A Chicago-based property management firm is hosting a competition for local business owners to win three months of free rent in The Boulevard shopping center.

A Chicago-based property management firm is hosting a competition for local business owners to win three months of free rent in The Boulevard shopping center.

The Shops at Carriage Crossing in Collierville has welcomed several new businesses, with a few more set to open soon. The new businesses that have opened specialize in everything from home décor to dance to slime (yes, slime), while those set to open soon include a live music venue / sports bar and an indoor playground for kids.

One of the creative initiatives Edwards Realty Company implemented to help attract new tenants to The Shops at Carriage Crossing was the firm’s Pop Local program.

Laura Salvati moved from New York to Hernando in 2020. Now she's spun off her Etsy business into a new home decor shop in Collierville's Carriage Crossing.

The winning businesses were given marketing help, a stipend to decorate their space plus three months of free rent.

Winners of business start-up initiative in Collierville announced

Six winners named in Pop Local contest at The Shops of Carriage Crossing

The Pop Local initiative is open to small businesses and entrepreneurs, with winners receiving a space for three months rent free as well as marketing support and a decorating allowance.

Starting a business is not easy.

There is a new opportunity for Mid-South business owners to take their business to the next level.

Edwards Realty Company is hosting a contest called Pop Local.

Watch the full video here.

Starting a business is not easy.

There is a new opportunity for Mid-South business owners to take their business to the next level.

Edwards Realty Company is hosting a contest called Pop Local.

Watch the full video here.

Carriage Crossing in Collierville is hosting a contest for a small business owner or entrepreneur to win three rent-free months of retail space at the shopping center plus an additional $5,000.

The new owners of the shopping center said they've tried this contest in cities like Chicago and St. Louis. Now, they're offering a store front in Collierville.

Edwards Realty Company is reserving a three-month, no-charge rental space at its Collierville outdoor mall for an entrepreneur, through the Pop Local program.

Carriage Crossing is looking for local entrepreneurs to join its tenant mix and is launching a contest to find the right business.

As the Chicago suburbs face record-high office vacancies, the future of suburban office is likely to hinge on the conversion of outdated buildings into modernized mixed-use spaces, CRE experts said during Bisnow’s Future of the Chicago Suburbs event on March 21.

Ramzi Hassan of Edwards Realty Company was installed last week as president of the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce.

Nicole Cummens, owner of the Pomp & Chic Boutique in suburban Orland Park, says that the shop was her “pandemic pivot,” but after a local real estate company offered to cover rent for a deserving applicant, it became something even more than that.

Nicole Cummens and Victoria Wisniewski will open their Pomp & Chic Boutique at the end of this month at the Orland Park Crossing shopping center.

Orland Park, IL-based Edwards Realty Company (ERC), a boutique property management, investment, and development firm, announced the expansion of its Pop Local program to Orland Park Crossing.