JNJ Logistics to Create 610 Jobs with HQ Move
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Covering local news, politics, and more Channel 10 Friday nights at 7 www.chandlerreports.com Thursday, February 28, 2019 MemphisDailyNews.com Vol. 134 | No. 35 Rack–50¢/Delivery–39¢ Memphis landmark Clark Tower in foreclosure TOM BAILEY Courtesy of The Daily Memphian Courthouse, Adams at Second. the 34-story, 668,505-square-foot morning, activity at Clark Tower another got his shoes shined Clark Tower is in foreclosure. Owner In-Rel Properties, do- skyscraper at 5100 Poplar is the appeared to be business as usual near the ground-floor entrance to The office building that sticks ing business as Clark Tower LLC, outparcel building that houses for white-collar employees of the Concorde Career College. out high above the short subur- defaulted on a $60.75 million tenant Carrabba’s Italian Grill, tower’s 185 tenants. The foreclosure comes about ban buildings of East Memphis loan to JP Morgan Chase Bank, 5110 Poplar, as well as the seven- They rode the high-speed el- two years after In-Rel complet- is to be sold to the highest bidder according to a legal notice pub- story parking structure attached evators to their respective floors, ed a $9 million renovation to at noon, March 22, on the south- lished Wednesday, Feb. 27. to the rear of Clark Tower. a man bit into a breakfast sand- west steps of the D’Army Bailey Included in the foreclosure of But early Wednesday wich in an outdoor patio and CLARK CONTINUED ON P3 The transportation company — founded in Memphis 27 years ago and operating in 48 states JNJ Logistics to create with shuttling, brokerage and just-in-time delivery services — is moving to a vacant Parkway Village shopping center from its current facility at 3935 Old Getwell Road. 610 jobs with HQ move The Tuesday luncheon and groundbreaking at the old Delta Square shopping center, 5050 Ameri- can Way, marks the start of a project that, like the Feb. 13 announcement of the new FedEx Logistics headquar- ters Downtown, in- We designed this volves an existing Memphis business new facility around relocating and ex- our employees. panding within the city’s borders. The amenities The pledge JNJ we are going to made in receiving a have, that’s good 15-year Expansion PILOT – payment in for our existing lieu of taxes – from “employees, but the Economic De- velopment Growth we feel that also Engine of Memphis it is going to be and Shelby County something that’s last July was to cre- ate 222 jobs and re- an attraction.” tain 290 more. –John Ennis Jr., The PILOT CEO of JNJ Express amounts to a $5.8 million tax break for JNJ, which will pay a projected $35.5 million in Grayson and Easton Ennis, the sons of JNJ Express CEO John Ennis Jr., play in the cab of one of their father’s trucks under the local tax revenues over the 15-year term. watchful eye of employee Lester Lawson on Tuesday. The transportation company is moving its headquarters, operations center, The $20.5 million investment includes a renova- vehicle maintenance facility and cross dock to a vacant Parkway Village shopping center. (Patrick Lantrip/Courtesy of The Daily Memphian) tion of the existing shopping center and new con- struction on the 23.23-acre site. BILL DRIES hundreds of Memphians – this time, a announcement Tuesday revealed JNJ John Ennis Jr., CEO of JNJ Express, said new Courtesy of The Daily Memphian new $20.5 million headquarters, op- will invest a total of $83.6 million over construction on the site would be the truck main- For the second time in two weeks, erations center, vehicle maintenance five years and create 610 new jobs. tenance facility. The headquarters will be in the Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was in Mem- facility and cross dock for JNJ Logis- The total is more than outlined in center part of the old shopping center. phis Tuesday to announce an eco- tics LLC. a tax incentive package the company nomic development project employing Information from the received about eight months ago. 