brett Ponton has led tire and muffler, transmission repair and quick oil change chains the last 11 years. ServiceMaster/Terminix is betting killing bugs is all about customer service, too.

Memphis Tourism measured a 40% increase in likely Memphis visitors who report being interested in “adventurous outdoor activities” since the pandemic hit.

Residents propose the Crosstown Historic District as a way to protect the character of the 12-block area. 

A faith-based solution for Memphians who don’t have transportation to jobs: FedEx Express partners with churches on shuttle buses during peak season at Memphis world hub.

Carlisle Development had planned to preserve the most ornate part of the historic 7 Vance building as part of a plan to build 200-plus apartments there. 

Part of Turner Dairy’s plant site next to Overton Square is not zoned for trailer parking or materials storage. So the dairy is seeking zoning variances from the Board of Adjustment.

Leaders of three key Memphis developments - the Fairgrounds, Poplar Plaza, and South City - talk about the scope and status of their projects.

Shuttle buses and a pay premium are among FedEx’s plans to adequately staff the FedEx Express world hub in Memphis for upcoming holiday peak season and COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Owners are still eligible for $2,000 under the original program.

Classes that were approved to start in mid-September among those being invited back.

Kathy Moore Cowan is executive director of the new Memphis office opened by Local Initiatives Support Corp., which has invested $22 billion to build or rehab affordable housing and develop retail, community and educational space. 

The Third Church of Christ, Scientist, which anchors a corner at Central and Highland, has sold its property for $3.3 million.

As FedEx prepares for another record holiday peak season and COVID-19 vaccine distribution, more parking space for cargo aircraft is coming online at its Memphis world hub.

In her new role, Memphian Lori Spicer Robertson says she will have the opportunity to transform and touch people differently than what is possible in other positions.

Some Memphis small businesses are doing well, even growing, during the COVID-19 pandemic: A look at Memphis Boat Center, Hollywood Feed, Phoenix Communications, Kirby Wines & Liquor, Crone Construction.

MIFA has organized a “community conversation” on evictions in Memphis. The organization is encouraging everyone to read “Evicted,” and to register for the Our City, Our Story online event at mifa.org.

Is the COVID-19 pandemic responsible for a so-called baby boom? At least one large Shelby County OBGYN practice has seen a significant uptick in prenatal visits since the lockdown began in March. 

Posh Lighting, which started in Jackson, Tennessee and expanded in that city has moved into the Memphis market with a new store in Arlington.

On Memphis campuses, dozens of international students have deferred their arrival because they could not get visas, a factor of the pandemic and immigration politics.

Heavy equipment is already in position on Broad to start demolishing an old warehouse next month. The work will clear 8.8 acres so vertical construction can start about April on the first, $50 million phase of the 350-unit Link at Broad Apartments.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park recently announced that July 2020 was its busiest month in 23 years, with 1.7 million visitors.

For at least one local worker, where there was once darkness, now there is light. 

The treatment is expected to shorten the illness in those who are sick and build immunity in those who are not. 

A $31 million Federal Aviation Administration grant announced Thursday for Memphis International Airport’s new de-icing facility brought to $98 million the FAA’s grants announced for MEM in September.