Pallets in Cordova, Tennessee

BOX 01The boundaries

Cordova is a community east of Memphis, north of Germantown and south of Bartlett. Its generally recognized limits are the Wolf River to the south, Whitten Road on the west, I-40 on the north and Pisgah Road on the east. US 64 runs through the Rockcreek subdivision toward the Fayette County line, and Germantown Parkway (SR 177) carries the major retail centers (Wikipedia).

Most of Cordova has been annexed by Memphis, and the rest is unincorporated Shelby County. The community has more than 1,226 businesses employing over 19,400 workers.

BOX 02Retail, not warehousing

Wolfchase Galleria drove retail growth in the late 1990s. The mall sits in the Wolfchase area, which is often associated with Cordova but is not technically part of it. Stores like these get their goods on pallets and keep the empties behind the building.

A store pallet pile is slow. Deliveries drop a few pallets at a time, a cage fills over weeks, and someone eventually wants the back door clear. That is a few dozen pallets, usually mixed, usually 48 x 40, with a couple of broken ones.

BOX 03How the request reads

The retail side is described in retail and small business.

BOX 04Neighbors

Germantown is directly south, with its own page, and Bartlett directly north. The Wolf River and I-40 separate Cordova from the Raleigh side of north Memphis.

BOX 05Business counts, honestly read

The community has more than 1,226 businesses with over 19,400 employees, as Wikipedia gives it. Most of those are offices, shops and services. A small share are freight users, and the retail strip along Germantown Parkway is where back-lot stacks form.

A shopping center usually has many tenants and a shared dumpster court. Pallets from one tenant may sit in a common area, and no tenant wants to claim them. If that is your situation, name the landlord or property manager as the contact in the request, not a tenant.

BOX 06A neighborhood request, spelled out

"About 45 mixed pallets behind a strip-center tenant on Germantown Parkway in 38016; property manager can open the gate; mostly 48 x 40, a few broken."

BOX 07What Wolfchase means for pallets

Wolfchase Galleria is a mall near the Cordova boundary. Malls produce pallets at their service docks, usually clean and standard, in modest counts. If you are asking from a mall dock, name the mall and the dock number.