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Booming businesses, an expanding workforce and a strong economy are characteristics of the 10 Middle Tennessee counties that comprise the Nashville Economic Market. Large companies in this region include Nissan, GM, Bridgestone Firestone, Electrolux and Dell.
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NASHVILLE AREA ECONOMIC & SITE GUIDE
nashvilleareaeconomicguide.com
A Cool Place for a Hot Workforce
Shifting Into High GearNissan revs its motors in Cool Springs
Prescription for GrowthArea universities launch pharmacy schools
SPONSORED BY PARTNERSHIP 2010, NASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | 2008
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Welcome to an unparalleled community in Middle Tennessee. Ideally located a mere minutes north of downtown Nashville, Indian Lake Village represents a near-perfect balance of commerce, convenience, residence and recreation on + acres.
Imagine a Thriving, Success-Oriented Business CommunityWelcome to Chenault Farms office park – a 2.5 million sq. ft. corporate community.
Graced with architecturally appealing Class A office buildings and endless customization opportunities.
Surrounded by strong workforce demographics to meet employee needs.
Parkside Plaza I – 50,000 sq. ft. office building complete – now leasing.
Offers a hotel/conference center for off-site meetings or overnight business travelers.
Within walking distance of homes, shops and a recreational park.
Future home to large and small businesses alike – cost effective sizes and spaces to accommodate any need.
Acreage available for large corporate relocations.
Imagine a Leisurely Stroll down Main Street
Welcome to The Streets of Indian Lake – an open-air lifestyle center featuring the best in high-end shopping and dining experiences.
Over 1.5 million sq. ft. of retail shopping and dining planned within the community.
Brick sidewalks, impeccable landscaping and upscale retailers combine to recreate a quaint, town-square like atmosphere.
The best of shopping and the best of dining ... right outside the front door of your home or office.
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For more information, call Halo Properties, LLC
at (615) 822-3509
Directions:I-65 N. to Hwy. 386 –
Vietnam Veterans Blvd. to Exit 7 – Indian Lake Blvd.
Imagine the Home Town Feel of Small NeighborhoodsWelcome to the relaxed living of being able to stroll to the movies or out for an ice cream along a beautifully tree-lined street.
More than 1000 sophisticated, high quality homes will target all stages of life by providing a mix of residential choices.
Featuring classic, traditional neighborhood design and state of the art technologies.
Imagine a Community Planned for PlayWelcome to limitless relaxing opportunities for play at the 20 acre park – bike trails, walking trails, gazebos for sitting and beautifully landscaped green space for throwing a frisbee.
Located in Hendersonville, TN – The City by the Lake ... enjoy the water recreations available on Old Hickory Lake just minutes away.
Home to the New Hendersonville Library – where minds can be enriched in a relaxing environment.
Close to area golf courses – just a stone’s throw away.
Connects to Drakes Creek Greenway to further your recreational options.
Now is the time to reserve a place for your business or
home in Middle Tennessee’s Premier Lifestyle Community.
www.indianlakevillage.net
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OVERVIEW 15
BUSINESS ALMANAC 18
HOME FOR HEADQUARTERS
Shifting Into High Gear 26Nissan North America’s new headquarters makes it easy to do business.
Destination: Nashville 29
Investing in Futures 29
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Cool Place for a Hot Workforce 30Attracting a qualifi ed workforce to Nashville – and keeping it here – is a pretty easy sell.
A Prescription for Growth 35
INFRASTRUCTURE/TRANSPORTATION
Flights of Fancy 36The sky seems to be the limit these daysinside the Nashville International Airport.
Location, Location, Location 39
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MANUFACTURING/LOGISTICS
Business Takes Flight 40Available land and infrastructure make
area attractive for industrial recruitment.
HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRY
Hope & Healing 44Vanderbilt is proactively fi nding new ways to meet the health-care needs of a growing community.
MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
Listen to the Music 52Nashville songwriters and musicians are key players in the region’s economic growth.
SITE GUIDE
Ready, Willing & Able 56Middle Tennessee is fertile ground for expanding and relocating companies.
Gallery 49
Acreage Index 59
Site Guide Maps 60
Site Guide 62
Economic Profi le 81
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On the Cover PHOTO BY BRIAN McCORD
Downtown Nashville
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION: WILLIAMSON COUNTY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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NASHVILLE AREA ECONOMIC & SITE GUIDE2008 EDITION, VOLUME 2
C U S TO M M A G A Z I N E M E D I A
MANAGING EDITOR SUSAN CHAPPELL
COPY EDITOR JOYCE CARUTHERS
ASSOCIATE EDITORS LISA BATTLES,
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SALES/MARKETING COORDINATOR RACHEL MATHEIS
SALES COORDINATOR JENNIFER ALEXANDER
OFFICE MANAGER SHELLY GRISSOM
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Nashville Area Economic & Site Guide is published annually by Journal Communications Inc. and is distributed through Partnership 2010, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. For advertising information or to direct questions or comments about the magazine, contact Journal Communications Inc. at (615) 771-0080 or by e-mail at [email protected].
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ACCOLADESWelcome to the second edition of the Nashville Area Economic & Site Guide.
Sponsored by Partnership 2010, the regional economic development
initiative of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the guide
details the advantages of doing business in the 10-county region
around Tennessee’s capital city. It also lists more than 100 developed
greenfield industrial and office sites ranging in acreage from less than
one to nearly 1,200.
“This guide is a valuable tool for businesses both in the Nashville area
as well as businesses considering relocating to this community,” says
Darrell Freeman, chairman of the Chamber Board of Governors. “This
publication continues to help Nashville tell its great story of economic
and cultural success.”
Freeman notes that during 2007 and 2008, Nashville continued to
win accolades from a variety of sources, including:
Partnership 2010 was organized
18 years ago as a public-private
economic development initiative
for the Nashville region.
Between July 1, 2006, and
June 30, 2007, the Nashville Area
Chamber of Commerce
successfully aided 43 relocations
and 34 expansion projects that
absorbed 4 million square feet of
new space, added $900 million in
new capital investment to the area
and contributed to the Nashville
area’s net gain of 19,386 jobs.
Janet Miller, the chamber’s
chief economic development
officer, invites inquiries from
prospective relocating
companies. Contact her
or Carlyle Carroll, vice president
of economic development, at:
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce211 Commerce St., Ste. 100Nashville, TN 37201(615) [email protected]@nashvillechamber.com
No. 6 on the list of best U.S. cities to do
business (MarketWatch.com, September 2007).
