Editorial Results (free)
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Yochem succeeds Blank as Partnership 2030 co-chair -
Friday, August 30, 2024
Carol Yochem has been selected co-chair of Partnership 2030, serving alongside Mayor Freddie O’Connell. Yochem, central region president of First Horizon Bank, succeeds Lee Blank.
Partnership 2030, established in 1990, is Middle Tennessee’s largest public-private partnership that works to enhance Middle Tennessee’s economic vitality and quality of life through strategic investments in education, workforce development and infrastructure. With 250-plus corporate and community partners, the initiative drives economic inclusivity and regional collaboration across a 10-county economic market?.
2.
Stites & Harbison names Nashville office executive -
Friday, August 2, 2024
Stites & Harbison, PLLC has named attorney Richard S. Myers, Jr., as its Nashville and Franklin office executive member. He succeeds Gregory D. Smith, who has served in this role for nine years.
3.
Starbucks quarterly revenue falls on weak traffic in US and China -
Friday, July 26, 2024
Starbucks' revenue fell 1% in the April-June period as customer traffic weakened in the U.S. and China.
But the Seattle coffee giant expressed optimism Tuesday that successful new products and improvements in efficiency — including faster drive-thru service and better equipment — will help turn things around in its next fiscal year, which begins later this fall.
4.
Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It comes at a cost for Black people in the US South -
Friday, July 26, 2024
GLOSTER, Miss. (AP) — This southern Mississippi town's expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins' home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says industrial residues coated her truck and she no longer enjoys spending time in the air outdoors.
5.
FINN’s Button, Lindsley now senior partners -
Friday, May 31, 2024
FINN Partners has promoted Lisa Button and Andrea Lindsley to senior partners in recognition. Button and Lindsley lead the fast-growing Community Impact Group in the Southeast, along with senior partner Philip McGowan.
6.
Taiwan is selling more to the US than China in major shift away from Beijing -
Friday, May 17, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it's tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world's No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary.
7.
Jackson Lewis adds Porter to Nashville office -
Friday, December 8, 2023
Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. has hired Kaya Grace Porter as an associate for the firms Nashville and Atlanta offices.
Porter joins Jackson Lewis from Littler Mendelson P.C. and focuses her practice on representing employers in all aspects of employment law, including litigation and preventive counseling.
8.
Nashvillians named to Nature Conservancy board -
Friday, November 3, 2023
The Nature Conservancy has elected five to its Tennessee board of trustees, including two from Nashville: Aaron Barrett and Lisa Calfee. They are joined by Matt Jernigan of Tullahoma, Philip Fieler of Memphis and Larry Blythe of Robbinsville, North Carolina.
9.
Unemployment rate inches up to 3.2% -
Friday, October 27, 2023
Tennessee’s unemployment rate for September 2023 inched up slightly from the state’s all-time low rate of 3.1%. Data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development showed the seasonally adjusted rate increased by 0.1% to 3.2% during the month.
10.
Belmont names Spickard dean of medical school -
Friday, April 21, 2023
Belmont University has named Dr. Anderson Spickard as dean of the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine. Spickard has been serving as interim dean for the college since June 2022 and began his tenure at Belmont in fall 2021 as associate dean for spiritual growth & development and professor of internal medicine.
11.
Ultium Cells investing $275M to expand Spring Hill battery cell plant -
Friday, December 2, 2022
Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, will expand its Spring Hill battery cell manufacturing operations.
12.
Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame inducts 5 -
Friday, October 28, 2022
The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame recently inducted its 2022 class. New inductees are:
• Reginald Coopwood, M.D.: President and CEO of Regional One Health; former chief executive officer of Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority; former chief medical officer of Nashville General Hospital at Meharry Medical College.
13.
Top Davidson County commerctial sales for September 2022 -
Friday, October 21, 2022
Top residential real estate sales, September 2022, for Davidson County, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.
