Local commercial real estate experts will discuss how many businesses are building the spaces they will occupy themselves and how work from home is affecting office space in Memphis. 

Real estate agents here are closely watching a battle in Missouri, where a jury last month agreed that several real estate firms and the National Association of Realtors had conspired to inflate Realtors’ commissions, driving up sales prices.

Owners of the historic building unwittingly created an uproar by starting to paint the brick. But they’re fine with a plan to restore the original facade at the future Tekila Modern Mexican restaurant site.

It is one of the city’s largest Black-led developments in a predominantly Black neighborhood, said The Works president Roshun Austin, who will oversee the project.

According to a site plan, the Poplar Avenue location would have two drive-thru lanes with no access to the site from Poplar. If the new location is approved, the chain would close its current Collierville location.

The Downtown Memphis Commission and the Downtown Mobility Authority plan to host a kick off event at the end of the month to start exterior work. 

Collierville gave final approval to apartments. However, the approval was the last for any land with the high-density zoning.

Hilltop Securities expands in the Trustmark Building and a new apartment complex is planned for Cordova.

Poag Development Group is buying Oak Court Mall for an undisclosed price in a deal that is expected close by mid-December.

East Memphis had the highest total home sales, and Southwind had the lowest.

This will be French Truck’s third location in Memphis and its 12th location nationwide. 

Both those for and against the proposal for two gated entrances to the Midtown neighborhood gathered at City Hall for the vote Thursday, Nov. 9. 

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

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.

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

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.

The six-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive, approved Monday night, Oct. 23, comes as Campbell Clinic officials look to build a facility at the northwest corner of Bailey Station Road and Poplar Avenue.

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

After Boyle Investment Co. eliminated apartments in the project, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the Viridian development plus the final 216 homes in Glasgow. 

According to an application filed on behalf of Memphis-based High Mountain Investments, the developer plans to bring retail stores, as well as a coffee shop, to the Broad Avenue Arts District.

The 169-year-old Mallory-Neely House will open again for Friday and Saturday tours beginning Nov. 3. 

The Memphis Escape Rooms owners are back with a brand-new creative endeavor.

Memphis River Parks Partnership officials say plans to replace Vice & Virtue Coffee are tentative with no timeline because the organization wants “to make the right decision rather than a quick decision.” 

With an increase of residents expected to accompany the construction of BlueOval City, higher-density, New Urbanism could help meet the need for housing.

Bill Ganus, Andre Jones and Chuck Pinkowski discussed development projects with an attentive audience at Memphis Botanic Gardens on Thursday, Oct. 19.