Walgreen Co. is building a new store on Poplar Avenue in East Memphis amid some of the most important and valuable commercial real estate in the city.

2. Sekisui, Circa to Relocate Spaces - Thursday, January 10, 2013

Two East Memphis restaurants soon will have new addresses. 

Sekisui is moving from its original location in the Shops of Humphreys Center, 50 Humphreys Blvd., into Circa by John Bragg’s space in Regalia Shopping Center at 6150 Poplar Ave., suite 122. Circa plans to relocate west to Chickasaw Crossing, 2855 Poplar, in the space where Ronnie Grisanti’s restaurant operated for years.

3. I-Bank Grows in Namesake East Memphis Office Tower - Friday, November 30, 2012

Independent Bank has expanded its headquarters at I-Bank Tower to primarily accommodate its Mortgage Lending Division.

4. LGSTX Services Expands Local Warehouse - Friday, October 19, 2012

LGSTX Services Inc. is relocating and expanding its Memphis warehouse operations. The Wilmington, Ohio-based firm, which specializes in aviation support and facility services, has leased 184,680 square feet across two facilities in the Southwide Distribution area at 363 Burma Road and 410 Burma Road.

5. Owner of East Memphis Office Building Files Loan - Monday, October 01, 2012

An entity called 1717 West Massey LLC has filed a $3 million loan through Financial Federal Savings Bank on the 18,722-square-foot office building at 1717 W. Massey Road.

6. Benz Repair Shop to Open On Cooper St. - Friday, March 09, 2012

A high-end automobile maintenance and repair shop soon will be added to Cooper-Young’s booming portfolio of local businesses.

Shane Herbers, founder of Midtown Motor Werks, has leased 5,000 square feet at 795 S. Cooper St. from Richard Sullivan.

7. State Court Adopts Code of Conduct - Thursday, January 12, 2012

The last time the ethics rules for Tennessee judges were rewritten the Soviet Union still existed and Tennessee Supreme Court justices ran in contested elections.

The Tennessee Supreme Court this month ended a two-year review of the state court system’s code of judicial conduct by adopting the new rules for the conduct of judges across the state. It is the first major revision since 1990.

8. Holmes Road Acreage, Lots Sell for $1.6M in Foreclosure - Monday, December 26, 2011

Property on Holmes Road
Memphis, TN 38109

Sale Amount: $1.6 million

Sale Date: Nov. 18, 2011

Buyer: Renasant Bank

9. Cordova Hastings Store to Close - Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Entertainment retailer Hastings Entertainment has operated a store in Cordova for the last four years.

But the location at 1245 Germantown Parkway, where the chain has operated in a 25,000-square-foot space since 2007, has long been unable to hit the company’s earnings target. That’s according to Hastings chief financial officer Dan Crow, who cited that and the fact “we just didn’t have sufficient volume” at the location as reason the company is closing it in early December.

10. JLS Enterprises Buys SE Market Warehouse - Friday, September 02, 2011

A 51,000-square-foot industrial building in the Southeast submarket has traded hands. JLS Enterprises LLC purchased 4021 Delp St. in Airport Industrial Park for $850,000. The warehouse currently houses Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. and is 100 percent occupied.

11. Yogurt Shop Slated for South Main Street - Tuesday, February 01, 2011

94 S. Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $80,000

Project Cost: n/a
Permit Date: Applied January 2011
Completion: n/a
Owner: BMJ LLC
Tenant: BMK of Memphis LLC

12. Quail Hollow Office Condos Financed for $1.7 Million - Friday, January 28, 2011

Quail Hollow Office Partnership has financed four office condominium parcels through Regions Bank for a total $1.7 million. The financing includes Quail Hollow Office Building III Condominiums, units 3 and 4, Quail Hollow Office Building II Condominiums, unit 101, and Quail Hollow Office Planned Development, phase II, lot 1.

13. Pacific Logistics Picks Olive Branch for Hub - Friday, January 07, 2011

Pacific Logistics Corp. has signed a lease for its first Memphis-area location, which will serve as a regional hub for the company’s growing shoe and retail business.

14. Conway Services Moves to Cordova - Thursday, December 23, 2010

Conway Services Heating, Cooling & Plumbing has signed a new lease to accommodate space for its growing service team.

Conway Services is moving from 6426 Summer Gale Drive in Memphis near Bartlett to a warehouse on 1220 Big Orange Road in Cordova.

