Formerly The Madison, the 15-story, 78,412-square-foot hotel will be refurbished in phases to ensure the hotel can continue operations. 

He is its sixth leader since ALSAC’s founding in 1957 and credited with nearly quadrupling gifts to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Memphis gynecologist Dr. Susan Lacy has been treating the transgender community for the past eight years. When Tennessee passed a law banning transgender care for minors, she decided to become a plaintiff in the lawsuit.

ServisFirst Bank’s full-service branch in East Memphis will open this month with a team of 12, including several veteran Memphis bankers. The bank entered the local market earlier this year by establishing a loan-production office.

The hotel at 79 Madison Ave. is on the National Register of Historic Places and features a rooftop bar, meeting spaces and a fitness center.

The orthopedic division in Memphis is the London-based company’s largest operation.

A Jackson, Tennessee-based pizzeria is coming to East Memphis, and a local restaurateur is bringing more food to Hollywood Street. 

Memphis will host 22,500 participants, including a record 1,800 patient family members, for this year’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend.

The grant program is meant to help “restore and revitalize some of Tennessee’s most historic buildings so that they once again can flourish.”

XAI’s planned expansion comes with a pressing question: Where would the project get its power? 

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The Design Review Board approved the architectural design for the Falls Building redevelopment into apartments and the recently announced Crosstown/Live Nation indoor event venue. 

Tech giants Nvidia, Super Micro Computer and Dell are also eyeing Memphis for new manufacturing space.

Greater Memphis Chamber President and CEO Ted Townsend said the announcement highlights the growing economic partnership between Memphis and South Korea. 

Plus, a warehouse is getting an upgrade, and a Memphis firm was acquired by a Michigan-based company. 

One analyst said cargo volumes at Memphis likely will not return to the glory days of past years as FedEx pushes for higher-margin packages. 

With elections over, housing developers and lenders are optimistic about the state of sales and the inventory of property for the coming year.

Law firm Lewis Thomason announces additions. 

The Mid-South Innovation Corps is designed to help local researchers collaborate with other academic institutions.

Longer-term lodging has become an attractive alternative for displaced families, traveling business people, and those who don’t know their next step. 

Three panelists and a keynote speaker will talk at the Daily Memphian Commercial Real Estate: Review and Forecast Seminar at the Memphis Botanic Garden on Thursday, Dec. 5.

They offer charcuterie boards, sandwiches, salads and healthful drinks at the new Feast & Graze X HighP Hour Wellness. Guests can grab food to go or relax and spin vinyl records while they eat.

Premier Flowers’ owner said she loved being Downtown, but ongoing break-ins and vandalism coupled with constant parking issues contributed to her decision not to renew her shop’s lease this fall.

Mayors along the Mississippi River have watched as intensifying rain storms and floods wreak havoc. This fall, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative announced a new pilot program to help river towns better recover.

“We would like to have to be first choice for the new chemical engineers, data scientists, chemists that are coming out of the local universities,” said the company’s CEO. “We also hope to attract talent from around the country and perhaps even around the world to come to Memphis.”

Crazy Coop looks at a new location, and the former Cooper-Young Korean barbecue spot gets a new purpose. Plus, something big is coming to Bog & Barley.