There are 13 article(s) tagged Southwind:

• October 2025

  • Undefeated Southwind, led by QB Kelvin Perkins, claims region crown

    The Jaguars finished the regular season 10-0 with a 34-8 rout of Germantown in front of a sold-out crowd on Thursday at Ken Netherland Stadium.

    By Sam Shoemaker October 31, 2025

• May 2023

  • Apartments near Southwind, previously refused, get Land Use Control Board nod

    In February 2022, the LUCB rejected plans to build the Tournament Trails Center complex at 3581 Tournament Drive-South, but a decision in April 2022 from the Memphis City Council reversed that decision. 

    By Rob Moore May 11, 2023

• January 2022

  • Art of the deal: Buyer deftly times purchase of 47 acres

    “It’s amazing that almost every commercial real estate developer has driven by this site for years, but nobody looked underneath the hood,” broker Barry Maynard said.

    By Tom Bailey January 18, 2022

• December 2021

  • After upgrades, ProTech’s ready for return to office

    The pandemic proved the perfect time for ProTech to remodel its Southwind office space while employees worked from home.

    By Rob Moore December 06, 2021

• August 2021

  • Lausanne-Southwind football game canceled

    COVID-19 issues at Southwind result in forfeit, with Lausanne awarded a victory.

    By John Varlas August 20, 2021

• July 2021

  • Big picture: Lensrentals turns 15, plans move to larger headquarters

    A doctor’s hobby evolved into the world’s largest company of its kind, and Roger Cicala’s expertise in lens sharpness and quality has even drawn the attention of NASA.

    By Tom Bailey July 19, 2021

  • Camera rental company plans to move headquarters to Southwind

    The Memphis-born company that has become the nation’s largest online rental company for camera equipment seeks planning board approval so it can move from Cordova to an existing building in the Southwind business park.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2021

• March 2021

  • Tax incentive approved for first Memphis automaker in 63 years

    Mullen Technologies received tax break in return for hiring 434 people, investing $362 million and becoming the first company to make cars in Memphis since the Ford plant closed in 1958.

    By Tom Bailey March 18, 2021

• February 2021

  • Southwind firms, property owners win battle against proposed strip center

    The Land Use Control Board also approved a transitional group home in Binghampton for veterans, an attached-townhouse development on Brookhaven Circle, and plans for a used-car lot in Raleigh. The board rejected plans a 35-lot subdivision of container homes in New Chicago.

    By Tom Bailey February 15, 2021

• January 2021

  • Commercial center proposed near TPC Southwind

    A developer seeks to change a planned development to build a 22,490-square-foot commercial center at the northeast corner of Hacks Cross and Sedgwick Way in Southwind.

    By Tom Bailey January 08, 2021

• September 2020

  • Gill Properties taking self-storage to the (Germantown) limit

    Storage Towne of America-Germantown will comprise about a dozen buildings totaling 130,000 square feet just outside the city that doesn’t allow construction of self-storage businesses.

    By Tom Bailey September 13, 2020

• July 2020

  • Staying the Course: WGC-FESJI volunteers fewer in number, but essential workers

    Volunteers at the World Golf Championship-FedEx St. Jude Invitational are known for their unwavering dedication. But the COVID-19 pandemic means there will be no fans on the course and, this year, just 225 volunteers instead of the usual 1,600-plus. To still be on site now is to be a WGC-FESJI essential worker. 

    By Don Wade July 16, 2020

• June 2020

  • Fitness club quickly takes big-box space vacated by Best Buy in Southwind

    Mississippi-based Club 4 Fitness will spend about $1 million tailoring the former electronics store space into its first gym in Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey June 23, 2020