Address | City | Zip | Filing Date | Buyers | Sellers | Price |
1221 Division | Nashville | 37203 | 9/16 | CWS Music Placeholder LLC; CWS Music Row Clear Lake LLC; EFW Music Row LLC; Music Row Mellgren LLC; Music Row Sorenson LLC | Infinity Music Row 2 LLC | $75,000,000 |
1 Music | Nashville | 37203 | 9/30 | US VI Music Circle South LLC | 1 Music Circle South LLC | $55,200,000 |
377 Athens | Nashville | 37228 | 9/19 | VAF2 Mack Nash Metro LLC | Parc At Metro Center LP | $40,200,000 |
225 Walden Village | Nashville | 37210 | 9/30 | Flats TN I LLC | TFWG Inv LLC | $36,000,000 |
28 White Bridge | Nashville | 37205 | 9/16 | HRT Of TN LLC | Mll White Bridge LLC | $21,000,000 |
19 Oldham | Nashville | 37207 | 9/16 | Kosmos Cement Co LLC | Cemex Const Materials Atlantic LLC | $19,400,000 |
211, 225 Nesbitt | Madison | 37115 | 9/14 | Sl7 Nashville Industrial LP | Lmp Madison LLC | $16,500,000 |
154 2nd | Nashville | 37201 | 9/9 | Vastland 154 LLC | Howard & Manis Ent LLC | $16,000,000 |
203, 205 Broadway | Nashville | 37201 | 9/29 | Fip Nashville LLC | Old Town Trolley Tours of Washington Inc | $15,250,000 |
925 Cowan | Nashville | 37207 | 9/21 | CG Eat LLC | Ewp Prop LLC | $13,500,000 |
600 Rothwood | Madison | 37115 | 9/23 | Rothwood Owner LLC; Rothwood Tic II Owner LLC | Rothwood Avenue LLC | $12,500,000 |
2201 Gallatin | Madison | 37115 | 9/6 | 127 Amm LLC | 2201 Gallatin Pike LLC | $11,200,000 |
3808 Cleghorn | Nashville | 37215 | 9/30 | Bridgewood-Crestmoor LLC | Village At Green Hills LLC | $9,650,000 |
120, 124 15th | Nashville | 37203 | 9/20 | CCB Nashville Dev 1 LP | Charles M Stone III GST-Exempt Trust; Sandra Stone Merritt GST-Exempt Trust | $9,100,000 |
0 Clarksville | Nashville | 37218 | 9/27 | LBH Clarksville Pike LLC | Wheeler Eugene Carroll; Wheeler Eugene Joseph | $8,050,000 |
1811 State | Nashville | 37203 | 9/26 | 1811 State Street LLC | Spirit Master Funding Ix LLC | $7,600,000 |
221 Aurora | Madison | 37115 | 9/23 | Crestbrook Owner LLC; Crestbrook Tic II Owner LLC | Crestbrook Real Property Holdings LLC | $7,500,000 |
2960 Foster Creighton | Nashville | 37204 | 9/15 | FC Partners LLC | TA Partners | $6,750,000 |
2730 Whites Creek | Nashville | 37207 | 9/22 | Sroa 2730 Whites Creek TN LLC | Whites Creek Pike Storage LLC | $6,575,898 |
217 4th | Nashville | 37219 | 9/22 | Newco Arc LLC | Invest Holdings LLC | $6,550,000 |
116, 118 15th | Nashville | 37203 | 9/9 | CCB Nashville Dev LP | 203 2Nd Ave LLC | $5,600,000 |
1476 Gallatin | Madison | 37115 | 9/2 | Amerco Real Estate Co | Gallatin Road Self Storage LLC | $4,350,000 |
1808 Patterson | Nashville | 37203 | 9/27 | 1804 Patterson Venture LLC | Compass Point Holdings LLC | $3,350,000 |
0 Dickerson | Nashville | 37207 | 9/27 | Bna2 LLC | Adler Nicholas H; Plunkett W Brandon; Quinn Ashley S | $3,200,000 |
619 Main | Goodlttsvlle | 37072 | 9/6 | 619 At Old Stone Bridge Crossings LP | Proctor Family Partnership | $3,112,500 |
4117 Hillsboro | Nashville | 37215 | 9/1 | Spiva/Hill Mgmt & Inv LLC | GHP Family LP; Green Hills Family LP; Hillsboro Road Prop Family LP | $3,000,000 |
800, 802 18th | Nashville | 37203 | 9/20 | 18th Avenue Partners LLC | Rowell Joint Revocable Trust | $2,950,000 |
237 French Landing | Nashville | 37228 | 9/30 | Center Rochelle | Southeast Community Capital Corp; Pathway Lending | $2,163,000 |
3810 Whitland | Nashville | 37205 | 9/15 | Whitland LLC | Binkley Bayron E; Stowe Sherri S | $2,100,000 |
2418, 2420, 2424 14th | Nashville | 37208 | 9/19 | Joy at 14th LLC | Metro At 14th LLC | $2,000,000 |
1005 Kirkland | Nashville | 37216 | 9/15 | Middle TN Land Holding Project LLC | Eastland Partners LLC | $2,000,000 |
289 Plau Park | Nashville | 37217 | 9/16 | Operation Stand Down TN | DB Perry Holdings Gp | $1,750,000 |
1507 17th | Nashville | 37212 | 9/16 | 1507 Partnership Gp | 1507 Music Row LLC | $1,525,000 |
4319 Saundersville | Old Hickory | 37138 | 9/27 | Joywood Bridge Of Hope Assembly Of God Church Inc | Guerrier Dev LLC | $1,500,000 |
525, 527, 529, 531 Trinity | Nashville | 37207 | 9/15 | Lumiere East LLC | Joywood Assembly Of God Church; Joywood Bridge Of Hope Assembly Of God Church Inc | $1,500,000 |
803 18th | Nashville | 37203 | 9/21 | 18th Avenue Partners LLC | Atp Invs LLC | $1,460,000 |
1203 Pineview | Nashville | 37211 | 9/9 | Sunnybrook Inv Co LLC | D & A Ventures LLC; D&A Ventures LLC | $1,400,000 |
1804 Patterson | Nashville | 37203 | 9/27 | 1804 Patterson Venture LLC | McDonald Theresa; McLean Theresa Y | $1,375,000 |
2724 Berrywood, 2707 Bransford | Nashville | 37204 | 9/9 | Tayab George | Cobb William E; William E Cobb Lifetime Trust | $1,266,000 |
