BOYLE NEWS

MUS Today Magazine Rusty Bloodworth ’63, Henry Morgan ’61, Paul Boyle ’87, and Mark Halperin ’67 are part of the braintrust behind Boyle Investment’s acquisition fund. The company recently formed the Midsouth Capital Fund I, LLC, which is targeting approximately $80 to $100 million in real estate investment opportunities throughout the region, with a special focus […]

By Amos Maki Commercial Appeal     In 2012, workers at a planned Memphis factory could begin producing hundreds of thousands of kitchen appliances a year, providing momentum for the city’s growing manufacturing base.   Electrolux, the Swedish appliances giant, will relocate some of its kitchen-appliance manufacturing operations from Canada to Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial […]

By:  Andy Ashby Memphis Business Journal   After transitioning businesses in 2010, Dunavant Enterprises Inc. is changing locations in 2011.   The privately-held global logistics firm has signed a 20,000-square-foot lease at 959 Ridgeway Loop Road with another Memphis-based institution, Boyle Investment Co.   The new office space will become the home for Dunavant’s world […]

By:  Tom Bailey, Jr. Commercial Appeal The red line around Memphis — which actually warned site-selection consultants to steer corporate and industrial clients away from the city — is fading. That was the word this week at a meeting of business, civic and political leaders who gathered to learn more about EDGE, the new superboard […]

By:  Andy Ashby Memphis Business Journal   If you see a white hearse with a large chicken on the roof moving down the road, it’s a sign that Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken is coming to East Memphis.   Tripp Carter and Tom Mitchell, partners in Barnyard Chicken LLC dba Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken, […]

By:  Sarah Baker Memphis Daily News   One of Memphis’ most celebrated fried chicken eateries is in the pipeline for a long-time vacant East Memphis parcel.   Construction is under way for a new custom-designed Gus’s “World Famous Fried Chicken” at 730 S. Mendenhall Road, at the “Y” where Mendenhall and Mount Moriah split just […]

By:  Wayne Risher Commercial Appeal   The news was positively electrifying: Memphis will be home to Mitsubishi Electric’s largest U.S. investment, a $207.7 million factory making 400-ton, boxcar-sized electrical transformers.   The Japanese-owned, Pittsburgh-based company said Monday it plans to open a 330,000-square-foot facility in Rivergate Industrial Park in 2013 with about 90 employees. It […]

By:  Andy Ashby Memphis Business Journal   When Memphis needs new office absorption, it apparently can absolutely, positively count on FedEx Corp. The Memphis-based company has signed a 25,000-square-foot lease at Boyle Investment Co.’s Marsh Center to bring a work group closer to its East Memphis corporate headquarters.   Much of the recent office leasing […]

By:  Tom Bailey, Jr. Commercial Appeal   The mayors on Friday identified their nine nominees to lead the powerful new board with a sharp nickname (EDGE) and wordy legal label (Industrial Development Board for the City of Memphis and County of Shelby Tennessee). The Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County is designed […]

By:  Andy Ashby Memphis Business Journal The time is right for Memphis Depot Business Park to hit the market, with Memphis and Shelby County economic development and taxpayers being the ultimate beneficiaries. Joel Fulmer, senior vice president at Boyle investment Co., is working with John Robinson, executive vice president with CB Richard Ellis Austin, to […]

Memphis Business Journal   The Memphis Depot Redevelopment Corp. should soon hold a celebration.   And by many estimates, the celebration is somewhat unexpected.   After all, who would have thought success could come from an environmentally hazardous, outdated and empty industrial park in one of Memphis’ most impoverished neighborhoods?   That description used to […]

By:  Sarah Baker The Memphis News   Memphis has long been a real estate town.   Family names like Belz, Boyle, Clark, Fogelman, Loeb, Snowden and Wilkinson – to name a few – have become synonymous not only with local commercial and industrial development but also with the city’s business fortunes and cultural identity.   […]