| Apartments top 2007 real estate deals
The housing market may have been sluggish in 2007, but East Tennessee's apartment sector was hot. While a pair of prime office properties changed hands and a big land deal on Kingston Pike made waves, the top real estate deals in Knox County were dominated by apartments. Steve Massey, an executive vice president at CB Richard Ellis, in Nashville, specializes in multifamily properties and represented the seller on the Crossing Place Apartments, a $23 million deal that came in at No. 6 on this year's list. Massey said that in 2007 there were a lot of buyers with equity to put in deals, and a lot of lenders willing to provide financing on favorable terms. "So it was just a lot of money chasing a limited amount of product," he said. Real estate investors who buy Knoxville apartment buildings shouldn't expect to see huge jumps in rental income from them.
Jeff Thelen's Blog
Does "the media" reporting on a terrible crime cause other people to go out and commit that crime? You could probably find people who would argue it does and those who would argue it doesn't. I honestly don't know. I do know we have a lot more media now than we used to, so what you used to see on the evening newscasts and read in the paper is now on 24 hours a day on cable networks, on your computer and even on your cell phone. So even if the coverage of something is not over the top, it might seem that way because it's just on so many places.JHi Jeff, and thanks for responding to my comments on the media coverage on these tragic killings in schools, the mall etc. You asked if the media reporting on these crimes "causes" someone to repeat a similar one. Well the fact is, it certainly "contributes" to it.
Commission and school board agree on needs
What, when, where, why and how much? These were pretty much the discussion topics at Monday evenings lengthy work session between the Bradley County Commission and Bradley County Board of Education. Needs There was something new. A sense of cooperation and gathering of information were evident. The joint work session came following a called meeting of the school board earlier in the afternoon. The school board has requested the Commission fund two new elementary schools, one on the north side and a second on the south. The board is also requesting renovation and additions at Valley View Elementary School with six new classrooms and a new library. The Commission's Education Committee has reviewed the school construction requests and made a couple of motions — both discussed at Monday's school board meeting.
Bates applications now at schools
It's time again for some of Wayne County's best senior student-athletes to be recognized for their hard work. Applications for Roy S. Bates Foundation scholarships were distributed to area high schools this week. Interested students should ask their school atheltic director where they can get a form if they don't have one already. The Foundation will award scholarships in the spring to deserving athletes for the 14th year in a row. This year, eight $2,000 one-time scholarships will be awarded, for a total of $16,000. The Foundation's executive committee will also pick the Bates Foundation Player of the Year from that group. Bates, who died in 2004 at the age of 88, was an area sports legend as a former athlete, coach and radio announcer.
The Chronicle Local News Blog
Defense attorney William Du Bois piped up, noting that he didn't want these receipts introduced for "the truth of the matter," suggesting that the info they contained might not be legit. Hora said evenly, "They could be fakes" but noted that Cavness was "simply talking about what she discovered in the car." Hora said he expected things to be tied up later, and Judge Larry Goodman sided with the DA. Police found an insurance card with the name of Reiser's mother, Beverly Palmer, and a copy of the ticket Reiser received from a Redwood City police officer on Sept. 12, 2006, Cavness testified. Another receipt was one from Kragen Auto Parts found in the trunk area of Reiser's car, Cavness said. The receipt showed a purchase of shop towels and isopropyl alcohol, she said.
GOP candidates eye Florida
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani contrasted himself with the two in both style and substance.''Senator McCain and Governor Romney are doing such a good job of attacking each other, how about voting for somebody whose not attacking? Vote for me, Rudy Giuliani,'' he said while visiting the Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach. ''Presidential election is not about name-calling. Presidential election is not about gotcha and almost, like, high school politics.''In Vero Beach, he said: ''I've traveled up and down the state of Florida, talked to a lot of people and listened to you. That's why I support a national catastrophe fund. I'm the only Republican candidate in this race supporting it — and I need your vote in order to accomplish it.''Polls show McCain and Romney atop the field, with Giuliani and former Arkansas Gov.
My Kafkaesque town hall battle
There is a line in that grim but absorbing movie The Lives of Others, about the East German police state, which reminds me about the altercation I have just had over my council tax. In the film, the Stasi interrogator, instructing a class of students, explains how to tell the difference between a guilty and an innocent suspect: "An innocent prisoner will become more angry by the hour due to the injustice suffered," he says. "He will shout and rage. A guilty prisoner becomes more calm and quiet. Or he cries." I am not quite sure what this says about me, because, at the hands of my anonymous town hall interrogators, I shouted and I raged, but I also came close to weeping, so perhaps they succeeded, finally, in convincing me that I was not as innocent as I pretended. The Stasi, after all, suspected that every citizen of the GDR was more or less guilty of subversive behaviour.
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