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

[FrankNash]

Told by someone that would know that the H.G. Hill property downtown Franklin will be a mixed use.

[smeagolsfree]

15 hours ago, FrankNash said:

Told by someone that would know that the H.G. Hill property downtown Franklin will be a mixed use.

That's sort of a no brainer considering that what they do now.  When I saw the article on the news and they said that they did not know what was planned I thought, well it's probably a mixed-use project.

Nothing on the SE Venture website, not that they are exclusive to them. Nothing on the Hill site either.

[markhollin]

Williamson County:  

The Tennessee Renaissance Festival may become part of the county's plethora of Parks & Recreation offerings and programming soon. 

The Williamson County Commission approved the purchase of the Arrington area land that encompasses the festival at its Nov. 8 meeting.

According to county representatives, the owners, Michael and Jackie Freeman who have been putting on the festival for over 35 years, do not have heirs and approached the county in recent years to gauge interest in ownership of the land and festival for its preservation. 

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2021/11/22/tennessee-renaissance-festival-could-be-purchased-williamson-county-parks-recreation/6286779001/

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Some large new distribution center news....

1) Walmart has leased a 925,000 sq. ft. warehouse at Hwy. 109 and I-840 for a distribution center that will employ at least 100 people.

2) New Balance Footwear has signed a lease for 355,000 sq. ft. of a new Panattoni warehouse adjacent to Nashville Super Speedway that will also employ at least another 100 people. 

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/11/23/walmart-new-balance-lebanon-leases.html

Rendering of the Walmart Distribution Center:
 

[markhollin]

Williamson County: HCA Healthcare has paid $25.5 million for 30 acres of the Franklin Summit site along McEwen Ave. at I-65 in Franklin. It is unclear what HCA has in mind for the location. Current zoning for that area is 12 stories.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/11/23/hca-healthcare-franklin.html


And behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/major-mcewen-property-sells-for-more-than-25m/article_a655eb26-4f6a-5ad2-b1cd-bc1fec15808d.html


This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame:

[smeagolsfree]

I have neither the time or energy to keep up with the map down there right now either.

Craig, Bos2Nash has also agreed to come on board and help with the map too. Maybe we can get something going down there soon.

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Plans for the Barton Village have expanded to include a total of 350 acres and over 1,850 homes (mixture of single family, townhomes, flats and duplexes) as well as 335,000 sq. ft. of commercial, office, and medical near South Hartmann Dr. and I-40. First phase will begin early next year.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/lebanon/2021/11/24/lebanons-barton-village-plan-can-now-offer-1800-new-homes/8656205002/
 

[BnaBreaker]

Why are we still allowing  our suburban communities to be built in this fashion?  You essentially have an entire neighborhood of 1,850 homes being filtered out onto a single primary thoroughfare via a single feeder road.  This seems to be par for the course.  As sprawl approaches an area, a formerly small rural road is converted into a four lane highway, and we proceed to just thoughtlessly plop all future development along it, which all funnels onto that road and only that road, which funnels onto the nearby expressway and only that nearby expressway, and so on and so forth.  And we wonder why we have such horrendous traffic issues??  THIS is the kind of thing we have to address if we want to tackle our traffic problems.  Mass transit it great, and we need it.  Badly.  But mass transit isn't going to alleviate traffic by itself, especially in a built environment such as this, and it isn't supposed to.  It's just supposed to provide people with an alternative to sitting in traffic for two hours per day.  Rant over.  

Edited November 25, 2021 by BnaBreaker

[smeagolsfree]

It happens everywhere and not much we can do about it. If you look at Phoenix, Washington DC, Atlanta, Philadelphia or any other large city with burbs this is what you see.

It's just the nature of planning everywhere.

The below is a screen shot of a burb 10 miles outside of Philadelphia on the NJ side where I have driver and the traffic is just as bad. 

Below that is an image of suburban Phoenix or should I say what is mostly Phoenix as there is mile upon miles of the same thing there. There they can just build the roads as then need them from scratch but you can imagine the result is pretty much the same if all of these folks from these hundreds of subdivisions are heading to work at the same time every day.

