Plans for a higher education presence in Fayette County could take a substantial leap forward early in 2013 after years of general plans for such a presence.

Leaders in Somerville, the county seat, launched the drive for a 26,000-square-foot “Fayette County Higher Education Center” in September. There has been general discussion for such a center the last two years.

2. Helen of Troy Plans Build-to-Suit - Thursday, January 10, 2013

Helen of Troy Ltd., a manufacturer and distributor of household products, has finalized plans to build a 1.3 million-square-foot distribution facility in Olive Branch.

The $37 million facility will be constructed on a 77-acre site in the Whispering Woods development on Polk Lane in DeSoto County. CB Richard Ellis Memphis brokers Patrick Burke, Tommy Jackson and Jim Mercer represented Panattoni Development Co. in the land sale and build-to-suit negotiations to Helen of Troy, which closed on Dec. 28.

3. Norfolk Southern Increases Activity - Friday, January 04, 2013

Norfolk, Va.-based Norfolk Southern Corp. expects to continue increasing operations this year at its new Memphis Regional Intermodal Terminal in Rossville, just east of Collierville.

4. Levenger Leases Up EastPark IV - Friday, December 14, 2012

A Delray Beach, Fla.-based specialty retail company is relocating its Memphis distribution warehouse within the Southeast submarket.

Levenger has inked 96,400 square feet in EastPark Distribution Center IV, 5265 Hickory Hill Road, bringing the 372,800-square-foot building to full occupancy. Levenger also has an operation at 3530 E. Raines Road.

5. Norfolk, CB Richard Ellis Memphis Executives Tout Intermodal Yard - Friday, November 09, 2012

Norfolk Southern Corp.’s most ambitious intermodal terminal to date, the $105 million, 380-acre Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility in Rossville, is making steady progress toward becoming a driving force for industrial development in Tennessee and Mississippi.

6. Lease Brings New Breed Footprint to 3 Million Feet - Friday, October 12, 2012

New Breed Inc. is enhancing its Memphis operations with a new distribution warehouse lease in the Southeast industrial submarket.

7. Daves Quickly Climbing Commercial Real Estate Ranks - Friday, August 31, 2012

In Bryce Daves’ three years in the commercial real estate business, he’s quickly climbed the ranks to lease some 2 million square feet of property.

The CB Richard Ellis Memphis associate was promoted in March to leasing agent for Bellbrook Industrial Park – a 13-building campus in the southwest Memphis industrial submarket totaling more than 1.6 million square feet spread over 100 acres.

8. A Year After Floods, Shippers Face low Miss. River - Tuesday, July 17, 2012

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A year after the Mississippi River swelled to near-historic proportions and flooded farms and homes from Illinois to Louisiana, the level along the waterway's southern half is so low that cargo barges have run aground and their operators have been forced to lighten their loads.

9. Miss. House OKs Redistricting Plan Favoring GOP - Monday, April 30, 2012

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi House Republicans pushed through a redistricting plan Thursday that critics say would cut the number of white Democrats in the 122-member body.

House members voted 70-49 for the plan, with 63 Republicans and seven Democrats supporting it.

10. CK’s Moves Into Jackson as Part of Expansion - Friday, March 02, 2012

A longtime Memphis diner chain is expanding its presence into the Jackson, Tenn., market.

CK’s Coffee Shop has signed a five-year lease for 1,390 square feet of the existing 4,900-square-foot Old Medina Market Gas Station at 2800 Old Medina Road.

11. Drexel Buys Presidents Is. Warehouse - Friday, January 27, 2012

A longtime Memphis-based agricultural chemical provider has snatched up a warehouse on Presidents Island, where it already has a strong presence.

Drexel Chemical Co. purchased the 137,526-square-foot former manufacturing and distribution facility on 12 acres at 2070 and 2071 Channel Ave. on Presidents Island from HPD Properties LLC for $810,000, or $5.89 per square foot.

12. Emerald Apts. Suit Settled, Properties Resold - Thursday, August 04, 2011

A $28 million lawsuit involving a trio of apartment complexes in Southeast Memphis settled on undisclosed terms last week, around the same time the original owner bought the properties back through three multimillion-dollar warranty deeds.

13. Perception vs. Reality - Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Last month’s Mississippi River gauge was the second highest level ever recorded in the city’s history – flooding about 18 percent of Shelby County’s land and some 2,500 pieces of property – but for the city’s industrial warehouses it was virtually a non-issue.

