An engineering and architecture leader is honored by his alma mater in this week’s Movers & Shakers.

The property has won several awards, including recognition from the Apartment Association of Greater Memphis for “Best Adapted Reuse Community” over multiple years.

Industrial Outdoor Storage sites are secure open-air sites typically used to park commercial vehicles, stage shipping containers or store heavy equipment, and they’re scattered throughout Memphis's major industrial areas.

“For things like PTSD and addiction, … all we’ve been able to do are treat symptoms,” said Dr. Jessica Snowden, the vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “We haven’t really had enough understanding of a cause to be able to actually treat a cause. And Dr. Cruz’s work is helping bridge that gap.”

Amid outrage online, the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors approved rezoning plans for a new convenience store but denied separate plans for a new Love’s Travel Stop.

Local taco trailer chain TacoNGanas will soon have its first drive-thru location, while a Harbor Town resident said his sports bar is a “natural fit.”

DLC Management Corp., in partnership with a fund managed by DRA Advisors, bought six properties in five states, including the shopping center at Winchester Road and Hacks Cross Road.

Only one in 20 travelers could identify a real photo of a Tennessee outdoor tourism spot when shown alongside an AI-generated image. Here’s how the state’s Department of Tourist Development plans to counter that.

Commissioners approved an additional $2.6 million for design of a new baggage system and administration building.

Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority commissioners feel the board’s job is vital to the local economy, no matter who sits on it. Many of them could soon be replaced following passage of a new state law.

A 93-unit senior housing project is moving forward, and a local board awards $43,000 in small business loans.

The landowner of a proposed Chick-fil-A has filed a petition in Shelby County Chancery Court against all five aldermen, alleging they are in contempt of court. A chancellor ordered them to approve the new restaurant in February.

The Downtown Memphis Commission board talked coffee, new hires and beer at its meeting.

Baptist Memorial, Methodist Le Bonheur and Burch, Porter & Johnson are featured in this week’s Movers & Shakers.

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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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.