The Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council Training Trust Fund (TTF) is setting its sights on Memphis and will soon deliver a new training center there!

The 30,000-square-foot building is on 4.25 acres just off the I-40 highway, minutes from the mega job site, Ford Blue Oval.

Highlighting the Training Center’s 30,000 total square footage will be 14,000 square feet of shop area, double that of the current Memphis training center’s 7,000 square footage. Three classrooms will be created, tripling the classroom capacity of the current center’s one classroom. The exterior acreage includes more than 200 parking spaces and ample room for outdoor training.

The building once housed ITT Technical Institute, which closed in 2016. The TTF purchased the building and property for $2.7 million and is investing another $2 million to remodel the campus into a training center that caters to both the needs of carpenters and millwrights from the Southeastern Carpenters Regional Council. 

Remodeling includes removing several interior walls to create the shop area, replacing the ceiling, lights, and flooring, and applying fresh paint throughout. Outside, work includes topping the parking lot and installing exterior lighting, new fencing, and signage. New and updated equipment indoors and out will round out the Training Center’s footprint.

“A welcome addition is the ability to offer millwright apprenticeship and journeyperson classes because of the ample room to train multiple crafts simultaneously,” said Mid-South Training Program Executive Director Rickey Moore.

“Our new Memphis Training Center will offer a safe, fast, next-level training experience that gets these professionals the skills they need to excel at the job site.”

Work began on the facility in March 2024 and is expected to be completed in October 2024.

Check back here for updates about this new addition to the Mid-South Training Program. We are excited at all of the potential this new project offers!