This is a problem everywhere.

The image on the bottom is about 25 or 30 mile north of Atlanta off GA 400. Look at all the dead-end roads and the limited access routes out of the area. Planners will never learn as they do what developers are allowed to do under current codes. Most of the codes are outdated and municipalities just are not forward thinking enough to change them until after it is too late.

[markhollin]

Robertson County:  Temple Baptist Church in White House is beginning a $5 million building project that will include an 850 seat sanctuary and new youth center on Marlin Rd. near Hwy 31 W.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/2021/11/24/temple-baptist-church-white-house-moves-forward-5-m-building-project/8650346002/

 

[Bos2Nash]

On 11/24/2021 at 7:28 PM, BnaBreaker said:

Why are we still allowing  our suburban communities to be built in this fashion?  You essentially have an entire neighborhood of 1,850 homes being filtered out onto a single primary thoroughfare via a single feeder road.  This seems to be par for the course.  As sprawl approaches an area, a formerly small rural road is converted into a four lane highway, and we proceed to just thoughtlessly plop all future development along it, which all funnels onto that road and only that road, which funnels onto the nearby expressway and only that nearby expressway, and so on and so forth.  And we wonder why we have such horrendous traffic issues??  THIS is the kind of thing we have to address if we want to tackle our traffic problems.  Mass transit it great, and we need it.  Badly.  But mass transit isn't going to alleviate traffic by itself, especially in a built environment such as this, and it isn't supposed to.  It's just supposed to provide people with an alternative to sitting in traffic for two hours per day.  Rant over.  

On 11/25/2021 at 8:14 AM, smeagolsfree said:

It happens everywhere and not much we can do about it. If you look at Phoenix, Washington DC, Atlanta, Philadelphia or any other large city with burbs this is what you see.

It's just the nature of planning everywhere.

The below is a screen shot of a burb 10 miles outside of Philadelphia on the NJ side where I have driver and the traffic is just as bad. 

Below that is an image of suburban Phoenix or should I say what is mostly Phoenix as there is mile upon miles of the same thing there. There they can just build the roads as then need them from scratch but you can imagine the result is pretty much the same if all of these folks from these hundreds of subdivisions are heading to work at the same time every day.

This is a problem everywhere.

The image on the bottom is about 25 or 30 mile north of Atlanta off GA 400. Look at all the dead-end roads and the limited access routes out of the area. Planners will never learn as they do what developers are allowed to do under current codes. Most of the codes are outdated and municipalities just are not forward thinking enough to change them until after it is too late.

It's the sad truth that this is a "way of the industry". I have often wondering why "developers" continue to work in this pattern and honestly it is all about the profits. They can spend a couple thousand bucks to design a subdivision and then sell off blank parcels to home builders to help offset the costs of the roadways. Groups like Ryan Homes or Toll Brothers are housing mass producers that have their entire business model based around this setup. Then there is the new trend of investment groups approaching groups like Ryan and Toll and they are buying up the entire subdivision just to turn around and rent them to the prospective home buyers that were out bid.

What's most frustrating to me about this is we get these suburb housing divisions close to denser populations and as the city grows and expands we will run into the "gentrification" conversation as single family homes will be bulldozed to provide denser housing/office/retail as the dense population grows. That would be a very bad example of sustainable development. These developers are not looking 30-50 years out for these subdivisions (granted some that are on wild slopes are more suitable for SFH), but rather 5-10 years for profits.

Florida is also extremely notorious for this. Below is near Delray Beach/Boynton Beach area

and taking a higher elevation view proves it is not isolated to pockets.

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Lebanon is competing with northern NW Georgia for a possible North American HQ for an unnamed  Swedish-based solar panel company that could bring 314 jobs to the area by 2022.  The site being considered is a proposed 250,000 sq. ft. building being developed by Stonelake Capital Partners out of Texas at Hwy 109 and I-840.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/11/30/swedish-solar-panel-company-lebanon.html
 

[markhollin]

Sumner County:  Hendersonville council is considering Nearwater Place (49 two story townhomes) on 6 acres at 1090 Main St. where a car dealership currently sits. 

