Entrepreneurship

Historic South Main renovation lures new office tenant

“The building had never been renovated. It was original from when it was built in 1911."

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How a merger between Forward Cities and CEOs for Cities will aim to drive inclusive economic growth

Wealth inequality in America across racial lines is growing, particularly in cities. Here's how one organization proposes to tackle it.

New owners of Nineteenth Century Club plan another sushi restaurant

Restaurateurs Shon and Dana Lin, owners of three area Redfish Sushi Asian Bistro locations and the original local Kublai Khan Mongolian Stir Fry in Southaven, have purchased the building at 7733 Winchester Road in Southeast Memphis for their second area Kublai Khan location.

Memphis-based Frase Protection acquires competitor, plans to build Cordova headquarters

Frase Protection is planning to build a new headquarters in Cordova after recently acquired the remaining assets of Stop Alarms, a Memphis-based home and small business security company. Frase recently purchased land for a new building site off Walnut Run and Germantown Parkway in Cordova.

Dorothy Collier introduces Molly Farrell of Maggie Louise Bridal at an August meeting of the Rising Tide Society. (Kristen Archer)
Q&A: The Rising Tide Society serves a swell of creative entrepreneurs

The local chapter of San Francisco-based Rising Tide Society advocates for the local ecosystem and educates creative entrepreneurs. 

Rizzo’s Diner co-owner to open Downtown cocktail bar

A historic downtown building at 115 Union Avenue that was restored in 2012 for mixed use will finally utilize its ground-floor commercial space when a new cocktail club, Tailors’ Union, opens this spring.

Maciel’s taco shop opening on Highland Strip

A Downtown favorite moves out east.

Taylor Sherbine with Epicenter celebrates the announcement that Memphis will be a stop on the "Rise of the Rest" tour. (Epicenter)
As part of a national entrepreneurship tour, Memphis leads the “rise of the rest”

Memphis has been selected to join the “Rise of the Rest” tour of emerging cities for entrepreneurial culture. As part of the national tour, Memphis will also receive a $100,000 investment from Revolution, a Washington, D.C.-based investment firm.

Attracted to Downtown growth, mixed-use project going up at site of former Blue Monkey

The infill project sits just around the corner from the large-scale Central Station mixed-use redevelopment and future Malco movie theater.

The return of Black Lodge Video brings innovation to analog retail

Black Lodge, a staple for renting hard-to-find movies in Midtown for more than a decade that shut down several years ago, is making its big comeback by late spring in the Crosstown area with an innovative new approach. The new 8,000-square-foot location at 405 N. Cleveland Avenue will include a massive 30,000-plus film library, along with a fast casual restaurant, a retro and console gaming arcade, and film and event space.

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