Memphis Area Home Builders Association presented lifetime achievement awards to Jim Reid, Dudley Schaefer Sr., Monroe Pointer and Tommy Cox at the trade organization’s annual holiday gala earlier this month.

2. Home Builders Association Presents Achievement Awards - Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Memphis Area Home Builders Association presented lifetime achievement awards to Jim Reid, Dudley Schaefer Sr., Monroe Pointer and Tommy Cox at the trade organization’s annual holiday gala earlier this month.

3. First Tennessee Unit to Move Downtown - Friday, September 07, 2012

First Tennessee Bank is preparing its Downtown Memphis headquarters for occupancy of one of its units.

4. AIA Honors Industry’s Local Activity - Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Despite hard times, there has been a whirlwind of activity in Memphis’ design community over the past year.

That’s the message Josh Flowers, general counsel at Hnedak Bobo Group Inc. and president of the Memphis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, gave Saturday, March 31, at the annual Celebration of Architecture Gala and 2012 Design Awards at Circuit Playhouse, 66 S. Cooper St.

5. Moore Takes Reins of Home Builders Association - Tuesday, December 06, 2011

As a homebuilder, philanthropist and body builder, Jimmy Moore is a well-rounded individual.

And as the newly installed president of the Memphis Area Home Builders Association, he is poised to lead the trade organization by example and with empathy for its members.

6. MC Ionic Solutions US Begins Work on Fite Rd. Site - Tuesday, July 19, 2011

2665 Fite Road
Memphis, TN 38127
Permit Amount: $1.3 million

Permit Date: Applied July 2011

7. Builder Struggles Continue Into Spring - Tuesday, May 10, 2011

As permits decline and construction costs rise, local builders urge prospective buyers to act now before the price of new homes continues to climb.

Shelby County builders filed 46 new home permits in April, a 58 percent decrease from 111 permits in April 2010, according to the latest data from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com.

8. Spec Building on Decline as Presale Market Gains Popularity - Monday, April 04, 2011

There was a time in the not too distant past that expansive speculative home neighborhoods were going up left and right in Shelby County.

Residential developments with a handful of floor plans were being constructed to take advantage of a large pool of potential homebuyers.

9. Clark Carries on Family Tradition - Thursday, January 13, 2011

David Clark comes from a long line of construction industry professionals.

His grandfather, John C. Clark Jr., started building homes back in 1942, and his cousin, Ben Clark, has been involved in the subdivision business for more than 20 years.

10. Building Blocks - Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Shelby County builders filed 681 new home permits last year, a 13.8 percent increase from 587 permits in 2009 according to the latest data from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com.

11. Remodel Focus - Wednesday, January 05, 2011

As new home starts have sunk to record lows across the Mid-South during the past few years, some local custom homebuilders have shifted focus toward remodeling and renovations projects to increase revenues.

12. Time to Improvise - Tuesday, February 02, 2010

The past couple of years have been brutal for homebuilders as demand for new houses plummeted and companies did what they could to cope.

2009 was especially bad for Shelby County builders, who filed just 529 new home permits all year, a 43.7 percent decline from 940 permits in 2008 and a staggering 80 percent decline from 2,643 permits in 2007, according to the latest data from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com.

13. Byrnes to Take MAHBA Reins - Thursday, December 24, 2009

Tommy Byrnes of Byrnes Ostner Investments Inc. will serve as 2010 president of the Memphis Area Home Builders Association, the group’s executive director, Don Glays, said this week.

14. Field of 28 For Mayor Meets Filing Deadline With Enough Signatures - Thursday, September 03, 2009
 

A field of 28 candidates had filed petitions with enough valid signatures to run in the Oct. 15 special election for Memphis mayor by today’s noon deadline.

Shelby County Election Commission administrator Richard Holden told The Daily News several contenders had their petitions rejected once election commission staff checked the signatures.

Each person signing must be a registered voter in the city of Memphis and list the address that is on their voter registration record.

A total of 33 petitions were filed by the noon deadline. But several candidates were disqualified for not having enough signatures. And then three were returned to the list of candidates after a second check of their petitions. Those who returned to candidate status included Memphis school board member Sharon Webb.

Those who made today's cut have until noon Sept. 10 to withdraw from the race. The field will then become final.

