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Greg Akers

@MBJAkers

Editor-in-Chief at Memphis Business Journal

 Memphis, TN
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Joined August 2014
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deleted my previous tweet with Sterick story b/c that post was updated. Here it is again, MBJ's exclusive breaking news that the Sterick has been bought. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Exclusive: Sterick Building purchased by local team; full redevelopment in the works

Exclusive: Sterick Building purchased by local team; full redevelopment in the works

Exclusive: A local developer has bought the Sterick Building. The "Queen of Memphis" was built in 1929 but has stood empty since 1987. Now, with a new owner, a full redevelopment is in the works.

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Legit historic moment for Downtown Memphis.
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Ford today has revealed BlueOval Learning, the workforce development plan for the 60 mile radius around BlueOval City. I sat down with Liliana Ramirez, Ford’s global workforce development whiz to discuss the program in this week’s cover for the Memphis Business Journal.
Memphis Business Journal (@MBJMemphis) profile pictureMemphis Business Journal@MBJMemphis24 Mar 2023
How is Ford Motor Co. going to create a pipeline of 6,000 workers for BlueOval City? BlueOval Learning. Here's MBJ's exclusive interview with Ford exec Liliana Ramirez about the ambitious workforce development plan. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Exclusive: Ford exec Liliana Ramirez details BlueOval City's ambitious workforce development plan

Exclusive: Ford exec Liliana Ramirez details BlueOval City's ambitious workforce development plan

How is Ford Motor Co. going to create a pipeline of 6,000 workers for BlueOval City? BlueOval Learning. Here's MBJ's exclusive interview with Ford exec Liliana Ramirez about the ambitious workforce...

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The brilliant daughter of @MBJMemphis reporter Corey Davis!
Kristine Crews, PharmD (@krisinmemphis) profile pictureKristine Crews, PharmD@krisinmemphis10 Aug 2022
What did you do this summer? Our Summer Research Immersion student Emani, a rising senior at Bartlett High School, accomplished a lot! She presented “Pharmacogenomics Testing at St. Jude” at the inaugural Research Immersion Community Exhibition. @cyrineeliana @KateAyers901
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Big breaking news on this Friday, just a few hours before the Beale Street Music Fest kicks off. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Hard Rock Hotels in serious talks to build a property on Beale Street

Hard Rock Hotels in serious talks to build a property on Beale Street

Serious discussions are underway that would see Hard Rock Hotel open a property right on Beale Street.

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Huge, huge news. Fred Smith to step down as CEO of FedEx Corp., effect May 31. Truly the end of an era. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
End of an era: Fred Smith to step down as CEO of FedEx Corp.

End of an era: Fred Smith to step down as CEO of FedEx Corp.

Smith, who founded FedEx in 1971, will remain as executive chairman of the logistics giant.

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I humbly submit that it’s the best idea I’ve ever had. Also, these emoji, FTW.
AdoptMAS (@AdoptMas) profile pictureAdoptMAS@AdoptMas28 Feb 2022
We think @MBJAkers has something with this idea… 🐶🐱🏛 via @MBJMemphis bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Memphis as Usual: Next great idea for the city goes to the dogs (and cats)

Memphis as Usual: Next great idea for the city goes to the dogs (and cats)

What will happen with the Brooks Museum and Memphis College of Art when they leave their buildings? May I humbly submit a billion-dollar idea for the city: the National Museum of the Dog and the...

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Greg Akers@GregAkers14 Feb 2022
Where Memphis Economic Trends are Pointing. I think this is going to be a really enlightening speaker (gulp!), and everyone should attend. aagm.org/events/february-202…
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Major news on a Friday. An Orgel-led group is trying to develop a controversial site in Germantown. Carrefour is dead, long live Carrefour. Read more here: bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Orgel-led group buys Carrefour in Germantown, with major redevelopment back in the works

Orgel-led group buys Carrefour in Germantown, with major redevelopment back in the works

Carrefour is dead. Long live Carrefour. The massive mixed-use development at Poplar and Kirby in Germantown has been quiet for more than two years. It's moving forward again — but with a different...

