In this week's Real Estate Recap, outdoors retailer REI eyes Ridgeway Trace for its first local store, Hilton Worldwide prepares to upgrade its Memphis campus, and several proposed Midtown projects seek financial incentives.

2. Outdoors Retailer REI Planning First Memphis Store - Monday, October 9, 2017

5895 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38119

Permit Amount: $900,000

Owner: Weingarten Realty

Tenant: REI

Details: Seattle, Washington-based sporting and camping goods retailer REI has filed a $900,000 building permit application for tenant improvement in the former Sports Authority building at 5895 Poplar Ave. in the Ridgeway Trace shopping center.

3. Hilton Renovating Memphis Offices - Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Hilton Worldwide has filed a multimillion-dollar building permit application to renovate a portion of its Memphis operations center.

The Virginia-based company is planning a roughly $2.7 million renovation of Building C of its 755 Crossover Lane campus, according to the application filed with construction code officials.

4. Hilton Cuts 101 in Memphis - Friday, November 5, 2010

Hilton Worldwide is cutting 101 positions at its Memphis operations and commercial service centers, located at 755 Crossover Lane and 3180 Players Lane.

5. UPDATE: Hilton, Louis Vuitton Plan Memphis Layoffs - Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Two worldwide companies with Memphis operations plan to lay off a total of 87 workers in Shelby County starting at the end of September.

The North American division of Louis Vuitton plans to lay off 51 workers at the ELX Distribution facility at 5900 East Holmes Road in Hickory Hill between Oct. 15 and Dec. 31, according to a notice filed with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

6. Hilton Italian Car Show To Benefit Habitat - Monday, June 14, 2010

The Ninth Annual Hilton Worldwide Exotic Italian Car Show benefiting Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis will be held June 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hilton Worldwide, 755 Crossover Lane.

7. Memphis Loans Part of Bear Stearns Rescue - Monday, April 5, 2010

The Federal Reserve bought a piece of commercial loans that financed a handful of properties in Memphis when the central bank swallowed billions of dollars’ worth of new assets during its 2008 rescue of Bear Stearns.

8. Events - Thursday, April 16, 2009

Christian Brothers University will present the first session of its “Family Business Enrichment Series” today from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in the Spain Auditorium in Buckman Hall. The topic of the lecture is “What Does the New Credit Environment Mean for Your Family Business?” For reservations, call 321-3999 or e-mail rsvp@cbu.edu.

9. Best and Brightest - Monday, July 10, 2006

Computerworld Magazine has named three companies with significant information techonology (IT) operations in the Memphis area as some of the 100 "Best Places to Work in IT."

FedEx Corp earned the No. 12 spot, Hilton Hotels Corp. placed at No. 16 and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. was No. 22.

10. Archived Article: Comm Briefs - Friday, February 27, 1998
Home Depot will pay tribute to police officers throughout the Southeast with a celebration on Saturday. On Police Appreciation Day, Home Depot will honor officers with events in more than 60 stores in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, North Car...