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A former hotel on Riverdale Bend Road in Southeast Memphis is now permanent housing for more than 100 veterans, thanks to a conversion project from the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Darien Goods, a U.S. Army veteran who experienced homelessness after leaving the service in 2022, is one of the new residents. “Once you’re in survival…

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Memphis campus is in the middle of a major capital improvement push, with more than $600 million in projects completed, underway, or planned. Among the plans: a multi-use development at the corner of Madison and Pauline in the Medical District that would bring apartments, retail, and restaurants to…

Volunteers put the finishing touches this week on a new STEM center in Orange Mound, giving kids as young as elementary school age free access to engineering, robotics, and coding tools. The center, housed at Red Zone Ministries, was made possible by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Tennessee Valley Authority. “As they even…

Christian Brothers University has landed a $6.2 million gift from longtime supporters Bob and Paula McEniry, a commitment that will rename the university’s School of Business as the McEniry School of Business, Education and Humanities. The McEnirys, CBU Trustees Emeritus, received the university’s Top Philanthropy Honors in 2025. The gift will strengthen CBU’s MBA and…

The Majestic Grille is marking 20 years Downtown with a fresh look and a renewed commitment to Main Street. Owners Deni and Patrick Reilly just signed a new 10 year lease and added an Art Deco inspired sign to the space at 145 S. Main St., a building with a story as layered as Memphis…

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…