507 Donelson | Nashville | 37214 | 9/8 | MSH Star Inc | Douglas Julia; Douglas Lance | $1,200,000 |
121 Oak Valley | Nashville | 37207 | 9/2 | Duffie Trio Empire LLC | Skipper Deborah; Skipper Effait; Skipper Deborah L | $1,035,000 |
5501 New York | Nashville | 37209 | 9/21 | Mathew Priya Annie; Peter Jeobu | Lux Ryan; Segal Matthew; Segal Tara Worthey | $1,034,500 |
2710 Larmon | Nashville | 37204 | 9/16 | Mid-Town Realty LLC | Glover Ben A; Glover Benjamin A | $875,000 |
3921 Apache | Antioch | 37013 | 9/21 | Seong H Kim & Sanghoon Huh Gp | Lee Seung; Lee Seung U | $800,000 |
4602 Gallatin | Nashville | 37216 | 9/9 | Sse Inv LLC | Watts Inv Corp Inc | $800,000 |
301 Demonbreun | Nashville | 37201 | 9/9 | Sites William D; Wilson Melissa A | Walters Paul; Walters Paul Karl | $749,000 |
1300 Hadley | Old Hickory | 37138 | 9/16 | Goscombe Daniel Hamilton; Perez Maria Sayil Camacho | Masner Paula A | $729,900 |
300 Main | Goodlttsvlle | 37072 | 9/16 | Bacco Deidre F; Bacco Samuel D | McCloud Arthur T; McCloud Donald L | $700,000 |
99 Wallace | Nashville | 37211 | 9/19 | Arellano Ramon | Hu Vivien; Hu Yu; Wang Vivien; Wang Wei John | $670,000 |
8515 Cub Creek | Nashville | 37209 | 9/2 | Belanger Bradley; Belanger Monica | Galdino Gregory Michael | $645,000 |
835 Wren | Goodlttsvlle | 37072 | 9/19 | Rowell Joint Revocable Trust | Rayrex Invs LLC | $615,000 |
1321, 1323, 1325 Baptist World Center | Nashville | 37207 | 9/15 | Peaks Property Nashville LLC | Sagaser Marriage Trust | $585,000 |
0 Brick Church | Nashville | 37207 | 9/19 | Habitat For Humanity Of Greater Nashville Inc | Metropolitan Govt Of Nashville | $584,615 |
373 Monroe | Nashville | 37208 | 9/12 | Garske Christine Mary; Garske William Joseph | Bryan Amy D; Fosgate Amy Bryan; Fosgate Scott | $575,000 |
1406 Walsh | Nashville | 37208 | 9/8 | Samylenko Peter J | Barnes Michael D | $560,000 |
1160 Tulip Grove | Hermitage | 37076 | 9/6 | Intuition Dev LLC | LAND Group LLC | $502,917 |
222 Polk | Nashville | 37203 | 9/6 | Cain Grant; Cain Kristen | Nicola Eliza; Straney Eliza L | $485,000 |
565 Veritas | Nashville | 37211 | 9/27 | 563 Veritas LLC | Blackacre Dev Co LLC | $480,000 |
309, 311 Woodruff | Madison | 37115 | 9/2 | Jarvis Rebecca; Jarvis Rodney | Wiles Steven P | $475,000 |
205 Donelson | Nashville | 37214 | 9/7 | Hardin Thomas H | Tyshchenko Anastasiia; Tyshchenko Andriy | $449,900 |
1107 McGavock | Nashville | 37216 | 9/21 | 1107 McGavock LLC | Gatley Kimberly Kay Capps | $365,000 |
3110 Brickdale | Nashville | 37207 | 9/23 | Southern Capstone Prop LLC | High David E | $350,000 |
4425 Westlawn | Nashville | 37209 | 9/30 | Scholl Kathryn J | Floyd David A Jr Trustee; Floyd-Barber Trust | $350,000 |
3832 Dry Fork | Whites Cr | 37189 | 9/14 | Hambrick Yolanda Renee; Westmoreland Donald | Huff David O; Huff Stephen E; Jarrett Linda Gail Thompson | $345,765 |
312 Philfre | Nashville | 37217 | 9/8 | Wilson Rebekah Grace | Hirschy Jeannette; Reynolds Lauren; Hirschy Jeannette E | $339,000 |
3832 Dry Fork | Whites Cr | 37189 | 9/9 | Green Jacquelyn; Moore Randolph | Huff David O; Huff Stephen E; Jarrett Linda Gail Thompson | $331,307 |
0 ALLENS | Greeneville | 37743 | 9/13 | Wheels Real Estate LLC | 612 Trust | $320,000 |
2002 Jefferson | Nashville | 37208 | 9/12 | Gebremicael Tesfay | Southeastern Invs IV LLC | $299,900 |
3832 Dry Fork | Whites Cr | 37189 | 9/2 | Trucare Transformation | Huff David O; Huff Stephen E; Jarrett Linda Gail Thompson | $296,067 |
1808 State | Nashville | 37203 | 9/1 | Radford Carla; Radford Jacob | Roberts Suzanne; Mitchell Brian | $280,000 |
103 Canton | Goodlttsvlle | 37072 | 9/15 | Rangel Liliana Yazmin | Dial Jeffrey; Dial Jennifer | $262,000 |
0 Brandywine Village | Old Hickory | 37138 | 9/28 | A Team Prop LLC | Atchley Michael A | $218,750 |
2475 Couchville, 1617 Reynolds | Nashville | 37217 | 9/19 | Couchville Inv LLC | Pulley Kyle Thomas | $200,000 |
3901 Old Hickory | Old Hickory | 37138 | 9/19 | Payne Tyler | Hogan William B; Warren Jerry G | $180,000 |
4302 Lavergne Couchville | Antioch | 37013 | 9/16 | Turnkey Builders LLC | Thomas J Wiggins & Marilyn June Wiggins Revocable Living Trust | $175,000 |
211 Donelson | Nashville | 37214 | 9/23 | Nesheiwat Property Group LLC | Fuller Industries Inc | $128,000 |
261 White Bridge | Nashville | 37209 | 9/26 | McElvy Stephanie | Dillon William W Jr | $121,000 |
4200 Whites Creek | Whites Cr | 37189 | 9/15 | Jarrett Linda Thompson | Scovill Timothy J | $100,000 |
3213 Resha | Nashville | 37218 | 9/9 | Webster Raymond Marcelle | Bell Beverly W; Bell Dwayne L | $100,000 |
...14.
