Germantown’s Industrial Development Board formally terminated a tax incentive for a project that is not moving forward.

BlueCross and Methodist leaders are continuing negotiations toward an agreement that could restore access for members covered through employer and individually-purchased health plans. 

If the proposed hotel isn’t under construction at the end of those two years, the permit will expire.

The company chose Memphis for its first U.S. facility.

Among the street names is Piquette Drive, a reference to the Piquette Plant in Detroit where the first Ford Model T was produced.

All 4,000 square feet of the property is a woman-only space. For the safety of the woman served and that of the volunteers, men are not allowed on the property. 

This week’s Inked includes updates on the National Civil Rights Museum Legacy expansion, Klein Fitness and a new farmer’s market in Orange Mound.

Southwest Tennessee Community College, John J. Campbell Co. and The Works, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Memphis Bar Association announce promotions and additions.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s $13 billion campus expansion, the largest in its history, is progressing.

For the fourth quarter 2022, the industrial manufacturer reported $190.4 million, up more than 10% from the $172.1 million it reported for the same quarter in 2021. 

Carlisle Development filed plans to build a temporary surface parking lot at the proposed Grand Hyatt site at One Beale. 

A FedEx Express courier with 36 years of service delivered the trophy via a FedEx Express delivery van. 

The Tennessee Valley Authority, which owns the plant, closed the facility in 2018. Demolition is expected to be completed in 2025, TVA spokesperson Scott Brooks said.

Several years after launching DPX, Brad Kilgore started Tissue Innovations, a tissue bank, with his brother Don Kilgore. Both Tissue Innovations and DPX operate out of a 15,000-square-foot space in Bartlett and employ about 15 people.

FedEx confirmed during the company’s December 2022 earnings release that it will try to cut costs by more than $3 billion throughout the fiscal year. 

Planning Director Whitney Choat-Cook described Crossover’s master plan as possessing a “modern, millennial-like design” with amenities that set the project apart from its mixed-use neighbor Silo Square. 

Over the next five years, the health department will use nearly $14 million in CDC funding to bolster its workforce and infrastructure. 

General Motors’ Memphis Parts Distribution Center, which was opened in 1999, ships 331,700 orders per month and employs 259 people.

Memphis Police Department footage shows more than 20 participants bursting into businesses in some recent burglaries.

The opening of Conwood Flats and Varsity Spirit’s headquarters marks the halfway point for the historic Snuff District redevelopment. 

The U.S. District Court judge suggested the plaintiffs take their grievances to Congress, not the court system. 

In an email with The Daily Memphian on Friday, Feb. 3, a representative of FedEx confirmed the company is enacting these furloughs in addition to the ones announced in November 2022.

Following two back-to-back quarters that saw FedEx report earnings well below company expectations, the shipping giant has been enacting sweeping cost-cutting initiatives.

This week’s Inked covers news on RKA’s new commercial branch, a notable Downtown barbershop closes and updates on the Sterick Building. 

WYXR, Spirit Architecture Group, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Innovate Memphis and Samaritan Counseling Centers of the Mid-South announce promotions and additions.