Boba Boba Life is open, and Taco Cabana is considering expanding to Memphis. Pearl’s Coffee & Tea House is opening on Peabody next to Kura House.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist and senior vice president of research at the National Association of Realtors, gave an update about commercial real estate on national and local levels. 

The new Grow Tennessee network will feature a variety of shows highlighting different aspects of Tennessee agriculture, including urban farming, local food production, research and agricultural technology.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has helped pass bills in two states to make insurance cover speech therapy. Tennessee is one of his next targets.

Union Depot in Bartlett is set to change the suburb’s landscape while adding residences for the growing city.

EDGE received the “Outstanding Local Development Finance Agency of the Year” award from the National Council of Development Finance Agencies.

A medical office building fully leased by Baptist Medical Group has been sold. Plus, Ameriflo has a new global headquarters. 

The Leadership Memphis and Volunteer Memphis Board of Directors has named Bobby White as their new president and CEO.

A DMC board approved bonds to loan Memphis the millions needed to buy and maintain the Sheraton Memphis Downtown hotel, renovate AutoZone Park and update the 100 N. Main parking garage.

Humanoids already exist in some workplaces, managing repetitive and dangerous jobs. But, at a robot forum in Memphis, Melanee Wise said that switch is about to flip. 

West Tennessee Legal Services inherited more cases when federal funding was terminated for Memphis Area Legal Services June 30, due to a list of inefficiencies.

“There’s one important thing to always remember: A tooth will never walk in your office unattached,” Kevin Reed said. “They all come attached to living, breathing human beings. We’re treating people, not teeth.”

The Humanoid Robot Forum and the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Conference, both at the Renasant Convention Center, will bring together experts, industrial users and suppliers, including AI companies.

Also, Junior Achievement of Memphis and Sullivan, a Memphis marketing agency, announce their new hires, and Maria Montessori School has two new teachers.

The session from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 9, is geared particularly to small businesses.

The deli will provide hot sandwiches, salads, soups and grab-and-go items on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the former Big River Market space at 516 Tennessee St.

The airline’s new service will operate Thursday through Monday, joining several Memphis nonstops added in the last six weeks, including Austin, Texas, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

XAI is set to lease a site via CTC Property LLC, a California LLC affiliated with the Elon Musk company.

“Now, hopefully equipment will be discharged where it was ladened to be discharged or at least at another U.S. port so we can get it delivered to our customers,” said the president of Mallory Alexander International Logistics.

Zinnie’s is back open with a new look and menu, Newk’s is targeting the Memphis area for three additional stores and Second Street Taco & Tequila and DWJ Midtown have closed. 

The hospital plans to double the capacity of the hospital’s ICU and add more than 4,700 feet to its ER. 

The city is positioned to be a transportation powerhouse, but crime is a problem. Cargo thefts in Memphis were up nearly 60% in the first six months of 2024 over all of 2023, said Memphis Logistics Summit panelist Melzie Wilson.

The much-talked-about Southwest Memphis greywater facility, which could save billions of gallons of freshwater a year, is a few steps closer to reality. 

The Daily Memphian will have a permanent office, and Red Door Wealth Management gets a space, too. Plus, a fully leased Collierville building is up for sale.

Importers in Memphis are trying to locate loads dropped off ships before the strike started and notify customers.