1565 Galloway Ave.
Memphis, TN 38112
Sale Amount: $1.1 Million

Sale Date: Aug. 27, 2010
Buyer: Galloway Gardens LLC
Seller: Steve Benetti and Virginia Benetti
Loan Amounts: $200,000; $200,000; $916,937 (assumption)
Loan Date: Aug. 27, 2010
Maturity Dates: Aug. 27, 2011 ($200,000); Sept. 15, 2015 ($200,000); Sept. 10, 2013 ($916,937)
Lender: Regions Bank

2. Public Employees Challenge Politicians’ Ideas - Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Memphis City Council member Jim Strickland has withdrawn a proposal to solicit bids by nonprofit organizations to run some of the city’s community centers.

3. MedVet Memphis Builds New Cordova Facility - Tuesday, August 31, 2010

555 Trinity Creek Cove
Cordova, TN 38018
Permit Amount: $3 million

Permit Date: Applied August 2010
Completion: May 2011 (open Summer 2011)
Owner: MedVet Memphis LLC
Tenant: MedVet Memphis LLC
Architect: archimania
Contractor: Grinder, Taber & Grinder Inc.

4. The Un-Fair - Friday, August 27, 2010

What’s happened to the fair just isn’t fair.

Let’s review: The Mid-South Fair has left Memphis for the Delta, but is stuck in a parking lot in Southaven. The Delta Fair is actually in Memphis, but is under contract to manage the Mid-South Fair. The guy running the Mid-South Fair ran away. The guy running the Delta Fair wanted us to run away from the Mid-South Fair. Now he’s running both.

5. Council Approves Pinnacle Incentives - Thursday, August 26, 2010

The Memphis City Council has given the green light to the $3 million in city funding toward the effort to get Pinnacle Airlines to relocate its headquarters at One Commerce Square.

The money will go toward the Center City Commission’s purchase of a Downtown parking garage that is one of several pieces of the city’s pitch to Pinnacle.

6. Morris Issues SOS: ‘Save Our Skyline’ - Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Center City Commission president Paul Morris has called it a campaign to save the city skyline.

“Right now, Memphis’ skyline is in jeopardy,” Morris told Shelby County Commissioners this week before the commission approved the latest of several economic incentives designed to bring the Pinnacle Airlines Corp. headquarters to One Commerce Square, 40 S. Main St.

7. FedEx Leader Schmitt Leaves Memphis - Wednesday, August 25, 2010

After calling Memphis home for 12 years, FedEx executive Tom Schmitt is heading north to take a new job in Toronto as president and CEO of Purolator, Canada’s largest parcel transportation company.

8. Schmitt Stepping Down as SVP of FedEx Solutions - Tuesday, August 24, 2010

After calling Memphis home for 12 years, FedEx executive Tom Schmitt is heading north to take a new job in Toronto as president and CEO of Purolator, Canada’s largest parcel transportation company.

9. DriveTime Car Sales Buys Former Bud Davis Dealership - Tuesday, August 24, 2010

2177 Covington Pike
Memphis, TN 38128
Sale Amount: $1.3 million

Sale Date: Aug. 13, 2010
Buyer: DriveTime Car Sales Co. LLC
Seller: First Tennessee Bank NA

10. Section of I-40 in Tenn. Named After Isaac Hayes - Monday, August 23, 2010

MEMPHIS (AP) – A section of Interstate 40 in the Memphis area now honors late soul musician Isaac Hayes.

11. Dellinger Takes Readers on Trip Down Proposed I-69 - Wednesday, August 18, 2010

When Matt Dellinger came to Memphis a few years ago to research the book he was writing on Interstate 69, he stumbled upon the Little Tea Shop on Monroe Avenue.

The main reason he chose the storied Downtown eatery was because of its street number, 69, which he figured must be a sign considering his book’s subject matter – the new interstate coursing through middle America, including Memphis, from Canada to Mexico.

12. Former Bennigan’s Set to be Razed - Tuesday, August 17, 2010

5336 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38119
Permit Amount: $775,000

Project Cost: n/a
Permit Date: Applied August 2010
Completion: Late fourth quarter 2010
Owner: Danco
Tenant: Newk’s Express Café
Contractor: Fleming/Associates/Architects PC
Architect: Horizon Construction LLC

13. Elmwood Cemetery: Where History Never Dies - Friday, August 13, 2010

Memphis. Forever and ever.

