With elections over, housing developers and lenders are optimistic about the state of sales and the inventory of property for the coming year.

Law firm Lewis Thomason announces additions. 

The Mid-South Innovation Corps is designed to help local researchers collaborate with other academic institutions.

Longer-term lodging has become an attractive alternative for displaced families, traveling business people, and those who don’t know their next step. 

Three panelists and a keynote speaker will talk at the Daily Memphian Commercial Real Estate: Review and Forecast Seminar at the Memphis Botanic Garden on Thursday, Dec. 5.

They offer charcuterie boards, sandwiches, salads and healthful drinks at the new Feast & Graze X HighP Hour Wellness. Guests can grab food to go or relax and spin vinyl records while they eat.

Premier Flowers’ owner said she loved being Downtown, but ongoing break-ins and vandalism coupled with constant parking issues contributed to her decision not to renew her shop’s lease this fall.

Mayors along the Mississippi River have watched as intensifying rain storms and floods wreak havoc. This fall, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative announced a new pilot program to help river towns better recover.

“We would like to have to be first choice for the new chemical engineers, data scientists, chemists that are coming out of the local universities,” said the company’s CEO. “We also hope to attract talent from around the country and perhaps even around the world to come to Memphis.”

Crazy Coop looks at a new location, and the former Cooper-Young Korean barbecue spot gets a new purpose. Plus, something big is coming to Bog & Barley.

Beverly Becton, 38-year employee of Delta Air Lines, lights up the gates at MEM with her customer shoutouts, including roses for birthdays and anniversaries, right down to the family pet. 

Local, independent retailers said they plan to woo customers this holiday season with unique items and personalized gift recommendations.

The new tower will be at A.W. Willis Avenue and Danny Thomas Boulevard, on a site occupied by three buildings that would be demolished. 

Plus, a Bartlett building was sold for $685,000, and the County Line Express gas station on Winchester Road is set to be demolished. 

Saint Francis Healthcare, Tioga Environmental Consultants and Pinnacle Financial Partners announce additions. 

Less than a mile from its $5.6 billion mega campus, Ford’s childcare center will help out parents working at BlueOval City.

Phase One of the 100 N. Main redevelopment is more than 75% complete, with plans to begin construction next year. So what exactly goes into cleaning out a 58-year-old, 38-story building?

His podcast, “An Army of Normal Folks,” with 19,000 subscribers, offers a weekly look at the good people are doing without government intervention. 

Noise levels at Annesdale Mansion have caused problems with the neighborhood association a while. But new owner Bill Townsend hasn’t stopped the fun. 

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Preservationist Bill Townsend provides updates for the Luciann Theatre, the Lowenstein Mansion, the Pillow-McIntyre House and the former Masonic Temple.

On Friday, Sharon Young was honored for her decades of providing daily, hands-on care for her patients at Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab. 

During this year’s annual Methodist Healthcare Luncheon at The Peabody, actor Dennis Quaid discussed his patient-advocacy work and shared memories of filming in Memphis.

If the company gains in value, employees could collect 80% of their salaries in the eventual payout, said Bill Seely, Varsity Spirit president. 

“The new venue will be a unique addition to the city and bring even more exciting shows to Memphis,” said Grant Lyman, president of Live Nation Southeast. 

Vinculo Coffee Roasters is now using K-Cup packaging, becoming the first local roaster to do so.