14. Miss. House Panel Votes to Join Remapping Lawsuit - Wednesday, March 23, 2011

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi's redistricting battle has become more complex, and with less than two weeks left in the legislative session it is unclear whether the debate will be resolved in the state Capitol or in a federal courtroom.

15. Census: Several Miss. Counties See Huge Growth - Friday, February 04, 2011

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – There were few surprises for Mississippi when new census figures were released Thursday – DeSoto, Lamar, Madison and Rankin counties saw impressive growth.

Harrison County, Mississippi's most populous coastal county, saw a small decrease in population, which was not surprising because of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

16. Highwoods Extends Tenants at Southwind Office Center - Friday, January 28, 2011

Raleigh, N.C.-based Highwoods Properties Inc. has signed two deals at its Southwind Office Center, a 62,000-square foot, three-story building with views of the Tournament Players Club at Southwind golf course.

17. Pinnacle Move Bolsters Aerotropolis - Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Pinnacle Airlines Corp.’s recent announcement means a headquarters relocation to Downtown and away from the airport, but industry experts say the move will not hinder Memphis’ aerotropolis marketing.

18. Action! We Belong in the Movies - Friday, August 06, 2010

Gene Hackman has a big head.

I’m not talking ego, the man really does have a head the size of a medicine ball. I know because I stood next to him one morning in Court Square chatting about the Hebe Fountain. Okay, he wasn’t actually talking to me, he was talking to the little guy on the other side of him – Tom Cruise. Maybe 5-7, depending on his shoes. They were here shooting “The Firm.”

19. New York Company Buys Gardenwood Apartments - Tuesday, June 01, 2010

4975 Hoover Drive
Memphis, TN 38128
Sale Amount: $2.9 Million

Sale Date: May 17, 2010
Buyer: Gardenwood Apartments LLC
Seller: Bank of America NA
Loan Amount: $2.2 million
Loan Date: May 17, 2010
Maturity Date: N/A
Lender: Bloomfield Capital Partners Fund III LLC

20. Rainey Kizer Names Waddell Partner - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Amanda C. Waddell has been named a partner at Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell PLC. Waddell’s practice is concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice, auto liability and insurance coverage.

21. 2009 Bankruptcy Filings Up 2 Percent - Friday, January 15, 2010

While he was at a free legal clinic last week, Memphis bankruptcy attorney Bruce Ralston struck up a conversation with a woman whose background would have made her a hot commodity once upon a time.

22. Tenn. State Sen. Herron has $675K for Congress Bid - Wednesday, January 06, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State Sen. Roy Herron said Monday he has accumulated more than $675,000 in his bid to succeed fellow Democrat John Tanner in Congress.

23. Plough Blvd. Revamp Closer to Fruition - Tuesday, December 15, 2009

With $1.6 million in public funding approved by the City Council two months ago, the beautification of Plough Boulevard – the road leading into Memphis International Airport – has reached another milestone.

24. Folks Like West Set Up for Failure When They Don’t ‘Get’ Memphis - Monday, November 16, 2009

Soon-to-be former Tigers football coach Tommy West started something with what amounted to his exit interview last Monday.

25. Taking Off - Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Aviators attain flight and control the movements of their aircraft by precisely balancing the forces of lift, thrust, drag and gravity. The people piloting the aerotropolis initiative – the promotion of Memphis’ economy focused on the airport, other transportation assets and the connectivity among them – are negotiating their own set of physics in hopes of becoming airborne.

26. Taking Off - Monday, October 12, 2009

Aviators attain flight and control the movements of their aircraft by precisely balancing the forces of lift, thrust, drag and gravity. The people piloting the aerotropolis initiative – the promotion of Memphis’ economy focused on the airport, other transportation assets and the connectivity among them – are negotiating their own set of physics in hopes of becoming airborne.

27. Q2 Bankruptcies Rise 6 Percent - Friday, July 17, 2009

For anyone reading tea leaves looking for the next direction of the economy – in particular, consumer activity – an ominous trend emerges from second quarter bankruptcy filings in Memphis.

As the economic slump sometimes referred to as the Great Recession grinds on, more people are finding themselves stretched to the limit and turning to the local bankruptcy courts for protection. And that suggests a turnaround in the economy is still far off for many people.

