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Collierville
The new Collierville High School – with its price tag in the neighborhood of $100 million – was recognized Saturday night for its design, crowned “School of the Year” by the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA). -
Real Estate
Arlington Tennis Center nears construction
Arlington is moving forward with plans to build six tennis courts with an open lawn and other amenities. -
Business
Advisory board to hold chamber, EDGE accountable
During the spring, controversy sparked a joint meeting of the Memphis City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners. -
Transportation & Logistics
Operation Warm coat giveaway at local schools warms bodies and hearts
FedEx volunteers and the national nonprofit Operation Warm blanketed two Memphis-area schools with TLC this week, distributing more than 700 winter coats at Hawkins Mill and Hamilton elementary schools. -
Business
Hyde Family Foundation commits $5.2M to riverfront redesign project
The Hyde Family Foundation will donate an additional $5.2 million to further Memphis riverfront redevelopment. -
Real Estate
Board approves Madison Gardens apartments
The Land Use Control Board on Thursday approved a planned development for a three-story, 24-unit apartment building at 1655-1665 Madison in Midtown. -
Business
Tipping Point: Educators of Excellence Honoree Rebecca Bowers
Leading by example is something Rebecca Bowers, third grade teacher at Kingsbury Elementary, lives out not just daily but hour by hour. As she encourages her students to stay curious and ask questions, she, too, endeavors to remain a lifelong learner. -
Business
Rays of Wisdom: Unusual investing
RAY’S TAKE: Back in the 1990s a Pennsylvania man spent $4 at a flea market for a painting that he didn’t even like. He bought the painting because he liked the frame. When he tossed out the painting, he found an envelope with one of the first printings of the Declaration of Independence. Documents like the one he found have sold for up to $8.14 million. -
Real Estate Cottage community slated for Uptown in Memphis
Andre Jones and Curtis Jones, partners in Jones Urban Development Co., are seeking a 15-year PILOT incentive to build Malone Park Commons, a 25-unit, ground-up rental development on 0.8 acres in the Malone Park section of Uptown. -
Real Estate Fogelman Properties buys Jacksonville apartments
Memphis-based Fogelman Properties has joined with a Dallas company to buy a 268-unit apartment complex in Jacksonville, Florida. -
Downtown
Big River Crossing: No longer a bridge to nowhere
When Big River Crossing initially opened, many wondered if it would be a bridge to nowhere. Over the past two years, that question has been answered. -
Real Estate
Resurgent Crosstown draws CrossFit Hit & Run
CrossFit Hit & Run’s Midtown location will move early next year to Crosstown, directly across Autumn Avenue from Crosstown Concourse. -
Real Estate
Historic Ashlar Hall finally being renovated
The long-suffering Ashlar Hall – the 122-year-old castle-like and historic house – is finally being repaired and restored after years of decay and broken promises. -
Business Leaders propose joint venture for Chamber, EDGE
Local government and business leaders have joined together to propose new changes to the economic development process, which includes a new joint venture to oversee how the Greater Memphis Chamber and the EDGE board recruit new jobs. -
Real Estate
Collierville construction company proposes Nutbush landfill
An area of Nutbush that is often used for illegal dumping could become a full-time landfill operation. -
Real Estate
Target notifies state of Cordova closure, 173 workers affected
The closure of Target’s Cordova store could affect up to 173 employees, according to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act notice filed with the state of Tennessee. -
Health Care
FedExFamilyHouse triples in size with completed expansion
When families have children in the hospital, the last thing they want to worry about is finding a place to stay nearby. -
Real Estate
Local developer plans to turn vacated U.S. Marine Hospital into apartments
Like most old or abandoned buildings, some say the vacated U.S. Marine Hospital is haunted, but that’s not stopping a local developer from pursuing plans to renovate the historic building. -
Real Estate
Apartment project near Loflin Yard tacks on warehouse renovation
Developers planning a mixed-use apartment and commercial building next to Loflin Yard in Downtown Memphis have upped the ante, adding a warehouse redevelopment to the project. -
Real Estate
Sweet success: Gibson’s Donuts expanding yet again
Gibson’s Donuts is about to expand for the second time in less than three years. -
Real Estate
Museum Lofts developers move forward with large building permit
The developers of a multifamily project in South City filed a $10 million building-permit application with construction code officials Friday, Nov. 2. -
Business
Adams Keegan sets sights on Lone Star State
Memphis-based human resources, payroll and benefits provider Adams Keegan has announced it will extend its national footprint in Texas. -
Health Care
With two employees affected by cancer, local business raises money, awareness
It was an emotional moment for both of them. -
Business
Movers & Shakers
Vaco Memphis has hired three employees for its supply chain and logistics team. Andy Gliemann and Victoria McDaniel will lead client relations and business development efforts for the division, including building and maintaining relationships with clients throughout the Mid-South. Elise Ladley will connect top talent and industry leaders with job placements at supply chain and logistics companies in the region. -
Business
Career Corner: LinkedIn focuses on employee engagement
I recently had the opportunity to attend LinkedIn’s annual human resources event, Talent Connect. Held in Anaheim, California, the event showcased everything LinkedIn’s been working on in 2018, and their plans for the future.
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