Megabus is broadening its service options, linking Memphis to the Midwest. 

Marlo Thomas, St. Jude’s national outreach director and daughter of St. Jude founder Danny Thomas, was in Memphis to cut the ribbon at the commons, which will officially open on Feb. 7. 

Once redevelopment is complete, 100 N. Main will include a restaurant, condos, 205 apartments, 160-room hotel and offices. 

Developer Bill Townsend originally mapped out plans to turn the historic Pillow-McIntyre House into an antique shop. Then he had second thoughts. He shares his new plans for two historic properties in the Victorian Village neighborhood. 

Urban Earth Garden Market and Nursery in Midtown hosts the “Houseplant Seminar: Aroid Edition” for fans of philodendrons and their kin.

The ambulances will be funded by nearly $1 million U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) secured through the congressional appropriations process. 

The Memphis Dental Society and Shelby County Dental Society are partnering to host Mid-South Mission of Mercy at Bellevue Baptist Church. 

Memphis moved up three notches on MovieMaker Magazine’s list of the 25 Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker.

Dr. Jason Vanatta has been named program director of the Methodist Transplant Institute in Memphis, which is known for broad success with liver, kidney and pancreas transplants. 

One of the renovations will include an art gallery and retail area, as well as alley improvements. 

This week’s Inked covers 2022 real estate figures, Q4 2022 industrial real estate reports and answers reader questions on the Grand Hyatt. 

Cumulus Media announces an addition on Memphis Country radio station, KIX 106/WGKX-FM

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. will vote on changes to its payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive program at its Feb. 5 meeting. 

“We have reached out countless times. I’ve talked to city council people. I’ve talked to lots of people. We’ve just gotten nowhere.”

In addition to Memphis, meals will be packaged in eight other U.S. cities including Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles.

The EPA included Memphis’ Sterilization Services of Tennessee on a list of high-risk facilities in August, but a pending lawsuit says the agency is moving too slowly; the Memphis City Council is also considering what actions it can take. 

The Downtown Memphis Commission celebrated 2022’s developments at its State of Downtown event at the New Daisy Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 12. At the event, they announced parking incentives for some Downtown workers.

The FedEx founder financed the film, about the first Black aviator to complete the U.S. Navy’s basic flight training program, and is donating the movie’s proceeds to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. 

“The insurance company is really going to get out-flanked, from a PR standpoint, by the Methodist system. Who wants to see kids not get the health care they deserve?” Dr. John Rodney said.

Will Memphis, and the nation, feel the effects of a recession? Several data sets suggest taking an optimistic view. 

A Dutch company will bring its co-working concept to Memphis, and a North Carolina-based health care real estate firm just bought a building near Germantown. 

The White House said that there is no evidence of a cyberattack, but President Joe Biden directed the Department of Transportation to investigate the cause of the disruption.

Adams and Reese LLP, WREG News Channel 3, Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, and Red Door Wealth Management announce additions. 

Conrad Pearson will stay in Germantown but not move to a site as it had planned.

Before cuts beginning last August, FedEx made Sunday deliveries to more than 80% of the U.S. population; the changes bring that number down to more than 50%.