5050 E. Holmes Road
Memphis, TN 38118

Project Cost: $720,000

Application Date: Dec. 20, 2017

2. Southaven's Henry Schein Animal Facility Opens - Saturday, December 23, 2017

Henry Schein Animal Health, an Ohio-based distributor of animal health products, has opened its new Southaven facility.

The 50,000-square-foot distribution center was the result of a collaboration with the Mississippi Development Authority, according to Henry Schein Animal Health North America president Fran Dirksmeier.

3. Henry Schein Animal Health Opens Southaven Facility - Thursday, December 21, 2017

Henry Schein Animal Health, an Ohio-based distributor of animal health products, has opened its new Southaven facility.

The 50,000-square-foot distribution center was the result of a collaboration with the Mississippi Development Authority, according to Henry Schein Animal Health North America president Fran Dirksmeier.

4. Amid Retail and Industrial Successes, DeSoto Office Market Lags - Tuesday, August 22, 2017

In the last few years, DeSoto County has become a magnet not only for retail development, but also for the industrial market.

Numerous new retail ventures have opened, and several other companies have opened industrial locations there, including FedEx Supply Services, XPO Logistics and Sephora.

5. Amid Retail and Industrial Growth, DeSoto County Office Market Lags - Saturday, August 19, 2017

In the last few years, DeSoto County has become a magnet not only for retail development, but also for the industrial market.

Numerous new retail ventures have opened, and several other companies have opened industrial locations there, including FedEx Supply Services, XPO Logistics and Sephora.

6. Agracel Transforms DeSoto County Industrial Site - Friday, July 14, 2017

With massive speculative buildings popping up all over North Mississippi and a direct vacancy rate lower than 6 percent for DeSoto County industrial sites, it’s hard to imagine a developer would still be able to find a hidden gem among the existing inventory. But that’s exactly what Agracel Inc. did.

7. Industrial Real Estate Competition Heats Up Between DeSoto, Marshall - Saturday, October 29, 2016

A North Mississippi industrial park more than 10 years in the making is reaching the finish line. By next May, Hillwood Investment Co. will wrap construction on a 947,000-square-foot warehouse on the final parcel in the DeSoto Trade Center.

8. Olive Branch Business Park Closer to Development - Friday, October 3, 2014

A Texas-based development firm could start turning dirt soon on a massive new business park in Olive Branch.

Hillwood Investment Properties is expected to close on a land purchase next week that will clear the way for Legacy Park, a 265-acre distribution and business park on the south side of Goodman Road, just east of Hacks Cross Road near Polk Lane.

9. Williams-Sonoma Growth Highlights DeSoto Push - Wednesday, October 1, 2014

In 1999, Williams-Sonoma Inc. opened its first DeSoto County distribution center on Polk Lane in Olive Branch.

10. Mississippi Counties Awarded Grant for I-269 Study - Tuesday, September 23, 2014

A $53,000 grant has been awarded by the Delta Regional Authority for a marketing and feasibility study along what will become the I-269 corridor.

Christopher Masingill, federal co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority, tells The Commercial Appeal the grant, coupled with gifts from two other entities, will help officials in three counties determine how to best promote the corridor after the interstate is finished.

11. ‘Pro-Business’ - Monday, November 4, 2013

The explosive population growth and business-friendly environment in DeSoto County have combined to transform its formerly sleepy suburbs into thriving retail and industrial development centers.

Today, Goodman Road looks more and more like a busy commercial strip in Memphis, and DeSoto County has become the favored location for large industrial developers.

12. ‘Pro-Business Environment’ - Saturday, November 2, 2013

The explosive population growth and business-friendly environment in DeSoto County have combined to transform its formerly sleepy suburbs into thriving retail and industrial development centers.

Today, Goodman Road looks more and more like a busy commercial strip in Memphis, and DeSoto County has become the favored location for large industrial developers.

13. High-Stakes Game - Saturday, December 15, 2012

At week’s end, International Paper Co. appeared ready to move forward with officially applying for a package of tax incentives as part of a plan to expand the company’s headquarters in the city.

14. High-Stakes Game - Saturday, December 15, 2012

At week’s end, International Paper Co. appeared ready to move forward with officially applying for a package of tax incentives as part of a plan to expand the company’s headquarters in the city.

15. Berger Working on Food Truck Alliance - Friday, April 27, 2012

As if owning and operating the city’s fastest growing self-serve frozen yogurt business isn’t enough, Taylor Berger is about to add two more hospitality titles to his resume.

16. Mississippi Muscle - Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Since the 1950s, Memphis has been building industrial space for users to benefit from the city’s transportation amenities, which now includes five Class 1 railroads, several interstate highways, the nation’s fourth-busiest inland waterway port and the world’s second-largest cargo airport.

17. YoLo in Midst of Targeted Growth Spurt - Friday, March 11, 2011

In February 2010, Taylor Berger’s wife introduced him to the concept of self-serve frozen yogurt.

