The University of Memphis has renovated the former library on Highland Street into the first phase of an effort to drive more companies to the University District. 

Memphis-based FedEx Express and Israel's Flying Cargo Group said Tuesday that FedEx plans to buy Flying Cargo's international express business.

National retailer JOANN Fabric and Crafts is opening in the Shops of Forest Hill. The store is opening adjacent to Sprouts Farmers Market and hopes to be in operation this fall.

Downtown bar and restaurant Carolina Watershed will be renovated this week so it can host more private events and will change hours of operation.

Downtown incentives are sought for renovation of Main Street section of Ambassador Hotel and a 1920s warehouse in the South End and development of Grind City Brewery in Uptown.

Land use board to reconsider application calling for 16 cottage-style homes on church property near Rhodes College in Midtown.

You’ve heard it time and time again. Content marketing is how your marketing will win. When developing your content strategy, there is one asset you can’t ignore: user-generated content.

Planning is at the heart of nonprofit organizations and institutions. That’s everyone from grassroots organizations, to colleges and universities, to hospitals and museums, to international aid organizations, and more. Planning is the work of the board, executive leadership, staff, volunteers, and community members and stakeholders. All have a role to play.

The University of Memphis has named Dr. Damon M. Fleming the new dean of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics. Fleming will be replacing former dean Rajiv Grover, who announced he was stepping down in May 2018 to devote more time to research.

Indigo Ag on Friday made its proprietary crop forecast available to growers for free since the government shutdown prevented the USDA's January report.

FedEx has settled a lawsuit claiming it illegally shipped cigarettes directly to consumers in New York, according to that state's Attorney General Letitia James.

St. Francis Hospital's CEO has taken a different slant to stem the nursing shortage, using a national recruiting company to help bring in nurses from outside the United States. 

An opportunity for a distribution operator to pursue a new contract could bring 166 new jobs to Memphis. 

The Hotel Indigo in Downtown Memphis has begun taking reservations for the New Year as a $15 million project to retrofit a former Holiday Inn winds toward conclusion.

An experienced apartment developer engaged with a savvy group of Midtown residents over his proposed Art Lofts apartments across from Overton Park.

A Memphis couple is creating a place for soccer enthusiasts to eat, drink and play and its arrival should coincide with the inaugural season of the United States Soccer League here. 

Memphis groups have been conducting trivia nights as an entertainment offering that brings patrons into restaurants and facilitates bonding over shared cultures. 

You could call it hibernation, but that’s too kind. You could call it neglect, yet some are working on it pushing the proverbial boulder up the corporate mountain. To be kind, let’s simply call it the long sleep. This condition happens inside organizations when an innovation concept bounces along internally for a long time without launching.

A Collierville chiropractor is opening a second office in East Memphis and has her sights set on additional locations. 

A proposed, 173-acre stone and gravel mine in Rosemark was unanimously rejected Thursday, Jan. 10, by the Land Use Control Board. 

Katie Shotts will return to Memphis from Florida to be chief executive of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors.

Soul Fish Café, a Southern-style soul food restaurant that specializes in fried cat fish and fresh vegetables, will start construction soon on a fourth location. 

Office of Planning and Development hires the staff's first architect to help carry out Memphis 3.0 long-range plan.

Welfare offices in Memphis are changing neighborhoods, growing in number. 

Maitland, Florida-based Via Airlines will enter the Memphis market in June, offering four nonstops weekly from Memphis to Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas.