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CA: Portable hospital in Memphis will respond to disasters around the world

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CA: Portable hospital in Memphis will respond to disasters around the world A 50-ton portable emergency response field hospital, packed in containers and strapped to three flatbed trucks and two trailers, arrived at a FedEx warehouse in Memphis on Thursday. The components of the hospital  can be pieced together with fabric covering, air conditioning and heating units. Within 72 hours of a global disaster, the mobile hospital can be moved anywhere in the world, said David Lusk, senior manager of Global Operations Control at FedEx Express. “When the hospital needs to be sent some place, we can put the containers on a … Continue reading CA: Portable hospital in Memphis will respond to disasters around the world

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WMC: Memphis ballet dancers gaining national recognition

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WMC: Memphis ballet dancers gaining national recognition A photo of five dancers is opening eyes and creating possibilities for young, aspiring ballerinas. Founded in New York City in 2006, Collage Dance Collective relocated and opened its doors in Memphis one year later to take part in the city’s exciting artistic renaissance. Now, a photo posted to social media this month is opening even more doors. … Captured by Memphis photographer Andrew Breig, the viral photo is garnering national attention. The Huffington Post described the image as a “glimpse into ballet’s future where dancers are valued for their skill and style regardless of skin tone.” “It’s … Continue reading WMC: Memphis ballet dancers gaining national recognition

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MDN: With MAA, TraVure Is Gateway To Germantown

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MDN: With MAA, TraVure Is Gateway To Germantown The developer of Germantown’s mixed-use TraVure project is anxious to start work on the development’s centerpiece, a five-story Class A office building that now has an anchor tenant for most of the space – the headquarters of Memphis-based MAA, or Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. … The target date for opening the office building is January of 2018. MAA will become the largest publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on apartments with its August announcement that it is buying Post Properties Inc. of Atlanta for $4 billion. Even before the acquisition, the corporation … Continue reading MDN: With MAA, TraVure Is Gateway To Germantown

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MBJ: MAA receives PILOT, moving HQ to Germantown

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MBJ: MAA receives PILOT, moving HQ to Germantown Apartment real estate giant MAA (NYSE: MAA) received a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) deal from the city of Germantown for its new headquarters. On Oct. 24, the Germantown Board of Mayor and Alderman approved the PILOT for MAA’s new headquarters, which will be located in the $90 million TraVure development near the intersection of Poplar Avenue and Kirby Parkway. According to the PILOT application, MAA will take more than 83,000 square feet of the new development when it’s completed. … With a recently announced $4 billion merger with Atlanta-based Post Properties(NYSE: PPS), MAA … Continue reading MBJ: MAA receives PILOT, moving HQ to Germantown

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CA: ServiceMaster’s strategy looks to digital future

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CA: ServiceMaster’s strategy looks to digital future The first “hackathon” at ServiceMaster produced a result that seems obvious in a country where two-thirds of Americans have smartphones, but it took a “digital first” corporate focus to see it. Information technology teams at the Memphis-based corporation were freed for a long day to pursue ideas of their own and present them to top executives, like those from the reality television show “Shark Tank.” The result in early 2015 was giving customers of one of ServiceMaster’s key brands, American Home Shield, the ability to request home warranty repair services using mobile phones. … Continue reading CA: ServiceMaster’s strategy looks to digital future

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MDN: Like a Troll Under Poplar and Union, Flicker Street Flourishing as Arts District

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MDN: Like a Troll Under Poplar and Union, Flicker Street Flourishing as Arts District The Poplar/Union viaduct passes over a collection of half-moon shaped Quonset huts that look unlike any other building type in Memphis. These mid-century warehouses on Flicker Street make up a modern-day artist enclave tucked between Chickasaw Gardens and Central Gardens. “You miss it the first time you’re looking for it,” said Greg Touliatos, principal of landscaping company Greg Touliatos & Associates and the Urban Earth garden store. Flicker Street, which backs up to the CSX Railroad and once boasted an industrial population, is now home to … Continue reading MDN: Like a Troll Under Poplar and Union, Flicker Street Flourishing as Arts District

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CA: Company to transform Midtown warehouse into headquarters

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CA: Company to transform Midtown warehouse into headquarters A young investment company that owns several businesses is renovating a 78-year-old Midtown warehouse for its new headquarters. Southern Hunt Club, with a home office now at 1715 Aaron Brenner Drive in East Memphis, is renovating the red-brick warehouse on the south edge of Central Gardens, at 802 Rozelle. The 44,000-square-foot building on 2.2 acres is sandwiched between the Craftsman cottage houses that line York Avenue and a railyard. The building last housed a wine and liquor distributorship, Delta Wholesale. “The Southern Hunt Club partners love the city of Memphis,” one of … Continue reading CA: Company to transform Midtown warehouse into headquarters

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CA: Action on Collierville Town Square: new building proposed, Scottish bar to open in an existing space

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CA: Action on Collierville Town Square: new building proposed, Scottish bar to open in an existing space Property owner Thomas Scott has filed paperwork to construct a retail and office building on Collierville’s Town Square. And in a separate move, businessman Alan Mullen plans to open a Scottish bar and restaurant in an existing building in the historic district. The projects mark the latest action in a fast-developing section of a fast-growing town. Scott also owns the old Collierville post office building at 148 North Main Street, under renovation as it’s converted into a restaurant called 148 North. If approved, … Continue reading CA: Action on Collierville Town Square: new building proposed, Scottish bar to open in an existing space

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MBJ: A look at the Crosstown neighborhoods remarkable progress

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MBJ: A look at the Crosstown neighborhoods remarkable progress Concourse Attracts major tenants, HQ operations The Crosstown Concourse redevelopment is expected to be earth-shattering for so many different people simply based on the project’s size, cost and the range of businesses that will call it home. But, for the surrounding community and underserved parts of Memphis, the health care component of Crosstown Concourse could be the most impactful. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Southern College of Optometry will each have major operations there. Methodist, which is moving its patient financial services, materials management and construction … Continue reading MBJ: A look at the Crosstown neighborhoods remarkable progress

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MBJ: Belz pursues new mixed-use near Orpheum, Beale St.

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MBJ: Belz pursues new mixed-use near Orpheum, Beale St. A new mixed-use commercial development is in the works for the Tri-State Bank property next to the Hard Rock Cafe on Beale Street. … Belz got initial approval in Memphis City Council committee, Tuesday, Aug. 9, to remove old zoning and development restrictions on the property at the corner of South Main and Beale. “Essentially, this would allow the developer to build on this property,” said Paul Young, director of the City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development. … Now that the property has been resold, development interest requires … Continue reading MBJ: Belz pursues new mixed-use near Orpheum, Beale St.