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/hendersonville/2021/12/01/hendersonville-development-nearwater-place-plan-seeks-high-end-townhomes/8686460002/
 

[markhollin]

Williamson County:  Butters' Ace Hardware (1 story, 17,500 sq. ft.) will break ground in ThompsonStation at 1109 Elliston Way near the intersection with I-840 this week, with plans to be open by August 2022.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2021/12/01/ace-hardware-coming-thompsons-station-williamson-county-tennessee/8824273002/

[markhollin]

Williamson County: steel beams starting to rise on the 2.8 million sq. ft., $2.3 billion Ultium Cells GM Battery plant in Spring Hill. Set to open in 2023 with 1,300 employees.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/12/02/ultium-cells-spring-hill-construction.html

[bigeasy]

That could be the foundation for a plant, but also could be Spring Hill getting their own Stix sculpture. 

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Lebanon will see a new 190,000 sq. ft structure where luxury motor homes will be built at 640 Murfreesboro Rd. National Indoor RV Centers will employ 70 people there.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/lebanon/2021/12/03/national-indoor-rv-centers-lebanon-tennessee-storage-facility/8843342002/

[Luvemtall]

Lebanon has had some decent development announcements these past few weeks. Maybe the time is coming, that this sleepy old town starts to ride this growth train. It has SO MUCH POTENTIAL, just go get it! 

[smeagolsfree]

 

GOVERNOR LEE, COMMISSIONER ROLFE ANNOUNCE NASHVILLE BOX, LLC TO ESTABLISH NEW OPERATIONS IN WILSON COUNTY

Governor Lee, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Nashville Box, LLC to Establish New Operations in Wilson County - News - Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (tnecd.com)

NASHVILLE Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Nashville Box, LLC officials announced today the startup company will invest $3.3 million to establish new operations in Wilson County.

The corrugated box manufacturer will create 48 new jobs in Lebanon.

[markhollin]

Williamson County: Nolensville continues to boom as Regent Homes is planning a massive 2,000 home development on 129 acres as an expansion of their Carothers Farms development off Battle Road. It will feature a mix of condos, townhomes, cottage homes and single-family homes. They hope to break ground by summer of 2022.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/12/06/regent-closes-land-deal-plans-2-000-new-homes.html

[volsfanwill]

in the 90s the Saturn factory in Spring Hill had an entire building dedicated to plastics.  Remember the original Saturn models had Plastic body panels.

Now they are building a factory for batteries for electric cars.   talk about a 180.

[markhollin]

Wilson County: new changes ahead for prominent Mt. Juliet commercial locations:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/mt-juliet/2021/12/07/mt-juliet-businesses-yard-sale-usa-allyn-aesthetics-moving-locations/8857106002/

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Lebanon's new Walmart 925,000 sq. ft. e-commerce warehouse that is mentioned above in this thread (Nov. 23rd) will now have 300 employees instead of 100.

"This facility will include game-changing automation technology that’s radically disrupting the supply chain, improving the customer experience and saving time for associates," said David Guggina, senior vice president, automation and innovation at Walmart U.S. That will include the use of artificial intelligence software as well as robots that will retrieve products and ferry them to employees at the facility for packaging.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/12/07/walmart-lebanon-distribution-hub.html

[markhollin]

Williamson County: Nolensville will see 2 more residential subdivisions:

1)  Willowbrook by Drees Homes will feature 44 single family homes on 42 acres along Sanford Rd. near Nolensville H.S.

2)  Franklin Terrace at 7335 Nolensville Rd. will have 221 homes on 28 acres that will also include restaurant and retail spaces.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/nashville-builder-notches-multiple-projects-in-nolensville/article_6004e600-cd77-5e90-963e-5d6569754982.html

[markhollin]

Wilson County: Lebanon will have another subdivision by LGI Homes called Hickory Knoll of Hickory Ridge Rd.  It will be made up of single family homes, but no word on when it will start, although some site development seems to be underway

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/12/08/lgi-homes-hickory-knoll-lebanon.html