A lifelong love for sweets is the backbone of 901 Slushies, Ice Cream & Treats, which is opening two locations in the Memphis area to beat the summer heat. 

Carrefour at Kirby Woods is being redeveloped into The Standard Germantown. The new building at the intersection of Poplar Avenue and Kirby Road still needs a tenant.

Metro Volleyball training facility renews its five-year lease and expands into adjacent space. Also, Southwood Townhomes have been bought, Minuteman Press relocated and two new tenants are in Clark Tower. 

Four affordable homes planned for a vacant lot in Orange Mound are part of the drive in the city’s competition between owned and rented single-family homes.

Developer Chance Carlisle addressed concerns about parking for The Cooper, a new mixed-used project in Cooper-Young.

The Mid-City Memphis project has new plans, including four more areas of development while also removing one high-rise building and the planned 16 townhomes from the project outline. 

“We ... didn’t want to see an outside developer come in, tear it down and just (build some) white brick condos,” one of the new owners said.

Trezevant has more than 40 years of experience and founded Trezevant Commercial Brokerage in 2004.

CSC ServiceWorks is now at Shelby Distribution Center, an apartment building was sold for $1.55 million, nearly 11,000 square feet was leased to insurance broker firm McDaniel Whitley Inc. and more.

The club closed abruptly July 31, leaving more than 20 people without jobs. 

Plus, the Memphis Chamber expands, a former Beale Street club is on the market, and a popular East Memphis restaurant is making a move. 

Millington’s new cookie shop, 2KC Cookie Co. and South Main’s new Gourmet Gallery will both open in early August. Also, a new Ben & Jerry’s could open at the Memphis Vitality Hotel. 

New York-based Tunnels to Towers is turning the hotel shell at 7060 Riverdale Bend Road into a 105-unit affordable housing apartment complex.

Three Bartlett office buildings sold for almost $1.5 million, Shoot360 Memphis Cordova transaction details revealed and a Chattanooga-based self-storage company is coming to Memphis.

The Downtown Memphis Commission has filed eight lawsuits against Tom Intrator through its anti-blight committee.

Developer Taylor Caruthers said The Gulch’s mixed-use buildings, which have ground-floor retail and apartments on top, inspired him to imitate them. 

Cxffeeblack has slowly produced Gold Brew coffee cans to test the demand. Now, co-owner Bartholomew Jones said they can’t keep them in stock.

The 100 N. Main development team awarded an additional $1.8 million loan, the Texas-based company Reconext was awarded a tax incentive, two companies received tax-incentive amendments and more.

Clark Tower has a new tenant and so does the Renaissance Center. Plus, after a decade on the market, The Life Church sold its property on Germantown Parkway. 

The developer is requesting an extra $1.8 million from EDGE.

The development, which includes affordable housing units and a park, should be completed in three years once construction starts, which depends on when the mound is leveled. 

The historic alleyway runs east from Second Street now to Fourth Street between Court and Madison avenues. Stuart Harris, a developer who spearheaded a renaming effort, said the “in-between” place holds “a lot of possibility and magic.”

The Walk, a 29-acre development on a vacant strip of land between AutoZone Park and FedExForum, still has big plans.

There are new tenants in The Shops of Wolflake. Oriental Rug House trades Carrefour at Kirby Woods for an East Memphis location. Plus, Timberline Tree & Lawn Care has been acquired by an out-of-town tree service company.

A Class A office building downtown is for sale with a $4.5 million price tag. Veritas HHS bought two properties in Memphis, and a 2.65-acre property was sold.