For years, Roxby Development and its leader, Jeffrey Morris, were considered cornerstones of the revitalization of downtown Wheeling. Through Roxby, Morris had purchased both the McLure Hotel and Scottish Rite Cathedral. There were grand plans to renovate both and give downtown two more historic sites to use and feature. That image collapsed this year under […]
Below is a timeline of events from Roxby Development’s purchase of the Mount Carmel Monastery until present day. Included are points where federal prosecutors allege Roxby head Jeffrey Morris committed wire fraud and tax evasion. All these alleged events are outlined in a federal indictment charging Morris with 18 counts of wire fraud and 10 […]
WHEELING It was a story that seemed too good to be true. Jeffrey Morris, born and raised in Moundsville and educated in Wheeling, traveled the world, from Germany to New York to Southeast Asia to Australia. He returned home to the Ohio Valley with big ideas and a way of presenting them that made […]
WHEELING The Scottish Rite Cathedral is being returned to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Bodies of Freemasonry of the City of Wheeling and being removed from the hands of Roxby Development, which had acquired the property in 2020. A trustee’s sale was held Wednesday morning in front of the Ohio County Courthouse, where […]
WHEELING The McLure Hotel property was sold at a public foreclosure auction Thursday morning to FA Management Corp Inc. and FG Management LLC the previous owner of the hotel with a credit bid of $5,668,000. Frances Garey, president of Missouri-based companies FA Management Corp Inc. and FG Management LLC, appeared in Wheeling […]