CRE: 2017 the year of small biz, downtown office space

Small business is back in Memphis, according to one of the city’s veteran real estate brokers.Newmark Grubb Knight Frank senior managing director Scott Pahlow told a crowd of real estate professionals Thursday, Feb. 16, that the resurgence of Memphis' small businesses is one of the city’s most important trends in real estate.Driven by growing small businesses, about 1.45 million square feet of vacant Class B office space — defined as office buildings with ceiling heights betwee