Turns out Boss Crump and Ben Hooks were closer to each other than you might have thought – about 25 feet.

14. The Hard Sell - Monday, August 09, 2010

To understand how Northwest Mississippi’s small boomtowns like Olive Branch keep one-upping Memphis and reeling in jobs and taxpayers with the promise of greener pastures, an Internet video is one place to start.

15. Local Investors to Buy One Commerce - Thursday, August 05, 2010

U.S. Bancorp has accepted the bid from a local investment group to buy One Commerce Square at 40 S. Main St.

The group, which includes Southland Capital president Terry Lynch, his partner Karl Schledwitz and also Gary Prosterman, submitted its bid last week.

16. Local Investors to Buy One Commerce - Wednesday, August 04, 2010

U.S. Bancorp has accepted the bid from a local investment group to buy One Commerce Square at 40 S. Main St.

The group, which includes Southland Capital president Terry Lynch, his partner Karl Schledwitz and also Gary Prosterman, submitted its bid last week.

17. Events - Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Small Biz Memphis will host the Cordova/Bartlett and East Memphis/Midtown Business Builders Circle meetings Tuesday and Wednesday respectively from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. at 1661 International Drive, suite 400. The Germantown/Collierville meeting will be Thursday at 7:45 a.m. at 2176 West St., suite 110. For more information, call 205-9303.

18. Gill Enterprises Sells Land to CVS for Cordova Pharmacy - Tuesday, August 03, 2010

786 N. Germantown Parkway
Cordova, TN 38018
Sale Amount: $2.2 Million

Sale Date: July 28, 2010
Buyer: CVS 6628 TN LLC
Seller: Gill Enterprises GP

19. Events - Monday, August 02, 2010

City Auto will host a Lifeblood blood drive Monday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its location, 4932 Elmore Road. Giveaways will be provided to those who donate.

20. New Horizon Sells for Second Time in Fortnight - Friday, July 30, 2010

Two weeks after buying the 933-unit New Horizon Park apartments at 3619 Kingsgate Drive in Whitehaven for $2.7 million, North Star Apartment Communities LLC has sold the property for a combined $7.2 million in an internal transaction.

21. Time to Rid City of Scruffy Ways - Friday, July 30, 2010

We’re not looking our best.

Remember your momma’s advice, “If you don’t care what you look like, no one else will.”

Well, we don’t seem to care very much what we look like and we haven’t for some time. George Clooney looks good with three days of stubble and Halle Berry is stop-my-heart gorgeous without makeup, but a city that doesn’t shave its edges, cut its grass, water its plants and polish its public places is never going to get a starring role among cities.

22. Raines Road Warehouse, Parcels in Foreclosure - Friday, July 23, 2010

The 146,300-square-foot warehouse at 4049 E. Raines Road along with four vacant parcels have been foreclosed and will be sold on the courthouse steps, according to a first-run foreclosure notice that appears in today’s print edition of The Daily News and also at The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com.

23. Rout Brings Experience, Leadership To BankTennessee - Friday, July 23, 2010

Jim Rout was an elected official in Shelby County for nearly 30 years and served two terms as the county’s mayor, beginning in 1994.

It’s safe to say he’s a very experienced public speaker, but back in 1961, as a freshman at then-Memphis State University, the prospect of speaking in front of a few of his college classmates was so daunting that he walked out of the class and never came back.

24. After Trading Hands, Marina Cove Now Ready for Redevelopment - Tuesday, July 20, 2010

5505 Winchester Road
Memphis, TN 38115
Sale Amount: $1.6 Million

Sale Date:July 15, 2010
Buyer:The Power Center Community Development Corp.
Seller:Water Gardens LLC (in dissolution), and Optimal Partners LLC and National Community Development Association Inc. (which constitutes all members of Water Gardens LLC since its dissolution)

25. MLGW to Consider E-mail Upgrade - Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division board is scheduled to take action on a resolution at Thursday’s meeting awarding a $156,034 contract to Venture Technologies for an e-mail system upgrade.

The board also is scheduled to consider a resolution authorizing the utility company to extend an interdivisional cooperative agreement with the city of Memphis to buy unleaded and low sulfur diesel fuel.

