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Food News
Plans to turn a 99-year-old Downtown warehouse into a pub will be reviewed by the Downtown Review Board next week. -
Real Estate
Second hotel added to One Beale project Downtown
A 120-room, boutique hotel has been added to plans for the One Beale mixed-use development.
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Premium Transportation & Logistics
Modest increase projected for FedEx in holiday peak season
Shipping industry consultant SJ Consulting believes FedEx peak season volume will increase a relatively modest 3%, in part because of the expansion of Amazon's delivery network.
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Movers and Shakers
Movers & Shakers
Dani Bowers has been appointed to Human Resources Manager at Paragon Bank. Bowers reports to Robert Shaw, chief executive officer at Paragon Bank.
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Health Care
Soles4Souls provides shoes, foot care to the homeless
The service and distribution of donated shoes can help some people find employment.
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Business
Downtown developments angle for $449 million in incentives, with more to come
A pair of $1 billion-plus Downtown development projects that would require heavy doses of public incentives are scheduled for an initial vote on Monday, Dec. 2.
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Business
Online fraud picks up over the holidays
Crooks will often create lookalike websites with URLs that are a character or two off from the real thing. More sales are being made using mobile devices and the small screens make it more difficult to detect the deception.
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Health Care
30 years later, St. Jude volunteer exemplifies Points of Light
Jason Farmer was a Marine when President George H. Bush visited The Commercial Appeal in 1989 to award his first Point of Light Award. Thirty years later, close to the first anniversary of Bush's death, Farmer is the 6,656th honoree.
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Real Estate
Construction nears for apartments next to P&H, Shelby Farms
Two apartment developments totaling 487 units and more than $73 million in construction costs are about to rise next to a well-known Midtown bar and the city's 4,500-acre park.
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Downtown
LRK expands as projects keep coming
The busy LRK has added 14 employees this year as part of its effort to meet the work demands created by a robust economy for new development.
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Education
Scholarships build interest in engineering at U of M
Goal of engineering college to double B.S. graduates in 10 years would begin to fill void in West Tennessee, which produces about one-third the national average of bachelor of science engineers.
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Business
Let it snow?
FedEx volunteers and Operation Warm, a Philadelphia nonprofit that gives coats to needy children, combined for coat giveaways at Bruce and LaRose elementary schools in Memphis this week.
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Business Feds announce $6 million grant for airport de-icing
Memphis International Airport has added $6 million in federal funding for centralized aircraft de-icing facilities.
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Business
‘Early Word’ on Mary Cashiola: A strong curiosity and love for writing
A highly regarded veteran of Memphis journalism, government and marketing has joined The Daily Memphian to write and curate a news digest that will be emailed each morning to readers.
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Transportation & Logistics
FedEx peak projection: 33 million shipments moving on Cyber Monday
FedEx expects to more than double normal package volume of 15 million packages a day on three Mondays in December, starting with Cyber Monday, Dec. 2.
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Transportation & Logistics
Airport preps for busiest day since 2007 during Thanksgiving travel
Remember when it was possible to arrive at Memphis International Airport minutes before a flight? Those days are over, at least at peak times like Thanksgiving.
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Health Care
UTHSC negotiating details of West Tennessee Healthcare teaching partnership
Adding a rural system allows UTHSC to schedule residencies and rotations in the settings where many will be serving.
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Real Estate
Another firm heads Downtown for ‘something bigger’
Cargill Cotton is now headquartered in a woodsy, spacious office setting surrounded by easy, suburban parking. But the firm is moving to a Downtown office tower where the views are panoramic and sidewalks are vibrant.
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Business
Planners, St. Jude compromise over Pinch building design
Plans for a new St. Jude building with security fencing and a windowless, ground-floor wall ignited a planning board's concern that it would deaden street life in the resurgent Pinch District. But ALSAC/St. Jude officials won concessions, saying safety of its ill children is a priority.
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Financial Services
Renasant Bank wins Memphis Convention Center naming rights
Tupelo-based Renasant Bank's newly minted naming rights for the Memphis Convention Center are expected to generate more than $7 million over 10 years.
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South Memphis
Westwood youth shelter planned, apartment owner seeks future assurances
An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."
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Business
Snuff District lands agreement for Varsity Spirit headquarters
The Snuff District is the first of four big mixed-use developments around Downtown to recruit a substantial office tenant.
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Business
Tipping Point: ARS president on leadership versus management
Luis Orbegoso says he found the right cultural fit, both as president of American Residential Services and as a resident of Memphis.
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Movers and Shakers
Movers & Shakers
Adelman Law Firm has hired attorney Ormonde Landry Payne as a senior associate.
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Business
GateHouse completes purchase of Gannett; layoffs predicted
Media expert at the Neiman Foundation says one in eight people could be laid off in the combined company.
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