Capital One announced on Tuesday that it has provided Freddie Mac loans totaling $31 million for the acquisition of two Chattanooga apartment communities, the 200-unit Evergreen at Hickory Valley and the 238-unit Meridian at Hamilton Place. The sponsor, Two Waters Capital, has invested $250 million in multifamily communities and currently owns seven properties consisting of 1,942 ... (click for more)

Apartment construction is ramping up in Tennessee's major urban centers, with the exception of the Nashville Metro Area, which is witnessing a 51% dip. Here are the highlights: 3,725 new units are estimated to hit the Nashville Metro market by the end of the year. This may sound like a significant addition, but it is actually less than half of what developers had built ... (click for more)

During a specially-called meeting of the Erlanger Health System Board of Trustees, Chairman Mike Griffin announced that Chief Medical Officer Dr. William L. Jackson Jr., has been appointed as the health system’s new president and chief executive officer. Also a settlement was reached with former president Kevin Spiegel, who resigned last week under pressure from the board. ... (click for more)

A car accident on Lee Highway caused a gold van to leave the road, crash into an SUV in a hotel parking lot and then into two hotel rooms, structurally damaging the building. The incident happened just after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the In Town Suites on Lee Highway. Both hotel rooms were empty at the time of the incident. A total of 12 surrounding rooms were evacuated as a precaution. ... (click for more)

Tennessee American breaks a line and 35,000 people lose water for three days. Well they don’t exactly admit they broke it, they were working on it a few feet away and it just broke….so they say. One half of TAWC service area is out of water three days and nights, hospitals canceling surgery, schools closed and opened and then sending the children home, businesses shut down, government ... (click for more)

Regarding Mr. Exum's claim in his Sept. 12 column that Erlanger Chief Administrative Officer Gregg Gentry attended his Sept. 4 meeting with Kevin Spiegel is not accurate. Mr. Gentry said he was not at this meeting. (click for more)