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Breaking news in East Memphis commercial real estate: Highwoods has sold the Crescent Center for $67.5M to a California investor who also owns a landscaping company. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Highwoods sells Crescent Center for $67.5M to Calif. buyer

Highwoods sells Crescent Center for $67.5M to Calif. buyer

"It was a little further east than I originally had anticipated, but we couldn't be happier. We look at being there for the long term."

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Pretty huge news, so far as local banking goes. Orion Federal Credit Union is buying Financial Federal Bank. Story: bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Orion Federal Credit Union to acquire Financial Federal Bank in Memphis-based merger combo

Orion Federal Credit Union to acquire Financial Federal Bank in Memphis-based merger combo

The new credit union and bank combination will create a financial institution with well above $1 billion in both assets and deposits.

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It’s true. A rare opportunity to work with the best crew in the business (and I’ll be there, too!)
Talking Biz News (@talkingbiznews) profile pictureTalking Biz News@talkingbiznews19 May 2021
.@MBJMemphis seeks a commercial real estate reporter: talkingbiznews.com/biz-news-…
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Just a massive, massive investment. And just six years since the last massive, massive investment.
Jason Bolton (@MBJBolton) profile pictureJason Bolton@MBJBolton27 Apr 2021
“The plan is ambitious, and its goals are far-reaching." @StJude announces historic, $11.5B stage of expansion, including 1,400 additional jobs. @StJudeResearch bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital announces historic, $11.5B stage of expansion, including...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital announces historic, $11.5B stage of expansion, including...

“We are making our biggest financial investment ever — during a pandemic — because the public, our donors, have demonstrated their commitment to us.”

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Shelby County Health Dept director Dr. Alisa Haushalter resigns. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Haushalter resigns; state commissioner calls SCHD a 'low-accountability' department

Haushalter resigns; state commissioner calls SCHD a 'low-accountability' department

"We had gone through multiple iterations of, 'Is there anything else you want to tell us?' and we weren't disclosed anything until we reminded them that there likely was going to be a federal...

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State investigation finds ‘no formal process for management of soon-to-expire vaccine doses’ at Shelby County Health Dept. 2,400 expired/trashed since Feb. 3. About 51K doses currently in county’s inventory — 31K more than state expected to be the case. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
State finds 2,400 COVID doses wasted, tens of thousands waiting to be used, 'no formal process for...

State finds 2,400 COVID doses wasted, tens of thousands waiting to be used, 'no formal process for...

A Tennessee Department of Health investigation has found even more of Shelby County's COVID vaccine doses were expired than first known, and tens of thousands more doses are in the county's inventory...

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Those 51K doses are not expired, but some will expire beginning March 4. In light of urgency, and the larger mgmt problems discovered, state will no longer be sending doses directly to SC Health Dept. Instead, they’ll go to City of Memphis, hospitals, other usual vacc. providers.
Deep breath. Thread about State of Tennessee vaccination distribution, and how Shelby County seems to be getting significantly fewer doses than it is supposed to:
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Instead, when it comes to vaccine distribution, Shelby is ranked one of the last, if not the very last, among Tennessee’s 95 counties. I can’t tell you why, I can only tell you that it is so, based on the state’s own numbers and plan. /end
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p.s. here’s a complete sentence/paragraph form of the thread, for those who prefer to read it that way. bizjournals.com/memphis/news… p.s.s. I'll be on @WMCActionNews5 at 4:13pm with @Kymon5 to discuss!
Memphis as Usual: Shelby vaccination rate lower than most every other county in Tenn.

Memphis as Usual: Shelby vaccination rate lower than most every other county in Tenn.

Shelby is dead last — 95th out of 95 counties — in the percentage of its population that has gotten a first vaccine dose. MBJ dives into Tennessee's data to see what we can tell about how the vaccine...

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