15. Construction On Rise in West Memphis - Tuesday, October 05, 2010

One of only two retail developments on tap this year in West Memphis is on the verge of breaking ground.

Marketplace Development LLC closed last week on 3.11 acres in the shadow of Wal-Mart Super Center in West Memphis, where the group plans to build a 29,340-square-foot retail center.

16. Schnucks Closure a Sign of Market’s Struggle - Friday, August 20, 2010

News that the Schnucks supermarket at 1150 N. Germantown Parkway is closing brought to light an important realization about today’s economy.

17. EPA: New Mining Policy Would Protect Water Quality - Monday, April 05, 2010

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Obama administration Thursday spelled out tighter water quality standards for surface coal mines in Appalachia in a move that could curtail mountaintop removal mining.

18. Esoteric Labs Takes Next Step for Expansion Project - Wednesday, December 09, 2009

After winning a tax break last month to support the development of a new business campus, American Esoteric Laboratories of Memphis now is seeking approval of design plans for the project.
AEL, a provider of clinical laboratory services to hospitals and doctors throughout the region, has proposed building a one-story, 70,000-square-foot office building near Whitten Road and Interstate 40.
The development is slated for the north side of Century Center Drive, west of Whitten, and the plans are on tap to be voted on at Thursday’s Memphis-Shelby County Land Use Control Board meeting.
The board’s meeting starts at 10 a.m. in the City Council chambers at City Hall, 125 N. Main St.

19. Huff Becomes Enrollment VP at University of Memphis - Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Betty Huff has been named vice provost of enrollment services at the University of Memphis.

Huff previously served as acting dean and associate dean of students at the University of New Orleans, registrar at the University of Kentucky and vice chancellor for enrollment services and management at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

20. Old Steak & Ale Gives Way To Seafood Grill - Tuesday, September 15, 2009

With hopes of “bringing Destin to Memphis,” the owner of Sharky’s Gulf Grill at 6201 Poplar Ave. is counting down the days until his seafood restaurant opens.

21. Judges Must Avoid Appearance of Bias, Court Rules - Tuesday, June 09, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that elected judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias.

By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against the company of the most generous supporter of his election deprived the other side of the constitutional right to a fair trial.

22. Central Church Makes Strategic Land Acquisition - Tuesday, December 23, 2008
20 acres in Collierville
Sale Amount: $1.8 Million
Sale Date: Dec. 11, 2008

Buyer: Central Church Inc.
Seller: Marion L. Waldrup Sr. Revocable Living Trust, Frederick T. Stukenborg, Trustee
Loan Amount: $1.5 million
Loan Date: Dec. 15, 2008
Maturity Date: March 5, 2010
Lender: SunTrust Bank

Details: Central Church Inc. has bought a 20.9-acre parcel of vacant land directly behind its 2005 Winchester Blvd. location in Collierville for $1.8 million from the Marion L. Waldrup Sr. Revocable Living Trust, Frederick T. Stukenborg, Trustee.

Zoned residential, the property fronts South Houston Levee Road on the eastern side of the road. Central Church administrator Jim Pritchard said the land acquisition was strategic for the church.

“It’s the last piece of property that’s between us and Houston Levee, and obviously they don’t make any more of that (land),” Pritchard said. “Over the last five years we’ve just been praying and searching the Lord and seeing what might work out, and He just orchestrated it in such a way that we were able to purchase that property, so we moved to that end.”

The Shelby County Assessor of Property’s 2008 appraisal is $682,900.

Pritchard said the church plans to build a road through the property, connecting the church with South Houston Levee Road, but nothing is imminent since the church would need approval from Collierville before moving forward.

“That’s a pretty important piece to be able to have access to Houston Levee at some point in the future,” Pritchard said, “so we thought that was something the Lord would have us go ahead and do.”

6267 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 3819
Loan Amount: $785,000

Loan Date: Dec. 12, 2008
Maturity Date: N/A
Borrower: Poplar Station South GP
Lender: SunTrust Bank

Details: A development group called Poplar Station South GP has filed a construction loan for $785,000 for a vacant lot that sits on the south side of Poplar Avenue, east of Ridgeway Road and west of West Massey Road. The lender is SunTrust Bank. The loan document included an assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, and a separate assignment of rents and leases was signed in conjunction with the sale. The 6,000-square-foot lot will house a 5,000-square-foot retail center, said John B. Walker, managing partner at Poplar Station South GP. The address of the center will be 6267 Poplar Ave. “It’s a retail building,” Walker said. “It is (100 percent) leased. We’re trying to get our plat recorded; if we get our plat recorded, we’re going to start construction this week.” Walker said the plan is to finish the retail center by April or May.