No. 1 among the nation’s metros for business relocations and expansions
(Expansion Management magazine, January-February 2006).
No. 1 among state
economic development
agencies in the 2007
Competitiveness Award,
winning by a margin of
nearly 30 points (Site Selection, May 2008).
No. 8 among U.S. cities for per-capita
income growth (bizjounals.com, June 2007).
No. 8 on the list of cities where MBA
candidates would most like to work
(Fortune, May 2007).
No. 2 on the list of best large-market cities for
families to relocate (Primacy Relocation, July 2007).
No. 1 on the list of the Top 50 Smartest Places To Live in the
United States (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, June 2006).
Chamber Chairman Darrell Freeman
No. 1 on the list of the best U.S. cities for relocating singles
(Worldwide ERC & Primacy Relocation, October 2006).
No. inco
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United States (Kipling
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One of the Nashville area’s greatest advantages
is geographic, as the map at right shows.
• Eight states border Tennessee.
• Twenty-three states are within a 500-mile radius
of Nashville.
• More than half of the U.S. population (150 million-plus
people) lives within 600 miles of Nashville.
• Three major interstates connect in
Nashville, I-40, I-65 and I-24.
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Watertown
Eagleville
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Lebanon
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Gallatin
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Franklin
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DAVIDSON COUNTY
FAR EAST MEETS SOUTHThe Far East moved a little closer to Middle Tennessee in 2008,
when the Consulate General of Japan moved its offices from
New Orleans to Nashville.
The office on West End Avenue serves Japanese citizens and
businesses, and Americans in need of visas.
A key reason for the move from New Orleans was because
of the many Japanese companies located in the Southern
region, including Nissan North America Inc.’s new
headquarters just south of Nashville, and Toyota Motor
Manufacturing Corp.’s plant in Georgetown, Ky.
The Japanese consulate in Nashville serves Kentucky,
Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Goodbye, Saturn. Hello, Chevrolet.
The General Motors Spring Hill manufacturing facility is now making the new 2009 Chevrolet Traverse, which will be available to the public in late 2008.
The Traverse is a crossover vehicle made to resemble a midsize passenger car and a compact SUV.
The Spring Hill plant has been manufacturing Saturns for nearly 20 years, but GM officials have decided that the still-modern plant could be
utilized in more productive ways.
During 2007, the plant was retooled so that it will feature one of most flexible manufacturing processes in the industry, able to produce practically any GM car, truck or SUV, depending upon the market.
Besides the Traverse, the 3,500 employees in Spring Hill also produce 2.4 L and 2.0 L Turbo Ecotec engines that are supplied to five GM plants.
MAURY COUNTY
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ROBERTSON COUNTY
HAVE A SEATHinkle Chair Co. has had plenty of practice making
its hardwood furniture.
The popular Springfield furniture maker has been
around for more than 170 years, producing rocking
chairs, benches, children’s furniture, cushions, tables,
stools and swings.
The company is probably best known for the
rocking chairs found on the porches of every
Cracker Barrel restaurant which has its national
headquarters in Lebanon, Tenn.
A University of Tennessee rocker? Indeed.
One of the popular new product lines at Hinkle
Chair is custom-painted furniture in the school
colors of various universities.
SUMNER COUNTY
HEAVENLY NEWS
Hallelujah: Free Will Baptist Bible
College will soon have a new home.
The four-year college – founded
in 1942 in Nashville – has selected
a 66-acre site in Gallatin to build
a new campus, just off Vietnam
Veterans Boulevard.
The site is more than seven times
the size of the current Nashville
campus, and construction is set
to begin in 2008.
Free Will currently serves
400 students and has a mission
to educate leaders to ultimately
spread the word of Christ through
Biblical thought and life.
The current 9-acre campus on
West End Avenue in Nashville has
17 buildings on a campus that will
become a prime redevelopment site.
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DICKSON COUNTY
ACTION JACKSONSince 1995, The Jackson Foundation has been working for the good of Dickson County.
The nonprofit corporation’s mission is to motivate and educate children and adults by promoting and utilizing technology in the arts, sciences and humanities.
Dickson’s Renaissance Center, which was designed and developed by The Jackson Foundation, is a good example. The center offers programs and courses in visual arts, music, dance, theater, computers and multimedia.
The foundation asserts that education can improve the future of the community, the state and the world.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
LET’S BE FRANKEThe Franke Group builds kitchens for McDonald’s and
Burger King and is now building its own headquarters
in La Vergne.
The international company has reached an agreement
with the Rutherford County Industrial Development
Board to construct a new $25 million headquarters
and warehouse in Smyrna Industrial Park.
The Switzerland-based company makes a wide range
of products for kitchen, food-service, washroom and
professional coffee systems.
The company also makes stainless-steel components
for industrial applications, tool manufacturing and
beverage containers.
The Franke Group operates companies in six of the
world’s seven continents.
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY
YOU’RE WELCOME
Welcome to Williamson
County. That greeting has
been proclaimed to several
companies in recent months.
In 2007, Mars Petcare US
established its national
headquarters in Franklin,
and Nissan North American Inc.
will move into its 10-story Cool
Springs building in mid-2008.
Meanwhile, Verizon Wireless has
announced plans to establish a
$54 million South Area regional
headquarters in Franklin.
In addition, health-care giant
Healthways is constructing a
five-story building in the
Corporate Centre of Cool Springs
office complex. Approximately
1,000 employees will move there
when it opens in mid-2008.
WILSON COUNTY
A SPORTING CHANCE
Thousands of footballs, tennis balls and
golf balls fly out of Lebanon every day.
Wilson Sporting Goods Co. operates
a large distribution warehouse in the
Nashville East Logistics Center, located
off State Route 840 in Wilson County.
The Lebanon facility opened in 2007
with 100 employees and has the capacity
to double the size of its current
300,000-square-foot building, if needed.
Wilson is a subsidiary of Finland’s Amer
Sports Corp., the world’s largest sports
equipment company.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY
VERY INDUSTRIOUSYou could say that Montgomery County is big on business.
Part of the reason is the Montgomery County Corporate Business
Park, which contains more than 1,700 contiguous acres, with
approximately 1,000 acres available for industrial development.
The business park, part of which fronts Interstate 24,
is already home to 15 diverse and growing companies.
