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Food Files: BluffCakes’ owner says closure is reinvention, not goodbye
Plus, Casarap is closing, and the Starbucks in Millington is remodeling.
Sophia Surrett
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April 2024
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East MemphisNew Brookhaven restaurant approved, gas station on Poplar returning
The undisclosed restaurant will have more than 2,700 square feet of indoor space.
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Business Downtown Memphis Commission hires communications vice president
Milton Howery III is often referred to as “Milton Memphis” for his constant dedication to promoting the city.
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Real EstateInked: Millington retail, Crosstown Shoppes tenants, Daily Memphian offices
Forked River Commons in Millington gains two tenants, Crosstown Shoppes signs two leases, Great Escape Coaching moves into a Ridgeway Center office building, and The Daily Memphian looks for a new home.
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Real EstateSouth Main Art District pioneer seeking to plant ‘art incubator’
South Main Art District pioneer Ephraim Urevbu is looking to make an art incubator for international and local artists to display their work, no matter their background.
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Real EstateMarch home sales in Memphis area were a mixed bag
March total home sales were down almost 10% from last year but up 12.5% from February, according to the Memphis Area Association of Realtors housing-market report.
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Food News Filmmakers serve up gelato in Central Station Hotel
Zio Matto Gelato, the popular gelato that has been seen in grocery stores, restaurants and even FedExForum, now has a storefront on the ground floor of the Central Station Hotel.
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Food NewsFood Files: 901 Hot Pot expands, Crave Sweets looks for new location
901 Hot Pot is expanding its Bartlett location and also moving into the East Memphis market. Crave Sweets Bake Shop is looking for a third location, maybe in Southaven or Franklin, Tennessee.
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Business IDI Logistics leases 347,000 square foot warehouse in DeSoto County
IDI Logistics has secured a lease with California-based Motivational Fulfillment & Logistics for its property in its Stateline Business Park.
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Real EstateInked: Gloss bar nails down fifth spot; Holiday Deli converting to bank
Gloss Nail Bar is opening another location, and Bank of America is moving into a former Holiday Deli & Ham location. Plus, a health services organization is headed to Bartlett.
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Real Estate Orpheum Theatre, Beale Street string lights to be installed second quarter
The 700 linear feet of string lights will be hung 22 feet in the air and stretch from the theater to the Downtown Mobility Center.
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Business Up to $250K a year going to small businesses in high-crime areas
The Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design initiative will use “urban and architectural design” and implement the management of “built and natural environments” to fight crime.
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Real Estate Sterick and Dermon buildings, Lowenstein House will get new life
The three Memphis buildings were among 26 historic properties statewide chosen for the program, which aims to encourage investment in abandoned historic buildings.
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Downtown String lights may come to the Orpheum Theatre and Beale Street corner
The Orpheum Theatre might get string lights, Hotel Pontotoc might have a new restaurant, a new construction trades space on Decatur Street and safety repairs and improvements to come at The Businessmen’s Club.
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BusinessLocal caterer gives a new life to dogs, and people
Simply Fabulous Catering owner Fabiola Francis has saved more than 180 dogs since opening her rescue animal shelter, Unity for Animals, in 2017.
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Food NewsFood Files: Bounty on Broad closes, Wholey Goods grand opening
Bounty on Broad closed, Wholey Goods has its grand opening, a new Dunkin Donuts will be on Kirby Road and more.
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Real Estate Commercial real-estate developers honored at Pinnacle Awards
Hosted by the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council, more than 160 people attended the event at the FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms to recognize the top commercial real-estate professionals of 2023.
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Real EstateInked: Nail salon coming to Forest Hill, Shawarma To-Go to Summer Avenue
Grahamwood Crossing is 100% leased for the first time since opening. Plus, Archer’s Auto Care building on Mendenhall Road was sold.
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Business B.R. Distilling makes ‘turning point’
The line of credit will finance its inventory purchases under its long-term production agreement with Kentucky-based Green River Distilling Co.
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Real EstateThe plan behind the conversion of the U.S. Steel Building to self storage
The U.S. Steel Building on Riverside Drive will be converted into a Hamilton Self Storage facility, including 400 climate-controlled self-storage units with a 100-space parking garage underneath.
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Food NewsFood Files: Huey’s Downtown closed for renovations and more
Huey’s Downtown will temporarily be closed for renovations, Church’s Texas Chicken on Third Street has reopened and Comeback Coffee has new to-go cans.
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Real EstateInked: Walnut Grove office building sold for $1.4M
Mary’s B.O.T.E. and Duck Donuts at Almadale Crossing boost occupancy rates.
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Business Baby Grand to help entrepreneurs grow up, glow up
Seizing a naming opportunity, local branding agency Baby Grand is giving out baby grants and branding packages to budding local entrepreneurs.
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Real Estate Whataburger eyeing former Midtown police station site
The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council.
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East Memphis New festival combines pastries, wine, coffee and pottery
Belltower Coffee is hosting a new festival at the end of April, which kicks off its new initiative focused on community, connection and, of course, coffee.
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