The restaurant would be on a 1.37-acre lot in Uptown near St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. There are plans for a dual-lane drive-thru, outdoor seating and parking.

Besides Blue Suede Vintage, there will be six Memphis-area vintage resellers, as well as ones from Chattanooga, Birmingham, and Water Valley, Mississippi.

Land Use Control Board staff disagree with a neighborhood plan to combat crime. 

Binghampton Development Corp. and The Crone Law Firm announce additions. 

Dr. Paul DePriest, Bill Griffin and David Elliott retire from Baptist Memorial Health Care, leaving “patients healthier, providers more engaged and Baptist a stronger organization.” 

“We’re actually seeing a lot of restaurant veterans who might have left the industry during COVID and want to come back for various reasons,” said Ed Cabigao, co-owner of SOB.

The Southaven chamber has formed a foundation to support local businesses and serve as a mentor to those in the early stages of operation. 

Several commercial ventures including Lopez Grill and O’Reilly Auto Parts, are nearing completion in as interest increases in the suburb that’s in commuting distance of BlueOval City.

Memphis has bet on the Mississippi River cruise industry and its tourism dollars, but as the river hits record lows, cruise operators and the city prepare for an uncertain future.

Condominiums could be headed to downtown Collierville. Additionally, the Planning Commission endorsed pickleball courts at a local fitness center.

TVA built a training house on the Midtown Memphis campus where contractors can learn to identify weatherization problems, and how to correct them. The new course will start in January.

1111 Lounge, located at the former site of Just Threading, will sell various sandwiches and salads, including vegan sandwiches, hamburgers, chicken sandwiches and cold-cut sandwiches. 

To celebrate the launch of AIM, the Chamber is offering free efficiency assessment to its members who are at the Board of Advisors and Board of Governors levels. 

Memphis Health Center was owed a bit more than $1 million for thousands of unreported appointments, but TennCare overpaid it by nearly $784,000 for other services during a five-year period. The center did not dispute the comptroller’s findings and accepted responsibility.

Southwest Tennessee Community College, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Southern College of Optometry and West Tennessee Home Builders Association announce additions. 

Dentists Dr. Paige Gassmann and her husband moved to Memphis at the urging of her sister and brother-in-law, who are also dentists. 

Franchisee Loay Abdallah, who signed a five-location, five-year deal with Bonchon, tried Korean fried chicken in Chicago and couldn’t forget the taste.

Education about the sickle cell disease in nursing schools is limited, so the University of Tennessee Health Science Center launched Sickle Cell Nursing Boot Camp.

Wayne’s Candy Co. was founded back in 1947 and sells a variety of candies. “Where else can you pick up cases of jumbo Kit Kats and Hershey bars along with a fishbowl of Lemonheads and foot-long Pixy Stix?” 

The pilot program is designed to help people become more strategic about their philanthropic donations. 

After the Mississippi River hit another new low, NASA released images of the river in 2021 and how it looked this past September, showing the change in the Mighty Mississippi.

The University of Memphis, Greater Memphis Chamber, Moore Tech and others are partnering on what will be known as UpSkill MidSouth.

The firm, a Black-owned business led by two women, is joining forces with Channing Capital Management, whose co-founder is Rodney Herenton, son of the former Memphis Mayor. 

More than 30 local business will participate in Small Biz Saturday at Whitehaven’s Georgette & Cato Johnson YMCA.

The building’s owner plans to change its rooftop sign, which reads “LYFE Kitchen,” with one that would read “The Chisca.”