Josh Whitehead, zoning administrator for Memphis and Shelby County, plans to join the Burch Porter & Johnson law firm after Jan. 1.

A California company opens a distribution center in Olive Branch, the renovation of Tri State Iron Works nears completion and the Hilton Garden Inn is bought for $36 million by a Virginia-based investor.

The Birmingham-based developer is asking to move its closing deadline to next year. 

When two couples and loyal guests saw that 173-year-old James Lee House was for sale, they jumped at the chance to become part-owners with J.W. and Kathy Buckman Gibson.

The Downtown Mobility Center would stand seven stories on the 1.3-acre surface parking lot immediately north of the Orpheum Theatre and include nearly 1,000 parking spaces and ground-floor retail space.

The hotel at Elvis Presley Boulevard would be One Stop Housing’s third property in Memphis. 

The project would stand six stories with 975 parking spaces and feature approximately 13,500 square feet of retail space, bike storage and showers. 

The creation of the Peabody Hotel Surcharge will finance capital investments to the property totaling more than $125 million over the next 30 years for long-term preservation. 

Keith Grant aims to transform land at U.S. 70 and Stage Road into a development called Union Depot.

Over the last three years, Memphis-based Fogelman Properties has purchased 16 properties, totaling 4,829 units worth a combined $706 million. 

The BuildDowntown Master Plan and the South City Good Neighbor Grant program both won awards from an international institution for their city planning efforts. 

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors recorded 1,929 total home sales last month. 

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The financial services company will renew its lease on Poplar Avenue and move its headquarters to a 42,000-square-foot space nearby.

Because the development team received a 20-year PILOT earlier this year, the Design Review Board is required to approve new construction. 

Dustin Jones and Jonathan Aur want to create a company that is designed by-Memphis, for-Memphis. 

The developer worked a long time on a 100-acre project near Canada Road and Davies Plantation. Now, his father, John, is taking on the project in his son’s honor.

The CCDC will address two applicants for its Exterior Improvement Grant (EIG) program at its Oct. 27 meeting, the historic buildings at 24 S. Main and 307 Madison Ave.

Viridian could set the tone for development in Forest Hill Heights. The Planning Commission is asking Boyle Investment Co. to reconsider how its development would look from Winchester Road before making a formal recommendation.

The projects discussed at The Daily Memphian’s Developing Memphis Seminar were Central Yards in Midtown, Link Apartments on Broad, the Blues Note Hotel in the Pinch and Orleans Station in the Medical District. 

The business’ owner is requesting a $30,000 Retail Tenant Improvement (TI) Grant to move to 121 S. Main. 

“... With help from the city, we could create something like a Cooper-Young or an Overton Square area,” said John M. Howard Jr., leader of the ownership team that developed the lofts.

The Midtown concert venue has sold a Nashville-based investor with an extensive portfolio in the U.S. and abroad. 

Union Station would combine residential and retail with a hotel along 100 yards of desirable Union Avenue frontage at the former police station site.

MAAR president Cassandra Bell-Warren said the market remains active.