26. Aren Buys Delp Warehouse from Prologis - Thursday, July 15, 2010

Aren Investments LLC of Memphis has paid $1.5 million for the 86,400-square-foot warehouse at 4041 Delp St. from Prologis-North Carolina LP.

27. WelshInvest Buys Two Sites in Airport Industrial Park - Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Two limited liability companies affiliated with Minnesota-based WelshInvest have bought property in Airport Industrial Park from Principal Life Insurance Co. for $20.6 million.

28. Ohio-Based Company Buys Land Slated for Strayer University Campus - Tuesday, July 13, 2010

7275 Appling Farms Parkway
Memphis, TN 38133
Sale Amount: $603,788

Sale Date: July 6, 2010
Buyer: Se Testa Memphis LLC
Seller: Belz Investment Co. LP

29. Testa Buys Appling Land for Strayer Campus - Monday, July 12, 2010

Testa Cos. has closed on the land in Appling Farms Business Park where it will build a campus for Strayer University.

Operating in the transaction as Se Testa Memphis LLC, the Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based commercial builder last week paid $603,788 for the parcel from Belz Investment Co. LP.

30. Charter Commission Takes Message to the People - Monday, July 12, 2010

The Metro Charter Commission drew a crowd of 200 last week at the first of three public hearings on the consolidation proposal still taking shape.

The two-and-half-hour session at the Memphis Botanic Garden even included something the group hasn’t encountered much in public forums held by other groups – applause for the idea of consolidation.

31. New Horizon Apartments Sell for $2.7 Million - Thursday, July 08, 2010

The 933-unit New Horizon Park apartments at 3619 Kingsgate Drive in Whitehaven sold June 30 for $2.7 million in a special warranty deed after lengthy financial troubles that included a foreclosure. The sale recorded Wednesday.

32. ALBA Enhances Airport Gateway - Wednesday, July 07, 2010

As Bluff City officials continue to push the aerotropolis effort, the Airways Lamar Business Association is doing its part to improve the area just north of Memphis International Airport.

Spearheading that improvement effort is Trennie Williams, who is celebrating two years as president and CEO of the association, a nonprofit alliance of business and community leaders working to strengthen, redevelop and beautify the Airways Boulevard, Lamar Avenue and Park Avenue corridors.

33. Wharton Orders 90 Day Reform of General Services Division - Tuesday, July 06, 2010

After a critical audit of the city’s fleet services bureau, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has ordered a report on the entire city division it is part of to include recommendations for new policies within the next three months.

34. Carlisle Corp. Continues Work on New Headquarters - Tuesday, July 06, 2010

263 Wagner Place
Memphis, TN 38103
Loan Amount: $2.1 million

Loan Date: June 15, 2010
Maturity Date: June 15, 2014
Borrower: Carlisle Landing LLC
Lender: Regions Bank

35. Wharton Orders 90 Day Reform of General Services Division - Friday, July 02, 2010

After a critical audit of the city’s fleet services bureau, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has ordered a report on the entire city division it is part of to include recommendations for new policies within the next three months.

36. Erickson Investment Buys C’ville Industrial Park Site - Friday, July 02, 2010

Erickson Investment Co. LLC has bought 2.5 acres at 170 Mid South Cove in Collierville Industrial Park, phase seven, from Davis Painting and Drywall Inc. for $660,000. The purchase was financed with a $826,000 loan through First State Bank.

37. Funding Aids Healthy Living Initiatives - Friday, July 02, 2010

Livable Memphis and GrowMemphis now have financial backing to pursue their goals of making it easier for city residents to exercise and eat healthier.

The organizations will share $105,000 over the next two years to push for policy changes and to promote healthy living initiatives.

38. Attorney Takes On Urban Blight - Thursday, July 01, 2010

Down a side road in the Medical Center neighborhood, past tire piles, trash-strewn lots and a makeshift sign announcing a church “coming soon to save souls,” there’s an empty, slightly overgrown field.

