A large retail center with more than 230 parking spaces is planned in southeast Memphis if the developer can get approval for gas sales at the location.

A developer wants to build a five-story Residence Inn by Marriott with 98 guestrooms and structured parking. 

A new building fronting Park Avenue will house The Juicy Crab while Five Below and Ross will move into the former Burlington Coat Factory space. 

Mary and Ken Olds plan to open Muggin’ Coffeehouse in Whitehaven in November. 

Although George Washington Carver High School was closed and replaced with a similarly named charter school, alumni congregate each year to celebrate at a massive picnic in the park.

Projects in Whitehaven and South Memphis are seeking forgivable Inner City Economic Development (ICED) loans from EDGE. 

An unidentified distribution and warehouse operation wants to build a multimillion-square-foot center in the Frayser-Raleigh area.

The $15 million renovation project to turn a vacant building into a home for a Memphis charter school in Frayser is expected to take nine months. 

Since the youth farm opened in 2015, it has been run by female high school students ages 15 to 18. Girls Inc. is planning to expand its operations in Frayser to reach more girls.

The Brown family started the idea of Lifeline to Success at their dinner table 2009, and they have counseled 1,200 people in the 10 years since it began. 

Westwood residents offered organizers of the new CDC a list of suggestions to improve the community, from covered basketball courts and a splash pad, to career readiness programs and a full-service bank location.

Rap superstar Yo Gotti announces partnership with Shelby County Schools to outfit students at his former middle school with free uniforms. The music mogul said he hopes to expand the program to more schools in the district.

The now blighted apartment complex at 3085 Steele St. in Frayser is undergoing a $17 million renovation on property owned by The Works Inc. 

Family business Crone Construction will open a showroom at 798 S. Cooper St. in the Cooper-Young neighborhood.

The pavilion replaces an older one at Lincoln Park that was significantly damaged by a tree.

A building permit application shows plans for Boulevard Souvenirs to locate about 100 steps from Sun Studio.

Memphis ZIP code 38126, which has family poverty rate of nearly 60%, has been getting targeted help from the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis.

Beverly Robertson, president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber, brought the organization’s first stop in its new “Taking it to the Streets” initiative to Orange Mound.

The Men’s Morning Huddle was a group started four years ago by co-organizers Cedric Brooks and DeVonté Payton to motivate and be role models for Memphis youth. 

Students were welcomed back to Dunbar Elementary School by the principal, teachers and community groups. The school is now part of the Shelby County Schools Innovation Zone. 

Five contenders for District 7 pitch their qualifications as they attempt to unseat incumbent Berlin Boyd in the October election.

CNN political commentator Angela Rye made a return trip to Memphis Aug. 8, stumping at a fundraising luncheon for Memphis mayoral candidate Tami Sawyer.

The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation spent more than $5 million revitalizing the park. 

Construction crews are finishing the exterior of the $35 million development of apartments and commercial space in the heart of Midtown while residents move in.

A large batch of 17 applications to the Land Use Control Board includes a proposal to build a 103-space parking lot behind Crosstown Concourse.