The candidates include: 

• Leo Awghowhat
• Kenneth Baroff
• Joe Brown, Memphis City Council member
• Randy L. Cagle
• Charles Carpenter, attorney
• Carol Chumney, former City Council member
• Dewey Clark, former aide to and witness against jailed Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell
• James M. Clingan
• Menelik Fombi, a candidate for Memphis City Schools Board in past elections
• Wanda Halbert, chairwoman, City Council budget committee
• Johnny Hatcher
• Robert “Prince Mongo” Hodges  
• Constance Houston
• Dewayne Jones
• E.C. Jones, former City Council member
• Jerry Lawler, entertainer and former professional wrestler
• Myron Lowery, Memphis mayor pro tem
• Ernie Lunati
• Harrel C. Moore  
• Mary T. Shelby-Wright, perennial candidate for numerous offices
• Detric W. Stigall
• Silky Sullivan, restaurant owner and entrepreneur
• David Vinciarelli
• Vuong Vaughn Vo
• Sharon Webb, Memphis school board member
• Kenneth T. Whalum Jr., pastor of New Olivet Baptist Church and Memphis school board member
• A C Wharton Jr., Shelby County mayor
• John Willingham, former Shelby County commissioner

Sullivan showed up at the Election Commission in a white Rolls Royce wearing a white suit.

“When you see this white suit, you know I’m coming at you,” he told reporters as he outlined a plan to turn The Pyramid over to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital instead of the proposed lease to Bass Pro Shops.

“It’s going to be a dogfight,” Sullivan said of the mayor’s race.

When someone asked if he would still be in the race after next week’s withdrawal deadline, Sullivan said he was in “to the violent end.”

“You know you can’t win,” political blogger and radio talk show host Thaddeus Matthews said to Sullivan.

“Why not?” Sullivan replied.

Anthony Willoughby, the last candidate to file before noon, told reporters he was a Realtor-broker who played a role in the development of Banneker Estates in southwest Memphis, the subdivision developed by former Mayor Willie Herenton.

“I’m not a politician,” Willoughby said. “I’m going to run on that statement.”

Willoughby didn't have enough qualified signatures, though. So he won't be running.

Daniko Flowers, a construction worker still wearing his safety vest, showed up at five minutes before noon and checked out a petition. He returned at three minutes past noon and was not allowed to file. Flowers only had 18 signatures on the petition anyway.

15. States Cut Spending, Put Projects on Hold - Monday, October 13, 2008

With the economy in a slide and the credit markets seized up, states are slashing budgets, eliminating jobs, putting major construction projects on hold and nervously waiting to see whether their shriveled pension funds recover.

16. Florida Investor Buys SE Memphis Retail Center - Tuesday, August 12, 2008

6990 Shelby Drive
Memphis, TN 38125
Sale Amount: Quitclaim

Sale Date: Aug. 1, 2008
Buyer: Gator Shelby Partners Ltd.
Seller: Shelby Square LLC
Loan Amount: $4.3 million
Loan Date: Aug. 1, 2008
Maturity Date: N/A
Lender: Bank of America NA
Details: Miami-based real estate investment firm Gator Investments, operating locally as Gator Shelby Partners Ltd., has entered the Memphis market with the acquisition of the Shelby Square retail strip center on the northeast corner of Riverdale Road and Shelby Drive.

17. Builders Hand OutAwards at Gala - Tuesday, December 18, 2007
     The Memphis Area Home Builders Association (MAHBA) closed the year - and began looking toward 2008 - late last week at its inaugural gala and awards ceremony, held in the ballroom of the association's Cordova headquarter

18. Collins to ServeAs 2008 MAHBA President - Wednesday, December 12, 2007
     Doug Collins of Sovereign Homes LLC and Prudential Collins-Maury Realtors will serve as president of the Memphis Area Home Builders Association for 2008.
     He has been a member of the asso

19. Vesta Home ShowOpens to Public - Tuesday, April 10, 2007
     The Memphis Area Home Builders Association's annual Vesta Home Show opens to the public April 28.
     The 2007 Spring Vesta Home Show is at Spring Creek Ranch in the Collierville Reserve. S

20. A Worthy Tribute - Wednesday, October 18, 2006

On a balmy Sunday afternoon, assembled Downtown for what might have appeared an ordinary family reunion, about 40 people chatted, laughed and squeezed together for photos, the Mississippi River rolling softly behind them.

21. Organizers Push Vested Interest in Vesta Home Show - Tuesday, September 19, 2006

The Vesta Home Show's love affair with Fayette County continues.

For the second year in a row, the Memphis Area Home Builder's Association's Fall Vesta Home Show will take place in the rural county just east of Memphis, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 15 in The Cloisters of Hickory Withe subdivision off of Tenn. 196, which crosses U.S. 64.

22. Front Porches Are Making A Comeback in Local Building Circles - Tuesday, July 25, 2006

From the grand verandas of southern mansions to the homes of Appalachia's bluegrass musicians, the porch has been a part of Southern history. And while newer construction in the South might have veered away from the porch, some statistics show it might be making a comeback.

23. First Mercantile Taps Maness to Handle National Accounts - Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Philip E. Maness has been appointed director of national accounts and executive vice president of First Mercantile in Cordova. He began his career with First Mercantile in 1984, serving most recently as strategic planning officer.

