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Real Estate
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. -
Business
You’ve got mail segmentation
If “one size fits all” is the phrase that best describes your email marketing strategy, you have most likely experienced declining opens and clicks and increasing unsubscribes. In a market saturated with messaging, your emails must create what appears to be a one-on-one conversation. So, how can you do that in a mass scale? The answer is in segmentation. -
Financial Services
Home equity: New leader making mark on United Housing
Amy Schaftlein was an elementary student in the Arlington area in the 1990s when her yellow school bus stopped in front of a blighted house. -
Real Estate
Convention Center bids come in below $175 million target
The rebidding of the renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center has come in below the $175 million the city has to spend on the project. -
Transportation & Logistics
FedEx to increase shipping rates after holiday season
FedEx Corp. announced it will increase shipping rates for three of its subsidiaries, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight, effective Jan. 7. -
Business Let’s Grow: Companies should focus on a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset
Richard Jupe, vice president, innovative product development, Altria. Jupe got to the point, fast. Altria’s strategy: reduce risk and expand choice. “We have a dual engine. We are changing our culture with this model,” he says. -
Business
Tom Lee Park remake goes beyond park borders
The remade Mississippi River Park with its own “River Garden” opens in a week. The River Line trail running along the east side of Wolf River Harbor to Big River Crossing will debut the same day. Mud Island River Park is closed until the spring after a season of experiment and minor tweaks. -
Business
Memphis Theological Seminary battling budget problems, with new president Susan Parker guiding the way
Memphis Theological Seminary is working to bridge a budget deficit during the first of a three-year financial solvency plan under the guidance of its interim president, Susan Parker, Ph.D. -
Business
Speakers tout advantages of diversity at Leadership Memphis breakfast
Five top executives from five large businesses in Memphis participated in a panel discussion Friday on the importance of building and maintaining diversity in the workplace. -
Transportation & Logistics
Aviation mechanic schools gear up with scholarship boost from FedEx
“The sky’s the limit” is a recurring theme in conversations among students, faculty and administrators of a school for aircraft mechanics in the shadow of FedEx Express’ Memphis world hub. -
Financial Services
First Horizon restructures consumer, wholesale banking divisions
First Horizon National Corp. is restructuring the leadership of its wholesale and consumer banking divisions in a move the company says will advance its long-term objectives. -
Business
Strickland backs regionalism in new economic development push
An emerging plan for a better local economic development strategy will include a healthy dose of regionalism, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says, and adhere closely to recommendations from ad hoc groups calling for better research, closer management of companies looking at Memphis and setting and sticking to goals for pursuing specific industries. -
Business
River Parks Partnership selects firms to lead Tom Lee Park redevelopment
The Memphis River Parks Partnership has chosen two firms to lead the redevelopment of Tom Lee Park. -
Real Estate
Latest tenants at Lake District bring retail presence to more than 100,000 square feet
The Lake District has secured six more tenants, effectively boosting its committed retail presence to more than 100,000 square feet. -
Business Who inherits when you die without a will? Part 2
Editor's note: Part two in a three-part series. -
Business Rays of Wisdom: Combining finances
Ray’s Take: When you enter into marriage or a serious relationship, the decision on whether you should combine your finances is an important one and should be thought through carefully and planned out appropriately.
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