Biden to tell Ohioans his policies will revive manufacturing -
Friday, September 9, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to put the spotlight on a rare bipartisan down payment on U.S. manufacturing when he visits Ohio on Friday for the groundbreaking of a new Intel computer chip facility.
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Bradley adds Sveadas to health care team -
Friday, August 12, 2022
Heather H. Sveadas has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as counsel in the health care practice group.
Sveadas has extensive experience advising health care providers, including hospitals, home health providers, federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics and physicians in regulatory matters and in litigation.
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Highland Ventures to make Williamson home -
Friday, July 29, 2022
Highland Ventures Ltd. will invest $8.2 million to relocate its headquarters operations from Glenview, Illinois, to Brentwood, company officials say, creating 80 jobs during the next five years.
Located at 209 Powell Place, Highland Ventures’ new Tennessee headquarters will serve as the hub for the company’s brands: Family Veterinary Group, Stay Fit 24, Highland Pure Water & Ice and Legacy Commercial Property.
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Baker Donelson adds 3 Nashville associates -
Friday, April 29, 2022
Baker Donelson has added 16 new associates across the firm, including Katelyn R. Dwyer (labor & employment), Kareim S. Oliphant (corporate) and Kathryn White (corporate) in Nashville
Dwyer represents clients in a wide variety of employment litigation matters, including cases involving discrimination, retaliation, covenants not to compete, and wage and hour issues.
18.
Future of work, living takes shape in suburbs -
Friday, April 15, 2022
The future of the office, or at least one vision of that future, is coming into focus in suburbs surrounding Nashville, where commutes require a comfortable pair of shoes or a bicycle instead of a car.
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Baker Donelson taps Boyd for vice chair post -
Friday, February 18, 2022
Baker Donelson has named Martha L. Boyd as vice chair of the firm’s labor and employment group. Boyd will work with the group’s chair, Angie Davis, to oversee the management and strategy of Baker Donelson’s national labor and employment practice.
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Top Davidson County commercial sales for 2021 -
Friday, January 7, 2022
Top commercial real estate sales, 2021, for Davidson County, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.
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Belmont entrepreneur program ranked No. 30 -
Friday, December 3, 2021
Belmont University’s Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program has been ranked No. 30 overall on the 16th annual “Top 50 Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurship” list.
Belmont was also ranked No. 6 in the Southeast and continues to be the only program in Tennessee to be included in the Top 50 recognized schools.
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Sony raises forecast as sales hold up amid COVID damage -
Friday, October 29, 2021
TOKYO (AP) — Sony reported Thursday that its profit fell 54% in the last quarter, mainly due to a one-time tax-related gain that inflated last year's number.
The Japanese electronics and entertainment company managed to maintain results despite the coronavirus pandemic, reporting a 13% rise in quarterly sales.
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MTSU poll: Statewide growth in second quarter -
Friday, October 1, 2021
A new economic report from Middle Tennessee State University shows the state’s housing market continues to show signs of a recovery from the impact of COVID-19.
The MTSU Business and Economic Research Center’s statewide analysis for the second quarter “showed mostly positive outcomes,” with home sales increasing overall from the previous quarter and home prices up from the previous year across the state, noted report author Murat Arik, director of the BERC at MTSU.
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Top Davidson County commercial sales for July 2021 -
Friday, August 20, 2021
Top commercial real estate sales, July 2021, for Davidson County, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.
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Baker Donelson hires for real estate practice -
Friday, July 2, 2021
N. Courtney Hollins has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group.
Hollins represents buyers, sellers, developers, investors, landlords, tenants, lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate acquisition, disposition, construction, development, leasing and finance transactions, workouts and restructuring.
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Engel & Völkers partners with Pareto -
Friday, June 11, 2021
Engel & Völkers Nashville has partnered with Pareto Realty and will collectively do business under the Engel & Völkers name. Led by license partner Neal Clayton, this announcement adds 18 real estate advisers to Engel & Völkers Nashville, expanding its real estate service into Williamson County.
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Stites & Harbison raises ABA Health ranking -
Friday, April 23, 2021
The American Bar Association Health Law Section has ranked Stites & Harbison, PLLC sixth in its eighth annual Regional Law Firm Recognition List for the South region for 2020.
The firm improved its ranking by one spot from the previous year’s listing, now having been honored seven consecutive times to the Top 10 list. Stites & Harbison’s Health Care Practice Group draws on the firm’s many years of experience to assist professionals, providers and suppliers in all aspects of the expanding health care industry.
28.