39. SunTrust Files Permit for Uptown “St. Jude” Branch - Tuesday, June 29, 2010

600 A.W. Willis Ave.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $720,000

Project Cost: TBA
Permit Date: Applied June 2010
Completion: First Quarter 2011
Owner: SunTrust Banks Inc.
Tenant: SunTrust Banks Inc.
Contractor: TBA

40. Great Oaks Church of Christ Begins Work on New Wing - Tuesday, June 22, 2010

3355 Brunswick Road
Bartlett, TN 38133
Loan Amount: $1 million
Loan Date: June 16, 2010
Maturity Date: June 10, 2011
Borrower: Great Oaks Church of Christ
Lender: BancorpBank South

41. Events - Friday, June 18, 2010

The 17th Annual Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival will be held Friday through Sunday at Douglass Park, one block north of Chelsea Avenue. The event will feature live entertainment, food, storytelling, vendors and more. Admission is free. For more information, call Glynn Johns Reed at 385-4943.

42. $17.5M in Projects Approved by IDB - Friday, June 18, 2010

A bottling plant, a luxury hotel and a research laboratory will soon see a combined $17.5 million in funding that Shelby County received through federal stimulus recovery zone facility bonds.

The stage is now set for an additional six projects to receive money through the program if the state reallocates unused funds to the area from other counties.

43. Events - Thursday, June 17, 2010

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC will present “Regulating the ADAAA” Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Baker Donelson’s office on the 20th floor, 165 Madison Ave. For more information or to register, contact Nicolette Thomas at 577-2328 or nthomas@bakerdonelson.com.

44. Paintball Park Sells For $3.5M After Foreclosure - Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The property that houses the Paintball Park at 9640 Davies Plantation in Lakeland has sold for $3.5 million in a substitute trustee’s deed following a foreclosure.

The sale closed June 10 with Trustmark National Bank reclaiming the 101.95-acre property on the Shelby County Courthouse steps from substitute trustee Kelly E. McCarthy of Morton & Germany LLC.

45. Events - Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The Shelby County Commission will hold committee meetings Wednesday beginning at 8:30 a.m. at 160 N. Main St. For more information, call Steve Summerall at 545-4301.

46. Cautious Optimism - Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Industrial real estate, which thrives whenever companies choose one of the city’s numerous warehouses and distribution centers to store their goods, plays a significant role in Memphis’ economy.

So as the recession improves and consumerism rebounds, the industrial sector is bound to show improvement as will the city’s financial climate.

47. Bass Pro and Beyond - Monday, June 14, 2010

"Adaptive reuse” is the term for what city leaders hope will happen at The Pyramid.

Throw in the Mid-South Fairgrounds and the Beale Street Landing projects, though, and “adaptive reuse” seems inadequate to define what is happening among the three concepts.

48. Events - Friday, June 11, 2010

Friends of the Library will hold a two-day book sale Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. More than 15,000 books and materials will be on sale. For more information, call 415-2700.

49. Events - Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Madison Hotel will host Sunset Atop the Madison Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on the hotel’s rooftop, 79 Madison Ave. The event will include a live performance by Joyce Cobb, a cash bar and a rooftop terrace menu. Admission is $7. For more information, call 333-1200.

50. FedExForum Area Closer to Transformation - Wednesday, June 09, 2010

As he confirmed last week the city of Memphis was getting $22 million from the Obama administration in HOPE VI money to demolish the Cleaborn Homes public housing development, Robert Lipscomb already had his sights on the housing project on the other side of Lauderdale Avenue.

51. Last Straw? - Tuesday, June 08, 2010

News last week that the law firm Glankler Brown PLLC will vacate 39,000 square feet in One Commerce Square signaled another blow to the embattled 31-story tower, a fixture on the Memphis skyline for the past four decades.

52. Council Prep For Potential Budget Finale - Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Memphis City Council members take final votes Tuesday on a set of resolutions and ordinances that will end the budget season.

The meeting at City Hall, 125 N. Main St., begins at 3:30 p.m. An agenda is on Page 10.

53. Medtronic Devotes Month To Service - Monday, June 07, 2010

Medtronic Inc. employees spent an afternoon in a sweltering warehouse last week packaging canned goods for the Mid-South Food Bank, the first event of a month-long community service initiative that will benefit eight nonprofit organizations.

