Blue Ridge Companies is owner, developer, broker, and manager of prestigious commercial and residential real estate properties.

Shane Abernathy
Construction Manager

Daniel Barnett
Partner, Developer

Konda Burnett, CPM
Partner, Property Manager

Jay Cobble
Sales/Leasing

Louise Fogarty, CPM, CCIM
Partner, Broker, Sales/Leasing

Karl Kemmer, CCIM
Sales/Leasing

Mari Kohnstamm
Accounting

Keena Ogle
Property Manager

Ann Wallace, CPA
Partner, Accounting

Kenneth Yates
Chief Maintenance Engineer

Jay Cobble
Phone: 865-963-8965
Email: j.cobble@blueridgecos.com

Jay Cobble, a native Knoxvillian, joined Blue Ridge in May 2006 as a commercial agent where he focuses on tenant representation and site location as well as sales. Jay serves on the Economic and Community Development Committee for the Knoxville Chamber Partnership and is a member of the Knoxville Area Association of REALTORS. Jay came to Blue Ridge from Highwoods Properties in Memphis and he is also pursuing his education toward the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM).

Jay graduated from the University of Tennessee Magna Cum Laude with a major in finance and collateral in management where he was the president of the Executive Undergraduate Program and served on the College of Business Administration Leadership Team. Jay spent a post-graduate year in the 2PC Fellows Program in Memphis, Tennessee.

Jay volunteers with Young Life at Webb School of Knoxville and is also the assistant swim coach at Webb. He regularly attends Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church and All Souls Church.

Article from Knoxville News Sentinel (copy below)

Blue Ridge plans 75k SF of Bearden office condos

Jay Cobble passed along a heads-up about 6400 Deane Hill Drive, a 75,000-square foot office condo project to be located in Bearden.

The project will feature a pair of three-story buildings and will be developed by Blue Ridge Companies, in conjuction with Long Properties. The location is just south of the intersection of Deane Hill Drive and Gerald R. Ford Street, and Cobble said Blue Ridge has a contract to buy property at the site.

Work is slated to begin in January or February, and should be completed about 9 months later. The project will be minutes from Blue Ridge's Brookview Town Centre, which will feature a six-story office building at 320 N. Weisgarber.

Sales for 6400 Deane Hill will be handled by Cobble and Louise Fogarty.