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Collierville Construction wraps up over the next couple of weeks on the new Houston Levee Market retail center in Collierville, developer Kevin Hyneman’s first retail endeavor in a decade. -
Real Estate Indigo Ag bringing 700 jobs to Downtown Memphis
Indigo Ag will establish its headquarters for North American commercial operations in Downtown Memphis, where the high-tech agriculture firm will increase its workforce by another 700 corporate employees and invest $6.6 million over the next three years, company, state and local officials announced Wednesday. -
Real Estate Wonder Bread developers seeking grant for expansive Edge District park
PGK Properties, which is spearheading the redevelopment of the former Wonder Bread plant in the Medical District, is seeking a grant from the Downtown Memphis Commission for a park that could cost up to $5.7 million. -
Real Estate Cidery submits plans for Downtown location
Century Tree Cider Co. has submitted plans for a new craft cidery and taproom near Downtown Memphis. -
Real Estate Arcade Restaurant to undergo expansion, renovation next year
The owners of the historic Arcade Restaurant at South Main and G.E. Patterson are planning an expansion and renovation next year, with a coffee/liquor bar among their plans. -
Transportation & Logistics Amazon spreads delivery network into Memphis with Prime vans, contractors
‘Tis the season for home deliveries. -
Breaking News Real Estate Hotel, apartments proposed for Racquet Club site
The Racquet Club may be redeveloped with an upscale Hilton hotel and high-end apartments in a way that helps transform the surrounding area into a more pedestrian friendly place, club owners told members this week. -
Business Career Corner: Let go of fear and find yourself
As we enter approach the new year, there’s a lot of talk about setting goals. They may be related to career, family, fitness or other personal pursuits. It’s interesting to think about which goals will be achieved and which eventually will be shelved. -
Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Global logistics firm Dunavant has added two executives to its Memphis headquarters and promoted two others. -
Health Care How St. Jude inked a first-of-its-kind esports partnership
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is teaming up with a Los Angeles-based esports organization in a first-of-its-kind partnership to raise money through livestreamed gaming. -
Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
W. Anthony “Tony” Neal has joined LeMoyne-Owen College as vice president for institutional advancement. In that role, he will be chief fundraiser for the 156-year-old Memphis college. -
Transportation & Logistics FedEx stretches shipping deadlines to hit e-commerce sweet spot
FedEx has rolled out a new shipping option for online retailers that caters to a consumer preference for evening shopping. -
Business Interactive Solutions acquired by global audiovisual firm
Interactive Solutions Inc., a Memphis-based audiovisual and videoconferencing provider, has been acquired by a global audiovisual technology firm. -
Business FUNdraising Good Times: What a feasibility study can reveal
How brave are you, and what are you willing to learn and act on in order to grow your fundraising? If you have courage you may be ready for a fundraising feasibility study. -
Business Guerrilla Sales & Marketing: Alexa, read my email
Smart home voice assistant usage is on the rise. According to Nielsen, 24 percent of U.S. households use such a device and that number is expected to double in 2019. As marketers try to optimize for the impact such devices have on search, Amazon has just rolled out a new Alexa feature for their Echo devices that will also impact email marketing. -
Health Care Baptist partners with NY university to counter local doctor shortage
Tennessee needs an additional 140 primary care physicians to lose its designation as a Health Professional Shortage Area by the federal government. -
Business T&B parent sells power grid division to Japanese company
ABB Ltd., an international conglomerate with a Memphis-based electrical components division, has sold one of its divisions to a Japanese company. -
Business Breaking down Indigo Ag’s jobs and salaries
Indigo Ag will be a Downtown Memphis employer where no one makes less than $64,480, where the average salary will be $92,383 and where 90 people will make $180,960. -
Real Estate Indigo Ag’s average Memphis salary to be $92,383
The 625 new corporate jobs Indigo Ag will bring to Downtown Memphis will pay an average salary of $92,383. -
Health Care ZeroTo510 builds on Memphis’ ecosystem in medical devices
With more than 45 medical device companies based in the area, Memphis Bioworks Foundation and its ZeroTo510 business accelerator are building on successes to cultivate medical startups and help them thrive in Memphis. -
Business Elvis is dead, but 75 live acts could play Graceland in 2019
Graceland is teaming with entertainment giant Live Nation to book as many as 75 live music and entertainment shows at its 2,000-seat Graceland Soundstage and 464-seat Graceland Guest House Theater next year. -
Business Tech901 course helps Rhodes College employee grow in career
With a $250 class – and hard work – Kimberly Wamble was able to grow her salary by 20 percent. -
Business Seize the Day: It’s never too late to reclaim hope
It’s an inner-city neighborhood. It’s an area of burnt-out buildings and crack houses. The signs of homelessness, poverty and violence are etched into the neighborhood and into the faces of those who line up each day at the door to the church’s soup kitchen. It is, for most of them, the only food they have had since the day before, at the same place, at the same time. -
Business Let’s Grow: The system is rigged against innovation
Work in innovation for more than a decade you see familiar patterns. One of the most damning, yet predictable ones is relying on the core business units to commercialize innovations outside of their core. -
Business Plan to replace office building with car wash delayed as opposition mounts
The business proposing to replace the Century Building with a car wash sought and received a 30-day hold as City Hall received 23 opposition emails from neighbors, even from Sun Studio and a New Orleans resident.
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