An industrial developer on Wednesday broke ground, ending an 11-year drought during which no speculative, top-grade distribution centers were built in Memphis.

About 90 Memphians seized their chance Tuesday evening to say how they think two culturally important – and soon-to-be-vacant – buildings should be reused.

The Crosstown Concourse renovation is one of three national winners of the 2018 preservation awards bestowed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the trust announced Monday.

The Sears department store in Wolfchase Galleria is among the 142 Sears and Kmart stores that will close as a part of the new bankruptcy filing by Sears Holdings Corp. early Monday, court filings show.

The city’s largest emergency shelter for the homeless holds a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the first phase of a $34 million project replacing its outdated facilities Downtown with a 52,875-square-foot complex.

The first two buildings in the new DeSoto 55 Logistics Center have been completed and the first tenant has leased 200,000 square feet, developer Core5 Industrial Partners announced Monday.

The Cash Saver grocery in the Cloverleaf Center will soon close, its owner confirmed Friday.

The “Sip & Shop at Regalia” event will offer guests tastes of foods and beverages from the center’s restaurants and other businesses, as well as live music, sales and door prizes.

A $300 million development plan that includes one of the city’s largest residential projects in the last 40 years received approval from a planning board on Thursday.

The Memphis Center for Independent Living has just moved from its street-level headquarters in Midtown to the eighth floor of the 34-story Clark Tower in East Memphis.

Five significant changes are taking place at Poplar Plaza, which has a history of trying new things. Poplar Plaza was the first shopping center in the city – and arguably in the nation – designed to accommodate customers who arrive by auto.

Interior demolition has started inside the historic Dermon Building.

From fully assisted living to semi-assisted to unassisted in age-restricted communities with amenities, five projects with senior living components are in various stages of development in Collierville. 

The 25-year-old Rite Aid in the heart of Midtown will close this fall, and other retailers are showing interest in leasing the building, a commercial real estate broker said.

Camy’s still delivers pizza, pasta and sandwiches, but its namesake has sold the delivery-only restaurant she started almost 26 years ago.

Church Health will soon start building an outdoor swimming pool behind Crosstown Concourse, with a goal to open it by next summer.

The Collierville Planning Commission last week agreed to a little give-and-take with developer Regency Homebuilders, the body approving a planned development for nearly 300 new homes on 95 acres near Carriage Crossing Marketplace. 

A "great achievement in museum design." That is what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art leaders are telling architects they want for the museum’s future home overlooking the Mississippi River in Downtown Memphis.

Just south of the tracks on South Highland Avenue, the new Sam’s Deli restaurant churned out huge sandwiches for a lively Friday lunch crowd. Country music filled the room, as well as the mountings of five deer heads, a big bass and bobcat. A dozen diners, including one accompanied by his dog on the front deck, consumed sandwiches so big that half a ham-and-cheese could not quite fit into a carryout box.

Redevelopment of CarreFour at Kirby Woods near Germantown’s western gateway received its initial blessing from the suburb’s Planning Commission this week, setting in motion a possible new look to the city’s border along Poplar.

An auto dealer plans to bring to Memphis two luxury/sporty Italian brands: Maserati and Alfa Romeo.

 There’s no mystery upstairs. Apartment dwellers will occupy the upper floors of The Citizen, the $35 million, mixed-use development being built at Midtown’s most prominent intersection.

Construction should start the first half of next year on the $51 million apartment-and-retail development fronting Broad Avenue, the developer said this month.

The Tops Bar-B-Q experience with planting palm trees at its restaurants is not ending well.

Indian Pass Raw Bar and Grill closed this weekend, indicating again that being adjacent to the renovated Overton Square entertainment district is no guarantee of a restaurant’s success.