The biggest banks in Memphis made aggressive pushes this year to raise their profiles and expand footprints, as competition in the sector heats up and the industry continues winning back the strength it enjoyed before the bust of 2008.

2. Southeast Shelby County Apartments Sell for $56M - Friday, September 15, 2017

Preserve at Forest Creek, a sprawling southeast Shelby County apartment complex, has switched hands for more than $56 million.

In the deal, Blackstone, a New York City investment firm doing business as BRE Piper MF Forest Creek TN, sold the roughly 36-acre property to Columbus, Ohio-based investment management firm Coastal Ridge Real Estate doing business as PFC Memphis Borrowers for $56.6 million, according to a warranty deed filed on Sept. 14 with the Shelby County Register of Deeds.

3. West-Ward Pharmaceutical Plans Distribution Center Expansion - Tuesday, August 4, 2015

4750 Pleasant Hill Road
Memphis, TN 38116
Loan Amount: $6.1 million

4. Warehouse At Perimeter Point Sells for $775,000 - Friday, July 31, 2015

A Perimeter Point industrial building has been sold for $775,000.

Missouri-based Martabra Real Estate LLC acquired the flex warehouse building at 5055 Covington Way, just off Covington Pike south of Elmore Road, from CP Perimeter Point LLC, an affiliate of California-based Coastal Partners LLC.

5. This Year's Fight for the Tech Industry: Patent Trolls - Wednesday, April 15, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) – The same week that Alex Haro and Chris Hulls raised $50 million for their mobile app, Life360, the business partners got a letter. It said they had three days to pay licensing fees to a company they had never heard of because their app violated its patented technology.

6. Owner of Air Trans Warehouse Files Loan - Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The owner of the 224,749-square-foot warehouse at 4120 Air Trans Road in Oakhaven has filed a $3.8 million loan on the property.

7. Oakhaven Warehouse Sells After Foreclosure - Tuesday, May 14, 2013

4120 Air Trans Road, Memphis, TN 38118

Sale Amount: $2.5 million

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

8. Oakhaven Warehouse Sells After Foreclosure - Friday, May 10, 2013

The 224,749-square-foot warehouse at 4120 Air Trans Road in Oakhaven has sold for $2.5 million following a foreclosure.

9. International Paper Takes on Forest Protection - Saturday, April 13, 2013

International Paper Co. and a forest conservation group announced a plan Wednesday to protect endangered forests in key paper-producing areas of the South.

10. International Paper Takes on Forest Protection - Thursday, April 11, 2013

International Paper Co. and a forest conservation group announced a plan Wednesday to protect endangered forests in key paper-producing areas of the South.

11. Ga.-Based Coastal Logistics Signs Lease - Friday, June 24, 2011

A budding Savannah, Ga.-based third-party logistics firm is expanding into the Southeast Memphis industrial market. Coastal Logistics Group Inc. has signed a new 50,000-square-foot lease at 5715 Distribution Drive.

12. Louis Dreyfus Buys Kentucky Drive Warehouse - Tuesday, January 25, 2011

2514 Kentucky Drive
Memphis, TN 38106
Sale Amount: $2.4 million

Sale Date: Dec. 28, 2010
Buyer: Louis Dreyfus Commodities Memphis Warehousing LLC
Seller: Westside Compress Co. Inc.

13. Denver Investor Buys Arlington Warehouse - Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Timothy J. McManus has paid $1.7 million for the 14,800-square-foot warehouse at 12637 Cypress Creek Drive in Arlington.

14. Katrina’s Lessons Still Resonate for Local Charities - Friday, August 27, 2010

Memphis nonprofit organizations and churches that helped Hurricane Katrina evacuees five years ago have built upon that experience to set up an improved disaster response network.

The demands were huge in the days and weeks after the Aug. 29, 2005, landfall of Katrina when 3,400 local volunteers with the American Red Cross Mid-South Chapter mobilized. The chapter helped 13,001 families with financial assistance, totaling $12 million.

15. Logistics Study: While in Good Shape, Memphis Must Stay on Toes - Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Preliminary findings of the “Memphis Regional Intermodal Infrastructure Assessment” reveal that Memphis is positioned well for the future thanks to a healthy network of transportation assets, but the city also needs to be wary of changing global supply trends that could leave it lagging behind peer cities.

16. Calif. Investor Files Loan for Office Building - Wednesday, November 12, 2008

CP Union LLC, the local affiliate of Roseville, Calif.-based Coastal Partners LLC, has filed a $4.2 million loan through The PrivateBank and Trust Co. on its 2714 Union Ave. Extended office building.

17. Archived Article - Tuesday, December 18, 2007

8580 Tournament Drive
Memphis, TN 38125
Sale Amount: $3 million

Sale Date: Nov. 30, 2007

Buyer: Heico Holding Inc.

18. Coastal Partners AffiliatesBuy Delp Street Warehouse - Tuesday, October 16, 2007
     Three limited liability companies affiliated with California-based Coastal Partners LLC have bought a 153,380-square-foot warehouse at 4286-4362 Delp St. near Memphis International Airport.
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19. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, December 9, 2003
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6410 Poplar Ave.

Memphis, TN

Cost: $24.6 million

Borrower: HIW-TN LLC

Lender: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Trustee: W. Rowlett Scott

Property: Land in the Tower Place Planned Development at 6410 Poplar Ave. near Ma...

20. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, September 23, 2003
185 Progress Road

Collierville Board Approves J-Line Refinance 185 Progress Road

Collierville, TN 38017

Cost: $2 million

Borrower: Industrial Development Board of the Town of Collierville, Tenn.

Lender: Trust One Bank

Property: Lan...

21. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, June 19, 2003
Oracle boosts PeopleSoft takeover bid

Oracle boosts PeopleSoft takeover bid

Oracle Corp., the No. 2 U.S.-based global software maker, Wednesday sweetened its hostile cash bid for PeopleSoft Inc. by 22 percent to about $6.3 billion, the latest ...