3141 Stage Post Drive
Memphis, TN 38133
Sale Amount: $1.1 Million

Sale Date: Dec. 15, 2008
Buyer: John T. Crunk, Trustee of the Anna Caroline Crunk Trust (50 percent), and John T. Crunk, Trustee of the John T. Crunk III Trust (50 percent)
Seller: Kenny W. King

Details: A 21,190-square-foot warehouse in Bartlett has sold for $1.1 million to John T. Crunk, serving as trustee of both the Anna Caroline Crunk Trust and the John T. Crunk III Trust. Both trusts bought 50 percent of the property. The trustee lists a Nashville address. The warehouse was built in 1993. It sits on 1.76 acres in the Bartlett Corporate Park-East Phase II, northwest of the Stage Road and North Germantown Parkway intersection. The Shelby County Assessor of Property’s 2008 appraisal is $1 million.

Vacant Land in Bartlett
Sale Amount: $5.9 Million

Sale Date: Dec. 17 (substitute trustee’s sale)
Buyer: Liberty Bank of Arkansas
Seller: D.B. Bridgforth, Substitute Trustee

Details: Liberty Bank of Arkansas reacquired four parcels of land in Bartlett. The bank bought the land in a Dec. 17 substitute trustee’s sale on the steps of the Shelby County Courthouse. The property had been foreclosed after the owner, First Capital Investments LLC, defaulted on its Dec. 23, 2004, construction loan for $5.8 million through Jonesboro, Ark.-based Liberty Bank of Arkansas. Kenneth Burden was listed as chief manager for First Capital Investments.

23. Construction To Begin On E. Memphis Retail Center - Wednesday, December 17, 2008

A construction loan for $785,000 was filed Dec. 12 by Poplar Station South GP for a vacant lot that sits on the south side of Poplar Avenue west of Ridgeway Road and east of West Massey Road. The lender is SunTrust Bank.

24. Texas Investor Buys Two Parkway Village Shopping Centers - Thursday, September 04, 2008

With the purchase of two Parkway Village shopping centers, a Texas investor has moved closer to his goal of owning a million square feet of commercial real estate in Memphis.

Parkway Fox LP, a limited partnership headed by Houston-based businessman Dr. Hardam Azad, bought the Parkway Village Center strip malls – plus a handful of outparcels – for $9.1 million from the Margaret Y. Henrich Estate. The sales closed late last week.

25. Davis Professional Accounting Buys East Memphis Office - Monday, October 08, 2007
     Davis Professional Accounting LLC has bought an office at 6373 Quail Hollow Road, Suite 102, from Quail Hollow Office Partnership for $550,000. Michael Fearnley and Cary Califf, attorneys with Fearnley & Califf PLLC, sig

26. Events - Friday, August 17, 2007

Brentano's Bookstore will host a book-signing by Alma Westfield, the Bartlett author of "Unlocking the Door," Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the bookstore inside Oak Court Mall at 4465 Poplar Ave.

27. Events - Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Talk Shoppe will be held today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive. The topic will be "Alternative and Subprime Mortgages" with Terry West, mortgage loan officer at First Tennessee Home Loans.

28. Archived Article - Tuesday, January 30, 2007

1645 W. Massey Road
Memphis, TN 38120
Sale Amount: $19.7 million

Sale Date: Jan. 12, 2007

Buyer: WC-Memphis LLC

29. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, January 13, 2004
6310 Poplar Ave

Developers Make Plans for Former Church Property 6310 Poplar Ave.

Memphis, TN 38117

Cost: $3.1 million

Buyer: WN Poplar-Massey

Seller: Kingsway Christian Church of Memphis, Tenn.

Property: Two acres at 6310 Poplar A...

30. Archived Article: Real Review - Tuesday, July 01, 2003
Fogelman Management Group nabs national awards

Fogelman Management Group nabs national awards

Fogelman Management Group recently received two Paragon Awards from the National Apartment Association.

The Paragon Awards are given annually by t...

