Surrounding Counties - Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson, Williamson, Maury, etc.

[satalac]

3 hours ago, nativetenn said:

Murfreesboro is an interesting city. About half of the residents will identify directly with Nashville (for instance, they will tell an non-Middle Tennessean or out-of-stater they are from Nashville). The other half will make a case for Murfreesboro's independence from Nashville. I tend to disagree; I think the Boro couldn't sustain 130,000 people without Nashville nearby, but that's their call.

I imagine the I-24 commute is a nightmare. Unless they've expanded it, most of that stretch is two lanes only. I'm not sure what the numbers are for Rutherford Co. residents commuting to Davidson is but I'm sure it's comparable to Williamson.

Murfreesboro is growing like Mesa, Arizona. It's an absolutely massive suburb. You have to go to Atlanta to see suburban cities like Murfreesboro. It's unreal.

I-24 is four lanes both directions. The traffic is still horrible. Plus once you get into Murfreesboro, the traffic is still a major problem. The city design just can't really handle the influx of people.

[smeagolsfree]

That stretch has been finished to an 8 lane for at least 10 years, I am thinking.

[Tennessine]

6 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

That stretch has been finished to an 8 lane for at least 10 years, I am thinking.

Huh. For some reason I recall a stretch of 24 being a 2-lane highway at some point near Nashville. I guess that's only near a conjunction. Or maybe I just can't remember anything, haha

[glamdring269]

Murfreesboro is an interesting place for folks who have been here awhile. I moved here for college in 1995 and now live in the Blackman area about 5 minutes from Medical Center/I-24.

It’s interesting really because I can get home from a Preds game in about 35 minutes.  That’s faster than some people who actually live in Davidson County.  So in a way I definitely consider this side of the Boro to be more Nashville oriented. If you live in the middle of the Boro though you definitely live in Murfreesboro.  There are places in town that take me about as long to get to as it does to get home from a game or to travel downtown on a weekend.

Pretty unreal to think about for anyone who has been here for a good amount of time.

[titanhog]

3 hours ago, glamdring269 said:

Murfreesboro is an interesting place for folks who have been here awhile. I moved here for college in 1995 and now live in the Blackman area about 5 minutes from Medical Center/I-24.

It’s interesting really because I can get home from a Preds game in about 35 minutes.  That’s faster than some people who actually live in Davidson County.  So in a way I definitely consider this side of the Boro to be more Nashville oriented. If you live in the middle of the Boro though you definitely live in Murfreesboro.  There are places in town that take me about as long to get to as it does to get home from a game or to travel downtown on a weekend.

Pretty unreal to think about for anyone who has been here for a good amount of time.

Yeah...its different than it used to be.  I live in Smyrna...and there have been times it's taken 45 minutes to drive to a place "deep" inside Murfreesboro with traffic around drive-time.

[Nathan_in_DC]

8 hours ago, satalac said:

I-24 is four lanes both directions. The traffic is still horrible. Plus once you get into Murfreesboro, the traffic is still a major problem. The city design just can't really handle the influx of people.

Induced demand is a b!itch...

[markhollin]

Even though this is technically still in Davidson County, this is the best thread:

Brentwood Commons (8 stories,  120,000 sq. ft. off office and garage) update.  Crane up.

Looking north from parking lot just east of Four Points by Sheraton:

Looking NE from parking lot just east of Four Points by Sheraton:

[PruneTracy]

18 hours ago, nativetenn said:

Huh. For some reason I recall a stretch of 24 being a 2-lane highway at some point near Nashville. I guess that's only near a conjunction. Or maybe I just can't remember anything, haha

I-24 in the other direction (to Clarksville) is as soon as it gets past Briley.

[Mr_Bond]

On 10/26/2018 at 7:02 PM, nativetenn said:

Huh. For some reason I recall a stretch of 24 being a 2-lane highway at some point near Nashville. I guess that's only near a conjunction. Or maybe I just can't remember anything, haha

I-24 was two lanes on each side LaVergne to Bell Road until 1999.  Construction was nearing completion when I moved from Smyrna to the Grassland area in Williamson county in late 1998.

[Lexy]

On 10/26/2018 at 9:00 PM, glamdring269 said:

Murfreesboro is an interesting place for folks who have been here awhile. I moved here for college in 1995 and now live in the Blackman area about 5 minutes from Medical Center/I-24.

It’s interesting really because I can get home from a Preds game in about 35 minutes.  That’s faster than some people who actually live in Davidson County.  So in a way I definitely consider this side of the Boro to be more Nashville oriented. If you live in the middle of the Boro though you definitely live in Murfreesboro.  There are places in town that take me about as long to get to as it does to get home from a game or to travel downtown on a weekend.

