Memphis-based real estate investment trust MAA is moving forward with its corporate relocation to Germantown’s TraVure development.

The apartment-only REIT pulled a $7 million building permit with construction code officials to build out the fourth and fifth floors. It lists Grinder, Taber & Grinder as the contractor, developer Gill Properties as the owner and MAA as the tenant.

2. MAA Moving Forward With New HQ - Monday, September 11, 2017

Memphis-based real estate investment trust MAA is moving forward with its corporate relocation to Germantown’s TraVure development by seeking a $7 million building permit to build out the fourth and fifth floors.

3. Memphis-Based MAA Thriving As Demand for Rental Housing Grows - Saturday, May 27, 2017

Since it was founded by George Cates in 1977, real estate investment trust MAA has grown from an upstart local business into a S&P 500 company with more than 100,000 units and total market capitalization of $16 billion.

4. MAA Closes Merger With Post Properties - Monday, December 5, 2016

Memphis-based real estate investment trust MAA has completed its $4 billion merger with rival Post Properties Inc., creating a combined company with an equity market capitalization of about $11 billion and overall market cap of $15 billion.

5. MAA Closes Merger With Post Properties - Friday, December 2, 2016

Memphis-based real estate investment trust MAA has completed its $4 billion merger with rival Post Properties Inc., creating a combined company with an equity market capitalization of about $11 billion and overall market cap of $15 billion.

6. Gill Seeks $25 Million Permit For New MAA Headquarters - Thursday, November 24, 2016

6815 U.S. 72

Germantown, TN 38138

Permit Amount: $25 million

Future Tenant: MAA

7. Gill Seeks $25M Permit For Future MAA Headquarters - Saturday, November 19, 2016

The future home of Memphis-based MAA has taken another step forward.

Developer Gill Properties, working as Gill Poplar GP, has applied for a $25 million building permit for a five-story office building and five-story parking garage – two main components of the $90 million TraVure development in Germantown’s western gateway.

8. Gill Seeks $25M Permit for Future MAA Headquarters - Thursday, November 17, 2016

The future home of Memphis-based MAA has taken another step forward.

Developer Gill Properties, working as Gill Poplar GP, has applied for a $25 million building permit for a five-story office building and five-story parking garage – two main components of the $90 million TraVure development in Germantown’s western gateway.

9. With MAA, TraVure Is Gateway To Germantown - Wednesday, October 26, 2016

The developer of Germantown’s mixed-use TraVure project is anxious to start work on the development’s centerpiece, a five-story Class A office building that now has an anchor tenant for most of the space – the headquarters of Memphis-based MAA, or Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

10. Germantown PILOT for MAA Headquarters Move to TraVure Approved - Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Memphis-based Mid-America Apartments LP has won approval from Germantown leaders of financial incentives for a new headquarters in the TraVure development in Germantown.

11. Germantown PILOT for MAA Headquarters Move to TraVure Approved - Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Memphis-based Mid-America Apartments LP has won approval from Germantown leaders of financial incentives for a new headquarters in the TraVure development in Germantown.

12. MAA Still Entertaining Headquarters Options - Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Memphis-based MAA is a year into its search for a new headquarters, and the company is moving closer to plans for a newly constructed building.

The real estate investment trust, which focuses on multifamily properties, first announced the move last summer. MAA is currently housed in nearly 43,000 square feet at 6584 Poplar Ave. in East Memphis. It is looking for an 80,000-square-foot space, with room to grow, to house its 200 local employees.

13. Snapshot: How Memphis-Based Public Companies are Faring - Saturday, May 28, 2016

Acquisitions have been a common theme among many Memphis-based public companies the past few quarters. Here is a roundup of those transactions and other business highlights from each of the companies.

14. Earnings Season Roundup - Saturday, August 1, 2015

International Paper Reports Q2 Earnings Growth: International Paper reports its second-quarter net earnings grew while net sales for the quarter decreased slightly.

The Memphis-based company, which released its quarterly financial results Wednesday, July 29, said second-quarter earnings totaled $227 million, or 54 cents per share. That’s up from $161 million, or 37 cents per share, in second quarter 2014, but down from $313 million, or 74 cents per share, in first quarter 2015.

15. MAA Reports Surging Profits - Thursday, July 30, 2015

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. reported a banner second quarter highlighted by surging profits.

16. MAA Outgrowing Its East Memphis Headquarters - Wednesday, June 10, 2015

MAA has tapped Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors to explore its long-term corporate office needs.

The apartment-focused real estate investment trust says internal growth and the 2013 acquisition of Colonial Properties Trust means space at its East Memphis headquarters is getting tight.

17. MAA: Merger Means Modest Job Growth - Friday, June 14, 2013

MAA expects modest job growth in Memphis from its merger with Colonial Properties Trust and believes its current headquarters can absorb any new employees that may arrive.

“We think there will be some job growth here I suspect by putting the combined corporate headquarters for the new company here but I would expect most of that would be lower-level management or clerical in nature,” said Eric Bolton, MAA CEO.

18. Sunbelt Focus for Multifamily Development - Thursday, January 26, 2012

Since MAA pays out 95 percent of its earnings every year to its shareholders, CEO Eric Bolton spends a fair amount of his time chasing money.

19. MAA Targets New Acquisitions - Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Seventeen years ago, when Mid-America Apartment Communities became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, it was among 34 apartment real estate investment trusts.

Company chairman and CEO Eric Bolton said only 12 remain, and he said MAA’s performance per shareholder has been better than any other apartment REIT over the last 10 years, with an annual compounded shareholder return of 18.4 percent.

20. Archived Article: Merger (lead) - Friday, December 17, 1999
By LAURIE JOHNSON Uiberall, Watkins merger creates large, local firm By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Watkins, Watkins & Keenan and Uiberall, Leib, Blockman, Perry have no intention of joining em they want to beat em. By merging, executives of t...