Josh Flory

• Flory: Financial firm moving to Bearden Published 03/17/2010 at midnight

  A prominent name in local wealth management circles is trading its downtown office space for a home in Bearden.

• Flory: Ingram Farm case dismissed Published 03/10/2010 at midnight 1 Comment

  At least they'll have the memories.A Knox County judge has ruled in the case of the Ingram Farm, a 355-acre Fort Loudoun Lake peninsula that went to the auction block in April, but a trio of local businessmen didn't exactly ...

• Flory: Chicken joint flees the roost Published 02/24/2010 at midnight

  Apparently it is possible to have too many chicken restaurants.

• Flory: 'Three Sisters' still in planning Published 02/17/2010 at midnight

  A lot has changed since a group of prominent local families bought 5,000 acres on and around Chilhowee Mountain.

• Flory: Downtown projects stalling out Published 02/09/2010 at 9:04 p.m. 2 Comments

  Stop the presses — Sentinel Tower won’t be delivered anytime soon.

• Flory: Appraising takes ET man far Published 02/03/2010 at midnight

  Leslie Sellers is an appraiser in Clinton, but his work sometimes requires him to travel outside of Anderson County. Last year, for example, Sellers was in London, Canada, Mexico and China, and this year his schedule calls for working trips ...

• Flory: Scoundrel or smart to walk away? Published 01/26/2010 at 9:10 p.m. 2 Comments

  Here’s an interesting ethical question: If you borrow $100 from your best friend and then decide you’re better off not repaying the debt, does that make you a scoundrel?

• Flory: Peninsula property in legal limbo Published 01/20/2010 at midnight

  A Knox County judge has declined to make use of a legal time machine (for now, anyway), and that appears to be good news for the local businessmen who are trying to seize control of a valuable peninsula.

• Flory: Food co-op plan seen as win-win Published 01/13/2010 at midnight

  Knoxville still doesn’t have a downtown grocery store. Its Just-North-Of-Downtown grocery store is eyeing a big expansion, though.

• Flory: Chicken restaurants ruling roost Published 01/06/2010 at midnight 3 Comments

  A fowl breeze is blowing through Knoxville’s dining scene.

• Mountain National seeks blank-check authorization Published 03/19/2010 at 4:02 p.m.

  KNOXVILLE -- In its new proxy, Sevierville-based Mountain National Bancshares is asking shareholders for blank-check authority that would allow the company to issue one million preferred shares.

• City panel says no to i-house in downtown Knoxville Published 03/19/2010 at 2:42 p.m. 15 Comments

  KNOXVILLE - Not so fast, i-house. The city's Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals on Friday rejected architect John Sanders’ request for a variance to allow the environmentally friendly modular structure on a parking lot overlooking Jackson Avenue.

• Filed documents purport to contain Hutchison's signature; former sheriff claims forgery Published 03/19/2010 at 2:16 p.m. 59 Comments

  KNOXVILLE - Former Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison says he did not sign a loan renewal document from June 2007, but that loan document - containing his purported signature - was part of a bank claim filed in the bankruptcy ...

• Knoxville home sales up, prices down in February Published 03/19/2010 at 9:35 a.m.

  New data from the Knoxville Area Association of Realtors show that area home and condo sales rose slightly in February, compared to the year before.

• BB&T-builder battle heated Published 03/18/2010 at 8:58 p.m. 1 Comment

  The legal dispute between BB&T and a prominent local builder has gotten more contentious.

• GreenBank parent announces new chief's pay Published 03/18/2010 at 4:45 p.m. 2 Comments

  Stephen Rownd, who will take over as chairman and CEO of Green Bankshares on March 31, will get a base salary of $400,000, and a restricted stock grant worth $200,000.

• Mohney, Saddlebrook file $15M countersuit against BB&T Published 03/18/2010 at 12:42 p.m. 9 Comments

  KNOXVILLE -- Facing a BB&T lawsuit that seeks nearly $5.7 million, Saddlebrook Homes LLC, company president Robert Mohney and others have now filed a $15 million counter-complaint, alleging that BB&T has attempted or is attempting to destroy their business.

• Peoples Bank files two lawsuits Published 03/18/2010 at midnight 9 Comments

  Loan troubles at a local bank have led to the courtroom in recent days, with the bank suing its former attorney and a local businessman facing a fraud allegation by his mother's company.

• Board likes downtown Knoxville i-house plan Published 03/17/2010 at 8:38 p.m. 8 Comments

  The Downtown Design Review Board on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to place an i-house manufactured by Clayton Homes along Jackson Avenue.

• FDIC expands Knoxville office Published 03/17/2010 at 8:32 p.m.

  It’s been nearly eight years since Tennessee had a bank failure, but federal regulators will be ready if it happens again.

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