Ascension West, Midtown gets new president, CEO -
Friday, April 23, 2021
Ascension Saint Thomas has concluded a national search with the selection of Shubhada Jagasia, M.D., MMHC, as president and CEO of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital, Midtown and West campuses, effective May 1.
29.
Educational Media moving to Nashville -
Friday, April 2, 2021
Educational Media Foundation, parent company to K-LOVE and Air1 radio networks, AccessMore podcasts and WTA Media, plans to move its global headquarters in Nashville.
EMF has been growing its Tennessee presence over the last several years. It recently expanded its studio, from which the K-LOVE morning show and Air1 programs now broadcast, and its promotions, AccessMore podcasting, live events and WTA Media teams have offices in the area already. Members of EMF’s content division will begin moving into the existing offices and temporary space this summer.
30.
HCA, new partner to produce PPE -
Friday, January 29, 2021
Nashville’s HCA Healthcare has announced it has entered into a new joint venture business with A Plus International Inc. to expand access to personal protective equipment by manufacturing surgical and procedure masks in the United States.
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Top Davidson County commercial sales for 2020 -
Friday, January 22, 2021
Top commercial real estate sales, 2020, for Davidson County, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.
32.
Amazon delivers for Children’s Theatre -
Friday, January 15, 2021
Amazon has partnered with the Nashville Children’s Theatre for its 90th anniversary season, allowing the organization to expand its reach and offerings to students across Tennessee.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCT had to move its shows and classes online for participants. With this transition came additional costs of expanded web platforms and streaming services that were not originally anticipated. Because of Amazon’s new partnership with the 90-year-old organization, the NCT will be able to continue providing streaming opportunities to individual families as well as Nashville’s public school students.
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Mainland launches New Heights District -
Friday, November 27, 2020
Nashville-based The Mainland Companies, LLC, working in partnership with Chicago-based Speedwagon Capital Partners, is creating New Heights District, an urban, mixed-use opportunity zone business district on the south side of downtown Nashville.
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Cupcake Collection wins NAACP grant -
Friday, November 6, 2020
Nashville’s The Cupcake Collection is one of 10 Black-owned small business winners of the NAACP Powershift Grant.
The company, which also has a location in New Orleans, was founded by Mignon Francois, who serves as CEO.
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Dickinson Wright named top law firm by Captive -
Friday, October 16, 2020
Dickinson Wright PLLC has been named “Law Firm of the Year” by both Captive Review (@Captivereview #USCaptiveAwards) and Captive International.
The inaugural US Captive Awards by Captive International honor the best-in-class providers across the full spectrum of disciplines active in the captive insurance industry. The awards were based on feedback received from the captive industry, and in particular from readers of Captive International. Honorees will be featured in a forthcoming Captive International publication.
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Wood Stabell adds pair of attorneys -
Friday, October 16, 2020
Wood Stabell Law Group, PLLC has hired two attorneys, Lin Ye and Ashley Gold. WSLG has now added four attorneys since 2019.
Lin is focusing on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and health care. With more than 10 years of experience, companies and investors in health care, technology, manufacturing, distribution and other industries have come to rely on Lin to advise them on a wide range of strategic corporate transaction and business arrangements.
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Entrepreneur Center launches Renew Nashville -
Friday, October 9, 2020
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center is launching Renew Nashville, a citywide initiative designed to provide small businesses and entrepreneurs negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with expertise and resources aimed at increasing their rate of survival.
38.
Wiseman Ashworth names Marsicano, Bills members -
Friday, August 21, 2020
Michele T. Marsicano and Anthony C. Bills have been named members at Wiseman Ashworth Law Group.
Marsicano heads the firm’s Health Care Operations and Behavioral Health Practice Group, working collaboratively with health care providers and institutions, families, agencies and the courts. She also regularly advocates for physicians and health care institutions before the Health Related Boards, as well as in court.
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Davidson offers more financial counseling -
Friday, August 14, 2020
The Nashville Financial Empowerment Center is expanding to meet the growing financial needs of Davidson County residents as a part of Nashville’s coordinated COVID-19 response.
The Financial Empowerment Center now offers services entirely virtually and is adding additional staff to meet demand, made possible by a grant from the Cities for Financial Empowerment – a national organization that helps cities across the U.S. embed financial empowerment programs within their local governments.
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Bradley’s Odubeko accepted to ABA Leaders Academy -
Friday, August 7, 2020
Junaid Odubeko, a partner in Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s Nashville office, has been accepted to the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s Diverse Leaders Academy.
DLA provides opportunities for lawyers in underrepresented groups to participate in leadership roles within the ABA Section of Litigation. Odubeko will serve a two-year term beginning Aug. 1, during which he will participate in Diversity & Inclusion Committee activities and engage in substantive work as a member of a Section committee or task force.
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Tishler to lead Waller Healthcare Restructuring -
Friday, July 31, 2020
Waller has chosen John Tishler as leader of the firm’s Healthcare Restructuring Team, which provides support to borrowers and lenders at a time when the health care industry is being tested by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn.
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Bryant-McCormick, Stranch win 2020 Athena Awards -
Friday, July 3, 2020
Kee Bryant-McCormick, an attorney with Bone McAllester Norton, PLLC, is this year’s winner of the Athena Leadership Award, and Grace Stranch, an attorney who has been honored by the Tennessee Supreme Court for her commitment to pro bono work, has been named winner of the Athena Young Professional Leadership Award.