54. Calif.-Based EMJ Files Permit For Arlington Distribution Center - Tuesday, May 18, 2010

3167 Cypress Ridge Drive
Arlington, TN 38002
Permit Amount: $7 Million

Project Cost: $7 million
Permit Date: Applied May 2010
Completion: October 2010
Owner: Earle M. Jorgensen Co.
Tenant: Earle M. Jorgensen Co.
Contractor: TBD
Architect: TBD

55. Committees Not Needed For Creativity - Friday, May 14, 2010

Creativity goes to committee meetings to die.

“In all the towns and all the cities there are no statues to committees.”

Unknown, probably someone shot down by a committee.

“So,” he said to the committee, “I’ll buy a bunch of jets, fill them with cardboard envelopes, and guarantee overnight delivery … and all I need to get started is, oh, about a zillion dollars.” The committee would have absolutely, positively said no to Fred Smith. They would have told Clarence Saunders that schlepping your own groceries would never work. They would have told Kemmons Wilson where to park his motel idea. They would have told Charlie Vergos that nobody is going to get fired up about ribs from a basement off an alley next to a dumpster.

56. Wright Medical Files Permit For Arlington Distribution Center - Tuesday, May 11, 2010

11481 Gulf Stream Ave.
Arlington, TN 38002
Permit Amount: $2.2 Million

Project Cost: N/A
Permit Date: Applied May 2010
Completion: N/A
Owner: Wright Medical Group Inc.
Tenant: Wright Medical Group Inc.
Contractor: N/A
Architect: N/A

57. Condo Market Shows Signs of Rejuvenation - Tuesday, May 11, 2010

As the housing market begins a slow but steady comeback, the condominium sector is contributing its part after a particularly dreadful slump.

Shelby County saw 67 condo sales in April, a 5 percent improvement from 64 condo sales in April 2009 and a 24 percent improvement from 54 condo sales in March, according to the latest figures from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com.

58. Events - Friday, May 07, 2010

The 52nd Annual Greek Food Festival will be held Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 573 N. Highland Ave. Admission is $3. For more information, visit www.memphisgreekfestival.com.

59. Getwell Road Aaron’s Sells for $757,000 - Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Aaron’s Inc., formerly known as Aaron’s Rents Inc., has sold the retail store at 1300 Getwell Road in the University of Memphis area for $757,000 to a Huntington, N.Y.-based entity called Islip U-Slip LLC.

60. South Carolina Distributor Expands to Memphis - Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Yet another company has been drawn to Memphis because of the city’s distribution infrastructure.

IPS Packaging, a Fountain Inn, S.C.-based wholesale packaging distributor, has leased 41,000 square feet in South Park Distribution Center at 4481 Pleasant Hill Road in Southeast Shelby County.

61. CCC Names Finalists for President Post - Thursday, April 29, 2010

A field of more than 80 candidates who applied for the job of Center City Commission president and CEO has been winnowed down to three finalists.

After an intensive session of interviews with a short list of seven candidates, the CCC’s executive search committee is bringing back three for one last round of interviews with Downtown stakeholders, CCC board members and staff.

62. The Wharton Budget Plan - Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. presented a $626 million operating budget proposal to the Memphis City Council Tuesday. But the council still has some decisions to make.

Wharton gave the council two choices for raising the additional $50 million the Memphis school system is due from the city in the fiscal year that begins July 1.

63. UPDATE: The Wharton Budget Plan - Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. presented a $626 million operating budget proposal to the Memphis City Council Tuesday. But the council still has some decisions to make.

Wharton gave the council two choices for raising the additional $50 million the Memphis school system is due from the city in the fiscal year that begins July 1.

64. Events - Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Talk Shoppe will present “Make Your Business Productive Using Workplace Magic” with Chris Crouch Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the second-floor conference room of the Community Bank Building, 6465 N. Quail Hollow Road. For more information, call Jo Garner at 482-0354.

65. Events - Tuesday, April 27, 2010

United Way of the Mid-South will host a discussion about the media’s role in times of crisis and disaster Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the University Center on the University of Memphis campus. Carel Pedre, general manager of Radio One from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, will speak at 11 a.m. For reservations, e-mail loretta.hurt@uwmidsouth.org or call 433-4335.

66. Carlisle Corp. Files Building Permit For Downtown Corporate Headquarters - Tuesday, April 27, 2010

263 Wagner Place
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $1.5 Million

Project Cost: $2.7 million
Permit Date: Applied April 2010
Completion: TBA
Owner: Carlisle Corp.
Tenant: Carlisle Corp.
Contractor: N/A
Architect: N/A

67. Schoolhouse Shuffle - Monday, April 26, 2010

On a cold February morning, a group of excited parents clustered in a tent in back of Kate Bond Elementary School.

