“If I’m going to contribute to the health of Collierville, it starts at the square,” Hank Wright said. “It’s town central.”

City officials say it is necessary to control the hotel to protect its $200 million investment in renovations to the connected Renasant Convention Center.

Also, Abner’s on South White Station Road and Poplar Avenue has closed, and Non-Vintage Wine Bar will soon join it.

At its first leadership summit, Memphis Challenge announced grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to six local businesses.

Collierville gets more space for a massage, and a new Germantown headquarters is getting organized. 

“Having this space activated is important to bring more people in and liven up Downtown,” said Downtown Memphis Commission planning manager Brian Mykulyn.

“You have to draw the line somewhere,” said owner Shannon Wynne. 

“The incentive tools work — $2 million of incentives brings about almost $9 million of investment — that is real change for our community.”

A Fitting Place is a staple for many women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, as they struggle to find customized post-mastectomy bras.

Little Italy Midtown is coming back to its original space, Society Memphis has reopened under new ownership and Good Fortune Co.’s expansion will begin in the new year.

Downtown Memphis is progressing with more projects, population and initiatives despite the “doom loop,” said Brookings Institution fellow Tracy Hadden Loh. 

The University building was sold fully furnished and features a lobby and reception area, an auditorium, a kitchen, offices and conference rooms. 

Documents show indoor and outdoor seating accommodating up to 105 guests, a drive-thru that can accommodate 26 cars and 79 parking spaces. 

Home prices rose in September compared to the same time last year, with the median sales price increasing from $215,000 to $230,000.

Speakers will discuss the latest developments in the Cleveland Street Corridor, Downtown and the Edge District at The Daily Memphian’s Developing Memphis Seminar on Thursday, Oct. 23, at Memphis Botanic Garden.

Tonica Downtown and Little Petals East Memphis are open to customers. Poppz Drinks & Sweets on Poplar will open in early November. 

The Cordova property is the Alabama-based real estate firm’s first investment in the Memphis area, but the CEO said more are planned. 

“Soul and Spirits is positioned in the middle of this growth as a key neighborhood amenity that can provide a ‘third place’ for residents and visitors alike to gather.”

On Friday, Oct. 10, owner Cynthia Ham posted on social media that Palladio, a space with showrooms filled with antiques and home furnishings, would have its last day on Halloween.

Also, a yoga studio closes Downtown, an HIV/AIDS clinic opens in Whitehaven and a credit union expands.

Orgill’s massive new building on Bailey Station Road in Collierville began hosting hundreds of dealers Tuesday, Oct. 14, a day after the company celebrated the facility’s opening.

A Knoxville-based real estate firm plans to buy the 205,000-square-foot Prospero Place Tower at 50 S. B.B. King Blvd. and the neighboring 756-space parking garage.

Real estate agent Ben Boscaccy’s social media fans find his posts to be anything but pedestrian as he treks through the Memphis suburb. 

For the past eight years, Dana Gabrion says she has fostered the iconic Bauhaus structure on Highway 51 in Frayser. Now, she’s searching for someone to “take it to its fullest potential.”