FedEx Logistics Joins Companies Moving to Downtown Memphis

WKNO | By Christopher Blank

Published February 14, 2019 at 12:58 PM CST

Interview with Commercial Appeal logistics reporter Max Garland.

This week's announcement that FedEx Logistics plans to consolidate its world headquarters in the former Gibson Guitar Factory was big enough news that Gov. Bill Lee came to Memphis to praise the deal. The owner of the building, the New York real estate firm Somera Road, followed hours later with its own news: it would develop the Gibson's former surface parking lot next door into a office/hotel/restaurant/retail complex.

Commercial Appeal logistics reporter Max Garland joins us to talk about the deal and what it means for Downtown Memphis.

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Christopher Blank

A native "Florida Man," Christopher started in this business as a copy clerk at the renowned St. Petersburg Times before persuading editors to let him write. He moved to Memphis in 2001 to cover arts and entertainment at the Commercial Appeal. Since then, he has contributed to nearly every publication in Shelby County, writing features on everything from the Civil War to Civil Rights. Also, Elvis... a lot of Elvis.

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