“Our family has operated premium cigar stores in the Memphis area for over 40 years,” franchisees James and Teresa Knaus said in the application filed. “We purchased 612 S. Cooper St. to fully invest in the city.”

As manufacturers nationwide and in Memphis work to fill workforce gaps, veterans could play a role in meeting hiring needs.

Tous les Jours will open in the former Hopdoddy Burger Bar space on Cooper, while Jack’s Family Restaurant may build on Winchester.

A strip mall near a former Southaven Walmart has a new owner. Meanwhile, two other companies are closing their DeSoto County branches.

A Downtown Memphis Commission board gave the green light for the new Memphis Art Museum’s signage, including a code deviation.

FedEx Supply Chain will be sold to CMA CGM Group, a French-based shipping and logistics company, pending regulatory approvals. 

Plus, local investors add to their retail holdings in Southeast Memphis, and a hotel near Wolfchase Galleria sold for $5.5 million.

Also, the Museums of Science and History, Dixon Gallery & Gardens and Pickering Firm make announcements.

Starlink, the satellite internet service and key revenue driver for Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is offering discounts to area residents. 

The declining Memphis transit system received more than $30 million in funding in the city’s recently approved budget. That’s more than it got last year. But MATA supporters say it’s not enough. 

This summer’s intern cohort includes students from Princeton and Northwestern.

Those involved in the legal drama surrounding Ardent Studios have been involved in past lawsuits that echo some of the current claims, documents show.

After a long and complicated history, Central Lofts, a vacant 127-unit property on South Hollywood Street, is up for sale.

A luxury hotel Downtown is the first West Tennessee hotel to join an international network of boutique hotels.

A Memphis tech startup has released an app that’s designed to flip the crowdfunding world on its head by letting users privately save for life milestones like buying a house, car or even a fresh pair of kicks — but is it worth it?

Hunter and Spencer Turner are students in UTHSC’s nurse-anesthesia program, which is the latest stop in a journey that’s taken them from small town Tennessee to Japan to Italy to Memphis.

The Art Project is moving its paints and brushes to Stomping Grounds, a Midtown property which is turning into something of a multi-tenant operation.

The permits come as Anthropic, the company behind the artificial intelligence chatbot Claude, is expected to ramp up its usage of Colossus as part of its leasing agreement with SpaceX.

IKEA is listing its 29.3-acre property at 7900 Ikea Way in Cordova for sale.

Ace Hardware in East Memphis will close by the end of July, store owner Janelle Carter said Friday, June 26.

Plant Based Heat, Tops Bar-B-Q and La Roche reopen, but a Downtown restaurant and an East Memphis liquor store are closing.

Developer Spence Ray announces the 15 homebuilders who will construct his vision for the Glasgow subdivision at the former Germantown Country Club.

The $30 million Memphis Public Market would turn two buildings into a 24-stall public market with vendor spaces for farmers, grocers, butchers, bakers, prepared-food operators, artisans and specialty retailers.

Mahaffey Tent and Event Rentals is relocating its operations after buying office and warehouse buildings from another company with a long local history.

Today we’re joined by Andy Ashby to talk about a new trend in real estate as well as changes to area Wendy’s and a company that specializes in cleaning up old industrial sites.