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Companies prodded to rely less on China, but few respond -
Friday, June 26, 2020
BEIJING (AP) — The United States, Japan and France are prodding their companies to rely less on China to make the world's smartphones, drugs and other products. But even after the coronavirus derailed trade, few want to leave China's skilled workforce and efficient suppliers of raw materials to move to other countries.
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Yarbrough honored by Nashville Bar Association -
Friday, April 24, 2020
Edward M. Yarbrough, a member and attorney at Bone McAllester Norton, has been awarded the Nashville Bar Foundation’s David Rutherford Award for 2020.
The award is given to a fellow who exemplifies the memory and ideals of David Rutherford, which include professionalism, charitable contributions in the legal field and in the community, and the spirit of collegiality among bench and bar.
45.
MNPS board appoints Battle director of schools -
Friday, March 20, 2020
The Board of Education for Metro Nashville Public Schools has selected Adrienne Battle as director of schools. Battle, who has led the district as interim director for the past 11 months, is the first woman to serve in this role for Metro Schools.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for February 2020 -
Friday, March 20, 2020
Top commercial real estate sales, February 2020, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
47.
Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for 2019 -
Friday, January 31, 2020
Top commercial real estate sales, 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for December 2019 -
Friday, January 31, 2020
Top commercial real estate sales, December 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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Nashville among top 20 Places to Go in the World -
Friday, December 13, 2019
Travel publication Condé Nast Traveler has designated Nashville as one of the 20 best places to go in the world in 2020.
This is the eighth consecutive year Nashville has been named a top destination by national and/or international publications.
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VUMC’s Roden wins Schottenstein Prize -
Friday, November 22, 2019
Dan Roden, M.D., senior vice president for personalized medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been awarded the 2019 Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center.
51.
Laffer Investments now part of ButcherJoseph -
Friday, November 8, 2019
Laffer Investments, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser based in Nashville, has been acquired by ButcherJoseph Financial Holdings, LLC, an investment banking firm.
Offices of the firm will be in Charlotte, Nashville and Phoenix.
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Baker Donelson selects Broadwest for new home -
Friday, October 11, 2019
Baker Donelson law firm has signed a multiyear lease and will move its Nashville office in 2021 to Broadwest, the new urban, mixed-use community rising in Nashville’s expanding core.
Baker Donelson will occupy about 70,000 square feet of Class AA space in the top three floors of the 21-floor office tower being built on a full city block at 1600 West End Avenue, across from the West End-Broadway split.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for August 2019 -
Friday, October 4, 2019
Top commercial real estate sales, August 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
54.
Grand Hyatt shows off its indoor spaces -
Friday, September 20, 2019
The 25-story Grand Hyatt Nashville, opening in the fall of 2020, has released updated renderings of its indoor event spaces.
Located on Broadway within the 17-acre, Nashville Yards development, the hotel will be surrounded by shopping, restaurants, bars and entertainment
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Women in Litigation taps Hollabaugh for Top 250 -
Friday, August 23, 2019
Lela M. Hollabaugh of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Nashville has been selected for the Top 250 Women In Litigation 2019.
She is among the more than 225 litigators – comprising nearly half of the firm – who make up Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group.
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Bradley partner Lipshie named to Who’s Who list -
Friday, July 19, 2019
Samuel D. Lipshie, a partner in Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s Nashville office, has again been named by Who’s Who Legal as among the world’s leading sports and entertainment law practitioners. He is listed in the Who’s Who Legal: Sports & Entertainment 2019 directory.
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Construction begins on Element by Westin -
Friday, June 7, 2019
Noble Investment Group has broken ground on the Element by Westin Nashville. The West End hotel will be the brand’s debut in Nashville and will open in 2020. The upscale, lifestyle hotel will be a part of the 19-acre mixed-use development oneC1TY at Charlotte Avenue and 28th Avenue North.
58.
Uber, Lyft losses keep competitors at bay -
Friday, May 10, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fare war between Uber and Lyft has led to billions of dollars in losses for both ride-hailing companies as they fight for passengers and drivers.
But in one way it has been good for investors who snatched up the newly public companies' stock: The losses have scared off the competition, giving the leaders a duopoly in almost every American city.
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Newell joins Fifth Third as wealth management adviser -
Friday, May 3, 2019
Paul M. Newell II has joined the private banking team at Fifth Third Bank as a vice president and wealth management adviser.
Newell brings five years of experience in financial services and wealth planning with day-to-day plan implementation; estate planning and business planning. His experience spans a variety of financial services roles from client adviser to branch manager and personal banker.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for March 2019 -
Friday, April 19, 2019
Top commercial real estate sales, March 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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Reliford joins Neal & Harwell -
Friday, February 22, 2019
Attorney Mozianio “Trey” S. Reliford has joined Neal & Harwell, PLC, as an associate. He has experience in the areas of complex white collar and regulatory defense, securities, antitrust, employment and intellectual property law.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for September 2018 -
Friday, October 19, 2018
Top commercial real estate sales, September 2018, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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Church buys 50,000-square-foot building in MetroCenter -
Friday, October 12, 2018
The Belonging Co. Church has purchased a 50,000-square-foot property at 201 Great Circle Road in MetroCenter from commercial real estate firm Southeast Venture, which developed the property.
