Franklin's McEwen Place

[Nashville_maestro]

They have the model up at the thoroughbred 20 theater if anyone wants to see in person. I got pics from my cell phone.

[smeagolsfree]

You sure do get some great shots with that cell phone.

Thanks for those pictures. I am going to get down there soon and take a gander for myself. I was down there Tuesday morning, but forgot my camera.

[titanhog]

I like it. Compared to the sprawling parking lots in the suburbs, this project is 100% better.

[BnaBreaker]

That really looks like a great project! I'm very impressed.

[dakota]

An impressive looking project. I think a true measure of it will be if they are able to attract a little more exclusive restaurants/retail than are out there now. Whole Foods is a good start.

[Nashville_maestro]

This project really reminds me of a shopping area that I worked in during college in Atlanta called the forum on peachtree parkway. This would be a little bigger though. Make the comparisons for yourself:

The forum development group

Areas like these are popping up all over surburban USA. They tend to be very profitable. I'm happy with that because they look ages better than a big box surrounded by an even bigger parking lot. I'm referring of course to shopping malls (also very profitable).

[BnaBreaker]

This project really reminds me of a shopping area that I worked in during college in Atlanta called the forum on peachtree parkway. This would be a little bigger though. Make the comparisons for yourself:

The forum development group

Areas like these are popping up all over surburban USA. They tend to be very profitable. I'm happy with that because they look ages better than a big box surrounded by an even bigger parking lot. I'm referring of course to shopping malls (also very profitable).

[Justiceham]

Well, I've never been to this site so I don't have any knowledge of it beyond what I'm seeing in the photos on the forumdevgroup website, but to me this 'forum' development basically looks like the typical suburban style 'wannabe' version of the McEwen Place.

[Nashville_maestro]

^ jeez I guess you have to see it in person I guess. When I said it reminded me of it, I was talking about the outdoor part and the visual look. The forum isn't as big as this will be. As far as being upscale though: when I worked at barnes and noble, I had people come in all the time that paid with American express black (the card that you have to prove that you make 1 million bucks a year to get). Dont get much more upscale class of people than that.

[marckrejci]

Interviewed Tim Downey about this project for our latest podcast. Check it out here: http://www.nainashville.com/Default.aspx?tabid=5472

The most striking thing to me was that he'd been working on getting the funds and everything together for almost 20 YEARS!! This man's got some patience.

[Hankster]

I think we are looking at the future of suburban style development in this project. It's looks greats and, yes, it's much more dense. Higher land prices will dictate more and more of this type development, and I, for one, think it's a step in the right direction. Also, projects such as this will result in less suburban sprawl than would otherwise occur if all future development were to continue to be spread out among massive parking lots as they have been for too long.