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Full House Resorts, Inc. a locals-oriented, regional casino gaming company, has announced entering into a definitive agreement with The Majestic Star Casino LLC to purchase Fitzgerald’s Casino for $62 million.

The Orpheum Centre for Performing Arts and Education has broken ground in downtown Memphis, announced parent company Memphis Development Foundation and the Greater Memphis Chamber.

100 North Main, the iconic downtown office building formerly known as the Union Planters Building is officially headed for redevelopment.

Times they are a-changing in the air travel industry and Memphis International Airport s following suit.

The Memphis apartment market has been doing quite well recently, coming off its fourth consecutive year of positive demand, with 1,690 apartments absorbed in 2013 as well as overall rent growth of 1.5 percent

Paramount Lodging Advisors (PLA) completed the sale of the 118-key Drury Inn & Suites Northeast Memphis on behalf of DSW Inns, LLC, announced the hospitality industry-centric brokerage and advisory firm.

Real estate investment banking firm RobertDouglas announced it has advised Chicago-based Lodging Capital Partners LLC and Philadelphia-based Lubert-Adler Management Co. on the $22.6 million acquisition financing of the 220-key Embassy Suites Memphis.

FedEx Corp. subsidiary FedEx Express has announced commencing construction on the newest facility at the FedEx Express WorldHub in Memphis: an 80,000-square-foot state-of-the-art temperature controlled facility and heavyweight pickup and delivery operation.

University of Memphis has taken a major step towards the future by breaking ground on a new residency hall.