Within half a year, he and partner Mike McCaskill had opened two YoLo Frozen Yogurt stores – one in Collierville’s Historic Town Square and one in East Memphis in the Erin Way Shopping Center. By the end of this summer, the pair plan to have nine more up and running.

18. Economic Development Top Priority for Flanagan - Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Since the establishment of the DeSoto County Economic Development Council in 1978, the county has seen the development of numerous industries, jobs and capital investment.

One of the drivers of those efforts has been Jim Flanagan, president and CEO of the council, who has played a major role in making the county a good place for business.

19. Olive Branch Enjoying Fruits of Labor - Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The spring and summer of 2010 will go down as seasons to remember in Olive Branch.

Between May and late July, four major companies – Soladigm Inc., Hamilton Beach Brands Inc., McKesson Corp. and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare – announced plans to either open a new facility in, or relocate to, the North Mississippi city.

20. Weathering the Storm - Friday, October 16, 2009

The commercial real estate story in DeSoto County is much broader than a single retail property, but the myriad departures and arrivals at the open-air Southaven Towne Center perhaps sum up the county’s market better than anything else.

21. Flowserve Corp. Receives Workplace Safety Award - Friday, February 20, 2009

Flowserve Corp. has received the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development.

22. DeSoto Tops for Industrial Real Estate - Friday, January 9, 2009

Sale after sale, lease after lease, DeSoto County in 2008 retained its role as the area’s dominant player in industrial real estate with a host of high-profile transactions.

The submarket notched a metro-wide high of 1.1 million square feet in positive absorption in the third quarter of 2008, according to the most recent data from CB Richard Ellis. All year, however, DeSoto County saw big deals get inked as companies either moved into the area from outside the region or relocated to the county from Memphis.

23. Down in DeSoto - Thursday, March 20, 2008

Like elsewhere in the region and across the nation, the commercial real estate market in DeSoto County has experienced a rise in "tire kicking."

Business owners and company executives continue shopping for properties - perhaps even taking proverbial test drives - but not many are inking contracts and driving off the lot, said Sam Mitchell, a commercial broker with McCullar Ferguson Realty LLC in Southaven.

24. M3 Alliance Forms To Better Market Northwest Miss. Counties - Thursday, December 27, 2007

The economic development corporations of four Northwest Mississippi counties - DeSoto, Tunica, Tate and Panola - have joined together with hopes of presenting a unified regional front to any company looking to relocate to the area.

25. DeSoto Commercial: A Study in Success - Thursday, September 20, 2007

The progress made in DeSoto County the past few years is apparent in its swelling residential population and its booming commercial development, which have helped create one of Mississippi's - and the Mid-South's - fastest-growing communities.

26. Residential Growth Draws Commerce, Industry in DeSoto - Tuesday, February 6, 2007

It was only 50 years ago that DeSoto County was a collection of small, sleepy agrarian communities. But over half of a century, things have changed dramatically. And just in the past year, development has continued at a breakneck pace.

27. Different Incentives Drive Different Results in DeSoto, Shelby Counties - Tuesday, October 10, 2006

When large companies such as ServiceMaster and Nucor Steel start looking for possible sites to open facilities or relocate their headquarters, the first thing they often consider is available incentives.

28. DeSoto Eyes Future Industrial Growth - Monday, November 21, 2005

If the numbers are any indication, the projection for DeSoto County's industrial growth in 2006 is more than favorable.

In the past decade, DeSoto County has added an annual average of 19 new and expanded industrial businesses with capital investments totaling $1.2 billion. In 2004, the county saw an industrial capital investment of $122 million and the creation of 1,200 new industrial jobs.

29. Area Industrial Market Fuels Optimism - Wednesday, November 16, 2005

The debate is heating up over a possible shake-up in the way tax breaks are handed out locally. But the idea doesn't appear to have roiled the industrial real estate market or sent developers and landowners scurrying over the county line just yet.

30. Major Work Set to Start in Biomedical District - Monday, October 24, 2005

It will be hard to miss the next milestone in Memphis' emerging bioscience industry.

For anyone who's up at 6:30 a.m. Nov. 6 and enjoying free refreshments at any of the public tents set up near Baptist Memorial Hospital on Union Avenue, the early morning hours will be rattled by a cascade of steel and debris.

31. Archived Article: Lead - Thursday, June 16, 2005
By Andy Meek

DeSoto Sees Rush of Commercial Activity

Major projects on table for Horn Lake, Hernando

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

The two large-scale shopping centers opening soon in DeSoto County arent the only items making a splash in t...

32. Archived Article: Lead - Thursday, April 7, 2005
ANDY MEEK

DeSoto Incentives Lure More Business

Growth comes at Memphis expense, some owners say

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

When Gary Moores annual membership renewal came due from the Memphis Regional Chamber, he decided he wasnt going ...

