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. 

Three properties in Midtown’s Flicker Street Arts District have changed hands, Urban Air has renewed their lease at the Trinity Commons shopping center and Monster Mini Golf is expanding its Mid-South footprint.

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.

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.

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.

Another fast-food location is coming to Poplar Avenue. Plus, the Memphis Fire Fighters Association is building a new space.

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.

Wendelta, a subsidiary of Carlisle Corp., has acquired four local Wendy’s restaurants and plans “to make sure they’re running really, really well.”

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. 

Hillwood Investment Properties has broken ground on a 1.15 million-square-foot building, the first speculative building in the area in three years, which is a positive signal for the local industrial market.

Perdomo Worldwide plans to open a developable site in an older industrial submarket that’s seeing a slight resurgence.

Graybel Investments and Quad Property Group bought Cordova Creek Apartments. Townsend Insurance Group bought the former Regency Realty office. Memphis Goodwill Inc. is leasing the former Big Daddy Pawn building in Southeast Memphis.

5C Data Centers bought the former Fred’s Inc. headquarters as part of its plan for a $152.1 million artificial intelligence data center.

If approved, these projects could add residential units and commercial property across the city. 

Location, location, location: The two buildings that housed the former Outdoors Inc. are near one of the busiest intersections in the city, seeing more than 29,000 vehicles daily.

The Community Redevelopment Agency is moving forward with the first phase of Smokey City Market, an estimated $70 million project aiming to bring affordable housing, senior care, retail and green space to the area.

After two years in limbo, Ramble on Summer seems to be moving ahead, bringing another piece to the development on U.S. 70 in Bartlett.

Working a few lots at a time with different developers, the City of Memphis is beginning to connect the vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood to form a pattern of redevelopment.