Previously meeting at Rocketown, The Belonging Co. Church was founded in 2013 by co-pastors Henry and Alex Seeley, who moved to Nashville from Australia in 2012.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for August 2018 -
Friday, September 28, 2018
Top commercial real estate sales, August 2018, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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Nashville attorneys included in 2019 Best lawyers list -
Friday, August 24, 2018
The Best Lawyers in America, a nationally recognized referral guide to the legal profession that has been published since 1983, has selected several Nashville attorneys for inclusion on its 2019 list. Attorneys selected for the publication are reviewed by professional peers through an extensive survey.
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Homeless champion chosen for Kraft Award -
Friday, August 10, 2018
Charles Strobel, founding director of Room in the Inn, will be honored with the 25th annual Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award.
Established in 1993, the Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award recognizes community leaders who embody the strength of character and unwavering integrity of the late Joe Kraft.
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$1 million-plus Middle Tennessee commercial sales for Q2 2018 -
Friday, August 3, 2018
Commercial real estate sales, Second quarter 2018, of $1 million of more for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
Chandler Reports has been publishing Real Estate Market Data since 1968. That year, Chandler began collecting residential sales information for the Chandler Residential Report, considered the authoritative source for residential real estate sales information. Over the next three decades, the publications have been continually refined, enhanced and expanded, growing to include lot sales data, new residential construction and absorption information, and commercial sales. In 1987, Chandler Reports began one of the first on–line real estate market data services in the country, and is a nationally recognized leader in the industry. In 2004, Chandler Reports was purchased by The Daily News Publishing Co. In 2007, Chandler introduced RegionPlus, including property research for Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Visit online at chandlerreports.com.
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Nashville Bar Association fetes pro bono volunteers -
Friday, June 1, 2018
Chris Mayfield, assistant vice president of development for HCA Inc., has been honored as the Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year award by Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for April 2018 -
Friday, May 25, 2018
Top commercial real estate sales, April 2018, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for March 2018 -
Friday, April 27, 2018
Top commercial real estate sales, March 2018, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
71.
Cullum & Maxey to join Camping World -
Friday, April 20, 2018
Camping World Holdings, Inc. has agreed to buy Cullum & Maxey Camping Center in Nashville.
Camping World is the nation’s largest network of RV-centric retail locations.
“For over 60 years, Cullum & Maxey Camping Center has earned its customer’s business by providing quality products and service backed with a highly-experienced team and reliable RV care,” says Marcus Lemonis, chairman of Camping World. “Attention to details and has made Cullum & Maxey a leader in the RV industry and we look forward to the entire team joining our network of RV SuperCenters.”
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Castañeda appointed to oversight commission -
Friday, March 9, 2018
Tennessee Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally recently appointed Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Rebecca McKelvey Castañeda to the Tennessee Post-Conviction Defender Oversight Commission. She will serve a one-year term.
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Bass, Berry & Sims names new practice leadership -
Friday, February 23, 2018
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC has appointed Kevin H. Douglas to serve as chair of the firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group.
In this role, Douglas will work closely with firm management and with the more than 100 corporate attorneys and staff across the firm’s four offices to develop goals and implement initiatives for the department that are in line with the firm’s overall strategy.
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Fifth Third Bank names Hays area sales manager -
Friday, February 9, 2018
Fifth Third Bank has named Greg Hays as vice president and mortgage area sales manager for the Tennessee market.
In this role, Hays will manage the existing mortgage team and lead Fifth Third’s plan to expand the mortgage team in the Nashville market.
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CapStack buys Nashville properties -
Friday, January 26, 2018
CapStack Partners has acquired three Nashville properties with 475 units. The acquisition includes The Vistas, a 205-unit property, Fawnwood Apartments, a 158-unit property, and Archwood Meadows, a 112-unit property.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for September 2017 -
Friday, October 20, 2017
Top residential real estate sales, September 2017, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports. Due to technical issues, Davidson County sales are unavailable for September.
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Probation-for-profit company to pay $14 million settlement -
Friday, September 22, 2017
A probation-for-profit company that heaped fees on central Tennesseans convicted of minor offenses, even though many were too poor to pay, has agreed to a $14.3 million settlement to reimburse those charges.
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TMA honors Rosen, Lewis, Mullins -
Friday, May 19, 2017
The Tennessee Medical Association has honored three Nashvillians – Barrett “Buddy” F. Rosen, MD, with one of three 2017 Outstanding Physician Awards, Adele Lewis, MD, as one of three Distinguished Service Awards, and Regina Mullins with its Community Service Award, at the annual meeting of the TMA’s House of Delegates.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for 2016 -
Friday, January 20, 2017
Top commercial real estate sales, 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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McCarver named COO for Vanderbilt Adult Hospital -
Friday, December 16, 2016
Scott McCarver, associate operating office for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics, has been named chief operating officer for the Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital.
As COO, McCarver is responsible for providing operational oversight of professional and ambulatory departments, clinical service lines and the Patient Care Centers and Institutes residing within the adult inpatient enterprise.
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Waller elects 3 to board, names practice leaders -
Friday, June 24, 2016
James H. “Jay” Nixon III, W. Travis Parham and Amanda K. Jester have been elected to the board of directors of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, while Mark Peters (labor and employment) and David R. Clay and MaryEllen S. Pickrell (corporate) have been named practice leaders at the firm.
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Nashville's visionary against bigotry -
Friday, June 10, 2016
If Renata Soto needs encouragement in a world filled with fear or distrust of immigrants and refugees, she need only look as far as the people coming to Casa Azafrán to find their place in America.
