Why Invest In Memphis?

• Prices are low and properties cash flow. Rents have been relatively flat during the past 4 years and yet have great potential for appreciation.

•  Numerous studies and articles based on the income level of the population versus the price of real estate indicate that Memphis may be as much as 15-20 percent undervalued.

• New job growth is consistent and gaining steam as Memphis is seeing a new 1.2 million-square-foot Biomedical Park begin its 10-year growth plan that could create as many as 9,000 new direct and ancillary jobs.

• St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is under construction on plant and facility expansions that could bring in as many as 2,000 new jobs with 807 of those new jobs by early 2007.

• A new Cancer Clinic is under construction nearby that will bring an announced 400 new jobs as well.

• Memphis has also recently made headlines with its recent attraction of two Fortune 500 relocations-International Paper moved its headquarters from Stamford CT and Service Master from Chicago, IL-in two consecutive years. (source: Memphis Chamber)

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on April 9, 2008 announced its annual list of the most pro-business federal lawmakers, including eight from Tennessee.

One offshoot of the Jobs Cabinet approach is Tennessee's Fast Track Program, cited in 2004 by Southern Business & Development magazine as one of the Southeast's top 10 economic development initiatives.

Tennessee clearly dominates the Southern automotive corridor, with four assembly plants, and more than 1,000 suppliers.

Tennessee ranks 9th on the top of the charts as one of the fastest growing export states in the U.S.A.

- Agriculture

- Technology

- Medical

- Biomedical

Over 600 foreign companies have a business base in Tennessee.

Int'l Airport has World's busiest cargo airport for the last 16 years

2nd largest producer of orthopedic device

3rd largest rail

2nd largest inland port on MS River

17th largest city in US with over 1,300,000 people

North America's Distribution Center

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