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Retailers who have seen Fe- Memphis is slated to be a test FedEx, which unveiled the that is safe and environmentally Machine-learning algorithms dEx’s prototype bot recognized site of FedEx’s new SameDay Bot, SameDay Bot on The Tonight friendly.” help it avoid obstacles and fol- its potential to speed deliveries of an autonomous delivery vehicle Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tues- FedEx’s bot is being developed low road and safety rules. It can items ranging from auto parts to designed to navigate sidewalks day night, said initial deliveries in conjunction with the DEKA De- safely negotiate unpaved surfaces, tools to prescriptions. and deliver goods to customers’ will be done between selected Fe- velopment & Research Corp. and curbs and steps, using proprietary “We are thrilled to be working front doors. dEx Office locations. its founder, Dean Kamen, inven- technology. with the talented teams at FedEx FedEx announced the innova- FedEx said it’s working with tor of the iBot Personal Mobility FedEx Office currently offers and DEKA on this revolutionary tion Wednesday, Feb. 27, calling companies including AutoZone, Device and the Segway . a SameDay City service that oper- innovation,” said Bill Rhodes, it a solution to rapidly changing Lowe’s, Pizza Hut, Target, Wal- “The bot has unique capabili- ates in 32 markets and 1,900 cities chairman, president and CEO, consumer needs for same-day, greens and Walmart to help assess ties that make it unlike other au- using branded FedEx vehicles and Customer Satisfaction, AutoZone. last-mile deliveries. retailers’ autonomous delivery tonomous vehicles,” Kamen said. uniformed FedEx employees. The “When we saw the FedEx Same- The bot will enable retailers needs. On average, more than 60 “We built upon the power base FedEx bot will complement the Day Bot in action, it confirmed to fulfill orders and deliver di- percent of merchants’ customers of the iBot, an advanced, FDA- FedEx SameDay City service. to our team the many ways it can rectly to homes or businesses the live within three miles of a store approved, mobility device for the “The FedEx SameDay Bot rep- help us improve our service by of- same day. location. disabled population with more resents the next chapter in our fering reliable, highly efficient de- FedEx said it would start test- “The FedEx SameDay Bot is than 10 million hours of reliable, long legacy of delivering inno- liveries to our customers.” ing the bot this summer in se- an innovation designed to change real-world operation. By leverag- vation and outstanding service, “The convenience and capa- lected cities, including Memphis, the face of local delivery and help ing this base in an additional ap- supported by an already existing bility of the FedEx Same Day Bot pending city approval. retailers efficiently address their plication, we hope that the iBot FedEx logistics ecosystem,” said has the potential to greatly sim- “We couldn’t be more excited customers’ rising expectations,” will become even more accessible Brian Philips, president and CEO plify and speed distribution for the that FedEx chose its hometown said Brie Carere, executive vice to those who need it for their own of FedEx Office. “We are excited to full range of our customers,” said as one of the pilot cities for this president and chief marketing mobility.” bring this technology to address Don Frieson, Lowe’s executive vice revolutionary innovation,” Mem- and communications officer for FedEx said the SameDay Bot new markets and better support president, Supply Chain. “We look phis Mayor Jim Strickland said in FedEx, in a company release. “The is a zero-emission, battery-pow- our customers. The companies forward to exploring all the possi- a FedEx release. “We look forward bot represents a milestone in our ered device that uses pedestrian- who have provided feedback on bilities to enhance the service we to working with FedEx to continue ongoing mission to solve the com- safe technology from the iBot, its potential use have been instru- provide our customers through introducing technologies that will plexities and expense of same-day, plus advanced technology such mental in ensuring we are looking this innovation.” new use,” he said. An AIA jury elects College of Memphis architect Fellows members for his or her accomplishments in one of five areas: design, education, leader- Jimmie Tucker ship, public service or alternative- career public service. Tucker was elected in the education category. He has taught architecture as named AIA fellow an adjunct professor at the Uni- TOM BAILEY as architects, to be a fellow. You versity of Memphis for 10 years. Courtesy of The Daily Memphian see that ‘F’ in front of your peers’ But Tucker educates outside the Jimmie Tucker not only de- names.” classroom as well. signs buildings but other things, Tucker is a Memphis native Self+Tucker Architects devel- like ways for people to learn about who grew up in South Memphis, oped the master plan for Memphis “authentic” Memphis history and received his undergraduate de- Heritage Trail, which tells the sto- to bring about positive social gree from Princeton University ries of 50 African-American indi- change.