This article originally appeared in the Memphis Business Journal A tentpole on MBJ’s annual calendar is the Top 100 Memphis-Area Private Companies List. That List is updated each year with companies’ financials and ranked by overall revenue. Recounting the previous year’s exploits of these elite companies never fails to instill one with amazement. Historically, the entities...
This article originally appeared in the Commercial Appeal Logistics company JNJ Express has filed two building permits worth $7 million to construct a truck service facility at its new Memphis headquarters in the abandoned Delta Square Shopping Center at 5000 American Way. These permits follow a $6 million permit for constructing a truck shop and a...
This article originally appeared in the Memphis Business Journal A pair of building permits totaling $7 million was recently pulled for a longtime Memphis-based trucking company as part of a $20 million investment into its new corporate headquarters and operations campus in Southeast Memphis. The permits, filed Aug. 8, show the owner and tenant as JNJ...
This article originally appeared in the Daily Memphian JNJ Express, Inc. filed a building permit Thursday for the construction of a new truck service facility at 5074 American Way. The permit, valued at $5 million, lists Bartlett-based Chris Woods Construction Co. as the contractor of the project, and Nashville-based Mollennopf Design Group as the architect....
This article originally appeared in the Daily Memphian Memphis International Airport’s new $33 million rental car maintenance compound saves Chris Anderson’s company time and money while also providing state-of-the-art facilities to keep vehicles road-worthy. That’s why Anderson, Enterprise Holdings’ regional vice president for West Tennessee, was happy to be front and center for a ribbon-cutting...
TAG Truck Center has contracted with Chris Woods Construction for their new building in Tupelo, MS. This $9.8 million dollar facility will be the second project Chris Woods Construction has built for TAG Truck Centers in the last 3 years. This new location, with design features similar to their corporate headquarters facility located in Memphis,...
Chris Woods Construction has been selected as the general contractor by the Memphis City Employees Credit Union for their new branch location at 5747 Stage Road in Bartlett, TN. The new $1.2 million dollar facility will include 3,500 square feet of space and is expected to start in April and be completed in six months.
This article originally appeared in the Memphis Business Journal By the middle of next year, a new restaurant, ice cream shop and gas station should be operating where an old church long had. Mohanad Khmous and Rod Deek are developing a three-building, 17,000-square-foot retail center at 2898 S. Perkins St., a couple blocks south of...
Chris Woods Construction Company has recently been awarded another project at FedEx’s world hub at Memphis International Airport. The project, valued at three million dollars, involves construction of four new restroom facilities to be built at strategic locations throughout the sort facilities and loading apron. Construction, which will be phased, is slated to start in...
Fed Ex has issued Chris Woods Construction a contract valued at $2,563,000 for the replacement of all mechanical equipment at the TAB Building at their Memphis hub. The work will involve the replacement of HVAC systems on all three office levels as well as computer room cooling units and rooftop equipment. Work is expected to...
This article originally appeared in the Memphis Business Journal The Memphis airport authority is combining a number of functions into a new, $41 million building. At its meeting Thursday, May 17, the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA) Board of Commissioners approved a $41.4 million construction contract with Chris Woods Construction Co. Inc. The Bartlett-based general contractor...
First Assembly Church recently broke ground on a new 24,500 sft expansion to their high school building. This new building will be two story and will match the existing building in both finishes and architectural style. The new building will contain several large meeting rooms for the youth program as well as children’s programs. In...
This article originally appeared in Memphis Business Journal. Building Memphis 2018: Meet the finalists First, the plans were drawn. Capital and financing was handled. The sites were prepared, and the buildings were constructed. And, now with the projects completed, it’s time to honor them. Memphis Business Journal today announced the finalists for its seventh annual Building...
This article originally appeared in the Commercial Appeal First United Methodist Church raised the steeple Thursday on its new sanctuary under construction at Poplar and Second. It’s the crowning outward touch on the Downtown church’s comeback from a devastating 2006 fire. Although the congregation is still fundraising to get the building ready to occupy, the steeple...
Chris Woods Construction has negotiated a contract with Crows Truck Service for construction of their new facility on US Highway 78 in Memphis at the edge of the Tennessee State line. The new facility, approximately 65,000 square feet, will include sales and administrative offices, retail parts sales and parts warehouse/distribution, twenty (20) service bays, and...
This article originally appeared in the Daily News A New First 11 years after fire, First United Methodist moves toward completion By Bill Dries The steel framework for a new First United Methodist Church Downtown has stood for so long that when the new sanctuary is completed early next year some of the framework will...
This article original appeared in the Commercial Appeal Lakeland middle school recognized by state group for design excellence The new Lakeland Middle Preparatory School was recognized Saturday night as the “School of the Year,” by the Tennessee School Board Association. The award is based on excellence in architectural design and was presented Saturday night during...
Chris Woods Construction is very pleased to be awarded another project for FedEx Express at their International Hub in Memphis. The $7.5M project will involve renovations to the original flight simulator building and the former MSCAA administration building / vehicle service facility along with construction of a new ground service equipment repair shop and equipment...