They include Rainbow Corp., which specializes in various
tile-cutting processes; Robert Bosch Corp., an automotive
brakes manufacturer with 580 employees; and Bridgestone
Metalpha, which makes steel cord for radial tires.
Montgomery County is attractive to the business community
because it has the lowest median age of any county in the
state. Its workforce includes hundreds of people who are
leaving military service at Fort Campbell and entering the
local labor force.
CHEATHAM COUNTY
LIFE ON THE RIVER
It’s like a city within a city.
The $75 million Braxton
Condominiums in Ashland City
opened in spring 2008 along
the Cumberland River and is
the only waterfront marina
community in Middle Tennessee
The condos, situated in two
10-story buildings, range from
$400,000 to $750,000.
The Braxton offers eight
different floor plans, all with
a private terrace and outdoor
living area. Condos feature
9-foot ceilings, stainless-
steel appliances and
floor-to-ceiling windows.
Eventually, there also will be
retail space on the first floor
and free access to the marina.
Other amenities include a resort-
style pool, clubhouse with bar
area, two fitness centers and
two preassigned parking
spaces per residence.
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W h e n N i s s a n No r t h A merica n Inc.’s new headquarters opens in
July 2008, it will be a state-of the-art structure. Computerized windows will let in ideal lighting, and a four-story parking garage will not be visible in a few years because hundreds of trees have been planted around it.
So continues the interesting story about the construction of the Nissan Americas headquarters building, a $100 million structure in the Corporate Centre of Cool Springs office complex. The 10-story headquarters is being built east of Interstate 65 on Carothers Parkway, between McEwen Drive and Cool Springs Boulevard.
Nissan officials announced in late 2005 that the automotive giant was moving its North American headquarters from Southern California to the Nashville area. Its new 460,000-square-foot off ice building has been designed for more than 1,500 employees and is scheduled to open in July 2008.
“We literally designed the building from the inside out to take into consid-eration how to maximize the productivity and comfort of our employees, and the overall ease of doing business,” says Rob Traynham, Nissan North America Inc.’s director of nonmanufacturing facilities. “For example, each of the nine main floors has a central, town meeting-type area where people can grab a cup of coffee or
Nissan’s new S-shaped headquarters in Cool Springs will open in July 2008.PHOTO BY BRIAN M C CORD
Nissan’s new headquarters makes it easy to do business
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water, and discuss business for a couple of minutes. A lot of productive business can be accomplished face to face during a few minutes in a relaxing setting.”
The building will house various Nissan departments such as sales and marketing, legal, administration and finance, human resources, product planning, communications, corporate planning and information systems. Traynham says Nissan studied the relationships between the departments to determine where best to locate everyone in the building.
“We divided everything into three categories – strong, moderate or never interacting,” he says. “Departments that deal with each other often – or strong interacting – are located near each other or at least on the same floor. Those with moderate dealings are a f loor above or a f loor below each other, with open stairway areas between f loors so that people from those departments can meet each other halfway to discuss business. There are also alternating atriums on each of the nine main floors to make things especially comfortable for those in-person discussions.”
Traynham says Nissan is being as
environmentally sensitive as it can be with its new building. That includes installing a computer system in all windows to provide ideal lighting.
“Not only do the windows let in the ideal amount of light lumens, but they also control glare and heat,” he says. “For instance, one side of the building might be in the shade at a certain time of day, while another side could be in bright sunlight. The computerized windows will control both lighting-and-heat situations.”
The automotive company has also restored 2.5 acres of wetlands on the southwest corner of its 50-acre campus, planting more than 50,000 native Middle Tennessee f lowers, bushes and trees.
“We also decided that instead of paving a significant amount of land with asphalt for parking spots, we built a less invasive, four-story garage instead,” Traynham says. “And with the hundreds of trees that were planted around it, the garage won’t be noticeable in a few years. We are here in Cool Springs to do business, but we also want to be a good neighbor to Cool Springs and the land around us.”
– Kevin Litwin
The new building will house several departments, including product planning for cars such as this 2008 Nissan Maxima.
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3,400tons of structural steel
23,000cubic yards of concrete
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Between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce successfully
aided 43 relocations and 34 expansion projects
that absorbed 4 million square feet of new space,
added $900 million in new capital investment to the
area and contributed to the Nashville area’s net gain
of 19,386 jobs.
Back Yard Burgers is now located here, and so are
Wilson Sporting Goods and The Little Clinic. Oreck calls
the Nashville area home, as does Sanderson Pipe and ZOI
Interactive Technologies. And the list continues to grow.
“We moved here because Nashville is in a
centralized United States location, plus it has a
moderate cost of living,” says Dr. Gregory Mutsch,
executive director of business administration for
Accelerated Christian Education.
Accelerated Christian Education was
headquartered in Tampa, Fla., prior to its move to
Nashville in 2007. The company writes, designs and
produces elementary through high school curriculum
for private Christian schools and home schools
throughout the world. The group’s published teaching
materials are now in 7,000 K-12 Christian schools in
139 countries, and are studied by approximately
1 million students.
“We are currently housed in temporary facilities
just outside of Nashville [Madison], but are looking for
property so that we can move our other distribution
center in Dallas to Nashville – plus eventually
construct a four-year college here,” Mutsch says.
“We want property in metropolitan Nashville that
will be within 30 minutes of the Nashville International
Airport. The airport is ideal for our shipping purposes,
and it allows our staff to easily visit schools across the
country and internationally.”
Mutsch says A.C.E. does not teach students how
to make a living but rather how to live.
“Being in Nashville with its conservative values
and its welcoming spirit is an ideal place for us
to be headquartered,” he adds. – Kevin Litwin
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If a business has an idea for
“can’t miss” growth, how can the
Nashville Area Chamber of
Commerce help?
The chamber has formed a
Partnership 2010 Entrepreneurship
Task Force that is developing a plan
to retain, expand and attract high-
growth entrepreneurial ventures in
Middle Tennessee.
The 90-member task force
consists of successful financial
investors, entrepreneurs, service
providers and other professionals
who will produce the results of their
research in July 2008.
“We already know that Nashville
is a great entrepreneurial community,
but the objective of this volunteer
task force is to find out how we
can make it even better,” says
Christine McDonnell, vice
president of existing business and
entrepreneurship for the Nashville
Area Chamber of Commerce.
“We want to provide valuable
information to businesses that are
looking to significantly grow their
companies with big entrepreneurial
ventures in the Nashville region.”