68. More Than Shopping - Friday, April 23, 2010

Resource Entertainment Group is a Memphis-based entertainment services company with a resume full of big names and corporate clients.

The company has booked concerts for acts like Harry Connick Jr., Ludacris and Elton John. It produced Sun Studio’s 50th anniversary reunion festival, among a long list of other shows through the years.

Which is one reason REG managing partner Howard Stovall gets some funny looks when he tells people about the new entertainment series his company is presenting – in a suburban shopping center.

REG was tapped to put together two evenings of entertainment each month from April through October at Collierville’s The Avenue Carriage Crossing, the 60-acre “lifestyle center” at Tenn. 385 and Houston Levee Road.

The events are part of “Fridays at the Avenue,” a venture the shopping center is launching next week.

The mall has lined up a seven-month slate of outdoor movies, live music and other entertainment that will be presented in Carriage Crossing’s central park. The series kicks off April 30 with a magician, juggling lessons, a display of fire eating and more.

Later events will include free outdoor movies including “E.T.,” “Hoosiers” and “Peter Pan.” Local bands such as The Venus Mission and The Soul Shockers will perform.

A full list of events can be found at the shopping center’s website, http://http://carriagecrossing.shoptheavenue.com/event/fridays-avenue.

The series’ goal is to draw in families by creating something not usually associated with the clothing stores and food courts of traditional malls: a community-building experience.

“We started talking about this last summer,” said Carriage Crossing spokeswoman Elizabeth Allen. “But we didn’t have the talent and staff on hand to get the level of entertainment that we wanted.”

Enter REG, which is programming a similar Music in the Park concert series for Carriage Crossing’s sister shopping center in Murfreesboro.

The company turned out to be the perfect partner for what Allen said the Collierville center wanted to provide.

As the economic slump continues to batter retailers, the traditional shopping mall – something of a relic in an age of Amazon.com, Netflix and other shop-by-mail outlets – is taking its own beating.

Shelby County malls are working harder than ever to attract and keep tenants, not to mention shoppers.

“There’s a renewed focus on the importance of family, friends and community,” Allen said of what’s driving consumers to hoard more of their money and seek out different experiences. “And we embrace those values.”

Stovall said an event like Fridays at the Avenue is a shrewd, perfectly timed move for the Collierville center, which opened in 2005.

“If your competition is online marketing, and you create an experience that requires you to be there, that does a good thing for your tenants,” Stovall said.

In an unexpected way, his company’s new partner has seemed to fit seamlessly into REG’s operation despite the setting. The core need was similar to that of many other REG clients: entertainment as part of a broader strategy.

It’s not the Memphis Botanic Garden, where REG booked the venue’s “Live at the Garden” concert series in the summers of 2002, 2003 and 2004. And it’s not the rooftop of The Peabody hotel, where REG is the entertainment producer for the Peabody Rooftop parties.

But Fridays at the Avenue is a unique, lower-key entertainment production whose draws will include everything from a meet-and-greet with former American Idol contestant Alexis Grace to the giveaway of a Wii video game system.

“We’re trying to be part of peoples’ lives and part of the community,” Allen said.

69. Malco Files Loan On Bartlett Cinema - Thursday, April 22, 2010

Malco Stage Road LLC has filed a $5.2 million leasehold deed of trust with security agreement and assignment of rents and leases on its Stage Cinema 13 at 7930 U.S. 64 (Stage Road) in Bartlett.

70. BNSF Opens New Rail Yard Site After Finishing Upgrades - Thursday, April 22, 2010

Memphis has long been a railroad town.

The city’s central location and the availability of other transport modes like the Mississippi River made it a popular choice with Class I railroads, five of which now have extensive intermodal and switching operations here.

71. Allenberg Cotton Buys Dunavant HQ - Thursday, April 22, 2010

The merger between two kings of Memphis cotton has cleared a major hurdle with Allenberg Cotton Co.’s purchase of the Dunavant Enterprises Inc. headquarters at 3797 New Getwell Road.