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TAMA hires Frye as executive director -
Friday, May 13, 2016
The Tennessee Automotive Manufacturers Association is announcing former Nissan and Hyundai executive Ashley Frye as its first-ever executive director.
Frye will work with and be overseen by TAMA’s board, which is composed exclusively of executives from Tennessee’s automotive suppliers and original equipment manufacturers.
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Moore named Nashville Bar fellow -
Friday, April 22, 2016
Margaret Moore, member at Wiseman Ashworth Law Group, has been named a fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. Fellows are selected by their colleagues in honor of significant contributions to the community.
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Top Middle Tennessee commercial transactions for March 2016 -
Friday, April 22, 2016
Top commercial real estate sales, March 2016, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
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Homebuyers feel pinch of higher prices, low inventory -
Friday, April 15, 2016
When Will Burns bought his condo along a once-blighted stretch of Nolensville Pike near the Fairgrounds, he thought it would be a good investment. It turns out he was right.
Home prices in the nearby Woodbine neighborhood skyrocketed nearly 30 percent in the past year, according to a market analysis by the Layson Group, a Keller Williams real estate firm in Nashville.
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Dickinson Wright welcomes associates -
Friday, November 6, 2015
Dickinson Wright PLLC has hired Ariel Mason and Dustin Kovacic as associate attorneys. Mason joins the firm’s downtown Nashville office, and Kovacic joins the office on Music Row.
Mason previously worked for Dickinson Wright as a summer associate in the Nashville office, where she composed arguments for inclusion in trial briefs and motion memoranda. She also conducted extensive research on general litigation issues, including business disputes, employment law, and bankruptcy law.
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SEC opens door to startup investing for all -
Friday, October 30, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new form of crowdfunding is coming soon that will allow startups to raise money by selling stock to Main Street investors.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday adopted rules implementing a 2012 law that opened the door to securities crowdfunding. The vote was 3-1 at a public meeting.
89. Investors pumping hundreds of millions into Tennessee startups - Friday, May 15, 2015
The assignment sounded simple enough: Find out whether more money is coming into Nashville for startups.
If so, where is it coming from and what does it means to entrepreneurs, investors and the rest of us?
90. Vanderbilt's Tim Corbin: Developing champions ‘the right way’ - Friday, April 10, 2015
For a baseball coach – one of the best in the business – Tim Corbin owes much of his career to influences from a different athletic endeavor.
“I love the sport; I’m attracted to those guys as people,” Corbin says, as he reflects on the connections to football that have led him from his New Hampshire home through playing days in Ohio, through coaching stops in South Carolina, and to a dugout perch on Nashville’s West End.
91. Mayor's morning winter storm update - Friday, March 6, 2015
NASHVILLE – With the brunt of the winter weather behind, the city is seeing significant improvement in conditions outside.
“Nashvillians deserve our praise for their cooperation and patience throughout this winter weather,” said Mayor Karl Dean from the Emergency Operations Center. “While we’re still expecting some slippery roads and cold temperatures today, we’re hopeful that we’re nearing the end of this.”
92. Daschle, Baker Donelson form advisory group - Friday, November 7, 2014
Former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and law and government affairs firm Baker Donelson announced today the formation of The Daschle Group, A Public Policy Advisory of Baker Donelson.
93. Capella Healthcare hires 2 to leadership posts - Friday, September 12, 2014
Capella Healthcare has announced the appointment of Troy E. Sybert, MD, MPH, as executive vice president and chief medical officer.
In addition, Richard W. Brasher, CPCU, ARM, has been named vice president of risk management.
94. Felker to chair Metro Board of Health - Friday, August 29, 2014
Samuel L. Felker of Baker Donelson has been elected chair of the Metropolitan Board of Health.
A shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office, Felker is a member of Baker Donelson’s Product Liability and Mass Tort Group and a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. He has served in leadership positions in the Nashville and American Bar Associations, and he is a member of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel.
95. Top Middle Tennessee commercial real estate transactions June 2014 - Friday, July 25, 2014
Top June 2014 commercial real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
96. Going national can wait: Middle Tennessee's craft brewers find success, happiness in smaller batches - Friday, July 25, 2014
The dream of going big – a second location, eventually a chain or even a franchise – is not uncommon among small business owners.
As Nashville’s craft brewing community continues to expand, garnering praise in local and national media for its varied and unique offerings, some purveyors admit to those thoughts.
97. Top Midstate commercial real estate transactions for May 2014 - Friday, June 27, 2014
Top May 2014 commercial real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.
98. A Jumpstart toward success: Nashville business accelerator ranks among nation’s best - Friday, April 25, 2014
On the path to becoming an esteemed psychology professor, Brian Nelson decided to take a sharp turn to a destination much less glamorous than the halls of academia.
His vision led him to the gas pump.
99. Oliphant is interim CEO of Metro, regional transit - Friday, April 4, 2014
Edward W. Oliphant has been named interim CEO of the Nashville MTA and Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee, effective April 1, 2014.
100. Southern/Alpha shares region’s tech successes - Friday, March 7, 2014
While many outsiders would likely be astonished, Nashville in recent years has emerged as a Southern pacesetter in the world of startups.
With droves of newcomers come big ideas, investment and the gusto to create bottom-up, adventurous companies.