Pretty unreal to think about for anyone who has been here for a good amount of time.

I live in Blackman as well (Stonecrest/Puckett Crossing) and I find the traffic at Medical Center and I-24 highly annoying most of the time.  Outside of that, this isn't a bad place to live and yes, I identify with Nashville.  Nobody knows what Murfreesboro is outside of Tennessee.

Edited October 29, 2018 by Lexy

[markhollin]

Bell Office Park (3 stories/74,327 sq. ft. of Class A office space, and 3 story/100,000 sq. ft. self storage) in Brentwood.  Cannot glean the address from the info offered:

https://esarch.com/portfolio/bell-office-park/

 

[Vrtigo]

^

Going on a hunch here, but I bet the street address will be 255. Don't ask me how I know.

[markhollin]

^ ^ ^ Yes, but which street, Kreskin?

 

[MidTenn1]

And the best Pizza in Tennessee is....

• Sky king Pizza in Kingston Springs per Time Magazine!

 

[LA_TN]

3 hours ago, PHofKS said:

And the best Pizza in Tennessee is....

• Sky king Pizza in Kingston Springs per Time Magazine!

 

Looks good. I will try! Thanks 

[bigeasy]

The Wisconsin Mac & Cheese pizza looks disgusting

Edited October 30, 2018 by bigeasy

[markhollin]

Franklin is working towards a new southeastern park.  The future 188-acre complex — on city land nestled off South Carothers Parkway — will include multipurpose rectangular sports fields for football, lacrosse, rugby and soccer.

It will have canoe launches along the Harpeth River and trails to the existing parks network. Adding the park would mean completing one of the biggest items on the Parks Master Plan. 

Plans call for 10 fields, a river walk, an inclusive playground, a splash pad, a dog park and a neighborhood area. 
 

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/10/30/franklin-tennessee-parks-new-facilities-upgrades-horizon/1817772002/

[markhollin]

A couple renderings for the new Heritage Medical Center in Brentwood.

 

[Tennessine]

Now that's a Brentwood McBuilding if I've seen one.

[CenterHill]

Needs more parking.  

[markhollin]

Harpeth Square (4 stories, hotel, 15,000 sq. ft. of retail, 3,600 sq. ft. of office, 150 apartments, 591 car garage, $110 million) announces one of it's first retailers, A Moments Peace Salon & Day Spa with 5,800 sq. ft.  Apartments, retail and office space should be ready by fall of 2019.

The boutique hotel will be called The Harpeth, and will be part of the Curio Hilton chain. Should be open by July 2019.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2018/11/05/harpeth-square-moments-peace-day-spa-salon/1761132002/

And behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/11/05/hard-hat-tour-spotlights-105m-downtown-franklin.html

Also behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21030708/harpeth-square-first-phase-to-open-mid2019

[KJHburg]

Various shots around Franklin.   Please Nashville, stop this rain for it is bad for photo taking I am country music loving tourist for goodness sakes! 

Today.  Please excuse me if I dont name these places right I am a tourista. Photos 1/2/3/4/5/6   Franklin Park and the Cameron apartments 7/8 Nissan North American HQ (nice campus)   Photos 9/10/11   these new office buildings and 2 new hotels are along Mallory Ln near the Carmax (please identify could not see any signs except for the hotels) Photos 12-16 Ovation and the new Mars Petcare HQ    that project is really big from what I can see.   Photo 11 is Franklin Park again from the intersection. 

 

Edited November 12, 2018 by KJHburg

[KJHburg]

Downtown Franklin is so nice.  The shops, the restaurants and the surrounding homes make this one of the South's greatest little towns.  Downtown this evening (and free parking  yeah!)   What is the crane on the edge of downtown?  I am not used to it getting so dark so early with this Central time zone.   

[MLBrumby]

Harpeth Square... https://harpethsquare.com/details/

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2017/09/13/groundbreaking-harpeth-square-start-construction-downtown-franklin/660887001/

https://franklinhomepage.com/harpeth-square-details-tenant-businesses-start-to-fall-into-place/

 

Edited November 13, 2018 by MLBrumby

[titanhog]

2 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Downtown Franklin is so nice.  The shops, the restaurants and the surrounding homes make this one of the South's greatest little towns.  Downtown this evening (and free parking  yeah!)  

Yeah...Franklin is pretty awesome.  You should drive out to Leiper's Fork during the day and see that area, as well.  Middle TN has a lot of really awesome places to visit.  Lynchburg (Jack Daniels Distillery)...Bell Buckle...several Civil War battlefields.  Drive part of the Natchez Trace.