72. Annesdale Mansion Listed for $1.2 Million - Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Annesdale, commonly referred to as the Snowden Mansion, is on the market for $1.2 million.

Ed Beasley of Sowell & Co. Realtors has the listing, which includes the Italianate villa built in 1850 and seven acres of landscaped grounds. The mansion at 1325 Lamar Ave. is across the street from the University Club.

73. Events - Thursday, April 15, 2010

The Aging Commission of the Mid-South and the Alzheimer’s Association will hold a free education conference for caregivers today from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road. The conference is free but space is limited. To register, call 565-0011.

74. Shelby Farms Celebrates Nature With Earth Week - Thursday, April 15, 2010

The annual Earth Day turns 40 on April 22, so the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy wanted to have a “birthday blowout” for the event created in 1970 to raise environmental awareness and promote eco-friendly practices.

75. Q1 Property Foreclosures Up Slightly - Thursday, April 15, 2010

Lenders repossessed almost as many homes, apartment buildings and other properties in Shelby County during the first quarter of this year as they did during the same period in 2009.

And in what’s akin to the real estate version of the game hot potato, lenders worked fast to unload what they collected.

76. Events - Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Talk Shoppe will present “What Sales Professionals Need to Know About Facebook” today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive. For more information, call 482-0354.

77. Memphis College of Art Files Permit for South Main Building Renovation - Tuesday, April 13, 2010

477 S. Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $2.2 Million

Project Cost: $3 million
Permit Date: Applied April 2010
Completion: Fall 2010 (Phase I)
Owner: Memphis College of Art
Tenant: Memphis College of Art
Contractor: Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC
Architect: Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects

78. The Biggest Spenders - Monday, April 12, 2010

David Simon, chairman and CEO of the nation’s largest public real estate firm, told analysts a few weeks ago during Simon Property Group’s fourth quarter earnings conference call that 2009 was a challenging year. And he doesn’t think 2010 will be much better for the company, which owns two malls in Memphis.

79. MCA Files Permit For South Main Building - Friday, April 09, 2010

The Memphis College of Art has filed a $2.2 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to renovate its newly acquired 49,025-square-foot building at 477 S. Main St. in the South Main Historic Arts District, where the college will house its graduate school.

80. Applicants Submit Resumes to Lead CCC - Wednesday, April 07, 2010

A search for successors to departing Center City Commission president Jeff Sanford has generated significant local interest.

81. Applicants Submit Resumes to Head CCC - Thursday, April 08, 2010

A search for successors to departing Center City Commission president Jeff Sanford has generated significant local interest.

Out of more than 70 applicants who submitted resumes to the CCC’s executive search team, the field appears to be narrowing to around 20 people who most closely fit the job description.

82. Downtown Anticipates Residential Uptick - Friday, April 02, 2010

For Downtowner Josh Thomas, it’s about the simple things.

Like how, at the end of a long day at the office, he can unwind with a cigar and watch the sun set over the Mississippi River from the roof of his condo building.

83. Cody Named Co-Chair Of Society Of Attorneys General Emeritus - Thursday, April 01, 2010

Attorney Michael Cody of Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC was recently named co-chairman of the Society of Attorneys General Emeritus (SAGE).

84. Events - Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The Mid-South Minority Business Council will present the seminar “Strategies for Business Development” today from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at MMBC, 158 Madison Ave., Suite 300. Cost is $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers. To register, call 525-6512.

85. American Esoteric Laboratories Buys Land for New Headquarters - Tuesday, March 30, 2010

1701 Century Center Parkway
Memphis, TN 38134
Sale Amount: $2 Million

Sale Date: March 18, 2010
Buyer: Memphis Pathology Laboratory/American Esoteric Laboratories
Seller: Whitten Partnership Ltd.

86. Warehouse Sold to Bank Following Foreclosure - Friday, March 26, 2010

The 40,050-square-foot warehouse at 3694 New Getwell Road in the Oakhaven/Parkway Village area has been sold back to the lender for $480,000 following a foreclosure.

87. Nonprofits Launch Anti-Child Abuse Web Site - Thursday, March 25, 2010

A group of local not-for-profit organizations and government agencies have launched a new Web site, www.MemphisStopsChildAbuse.org, and an accompanying campaign, Memphis Stops Child Abuse, in observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

88. CASA Seeks Saturday Volunteers - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Memphis CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) is seeking volunteers to help plant stakes with blue ribbons in the Victorian Village Park Saturday at 10 a.m. for an annual display to raise community awareness about an unmet legal needs for children.

