The Downtown Memphis Commission has filed eight lawsuits against Tom Intrator through its anti-blight committee.

A source close to xAI said it could share a greywater plant with the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA did not dismiss the idea. 

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Brad Thompson is the new executive director of DaySpring Conference Center, owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida. He starts Sept. 1.

The billionaire was likely in Memphis this weekend. 

Developer Taylor Caruthers said The Gulch’s mixed-use buildings, which have ground-floor retail and apartments on top, inspired him to imitate them. 

Cxffeeblack has slowly produced Gold Brew coffee cans to test the demand. Now, co-owner Bartholomew Jones said they can’t keep them in stock.

BlueOval SK’s new chief production officer, Jiwon Park, brings his more than 20 years of experience in the EV battery manufacturing industry to the new plant outside Stanton. 

Demolition of Concourse A will take from eight to 10 months, but public disruption is expected to be minimal. Other work starting this fall will require rerouting traffic coming into the airport.

The 100 N. Main development team awarded an additional $1.8 million loan, the Texas-based company Reconext was awarded a tax incentive, two companies received tax-incentive amendments and more.

The move will result in the loss of dozens of executives in Memphis.

The St. Jude Runs relay fundraiser is a tradition that dates back more than four decades and ends with a parade in Peoria, Illinois, featuring runners from Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis and three dozen other Midwestern cities. 

Bryan Jordan, who has led the Memphis-based bank since 2007, said the company continues to make “significant progress” on its strategic investments while identifying operational efficiencies. 

Clark Tower has a new tenant and so does the Renaissance Center. Plus, after a decade on the market, The Life Church sold its property on Germantown Parkway. 

Tennessee Shakespeare Company and Red Door Wealth Management announce additions and promotions.

“We’re probably the first restaurant in the world that was doing good but closed,” said Stafford Houston, who recently signed over ownership of the restaurant to two local chefs.

Allen joined FedEx in 1982 and served in a variety of leadership roles before taking on his current responsibilities in 2017. 

Memphis-based nonprofit Vitalant, which provides blood to 900 hospitals nationwide, has issued an emergency appeal for type O blood.

All 100,000 H100 Nvidia chips for the xAI supercomputer have been received.

The developer is requesting an extra $1.8 million from EDGE.

Due to the work of Earl Wright II, DuBois now gets credit for conducting the first scientific urban sociological research. When Wright was in college, that credit went to the University of Chicago. 

The development, which includes affordable housing units and a park, should be completed in three years once construction starts, which depends on when the mound is leveled. 

The Memphis rapper is opening a second location of his restaurant and lounge, but this one will have a slightly different focus. 

A new Mapco Express convenience store could replace the Exxon/Hop-In that burned down in January at Poplar Avenue and South Highland Street.

The low-cost carrier hopes to find a niche in the fourth-busiest destination from Memphis. 

The historic alleyway runs east from Second Street now to Fourth Street between Court and Madison avenues. Stuart Harris, a developer who spearheaded a renaming effort, said the “in-between” place holds “a lot of possibility and magic.”