Nashville has been an
entreprenurial hot spot for several
years, and McDonnell says the task
force is studying the current
resources that are available to
high-growth entrepreneurs.
Investing in FuturesNASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER FORMS ENTREPRENEURSHIP TASK FORCE
“We are looking at how to build
upon community sucesses and
make a stronger network of
resources, capital and infrastructure,”
McDonnell says. “We are mapping
out what is available to the business
community, then will develop a
marketing campaign that showcases
the high entrepreneurial
opportunities in the Nashville region.”
The task force is co-chaired
by HealthStream chairman/CEO
Robert A. Frist Jr., and XMi
chairman Michael Shmerling.
“The task force will decide
what our next steps will be after
July 2008,” McDonnell says.
“But by that time, we will convey
several components that need
to be in place for an entrepreneurial
venture to be successful here in
Middle Tennessee.” – Kevin Litwin
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Chamber initiatives keep world-class employees coming to Music City
Attracting a qualified workforce to Nashville – and keeping it here – is a pretty easy sell. After
all, the city tops numerous lists of the nation’s best places to live and work.
Jobseekers and employers alike find plentiful higher-education options, a broad-based economy, an inviting business climate, affordability and a great quality of life in Music City.
“We have a very diversified econ-omy,” says Nancy Eisenbrandt, COO and chief workforce development officer for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. “It’s an affordable community, and it’s very livable – all the way from the weather to the things there are to do here … the music, the
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selection of restaurants, the performing arts … It’s just a very, very livable city. And you can’t forget the friendliness.”
The quality of life is ref lected in the vibrancy of downtown Nashville. In light of the quickly expanding residential neighborhood, as well as the robust office and entertainment environment, the Downtown Partnership has developed and implemented an impressive retail strategy in an effort to keep Nashville’s “cool factor” hot. Additionally, Colliers International ranked Nashville’s downtown 10th in the nation in office market construction, with 789,000 square feet of development. It is this continual improvement that aids in Nashville’s workforce attraction and retention efforts.
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce continually advances work-force development initiatives for the 10-county economic region and partners with local organizations to implement innovative programs in Nashville’s public schools – the city’s future workforce.
Brochures highlighting Nashville’s perks go to more than 250 colleges and universities outside the region, while at home, the chamber fosters a college-retention program.
“Right now about 60 percent of students who attend college here stay after graduation,” Eisenbrandt says.
She predicts that an internship template being developed by the chamber, potential employers and higher-education leaders will funnel even more graduates into the local job pipeline.
“Students that do internships go on to be very successful hires,” Eisenbrandt says.
And while it’s not exactly higher ed, the chamber’s bi-annual Cool School teaches attendees how to leverage the Music City “cool factor” to recruit top-notch employees and
A mural of the Nashville skyline reflects the city’s dynamic downtown area.
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integrate them into the community.Likewise, young professionals can
plug into opportunities to shape the region’s future.
“We have joined with the 20/20 Leadership Alliance to staff shared programs for events such as Nashville Young Professionals Day and the Nashville Emerging Leader Awards, where we recognize up-and-coming leaders,” Eisenbrandt says. The part-nership also hosts social networking events and Q&A sessions with local political leaders.
Additionally, the chamber works with Alignment Nashville, an organ-ization that coordinates the efforts of more than 100 area organizations, to better Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.
“Nashville has incredible community organizations and resources, massive expertise and a willingness to collaborate,” says Alene Arnold, associate director of Alignment Nashville. “There is just so much motivation to positively impact the schools, which will ultimately impact the success of our city.”
Programs target MNPS goals for students from pre-K to high school.
An innovative pilot program known as Smaller Learning Communities began in eight Metro high schools in 2007-08. According to Eisenbrandt, the smaller Career Academies will focus core curriculum on a particular employ-ment track, such as health care or science, to better prepare students for postsecondary education and a career.
– Carol Cowan
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Belmont, Lipscomb universities open pharmacy schools
P hilip E. Johnston says being the f irst Dean of the School of Pha rmac y at Belmont
University is a “dream come true.”His longtime colleague, Roger Davis,
echoes that comment. Only he’s talking about the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, where he, too, is the school’s first dean.
Both men are graduates of the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy in Memphis and have been professional colleagues for many years.
While it is coincidental that the two
are helping to launch pharmacy schools just blocks away from each other in fall 2008, it is also the result of necessity.
“There’s a national shortage of pharmacists on the order of 150,000 practitioners,” says Davis, who was most recently employed at sanofi-aventis pharmaceuticals. “It’s projected to last the next 15 years or so. There are new colleges of pharmacy starting across the country and existing colleges of pharmacy are increasing their enrollments.”
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at Vanderbi lt University Medical Center, notes that when he and Davis sought their Doctors of Pharmacy degrees, UT-Memphis had the state’s only program.
Subsequently, East Tennessee State University began offering a program in Johnson City.
In fall 2008, pending final accred-itation, there will be schools at Union University in Jackson as well as at the two schools at either end of Belmont Boulevard in Nashville.
“It’s interesting that all five of us [the heads of the pharmacy schools] went to the same school, and we talk to each other. We’re friends,” Johnston says.
As friends, they share ideas and talk about professional matters.
“When we [Belmont] went up to Chicago to visit with the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, they said ‘What’s going on in Nashville?’ because they had just gotten the letter from Lipscomb, too,” Johnston recalls. “I think the answer is you look at Tennessee and look at the growth in population and the growth in the health-care industry in the area.”
Those two factors are motivators in beginning both four-year programs, which each plan to have a class of about 75 students to start.
“Belmont had looked for years to grow in another health-care area,” Johnston says, noting the school already offers nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy and medical social work training. “Nashville is driven by the health-care industry.”
At both schools, students will spend the fourth year doing what Davis calls “experiential education,” meaning hands-on work with pharmacies and health-care providers.
Both men say students only need look in their own backyards for work, if that’s what they desire.
“We have a lot of faith that the market is there and will remain strong,” Davis says. – Tim Ghianni
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Flights of Fancy
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T he sky seems to be the limit for renovations these days inside the Nashville International Airport.
The airfield that opened in 1937 as Berry Field is currently in the middle of a $50 million terminal renovation project that began in October 2006.
Various facets of the renovation will be completed at different times, and the entire upgrade is scheduled to be f inished by the spring of 2009.