89. Zoning Issues to Dominate Adjustment Board Meeting - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The Memphis-Shelby County Board of Adjustment will meet today to discuss a request for New Mt. Zion Baptist Church to encompass variances on Willoughby Street from several zoning ordinance requirements: landscape ordinance, off-street parking and setback guidelines.

90. Another Kind of Drug War - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Walgreens’ buyout of 17 local drug stores is the first salvo in a brewing battle for the Memphis market between the nation’s largest retail pharmacy and its closet competitor, CVS.

With the purchase of the prescription files of area Super D and Ike’s drug stores, Walgreens will increase its market share just as CVS is making inroads into Memphis. Walgreens will also lock up two prime locations by obtaining the two Ike’s stores at 2145 Union Ave. and 5040 Park Ave.

91. Project Greenway - Monday, March 22, 2010

There’s no doubt 2010 will go down as a watershed year for the Wolf River Greenway, the $28 million, 22-mile nature corridor that traces the Wolf River from Memphis’ eastern border to Downtown.

The team responsible for giving life to the Greenway – the city parks department, the Wolf River Conservancy and the Hyde Family Foundations – has achieved a pair of key milestones, both of which are being celebrated as the jumpstart this project sorely needed.

92. Charter Comm. Considers Two New Divisions - Monday, March 22, 2010

The first proposal to reach the Metro Charter Commission for a new consolidated government would create two new divisions – “parks and community enhancement” and “civilian enhancement.”

A three-member task force considering how to handle park services and amenities including public libraries brought its recommendations to the full body Thursday afternoon.

93. Consolidation Group Weighs New Parks and Libraries Divisions - Friday, March 19, 2010

The first proposal to reach the Metro Charter Commission for a new consolidated government would create two new divisions -- “parks and community enhancement” and “civilian enhancement.”

A three member task force considering how to handle park services and amenities including public libraries brought its recommendations to the full body Thursday afternoon.

94. UPDATE: Metro Charter Commission Weighs Parks and Libraries Divisions - Thursday, March 18, 2010

The first proposal to reach the Metro Charter Commission for a new consolidated government would create two new divisions -- “parks and community enhancement” and “civilian enhancement.”

A three member task force considering how to handle park services and amenities including public libraries brought its recommendations to the full body Thursday afternoon.

95. Colvett Named Greenscape President - Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Frank Colvett Jr. has been promoted to president of GreenScape Inc.

Colvett previously was executive vice president and corporate treasurer. He has been at GreenScape since 1992 and has served in various capacities including project manager, estimator and vice president of marketing.

96. Fairgrounds Work Gets Greenlight From Council - Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Demolition work at The Fairgrounds resumes now that the Memphis City Council has greenlighted the idea of a “great lawn” off East Parkway.

Future council votes are still to come on starting $600,000 in design work and then approving the design.

97. UPDATE: Fairgrounds Work To Resume - Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Demolition work at The Fairgrounds resumes now that the Memphis City Council has greenlighted the idea of a “great lawn” off East Parkway.

Future council votes are still to come on starting $600,000 in design work and then approving the design.

98. The Cost of Progress - Monday, March 08, 2010

The development of Norfolk Southern Corp.’s $112 million intermodal yard on a former cattle ranch in Fayette County has polarized the community for more than a year.

99. Focus on Film Means Business - Friday, March 05, 2010

Erik Jambor lauded the economic impact film festivals have on communities nationwide and emphasized the potential that local events can have on Memphis.

Jambor, the executive director of Indie Memphis, noted Memphis’s international reputation as a creative city during his keynote presentation to the Greater Memphis Chamber’s Breakfast Forum Thursday morning.

100. Shelby Farms Park Conservancy To Build New Playground and Bridge - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

500 Pine Lake Drive
Memphis, TN 38134
Permit Amounts: $3.5 Million and $1.8 Million

Project Cost: $100 million (Phase I)
Permit Dates: Applied February 2010
Completion: October 2010
Owner: Shelby Farms Park Conservancy
Tenant: Shelby Farms Park Conservancy
Contractor: Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC