The Wolfchase Galleria Bahama Breeze closed in mid-May, as did Bahama Breeze locations in Nevada and Florida. 

Ashlar Hall was approved for a use variance in 2023 to allow an event center on the property. However, that variance was set to expire in September. 

Vince Smith is turning his focus to Ashmont, a 100-acre mixed-use project just north of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange.

The shopping center includes Incredible Pizza, the University of Memphis Kemmons Wilson Culinary Institute and The Tile Shop. Plus, an RV park is planned for Cordova. 

A new coalition is hoping to jump-start the development of both rented and owned homes.

Actors Jasmine Guy and Dawnn Lewis spoke during Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis’ Women Build Luncheon.

Table Ready is designed to fill former Downtown businesses by allowing restaurant owners to try out the property with the Downtown Memphis Commission covering some of the rent and utility costs for a year. 

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament is the largest donor event to Make-A-Wish Mid-South outside of events curated by the nonprofit. 

The “Shark Tank” sensation is stopping in Memphis for a one-time event. 

The closure, which was a surprise to at least one group planning an October event at the hotel, comes as the school’s contract with the current hotel vendor comes to an end. 

Incoming restaurants in the Edge District received financial backing from the Downtown Memphis Commission, and the Main Street Mall will soon see more musicians.

The Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine committed the money to build an economic development plan for South Memphis neighborhoods. 

Playground Memphis will offer adults a space to play, ALSAC will demolish more than 12,000 square feet of buildings, senior housing is coming to the Medical District and a Midtown apartment building was sold.

The chefs behind the popular Marshall Avenue deli are putting their twist on a dive bar, with retro details and the return of their smashburger. 

The renovated European-style boutique hotel has been through many iterations, including a bordello, a bar, a recording studio and a bathhouse. 

Brooke Ehrhart, vice president of development at Make-A-Wish Mid-South, said the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council tournament this year will grant a Senatobia, Mississippi, child’s wish to swim with pigs in Hawaii.

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors’ latest housing report showed a decline in local home sales in April compared to the previous month and the same period last year.

A new coffee shop is opening in Midtown, and people may “Just Love” it. 

The site was listed for sale in March, but the president of Malco Theatres said it would only be sold “if it was the right thing to do.” 

VSL Nail Spa adds another location. Plus, a fully leased strip center and a Lamar Avenue liquor store each were sold. 

But Ethan Edwards, the owner of what is going in there, The Station, hopes you won’t hold it against his business. 

The owners of Union Centre changed the iconic blue dog art in late April. Only one blue dog painting remains on the building. 

Two businesses with a shared heritage are operating out of a single storefront, a first for both. 

An amended site plan was filed for the East Memphis mall site as part of the investors’ efforts to rezone the 31-acre property.

A vacant, 6,700-square-foot medical office building in Midtown will also go to auction in June.