“The terminal improvements include refur-bishing concourses A, B and C, with the addition of several new retail establishments and restaurants in each,” says Emily Richard, corporate communications manager for the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, which owns and operates the Nashville International Airport. “We have already installed improved f light information displays for arrivals and departures and will centralize a more efficient security checkpoint for all passengers.”
The security checkpoint will be an 11-lane area where every traveling passenger will enter.
NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Among the 50 busiest airports in North America
9 to 10 million passengers each year
16 airlines averaging a total of 400 fl ights daily
56,000 airport-related jobs, accounting for more than $1.3 billion in annual wages
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The airport has embarked on a renovation project that is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2009. Left: Live music is on tap – along with food and drink – at Tootsies in the Nashville International Airport.
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Location, Location, LocationIn 2007, Ricoh Americas Corp.
was looking to establish a new
parts distribution center and
narrowed its search to six cities.
They were Atlanta, Indianapolis,
Louisville, Ky., Memphis, St. Louis
and Nashville.
Nashville won.
Today, the color copier and
imaging products giant is leasing
space at Nashville Business Center
II on Briley Parkway. This move
has allowed the company to
consolidate two of its existing
northeastern U.S. parts
distribution operations.
“We chose Nashville because
it is nearly equidistant from
Louisville and Memphis, which
are the UPS and FedEx air
freight hubs,” says Pete Resendiz,
manager of logistics operations
for Ricoh Americas Corp.
“Nashville allows us to be in a
location where UPS and FedEx
will have to constantly compete for
our business, which will result in
better service for our customers.”
Resendiz says Ricoh also
received terrific assistance
from the Tennessee Department
of Economic & Community
Development and the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
“We got state incentives
for job creation and training
reimbursement, along with
electricity discounts and
assistance in finding a suitable
location,” he says.
Part of what attracts so many
companies to Nashville is its
convenient location. The interstate
system has been lauded in
magazines such as Expansion Management because there are
six legs of interstates that converge
within the city limits, which makes
doing business a lot easier.
“Nashville has become a very
cosmopolitan city,” Resendiz
says, “and we are very happy
to be here.”
– Kevin Litwin
The Nashville International Airport renovation includes various improvements throughout the terminal.
There will be no more individual security points at each of the three concourses.
“The 11 lanes will include one lane specifically for airport employees,” Richard says. “The new security checkpoint should open around July 2008.”
The design for the renovated terminal is a joint venture between Nashville-based Thomas, Miller & Partners LLC and Minneapolis-based Architectural Alliance.
“The main idea with the design is to bring more elements of Nashville into the airport so that passengers really get
a feel of Music City when they walk through the terminal,” Richard says. “For instance, there will be live musical performances on small stages located at three different spots, including the food court. We are giving the terminal a distinct Nashville f lair.”
That f lair extends to new restaurants and gift shops. Moving into Nashville International Airport will be famed Music City businesses such as Tootsies Orchid Lounge, Noshville Delicatessen, Loveless Café, Tennessee Tavern/Jack Daniel’s, Swett’s Restaurant, Whitt’s Barbecue, Kijiji Coffee House and Neely’s BBQ.
“There will also be the first airport O’Charley’s restaurant in the United States, since Nashville is home to O’Charley’s corporate headquarters,” Richard says. “The airport will also house a CMT [Country Music Television] gift store.”
Other upcoming improvements to the terminal will include 16 new skylights, new carpeting, larger restrooms, more elevators and a limestone-colored palette throughout all three concourses.
“Nashville International is among the 50 busiest airports in North America, processing 9 to 10 million passengers each year,” Richard says. “We are a busy place, serving 16 airlines that average a total of 400 f lights daily.”
The airport also contributes to the local economy with 56,000 airport-related jobs and accounts for more than $1.3 billion in annual wages. In addition, Nashville International Airport is self-financing, meaning that it is managed like a private business so that no Nashville taxpayers are ever burdened with its operation.
“The airport is often the first impression that visitors get of Nashville, Tenn.,” Richard says. “We believe that the renovated terminal will provide an excellent introduction to Music City USA.” – Kevin Litwin
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Vought Aircraft Industries, which has been in Nashville for 70 years, produces wings and aircraft parts for Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Cessna and Gulfstream.
T he locat ion of Nashv i l le International Airport is crucial to a subset of industries
blossoming here.There is the 70-year-old Vought
Aircraft Industries facility located next to the airport. And while it has adapted after being sold and conglomerated over the decades, it continues to thrive as it produces wings and aircraft parts for Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Cessna and Gulfstream.
Carlyle Carroll, vice president of recruitment for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, says the company announced in 2007 that it was
investing $25 million in equipment for Airbus, which could be worth $1 billion over the next five years.
Lynne Warne, who handles external communications for Vought, says the 2.1 million-square-foot local plant upped its workforce by about 20 percent – to 1,150 – in 2007. About 80 percent of the employees are involved in production.
And it’s far from standing stil l, according to general manager Dan Tharp.
“My vision for the site includes upgrading our technology, infras-tructure and to provide our employees the training needed to support our
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increasing customer demand, new business opportunities and to achieve improved productivity and quality performance,” Tharp says.
While Vought is a “heritage” business – the Nashville site began as Stinson Aircraft Co., the third-largest producer of war materials during World War II, according to Warne – new firms are drawn by the available land with access to the airport, as well as the skilled workforce.
Both factored into the expansion by Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Systems.
The company has been located in Nashville for about 16 years, but in 2006,
it expanded to a 71,000-square-foot hangar at the airport.
That put the company near its customers and also created about 140 jobs.
Carroll credits the Metro Nashville Airport Authority, the state of Tennessee and TVA for making this location attractive for the company, which services a variety of aircraft from its location right off the runways.
But another factor is the quality of the labor force at the old facility.
“What they told us was that the existing workforce that was in place here was one of the most productive in
their entire system,” Caroll says.“There are airports all over the
country that can put together a deal like the one we put together, but the productivity of the Nashville-area employee is what won out.”
The quality of available talent was also responsible for the expansion into Nashville of GKN Aerospace.
The company hired about 60 engineers when opening its GKN Engineering Development Center in 2005, Carroll says. “They were very aware of the professional expertise in the aerospace engineering field in the Nashville area.”
– Tim Ghianni
Vought Aircraft Industries increased its workforce by about 20 percent in 2007 and now has more than 1,100 employees.
