No TIF proposal or development plan has been on the recent agendas of Fitchburg city committees.

“No negotiations are currently underway. My guess is that we are not in the running any longer,” Fitchburg city administrator Patrick Marsh said. “Yes, it is very disappointing. Fitchburg would have been a great partner in this project.”

Fitchburg Mayor Jason Gonzalez said he thought the Uptown site was being highly considered earlier this year. Then things changed.

“We were directed by them to stop working on our TIF at least two months ago,” Gonzalez said. “We were directed to put the project on indefinite hold by a representative working with the company.”

Exact’s Larrivee said no location other than the Madison and Fitchburg sites are in the running for the project.

In the meantime, starting next week, Exact plans to move more than 350 employees into offices it is leasing in the four-story former Spectrum Brands headquarters building, mainly to handle calls from customers and health care providers using the company’s 24-hour support line.

“Those are the types of folks that’ll be filling that space,” Larrivee said.