FedEx is in daily contact with stakeholders in the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain, from manufacturers and distributors to government agencies to some sites where vaccines will be administered.

The Metal Museum has raised $12 million toward a $35 million goal to both renovate Rust Hall and create an endowment, states a resolution before the City Council.

Amazon is so eager to get the facility built near the southeast corner of I-40 and Appling that the e-commerce giant is – again – not seeking tax breaks or other public incentives that are so common for large-investment, high-employment developments.

Officials broke ground Wednesday, Nov. 11, on the Early Childhood Academy in Orange Mound, a collaboration of the University of Memphis and Porter-Leath.

A proposal to develop a dozen lots on less than 1.17 acres in Cooper-Young drew seven letters of opposition to the Land Use Control Board. But the planning board’s staff has “collaborated” with the developer and neighborhood association to resolve a number of the issues.

Patents2Products pays salaries for researchers working on tech startups in U of M laboratories.

Construction on a new Starbucks at 3545 Austin Peay Highway is expected to begin this week. The Starbucks will be located at The Marketplace at Raleigh development. 

The billboard campaign to encourage civic engagement is sponsored by an arts-based organization called For Freedoms.

Wright Medical has about 700 employees in the Memphis area.

Local firm Tioga Environmental Consultants recently announced the hiring of Paul De Soto as an environmental scientist. 

Healthcare Realty Trust has purchased the six-story, 135,000-square-foot medical office building at 6401 Poplar.

The nonprofit organization so far has sold 270 motor scooters to provide reliable, affordable workforce transportation, but also provides free accessory gear, training, maintenance and insurance. 

There may be light at the end of the tunnel in Mississippi’s long-running challenge of Memphis’ right to withdraw water from Middle Claiborne Aquifer. 

The partnership that built The Citizen in the heart of Midtown is selling it to a Carlisle Corp. entity, but no changes in operations are planned, a Downtown agency was told.

Despite a few questions, the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board voted unanimously to fund a $62 million plan to improve parking, walking and cycling Downtown. The City Council and County Commission still must approve the project.

A new company based in Crosstown Concourse believes it has invented a robot that will solve a stubborn problem for the logistics industry: Unloading boxes from trailers and shipping containers in a speedy way.

The brewery already has installed “state of the art” brewing systems and plans to open this winter behind the Rec Room at 584 Tillman St. this winter.

Extra Space Storage bought $300 million of Jernigan Capital preferred shares, gaining control of 37 properties as Jernigan was bought by private equity firm NexPoint Advisors.

By the third week in November, Pfizer expects it will have the final data required to apply to the FDA for emergency-use authorization.

A sampling of businesses in the Memphis construction sector shows revenues down because of COVID-19 and businesses concerned about lining up projects for next year and beyond.

Dana James Mwangi, founder of Cheers Creative, which provides brand design, logo development and website services, is the Grow with Google Digital coach for Memphis. 

Volunteers and a small staff have been serving morning meals for eight years at the Ozanam Center, 1306 Monroe Ave. Now the Catholic lay organization plans to work with Room In The Inn to shelter homeless women and children each night.

The previously in-person conference has been replaced by a two-hour webinar, another casualty of the coronavirus.

With a larger new building on Airline Road, Arlington Animal Clinic is expanding its practice under Dr. Monica Schoknecht.

With plans for a branch in Arlington, The Bank of Fayette County is increasing its footprint in Shelby County, with more locations expected.