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Vanderbilt Medical Center is transforming a portion of 100 Oaks shopping mall into a state-of-the-art health and wellness facility. Top: Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will begin a three-year, $203 million expansion in 2009. PHOTO BY BRIAN McCORD
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F or more than a centur y, Vanderbilt Medical Center has stood out as an international
leader in medical education, research and patient care.
Today, VMC is proactively finding new ways to meet the health-care needs of a growing community.
In an effort to accommodate patients, faculty and staff, hospital off icials recently announced plans to transform
half of Nashvi l le’s oldest indoor shopping mall – 100 Oaks – into a state-of-the-art health and wellness facility.
The 440,000-square-foot facility, set to open in 2008, will serve as a second major campus to VMC’s 21st Avenue location.
“As we continue to experience phenomenal growth, it’s prudent for us to look elsewhere to decompress our current location growth and reserve
what is left for hospital-based programs and laboratory research,” says C. Wright Pinson, MBA, M.D., Associate Vice-Chancellor for Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at VMC.
He says the new location lends itself to easy access and visibility from Interstate 65, while maintaining close proximity to the 21st Avenue campus.
While some VMC clinics will relocate to the 100 Oaks facility, other depart-
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital will add an eight-story addition that will offer a full range of obstetrical services.
ments, including radiology, primary care and pediatrics, will expand to offer services at the new space.
Pinson says the first-class campus will include new technology that will improve wait times for patients, while ample on-grade parking will help relieve the confusion that often accompanies midtown parking.
A shuttle bus service also is planned between the two campuses to serve faculty and staff who have respon-sibilities at both locations.
The medical center isn’t the only Vanderbilt facility making headlines. In 2009, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will begin a three-year, $203 million expansion. The eight-story, 340,000-square-foot addition will include obstetrical services and 16 to 20 labor and delivery rooms, along with a newborn nursery and additional pediatric and intensive-care beds.
“Growth is the sign of a dynamic medical center, and this expansion is
the logical next step in the success story that is the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital,” says Harry R. Jacobson, M.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs.
The organization is making waves in the scientific community as well, with the recent implementation of an anonymous database of genetic and clinical information.
Using banked blood samples, experts hope to identify patterns and parallels between patients with similar diseases or who have taken similar medications.
“The establishment of this data base wi l l a l low researchers to more effectively and eff iciently conduct important genetic research, which, in turn, wil l help improve care for patients, so it’s a win-win for everyone,” says Gordon R. Bernard, M.D., assistant vice chancellor for research.
Officials hope the database will ultimately help identify the genes that can lead to predictive tests and preventive therapies for many, if not all, diseases.
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The No. 1 industry in Nashville is health care, and that’s music to the ears of leaders at Middle Tennessee’s 300 health-care companies.
Together, they produce more than 430,000 jobs worldwide with a combined annual revenue of more than $80 billion.
“Nashville-based companies have been involved in many of the largest leveraged buyouts and merger/acquisition transactions in health care in the United States,” says Caroline Young, president of the Nashville Health Care Council. Since 1995, the 160-member council has promoted Nashville’s health-care industry by providing executives with educational programs, networking and mentoring activities.
While hospital giants HCA and Community Health Systems have long served as cornerstones for the city’s health care industry, Nashville also is home to a diverse sector of companies, including disease management leaders Healthways and Gordian Health Solutions, hospital specialist program operator Cogent Healthcare, home health service provider Guardian Home Care Holdings, walk-in clinic operator The Little Clinic and dental managed care organization Forba Holdings.
Other notable companies include biotech firms BioMimetic Therapeutics and Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, dialysis companies National Renal Alliance and Renal Advantage, managed care operator HealthSpring, health technology provider Passport Health Communications and imaging expert e+healthcare.
“Nashville’s quality of life, management talent, ready access to capital and range of expert professional service firms that support the industry are attractive elements for health-care operations large and small,” Young says.
– Melanie Hill
The city’s health-care industry has a great prognosis
BioMimetic Therapeutics is one of the area’s 300 health-care companies that generates jobs and income for the region.
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Historic homes, such as this one
in Murfreesboro, are prevalent
throughout Rutherford County.
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Guitars decorate many parts of
Music City (of course), including
this one on Lower Broadway.
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Dickson County, located about 30 miles west of Nashville, is one
of the many surrounding counties that has scenic horse farms as
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Nashville Cats provide soundtrack for area’s economic growth
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W hether they fill large performance halls or try out their songs on writers’ nights at one of the many intimate nightclubs in the area, Nashville
Cats are key players in the region’s economic growth.The contributions of these
pickers and songwriters are in the creative spirit they have instilled here, accord-ing to Janet Mil ler, chief economic development officer for t he Nashvi l le Area Chamber of Commerce.
“Much of our economic development success is tied to the fact that we are a creative, entrepreneurial place where people want to be,” she says.
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce uses the city’s musical heritage as a calling card.
“We try to focus as to what truly differentiates this city from the others,” Miller says. “The difference is the creative
community and the Music City brand, so we incorporate that theme and spirit into all of our recruitment activities.”
Business owners aren’t the only ones that find Nashville an attractive place to work and live. More and more, young
professionals find the city a good place to call home, too.
“Br ig ht you ng pe ople coming out of school are picking the place that they want to be,” Miller says. “The places [like Nashville] that are attractive are the real creative hotbeds. All companies need creative people.”
The Nashv i l le chamber put s t he loc a l bra nd on display when trying to woo
companies to the metro area.For example, Miller says, guests are often treated to
songwriters’ nights at area clubs such as the Bluebird Cafe.The iconic, 25-year-old listening room – now operated by
“Much of our economic development success is tied to the fact that we are a creative, entrepreneurial place where
people want to be.”JANET MILLER
CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICERNASHVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Bluebird Cafe, one of Nashville’s premier listening rooms, was recently purchased by the Nashville Songwriters Association. Left: The music industry plays an important role in economic development, showcasing the area’s creativity.
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the Nashville Songwriters Association International – provides the ideal showcase for the city’s musical roots.
Jeff Hite, director of business recruitment for the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, says the tunes are just a part of the attraction.
“We’re known as Music City all over the world, but it’s much more than music.”
Miller points out that all types of music, as well as TV and film production, are finding homes here. And the chamber is helping the music community face its future.
“We are keenly interested in the digital and interactive sector,” Miller says. “One of the things we are doing is coproducing, in partnership with Leadership Music, this year’s [2008] Digital Summit. The outside world needs to know that Nashville has an emerging technology scene.”
