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UT Health Science Center is getting an early boost toward its new College of Medicine building, thanks to a $5 million gift from the First Horizon Foundation. The donation kicks off a $50 million philanthropic campaign that will help fund the seven story building planned for Madison Avenue, part of a $361 million project the…

Memphis International Airport has a new name. On Tuesday, city and state leaders joined the Smith family to officially rename it the Frederick W. Smith International Airport, honoring the FedEx founder who died in June 2025 at age 80. The airport keeps its familiar three letter code, MEM. The idea came from Fred Smith’s son,…

FedEx is putting real weight behind its Memphis roots with a $400 million investment in a new sorting facility at the World Hub. The project, known as Hercules, calls for a five story building spanning 1.6 million square feet, built to handle 250,000 packages an hour once it opens. Construction is set to begin this…

Regional One Health has revealed what its future hospital campus will actually look like, and the renderings show a sleek, glass heavy building rising from the former Commercial Appeal site on Union Avenue. The 600,000 square foot facility is designed by HDR alongside a team of Memphis based firms, including Self and Tucker Architects and…

Rory McIlroy is heading back to TPC Southwind for the FedEx St. Jude Championship this August, ending a one year absence from Memphis’ biggest golf event. McIlroy sits at number two in the world rankings behind Scottie Scheffler and has a long history at this course, including a tie for third in 2023. The tournament…

A $25 million mixed use project taking shape at Poplar Avenue and South Mendenhall Road now has a name and a construction permit to match. Developers Darrell Horn and Brown Gill are building 5000 Poplar on the site of the former First Horizon building, which is currently being demolished to make room for a three…

A healthcare access program that started right here in Memphis is now expanding across Tennessee. The United Health Foundation has committed $4 million to grow the Health Hubs initiative, a project born out of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s push to close gaps in preventive care and chronic disease support. The expansion means…

Two Memphis campuses just earned a national nod. Rhodes College and Christian Brothers University both landed on Forbes’ newest ranking of top colleges nationwide, a list the outlet describes as spotlighting five hundred schools that “shine.” The ranking is built around institutions that turn out successful, high-earning, and influential graduates from all economic backgrounds while…