24. Askew Named National Director of Engineering Group - Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Mark W. Askew, president of Askew Hargraves Harcourt & Associates Inc., was appointed to a two-year term as national director of the American Council of Engineering Cos. of Tennessee. Askew is a civil engineer with 30 years of structural engineering experience.

25. Archived Article: Lead - Monday, June 13, 2005
TDOT Suddenly Alters Fayette Justice Center

TDOT Skews Fayette Justice Center Plans

Planned bypass could see delay, impeding access to site

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

When the Fayette County Commission approved a justice complex to ho...

26. Archived Article: Lead - Tuesday, May 31, 2005
New Arlington subdivision adds to building boom

Arlington Homes Add to Building Boom

No end in sight for new commercial, residential projects

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

For real estate developer David Goodwin Jr., the town of Arlington ...

27. Archived Article: Fayette (lead) - Monday, July 19, 2004
Fayette County Moves Ahead on New Justice Center

Fayette Moves Ahead on Justice Center

Project gets jumpstart from proposed Highway 64 bypass

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

Changes are coming for Somervilles southern corner.

An $8.2 mi...

28. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, June 22, 2004
UT Medical Group Finances Wolf River Office

UT Medical Group Finances Wolf River Office

7945 Wolf River Blvd.

Germantown, TN 38138

Cost: $10 million

Borrower: UT Medical Group Inc.

Lender: National Bank of Commerce

Trustee: Sout...

29. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Thursday, June 03, 2004
Five Lots Financed

Five Lots Financed

in The Laurels Development

David Clark Construction LLC has financed five lots in phase four of The Laurels Planned Development for $1.7 million, according to The Daily News Public Records Database, www...

30. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, August 27, 2003
<rphoto> Judge Earnestine Hunt Dorse has been sworn in as the 33rd chairperson of the Judicial Council of the National Bar Ass

Judge Earnestine Hunt Dorse was sworn in as the 33rd chair of the Judicial Council of the National Bar Associatio...

31. Archived Article: Real Review - Tuesday, July 08, 2003
May existing-home sales rise to record

May existing-home sales rise to record
Existing single-family home sales rose in May and were at the third-highest monthly pace on record, National Association of Realtors officials said.

Existing-ho...

32. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, March 27, 2002
David Wade, a member of the Martin Tate Morrow & Marston law firm, took office as the 81st president of the Memphis Bar Associ David Wade, a member of the Martin Tate Morrow & Marston law firm, took office as the 81st president of the Memphi...

33. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, February 22, 2002
The peoples advocate The peoples advocate By MARY DANDO The Daily News This years chairman of Memphis Landmarks Commission sees herself as the peoples advocate in making the city a better place in which to live. Dianne Dixon describes her involvemen...

34. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, December 28, 1999
Home Builders Association elects 2000 volunteer leadership team and sets goals for the new year Real Focus Home Builders elects volunteer leadership team, sets goals for 2000 The Memphis Area Home Builders Association is preparing to enter the new c...

35. Archived Article: School Bott - Wednesday, October 20, 1999
A building permit valued at $10 Construction underway on new, improved Mitchell High School By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Construction is underway on the renovation and replacement of the Memphis city school districts Mitchell High School, locate...

36. Archived Article: Back1 - Tuesday, May 18, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Renovations continue at Thompson Courts near Defense Depot By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Construction is underway on a remodeling project at Thompson Courts apartments in the Defense Depot area. A building permit was filed r...

37. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, November 24, 1998
Home builders association elects 1999 volunteer leadership team Home builders association elects 1999 volunteer leadership team By DAVID REEL Special to The Daily News David Gribble of Boyle Investment Co. has been elected to serve as 1999 president...

38. Archived Article: Bartlett Office Lj - Thursday, April 10, 1997
lj 10/5 cates Two office buildings approved in Bartlett Properties are two of five scheduled for construction in Bartlett Oaks Office Park By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Construction is about to begin on two professional office buildings on West S...

39. Archived Article: Lenox Courtyard Lj - Wednesday, February 26, 1997
lj 10/5 cates Land purchased for hotel in Lenox Park By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News A local hotel developer has purchased land in Lenox Park and plans to build a hotel that will cater to corporate travelers visiting businesses along the Nonconnah ...

40. Archived Article: Market Briefs - Monday, November 04, 1996
Federal Express Corp Federal Express Corp. has launched a new, Moscow-based international operation that will act as a gateway to Russia and most of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The service will directly link Russian businesses with the F...

41. Archived Article: Inv Briefs - Monday, January 29, 1996
01/29 Inv briefs The Mid-South Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners will hold its monthly luncheon meeting on Feb. 7 at 11:45 a.m. at the Racquet Club. Robert M. Crowe, a financial consultant, writer and educator, will speak on t...