Kira Florita, executive director of Leadership Music, says the strategic alliance is a good fit.
Her organization’s stated mission “is to nurture a knowledgeable, issue-oriented community of music industry professionals.”
The nonprofit group began staging the Digital Summit in 2005 with a goal of identifying and exploring new technology opportunities, innovations and challenges.
Florita says her challenge was that the event continued to grow beyond the group’s resources, so teaming up with the chamber has been beneficial. She says the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce has helped market the summit and recruit speakers and sponsors.
“We want to make sure Nashville continues to have a thriving presence in the digital realm,” she says. – Tim Ghianni
Visitors and residents alike can enjoy hearing everything from alternative rock and jazz to country and bluegrass in the city’s many honky-tonks, nightclubs and performance halls, such as the classic Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville (right).
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T here are many conditions that make the Middle Tennessee region ripe for companies looking to locate here.
So many, in fact, that in 2005 and 2006, Expansion Management named Nashville as the nation’s top metro area for business expansions and relocations.
That’s no surprise to Doug Brandon, managing partner with Colliers Turley Martin Tucker Commercial Real Estate Services.
“The demographics here are incredible,” Brandon says. “I’ve never met anyone who has moved here who hasn’t said they love the people here.”
The people of the region help attract companies in other ways as well. Randy Wolcott, senior vice president of ProVenture Commercial Real Estate, says the area labor force is a big draw. “You get a more productive employee because of the work ethic of folks in Middle Tennessee,” he says.
In his 22 years in the region’s commercial real estate market, Wolcott has seen some big changes.
For example, he says that in 1991, a 200,000-square-foot facility was the maximum size in the region, but now it is not uncommon to have 500,000-plus square-foot operations.
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businesses is an almost legendary cooperation between the public and private sectors.
Brandon can’t say enough about the work of TVA in helping adapt existing conditions to individual companies’ needs.
“TVA is phenomenal in coming in and building a system to provide ample sources of power,” he says. “From an economic development standpoint, TVA’s impact is instrumental in making this a vibrant community.”
As an example, he cites the work that TVA did with the Verizon Wireless Call Center in Murfreesboro to ensure adequate power.
“All of that has to tie together,” Brandon says. “And that’s what makes Nashville special – the cooperation between the public and private sectors.”
Other factors that appeal to relocating businesses are low property taxes and utility costs, and economic diversity.
“The cost of living is a big factor,” Brandon says. “Not having a state income tax is a huge advantage for our state.”
Wolcott notes the myriad transportation options in the area as another factor.
“We’ve gone from a manufacturing city with local and regional distribution to a manufacturing city with local, regional and national distribution,” he says. “Nashville fares
well because of its central location. You’ve got six interstate legs to serve various markets, and the inbound costs and outbound costs are favorable.”
But Nashville isn’t the only target on companies’ radar screens. Doug Brandon sees many hot spots across the Middle Tennessee region.
“Williamson County is really on fire, along with Wilson County, Hendersonville and Gallatin,” he says.
And the quality of life in both Nashville and the outlying areas is another reason that so many companies come calling.
“Employers are amazed at the quality of life their employees can have here,” he continues. “This is not just a one-pony town. We’ve got pro sports, top-level colleges, a huge health-care system and, of course, the music business. If you want to go to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on a Tuesday night you can do that, or if you want to go watch the Nashville Sounds [minor league baseball team] play, you can do that, too.”
And Wolcott says it doesn’t look like things will slow down any time soon.
“You’re going to see continued growth and expansion of distribution companies driven by existing companies and ones relocating here, especially from the Northeast,” he says.
– Kimberly Daly
Construction workers are a common sight these days in the Nashville metro area as it grows and expands.
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(615) 515-2010www.synergybe.com
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The following properties are available for sale in the Nashville area. The Acreage Index is organized in ascending order of property size. The Site Guide is organized first by type of property, then county (in alphabetical order), then by property size (in ascending order). Columns should be read down first, rather than left to right.
Note: These listings were provided by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and were considered correct at the time of publication (May 2008). However, due to the nature of real estate, the information and availability may change during the lifetime of this publication, and accuracy cannot be guaranteed. We suggest you contact the agent listed to verify availability or to request further information.
OFFICE
6 1 to 40 acres, Williamson ............................ 62
7 1.5-2.0 acres, Williamson ............................ 62
8 2.72 acres, Williamson ................................ 62
9 3.44 acres, Williamson ................................ 62
1 3.9 acres on two sites, Davidson ............... 61
2 5.5 acres, Davidson ....................................... 61
3 5.9 acres, Davidson ....................................... 61
4 6.54 to 30.63 acres, Davidson ................... 61
10 7.27 acres, Williamson ................................. 62
5 9.14 acres, Davidson ..................................... 61
11 93 acres, Williamson .................................... 63
INDUSTRIAL/LAND
LESS THAN 10 ACRES13 0.91 to 22.36 acres, Davidson ................... 63
14 1 to 7 acres, Davidson .................................. 63
15 3.74 acres, Davidson .................................... 63
16 4 to 9 acres, Davidson ................................ 64
17 4.5 acres, Davidson ..................................... 64
57 4.5 acres, Sumner ......................................... 74
18 5.02 acres, Davidson ................................... 64
50 5.27 acres, Rutherford ................................ 73
19 6.29 acres, Davidson ................................... 64
20 7.24 acres, Davidson ................................... 64
69 9.06 acres, Wilson ........................................ 77
21 9.44 acres, Davidson .................................. 64
10-25 ACRES70 10.42 acres, Wilson ....................................... 77
22 13.25 acres, Davidson .................................. 65
23 14.20 acres, Davidson .................................. 65
24 17.34 acres, Davidson .................................. 66