31. Archived Article: Cordova (lead) - Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Commission hearing to address Cordova project

Commission hearing to address Cordova project

By BRYAN MASSEY

The Daily News

Gardens of Woodland Hills resident Tony Capps thinks it might be too late for his misgivings to matter, but he int...

32. Archived Article: Velma (lead) - Thursday, April 17, 2003
Neighbors voice concerns over Midtown plan

Neighbors voice concerns over Midtown plan

By BRYAN MASSEY

The Daily News

Addressing the Land Use Control Board last week, Angela Strain spoke only for a few minutes.

But in objecting to a pl...

33. Archived Article: Edge (lead) - Wednesday, April 02, 2003
Memphis neighborhood living life on the Edge

Memphis neighborhood living life on the Edge

By BRYAN MASSEY

The Daily News

Only now and then during the week does Glenn Meredith come to the Edge neighborhood in Midtown from Southaven, Miss....

34. Archived Article: Mosquitoes (lead) - Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Health department aims to wipe out mosquitos

Health department aims to wipe out mosquitos

By BRYAN MASSEY

The Daily News

For most Memphians, its a sign of the season: a pickup truck creeping along the roadway, its whining 18- to 24-horse...

35. Archived Article: Rocky Pt (lead) - Friday, March 14, 2003
Council weighs Rocky Point

Council weighs Rocky Point

mixed-use development plan

By BRYAN MASSEY

The Daily News

It could be a dream coming true or simply another development along an already bustling East Shelby County corridor. In ei...

36. Archived Article: Walgreens (lead) - Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Memphis: Walgreens writing prescription for success

Memphis: Walgreens writing prescription for success

By BRYAN MASSEY

The Daily News

When strategists with Walgreens Co. consider where they want the company to go in the next 10 years, M...

37. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, March 03, 2003
Calendar of events March 3-9

Calendar of events March 3-March 9

March 3

Memphis City Schools is providing guest readers for a read-aloud program for children ages 5-10 as part of the National Education Associations Read Across America 2003....

38. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, February 24, 2003
Calendar of events Feb. 24-March 2

Calendar of events Feb. 24-March 2

Feb. 24

The Collierville Arts Council presents Tapestry, A Musical Revue Based on the Music of Carole King at the Harrell Performing Arts Theatre, 440 Powell Road, throug...

39. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, February 17, 2003
Calendar of events Feb. 17-23

Calendar of events Feb. 17-Feb. 23

Feb. 18

The Memphis Bar Association and Security Title Co. Inc. present Real Property Institute, a six-part series, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Feb. 25 at the Ra...

40. Archived Article: Trezevant (lead) - Wednesday, November 13, 2002
East Memphis 12-lot upscale development on tap E. Memphis upscale subdivision on tap

By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

An application to develop a 14-acre site on the west side of Massey Road East at the intersection of Massey Lane comes before ...

41. Archived Article: Real Review - Tuesday, October 02, 2001
MAA puts leadership changes

MAA puts leadership changes

into action with new president

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. exercised a peaceful transfer of power as H. Eric Bolton Jr. was named its new president and chief executive offic...

42. Archived Article: Lutheran (lead) - Tuesday, August 15, 2000
By STACEY WIEDOWER Foundation set for new Lutheran district office By STACEY WIEDOWER The Daily News Construction is underway on a $1.2 million, 7,000-square-foot office building that will house the Mid-South District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri...

43. Archived Article: Law Focus (juries) - Thursday, October 29, 1998
By STACEY PETSCHAUER Trial before the jury By STACEY PETSCHAUER The Daily News In a multimedia society, secrets are scarce. Most topics of any public interest are bound to land in the public spotlight, whether through television, newspapers or the I...

44. Archived Article: Comm Briefs - Friday, July 17, 1998
Lausanne Collegiate School exceeded a $250,000 fund-raising goal set by a challenge grant issued by billboard company executive William B Lausanne Collegiate School exceeded a $250,000 fund-raising goal set by a challenge grant issued by billboard c...

45. Archived Article: Marriott Home - Monday, August 04, 1997
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Marriott assisted-living facility starts in Memphis By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Marriott Senior Living Services is building a three-story assisted-living facility in East Memphis. Steve Barron, project manager for MCDR, ge...

46. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, January 29, 1996
01/29 Calendar Jan. 30 J. C. Bradford & Co., Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Waring Cox PLC will sponsor a seminar on financial and estate planning at noon at 1717 W. Massey Road. For more information, call 761-3010 ext. 220. The Inte...