St. Georges School

Buys Poplar Property

St. Georges Independent School has purchased property at 8250 Poplar Ave. in Germantown from St. Georges Episcopal Church for $5.5 million, according to The Daily News Public Records Database, www.memphisdailynews.com.

Hampton Inn Project

Restores Historic Home

More than 50 volunteers and residents are working today to refurbish the 161-year-old Harsson-Goyer-Lee House in Victorian Village. The initiative is the largest refurbishment to date for Memphis-based Hampton Inns "Save-A-Landmark" program, which brings hotel employees together to refurbish cultural landmarks across the country.

MAA Acquires

Dallas Property

Memphis-based Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. has acquired the 240-unit, 2-year-old Watermark apartment community in Roanoke, Texas, a Dallas submarket. Acquisition of the property brings the companys total number of Dallas units to 3,616. The apartment-only real estate investment trust owns or has ownership interest in 36,952 apartment units throughout the Southeast and South-Central United States.

Wachovia Buys

SouthTrust Corp.
No. 4 U.S. bank Wachovia Corp., based in Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to purchase Alabama-based SouthTrust Corp. for $13.7 billion to expand its presence in the Southeast market. The deal adds pressure for regional banks to grow in order to compete, analysts said.

Landmarks Commission

to Meet, Elect Officers

The Memphis Landmarks Commission will hear a nominating committee report and elect officers at a 4:30 p.m. meeting today at City Hall. The commission also will hear a certificate of appropriateness request for a project in the Evergreen Historic District.