28. Tennessee Voters Must Be in Line By Closing Time - Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Polls in Tennessee opened Tuesday to bright, sunny skies and long lines of voters waiting to cast ballots in what election officials expect to be a record turnout.

The advice to voters was this: Get in line before the polls close or you won't get in the door.

29. Barloworld SellsTruck Business, Properties - Thursday, September 20, 2007
     Barloworld Truck Center Inc. sold its full-service truck center in Memphis, located on Fontaine Road and East Brooks Road, as well as its truck centers in Jackson, Tenn., Tupelo, Miss., and Jonesboro, Ark., and a body sh

30. Trammell Crow Buys PropertiesOn Air Trans, Brooks Roads - Tuesday, February 06, 2007
     Trammell Crow Co., a subsidiary of CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. (CBRE), has bought the Bellbrook and Space Center industrial parks and the Baker building - all on Brooks Road - and the Air Trans building on Air Trans Road

31. Archived Article - Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Properties in Collierville, Memphis,
Jackson, Tenn., and Southaven
Loan Amount: $9.3 million

Loan Date: Nov. 30, 2006

32. New $2.5 Million Comedy to be Shot in Memphis - Wednesday, October 18, 2006
     A new comedy titled "Let's Ride" is slated to begin filming in Memphis in early November.
     The movie, by production company A Street Productions, has a $2.5 million budget. The productio

33. What Goes Down ... - Thursday, October 12, 2006

Sylvia Ford Brown - who's worked since 1988 as a Chapter 13 trustee in the Southern District of Georgia's bankruptcy court - was once on the short list for a bankruptcy judgeship in West Tennessee.

34. Storm Water Fund Floods City's Maintenance Coffers - Monday, October 02, 2006

Five months into the city's new Storm Water Enterprise Fund, the new fees are bringing in about $1 million each month, said Jerry Collins, director of public works for Memphis.

The fees became effective May 1, and show up as an extra charge on the Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division bills of both residential and commercial property owners. The fees collected through the storm water fund will pay for $140 million worth of improvements to the storm water drainage system in Memphis.

35. Businesses Play Role in Security Effort - Tuesday, July 05, 2005

What do bankers, security professionals, real estate developers and employees of Memphis Light, Gas & Water have in common?

James Bolden, director of Homeland Security for District 11, answered that question earlier this month when the department rolled out a plan to blanket Downtown Memphis with security cameras that target bridges, roads and the Mississippi River. The announcement was made June 22, but Bolden - whose district includes Shelby, Fayette, Lauderdale, Tipton, DeSoto and Crittenden counties - had been planning the security effort since February.

36. Archived Article: This Week - Monday, May 10, 2004
CRIMINAL LAW SOCIETY MEETS AT U OF M

National President Addresses Women Business Owners

May 10

The Criminal Law Society meets from noon to 1 p.m. at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 3700 Central Ave. Call 678-3217...

37. Archived Article: Market Briefs - Monday, December 02, 2002
Four websites maintained by Southwest Tennessee Community College have received Golden Web awards from the International Assoc

Four Web sites maintained by Southwest Tennessee Community College received Golden Web awards from the International As...

38. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, April 15, 2002
Calendar of events Jan Calendar of events: April 15-April 21 April 15 Mississippi Museum of Art, 201 E. Pascagoula St. in Jackson, Miss., presents Ms. Booths Garden: Photographs by Jack Kotz, a collection of photographs by Santa Fe-based photographe...

39. Archived Article: Tech Focus - Wednesday, March 03, 1999
Heard it through the Internet Heard it through the Internet Local radio stations attract listeners worldwide through new Internet sites By KATHLEEN BURT The Daily News While its becoming less surprising what the Internet is capable of doing, it is s...

40. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, October 15, 1998
By STACEY PETSCHAUER Hanging out a cyber-shingle Attorneys and law firms are using the Internet to make their presence known to potential clients By STACEY PETSCHAUER The Daily News As the Internet permeates the marketplace, professionals and corpor...

41. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, September 28, 1998
Sept Sept. 28 The League of Women Voters will hold a general meeting at the Poplar-White Station Library, 5094 Poplar Ave. The speaker will be Shelby County Commissioner Mark Norris, whose topic will be "Truth in Land Use." For more inform...