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With the future of business travel uncertain, the development of new hotels remains a relatively unpopular investment. And yet, North Carolina-based StayAPT Suites recently submitted plans to develop a 76-room hotel in Cordova primarily targeted toward corporate travelers. StayAPT real … Continued

A new and fast-growing hotel company seems intent on opening a Cordova location. StayAPT Suites, which opened its first hotel in October 2020, is listed as the applicant on a Memphis & Shelby County Land Use Control Board application. It … Continued

The Blackburn Group has announced the completion of the Terrace at Oxford Commons, with 100 percent of the 16,000-square-foot retail center preleased. The Oxford Commons is a projected mixed-use traditional neighborhood of 1,500 to 1,600 residences – free-standing, condominiums, townhouses and apartments – on about 700 acres in … Continued

Stretch Zone will open its second local spot in April near the old Racquet Club of Memphis site in East Memphis, according to franchisee Jonathan Boyd. Boyd said the Germantown location, which opened in January 2020 at 2037 Exeter Road, … Continued

Developer Ray Gill just bought a corner lot on Poplar, where he will erect a new retail building and somehow pay homage to a hip coffee shop that once operated there, The Bitter Lemon. Gill Properties on Wednesday, Feb. 3, … Continued

Scott Davis runs 31 Sonics across Arkansas and Tennessee. He recognized that he was at the end of the line when it came to expanding that brand. That’s why he latched onto Slim Chickens, vowing to open as many as … Continued

A Staks Pancake Kitchen is coming to Southaven’s giant new mixed-use development. Construction is to start next month on the breakfast/lunch restaurant, which is to open this spring. Staks will be on the ground floor of one of Silo Square’s … Continued

At the east end of the Poplar Viaduct, construction should start by March on a retail building anchored by an Xfinity store, said a commercial real estate broker involved in the project. The new retail building will rise at Poplar … Continued

Germantown prohibits construction of self-storage businesses, so Gill Properties is literally doing the next best thing for a future Storage Towne of America location. The change in asphalt as well as the city limits sign mark where Memphis and Germantown … Continued

By Susan Ellis – Projects Editor, Memphis Business Journal Sep 1, 2020, 12:49pm EDT Barry Maynard Vice president of brokerage, Gill Properties As a commercial real estate broker, Barry Maynard is his clients’ biggest champion. He beats the drum loudly … Continued