Neither COVID-19 nor the shrinking number of houses on the market prevented home sales in the Memphis area from rising 6.4% in October.

A company that has been making air filters in Memphis for 30 years is moving and building a new facility in Piperton, just across the Shelby/Fayette county line.

The site is the former home of the historic Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital near the Medical District.

Jernigan Capital was a publicly traded Memphis company on a path to grow in the self-storage industry before COVID-19. The pandemic slammed the stock and helped take it private.

Fleming Architects believes it has met the challenge: Design a $60 million development of 348 apartments, parking structures and 53,000 square feet of retail so that it fits in with Cooper-Young’s older, smaller buildings.

Overton Park Conservancy is asking the public to complete by Nov. 30 a 21-question survey to help guide a new master plan for the park’s east side. The survey is found at www.overtonpark.org/zone1.

The bio-services firm commits to creating 561 more jobs that pay $63,749 on average, and to making a $212.9 million capital investment.

Stella Student Spaces has filed for a time extension for the approval it received two years ago to build 472 beds of student housing in an already congested neighborhood just west of the University of Memphis. But the filing does not mean what it appears, a U of M official says.

Chance Carlisle, owner of the Nylon Net Building, says that extensive study by his architectural and engineering consultants make him confident that razing the historic building and erecting new apartments is the right decision to make. 

Founder of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative saw huge potential in the bustling swath of land that is home to six hospitals, two colleges.

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Much of the exterior of Overton Square’s Memphian Hotel is completed. 

The nearly $200 million modernization of the Renasant Convention Center is winding down. A lighting ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, to mark the occasion.

Archimania won seven awards and brg3s added another to give Memphis yet another strong showing in the statewide 2020 design awards of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

The CME Church has dropped plans to turn its historic, long-vacant Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital property into a skilled nursing facility. Now the church plans to lease the space to Room in the Inn, which will provide shelter, meals and some medical care to the homeless.

A site plan for 2847 Poplar shows a commercial building of more than 7,000 square feet and 36 parking spaces.

Cognate BioServices, which has been contract-manufacturing in Memphis since 2007, seeks 15 years of property tax breaks that would save the company $52 million in return for the jobs and investment. However, the firm would still pay $65.4 million in taxes during the same period.

Link Apartments Broad Avenue will comprise two buildings totaling 370 units. But before it is built, a large, old warehouse must be demolished. 

The planned unit development has not been submitted to the city yet. Developer Spence Ray showed the plans to neighbors who are receptive to the project.

Amazon is so eager to get the facility built near the southeast corner of I-40 and Appling that the e-commerce giant is – again – not seeking tax breaks or other public incentives that are so common for large-investment, high-employment developments.

A proposal to develop a dozen lots on less than 1.17 acres in Cooper-Young drew seven letters of opposition to the Land Use Control Board. But the planning board’s staff has “collaborated” with the developer and neighborhood association to resolve a number of the issues.

This free, virtual seminar at 3 p.m. today will feature in-depth discussion of the office market, industrial and distribution, retail, and apartments.

Healthcare Realty Trust has purchased the six-story, 135,000-square-foot medical office building at 6401 Poplar.

The partnership that built The Citizen in the heart of Midtown is selling it to a Carlisle Corp. entity, but no changes in operations are planned, a Downtown agency was told.

Despite a few questions, the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board voted unanimously to fund a $62 million plan to improve parking, walking and cycling Downtown. The City Council and County Commission still must approve the project.

The Citizen not only may change hands, but the mixed-use development recently signed its first commercial tenant, a boutique salon called Sonder Luxury Suites.