Another fast-food location is coming to Poplar Avenue. Plus, the Memphis Fire Fighters Association is building a new space.

Amazon Prime Air showed off its MK30 drones at the Renasant Convention Center. It hopes to operate 10 to 14 by later this year.

The project will have 93 units, with 72 for assisted living and 21 for memory care, plus restaurant-style dining, fitness amenities, memory care programming, entertainment spaces, salon and spa services and resident support services.

SpaceX said that Cursor will become a wholly owned subsidiary when the deal closes in the third quarter.

The legal fight over SpaceX’s private power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, became a matter of national security on Monday, June 15. 

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SpaceX says Mississippi regulators approved turbines

In a motion to dismiss a lawsuit, attorneys for SpaceX argued that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality had signed off on the natural gas turbines and that Mississippi’s air-quality regulations allowed the turbines.

Wendelta, a subsidiary of Carlisle Corp., has acquired four local Wendy’s restaurants and plans “to make sure they’re running really, really well.”

JBS announced it is closing its Memphis plant effective Aug. 14, resulting in 208 layoffs.

The project is an 800-square-foot retail bay between Cocozza American Italian Restaurant and Cordelia’s Market.

“We sometimes say that we make our money in complexity,” said Sarah Jemison, head of ALCO, which just cut the ribbon on new affordable-housing units in Memphis. 

Walmart is considering introducing drone delivery from one of its Memphis-area locations. 

Ethan Pretsch envisioned a system that could use AI and tech to specifically target fires and keep them from spreading.

Pay a visit to Midtown Hardware on Summer Avenue, and you’ll enter the only independent hardware store in Shelby County owned and operated by women.

How a Midtown business creates community and space for gamers of all ages and creeds.

Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX, which also operates Memphis data centers, soared in Wall Street’s biggest initial public offering of stock.

Hillwood Investment Properties has broken ground on a 1.15 million-square-foot building, the first speculative building in the area in three years, which is a positive signal for the local industrial market.

The Southern Environmental Law Center filed new documents in the NAACP’s lawsuit against SpaceX, claiming the company had added 24 more turbines. 

Perdomo Worldwide plans to open a developable site in an older industrial submarket that’s seeing a slight resurgence.

Soul & Spirits Brewery’s purchase ensures Memphis Made Brewing Co.’s beer will still be made in the Bluff City.

Graybel Investments and Quad Property Group bought Cordova Creek Apartments. Townsend Insurance Group bought the former Regency Realty office. Memphis Goodwill Inc. is leasing the former Big Daddy Pawn building in Southeast Memphis.

This week’s Movers & Shakers includes a director of sales and marketing, a geologist, an environmental scientist and a financial manager.

5C Data Centers bought the former Fred’s Inc. headquarters as part of its plan for a $152.1 million artificial intelligence data center.

If approved, these projects could add residential units and commercial property across the city. 

A new agreement was reached between FedEx pilots and management. More than 80% of pilots who voted approved the agreement, which includes $150,000 in pay they lost during the negotiations, which have gone on for years.

Layoffs include union and non-union employees.