33. Archived Article: Lead - Tuesday, January 4, 2005
By Andy Meek

DeSoto County Plans Greenway System

Network could connect with proposed Shelby system

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

Preliminary plans have been completed for an extensive greenway system to be built in DeSoto County a network ...

34. Archived Article: Events - Monday, November 15, 2004
The University of Memphis hosts a one-year anniversary celebration for the FedEx Institute of Technology from 9 a

The Memphis Regional Chamber presents a chamber ambassador meeting from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the garden tearoom at the Memp...

35. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, August 12, 2003
08-12-03 Real

Growth spurt causes Hernando leaders to think ahead

By LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

A cursory glance at the demographics of Hernando, Miss., wouldnt divulge much about the small Southern town, which boasted a 2000 U.S. Census...

36. Archived Article: Future (lead) - Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Future Electronics kicks off distribution center project

Future Electronics kicks off distribution center project

By STACEY WIEDOWER

The Daily News

Future Electronics, a worldwide distributor of electronic components, breaks ground today...

37. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, October 30, 2001
By JENNIFER MURLEY

DeSoto County still on fire for industrial growth

By JENNIFER MURLEY

The Daily News

Just as DeSoto Countys residential population has boomed over the last decade, experiencing a nearly 60 percent increase, industrial d...

38. Archived Article: Real Review - Tuesday, April 25, 2000
Trammell Crow Co Inventiv Software leases space in East Memphis Trammell Crow Co. has leased office space in Building A at Lynnfield Office Park to Inventiv Software, a Memphis-based software product development company. Inventiv Software was establ...

39. Archived Article: Real Review Lj - Tuesday, December 7, 1999
Real Review 12-07-99 DeSoto County fans industrial development flames Industrial development in DeSoto County continued at a record breaking pace in 1999. The DeSoto County Economic Development Council announced Friday a record capital investment of...

40. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, October 19, 1999
The demand for DeSoto The demand for DeSoto New projects representing more than $360 million in capital investments may be leading DeSoto County toward another record-breaking year for development By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News With nine companies...

41. Archived Article: Huffy Closing Lj - Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Huffy to close Southaven plant Huffy to close Southaven plant By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Huffy Corp. opened the doors to its new bicycle plant in Southaven, Miss., a little over a year ago. On Monday, the company announced plans to close those...

42. Archived Article: Real Fcs Desoto Rd Lj - Tuesday, December 22, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON Pushing up progress The Mississippi Transportation Commission expedites construction of a major east-west corridor for DeSoto and Tunica counties by five years By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Residents and visitors to DeSoto and T...

43. Archived Article: Asics - Friday, August 7, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON ASICS distribution center to open Aug. 18 By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News California-based ASICS Tiger Corp. is ready to open its newest North American Distribution Center in Southaven, Miss. Construction on the 350,000-square-foo...

44. Archived Article: Desoto Zoo Lj - Friday, February 6, 1998
By LAURIE JOHNSON Lions in the lake and penguins in the pasture Former Presley ranch in DeSoto County may become areas newest zoo By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News For Mississippi residents, a pasture dotted with cows, horses, sheep or goats is no bi...

45. Archived Article: Back - Thursday, August 21, 1997
ASICS to open hub ASICS to open hub in DeSoto County ASICS TIGER Corp., a manufacturer of performance driven athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, soon will break ground on a new distribution center in DeSoto County. ASICS TIGER will be the first...

46. Archived Article: N Miss. Expo 97 Lj - Friday, February 28, 1997
lj 10/5 cates DeSoto County expo will spotlight growth By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News North Mississippi business and industry will be in the spotlight at DeSoto Countys first annual business exposition, an event being organized by the Southaven/Ho...

47. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, February 18, 1997
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors is sponsoring a course Wednesday and Thursday titled Building Wealth Through Residential Real Estate Investments The Memphis Area Association of Realtors is sponsoring a course Wednesday and Thursday titled &...

48. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, February 17, 1997
Feb Feb. 17 East Memphis Business and Professional Women will meet at the Lulu Grille, 565 Erin Drive. The speaker will be Maryanne Macdonald, director of short course instruction at the University of Memphis. Networking begins at 6 p.m. followed by...

49. Archived Article: Standout Flanagan Lj - Friday, November 15, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Hes back Jim Flanagan returns to leadership post of DeSoto Council; has new marketing initiatives in the works for the rapidly growing county By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News When most people walk though the doors that first day on a n...

50. Archived Article: Other Cand - Monday, March 11, 1996
jts candidate profiles Sterling runs unopposed in primary; two Dems vie for slate spot Incumbent Harold Sterling will run unopposed in the Republican primary elections Tuesday but will face a Democrat and two Independent challengers during county-wi...

51. Archived Article: Candidates - Monday, January 29, 1996
1/29 jts candidates Election Commission announces county primary candidates The Daily News The Shelby County Election Commission issued a preliminary list of Democratic and Republican candidates who have filed for the March 12 county primary electio...