Significant commercial real estate projects coming to the city have created a new Memphis cool and instilled more confidence in its future direction, developers say.

Memphis International Airport’s B Concourse modernization is sitting at 25% complete as construction crews start erecting steel framework of a larger, light-filled space for passenger loading and unloading.

The City of Memphis and Loews Hotels have signed a development agreement for a $220 million hotel on Civic Center Plaza, funded in part by public incentives.

The city seeks approval from the Land Use Control Board for a new 200,000-square-foot sports and events complex and a 700,000-square-foot mixed-use development of retail, restaurants, hotels, entertainment, commercial office space and multifamily residential. 

A 500-room, 17-story Loews Hotel proposed for Civic Center Plaza won approval by a Memphis zoning board Thursday, Oct. 10.

A building permit application valued at $12 million was filed Oct. 9 for the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon house near the University of Memphis.

Researcher grew up in Lebanon, hearing the stories of famed native, Danny Thomas.

Memphis Goodwill has set the opening date for its 16th store, in a former Rite Aid at 1810 Union Avenue in Midtown, for Tuesday, Oct. 29.

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council on Tuesday presented a discussion of the investor potential of Opportunity Zones and how federal tax law might benefit distressed neighborhoods.

Older Memphis residents should prepare for and find trusted advisers or loved ones to help them combat financial exploitation, local experts say.

Chris Douglas, COO of COMP Performance Group, has been re-elected to SEMA's Board of Directors. Douglas, a Memphis resident, is returning as a board member to serve a second three-year term to guide the speciality automotive aftermarket industry association. 

Cases set to go before the Memphis & Shelby County Land Use Control Board next month include a planned development near Christian Brothers University, a southeast Memphis car wash and a tractor sales dealership in Eads.

FedEx Returns Technology will be deployed at FedEx pickup and dropoff locations inside about 9,000 Walgreens stores in time for the holiday peak season.

The assistant surgeon general is a dentist and the nation's spokesman on oral health issues.

Two recent grant awards will enable Agricenter International to launch its new Innovation District, which will be a Mid-South hub for ag-tech and research companies.

Patterson Warehouses received a six-year, payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) incentive in July from the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County.

ALCO Management Inc., Memphis-based provider of government-subsidized rental housing in nine states, is expanding and updating Downtown offices and preparing for the July 2020 retirement of founder Frank Jemison.

CTSI Global, a Memphis-grown provider of logistics technology, marked its move to a new headquarters at 1 South Prescott near Poplar Plaza Friday, Oct. 4.

The city has approved two development teams to work together on a plan for the undeveloped Crosstown Mound. The preliminary plan so far includes 80-100 residences, a public park and a building of shared office spaces.

DNA at Chuck Hutton Co. includes plenty of hustle, faith and family.

The tax advantages of the new Opportunity Zone program motivate investors to stay involved in new developments for the long-term, which help make struggling areas thrive, HUD Secretary Ben Carson says.

The new Stockley subdivision in East Memphis offers a relatively rare number – 21 – of lots for luxury homes that will cost $600,000 to $800,000. 

Stewart works closely with Grizzlies team President Jason Wexler and is a liaison for minority owners and community organizations. Her legal background has been of use as well.

Textile manufacturing executives representing 14 countries are visiting the U.S. Cotton Belt this week for the Cotton USA Orientation Tour.

The University Park Flats project will convert a vacant, blighted office building in an economically distressed stretch of Park Avenue into apartments and a coffee shop.