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Price Florist demolished

Posted at 3:56 pm January 19, 2014
By John Huotari 6 Comments

Price Florist Demolition

Demolition work at Price Florist began Saturday and could be completed Monday.

Workers began demolishing Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike on Saturday and could finish the job on Monday.

The work at the longtime floral business in central Oak Ridge is being done by Perkins Trucking and Excavating of Knoxville.

Tony Cappiello of Capiello Real Estate said one of his family’s companies purchased the 0.43-acre property about a month ago for $216,000. He said the seller agreed to demolish the property at her expense since it had been condemned by the City of Oak Ridge.

Cappiello said the property is about as large as the Subway down the street. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Cappiello Real Estate, demolition, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Patricia Warren, Perkins Trucking and Excavating, Price Florist

Board orders demolition of Price Florist

Posted at 5:28 pm September 12, 2013
By John Huotari 6 Comments

Price Florist

A city board on Thursday ordered the owner of Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike to demolish the building within 60 days.

A city board on Thursday ordered the owner of the former Price Florist building on Oak Ridge Turnpike to demolish it within 60 days.

The Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals had considered whether to issue a demolition or repair order for the once-thriving store at three other meetings this year, but members had given property owner Patricia Warren of Crossville several extensions to allow her time to come back with a sales contract, repair plan, or demolition permit. On Thursday, they said she had run out of time.

“I think we’ve bent over backwards to accommodate you and your property,” board member Philip Nipper said before the 6-0 vote in favor of demolition. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: code violations, demolition, Laurel Patrick, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Patricia Warren, Philip Nipper, Price Florist, repair order

Price Florist gets another 30 days for sale, repair, or demolition

Posted at 9:22 am August 9, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Price Florist

A city board has declared Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike a nuisance and unfit for human occupation and use, and members have given the property owner another 30 days to develop a repair plan, get a demolition permit, or reach an agreement to sell it.

The owner of the Price Florist property on Oak Ridge Turnpike has already been given two 30-day extensions to make repairs, demolish the building, or sell it.

On Thursday, the Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals gave property owner Patricia Warren of Crossville one last extension.

“There’s no more 30 days,” board member Joe Lee said. “We’ve burned them up.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Aaron Wells, demolition, extension, Joe Lee, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Patricia Warren, Price Florist, repair

Price Florist gets another 30-day reprieve from demolition, repair order

Posted at 3:34 pm July 11, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Price Florist

A city board has declared Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike a nuisance and unfit for human occupation and use, and members have given the property owner 30 days to develop a repair plan, get a demolition permit, or reach an agreement to sell it.

Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike got another 30-day reprieve from a repair or demolition order.

Property owner Patricia Warren of Crossville said she is cleaning up the property and has three serious prospective buyers. Two, including a chain that sells “products that you consume,” would demolish the building, and the third would relocate an existing Oak Ridge business from the edge of town to the 0.35-acre site in the heart of the city, Warren said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: demolition, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Patricia Warren, Price Florist, repair

City board reconsiders Price Florist demolition, repair order

Posted at 7:10 pm July 4, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Price Florist

A city board has declared Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike a nuisance and unfit for human occupation and use, and on Thursday, members will reconsider a demolition or repair order for the building, which is now for sale.

A potential demolition order is looming, and the building is for sale.

For decades, it was home to Price Florist, but it’s now in “severe disrepair,” according to the Oak Ridge city staff.

In June, the Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals declared the now-unused store on busy Oak Ridge Turnpike to be a nuisance and unfit for human occupation or use. The board stopped short of issuing a demolition order and gave the property owner 30 days to present a repair or demolition plan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: demolition, nuisance, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Oak Ridge Municipal Building Training Room, Patricia Warren, Price Florist, repair, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, unfit for human occupation or use

Price Florist won’t be demolished yet, but declared a nuisance, unfit

Posted at 3:47 pm June 13, 2013
By John Huotari 3 Comments

Price Florist

A city board has declared Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike to be a nuisance and unfit for human occupation and use.

Price Florist won’t be demolished yet.

On Thursday, the Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals declared the longtime business on Oak Ridge Turnpike to be a nuisance and unfit for human occupation or use. It’s already been vacated, and the property owner is cleaning it up.

But the six board members at Thursday’s meeting stopped short of issuing a demolition order. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: cleanup order, demolition order, emergency vacate, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Patricia Warren, Price Florist

City board will consider demolition or cleanup order for Price Florist

Posted at 5:26 pm June 4, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Price Florist

A city board next week will consider issuing a demolition or cleanup order for Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike.

A city board next week will consider issuing a demolition or cleanup order for Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike.

The city staff has recommended that the structure, used for a longtime floral business, be declared unfit for human occupation or use and has requested a demolition or cleanup order within 60 days.

The city required an “emergency vacate” on May 1, according to an agenda for the Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals. A notice dated May 1 and still posted on the building’s front door said the building is deemed unfit for human occupation or use. It is to remain conspicuously posted until the structure is repaired or demolished. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: cleanup, demolition, demolition order, dilapidated, disrepair, home, Houston Avenue, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Patricia Warren, Price Florist, structural defects, unfit for human occupation or use

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