71 18.74 acres, Wilson ....................................... 78
58 18.9 acres, Sumner ........................................ 75
51 20 acres, Rutherford .................................... 73
59 20-60 acre tracts, Sumner ......................... 75
43 21 acres, Robertson ....................................... 71
33 22 to 125+ acres, Dickson ........................... 68
25 22.4 acres, Davidson .................................... 66
72 24 acres, Wilson ............................................ 78
60 25 acres, Sumner ........................................... 75
26-50 ACRES61 28.4 acres, Sumner ....................................... 75
35 30 to 90 acres, Maury .................................. 68
12 30.56 acres, Cheatham ............................... 63
26 32.7 acres, Davidson .................................... 66
62 35 acres, Sumner ........................................... 75
73 35 acres, Wilson ............................................ 78
27 36 acres, Davidson ....................................... 66
63 45.5 acres, Sumner ....................................... 75
64 50 acres, Sumner .......................................... 76
51-100 ACRES52 57 acres, Rutherford .................................... 73
74 58.7 acres, Wilson ......................................... 78
28 64 acres, Davidson ....................................... 66
29 64.23 acres, Davidson ................................. 66
44 65 acres, Robertson ..................................... 72
30 65.37 acres, Davidson ................................. 67
65 66.8 acres, Sumner ....................................... 76
45 75.29 acres, Robertson ............................... 72
41 880 acres, Montgomery .............................. 70
53 95 acres, Rutherford .................................... 74
39 100 +/- acres, Montgomery ....................... 70
54 100+ acres, Rutherford ............................... 74
66 100 acres, Sumner ........................................ 76
75 100 acres, Wilson .......................................... 78
OVER 100 ACRES76 103.9 acres, Wilson ....................................... 78
77 109.18 acres, Wilson ..................................... 79
46 110 acres, Robertson .................................... 72
31 120 acres, Davidson ..................................... 67
55 138 acres, Rutherford .................................. 74
56 139.72 acres, Rutherford ............................. 74
78 164 acres, Wilson .......................................... 79
32 174 +/- acres, Davidson ............................... 68
79 190 acres, Wilson .......................................... 79
80 200 acres, Wilson ......................................... 79
40 215 acres, Montgomery ............................... 70
36 261 acres, Maury ............................................ 69
47 270 acres, Robertson .................................. 72
81 282 acres, Wilson .......................................... 79
38 300 acres, Montgomery ............................. 70
82 300 acres, Wilson ......................................... 79
48 400 acres, Robertson .................................. 72
37 422 acres, Maury ........................................... 69
34 600 acres, Dickson ....................................... 68
67 600 acres, Sumner ....................................... 77
83 695 acres, Wilson ......................................... 80
49 810 acres, Robertson ................................... 72
68 827 acres, Sumner ........................................ 77
42 1,187 acres, Montgomery ............................ 70
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Office Industrial/Land
DAVIDSON
1 Briley & I-40729 BRILEY PKWY.,
NASHVILLE, 37217
Acreage: 3.9 on two sites
Price: $1,200,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – Commercial
services; Access – Visibility and
immediate access to I-40
and Briley Parkway; Utilities –
Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Mark Traylor,
(615) 550-5581, mtraylor@boyle.
com; Grant Kinnett, (615) 550-5582,
[email protected], Boyle
DAVIDSON
2 Briley Corners20 BRIDGESTONE PARK,
NASHVILLE, 37214
Acreage: 5.5
Description: Zoning – Office limited;
Access – Visibility and quick access
to Briley Parkway; Site can
accommodate office user up to
90,000 SF; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: Jeff Haynes, (615) 550-5578,
[email protected]; Thomas
McDaniel, (615) 550-5579,
[email protected], Boyle
DAVIDSON
3 MACROYAL PARKWAY
NASHVILLE, 37214
Acreage: 5.9
Price: $1,542,024
Description: CS
Contact: Doug Howard,
[email protected], Colliers TMT
DAVIDSON
4 Century City Lots, Airport NorthNASHVILLE, 37214
Acreage: 6.54- to 30.63-acre lots
Price: $875,000 to $1,500,000
Description: Topography – Sloping;
Zoning – CS and IWD; Access –
In place; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: Gilbert Smith,
(615) 833-8716,
Southeast Venture
DAVIDSON
5 Lakeview IV LandCENTURY BOULEVARD,
NASHVILLE, 37214
Acreage: 9.14
Price: $3,185,104
Description: Topography – Flat;
Zoning – CPUD; Access – Century
Boulevard; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric, fiber
Contact: Doug Howard,
[email protected], Colliers TMT
Office Listings
The following sites are office
listings. For more information on
the properties, use the numbers
to find the corresponding listing
in the following pages.
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WILLIAMSON
6 Berry FarmsI-65 & GOOSE CREEK BYPASS,
FRANKLIN, 37064
Acreage: 1 to 40 of office/retail
Description: Topography – Rolling;
Zoning – Commercial PUD; Access –
Visibility and quick access to I-65
and Goose Creek Bypass; Utilities –
Gas, water, sewer, electric, fiber
Contact: Phil Fawcett,
(615) 550-5580 pfawcett@boyle.
com; Jeff Haynes, (615) 550-5578,
Thomas McDaniel, (615) 550-5579,
[email protected], Boyle
WILLIAMSON
7 Meridian Cool Springs1150 MERIDIAN BLVD.,
FRANKLIN, 37067
Acreage: 1.5 - 2.0
Price: Ground Lease,
several sites available
Description: Zoning – Commercial
PUD; Access – Visibility and quick
access to I-65; Site can accommodate
restaurant user up to 7,700 SF; Utilities
– Gas, sewer, water, electric and fiber
Contact: Mark Traylor,
(615) 550-5581,
[email protected]; Grant Kinnett,
(615) 550-5582,
[email protected], Boyle
WILLIAMSON
8 Energy Park Land377 RIVERSIDE DR.,
FRANKLIN, 37067
Acreage: 2.72
Price: $700,000
Description: Zoning – Interstate
commercial; Access – Rt. 96 and
access I-65; Utilities – At site
Contact: Land Deleot,
(615) 301-2925, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
WILLIAMSON
9 Meridian Cool Springs5000 MERIDIAN BLVD.,
FRANKLIN, 37067
Acreage: 3.44
Description: Zoning – Commercial
PUD; Access – Visibility and quick
access to I-65; Site can
accommodate office user up to
175,000 SF; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric, fiber
Contact: Jeff Haynes, (615) 550-5578,
Thomas McDaniel, (615) 550-5579,
[email protected], Boyle
WILLIAMSON
10 2550 Meridian Blvd.FRANKLIN, 37067
Acreage: 7.27
Price: Build-to-suit or land only
Description: Zoning – General
Office; Access – Quick access to
I-65 and Hwy 96; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric, fiber
Contact: Mike Hickey, (615) 403-9807,
Bill Tisdale, (615) 887-9579,
Russ Barger, (615) 481-7272,
Pinnacle Realty
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WILLIAMSON
11 McEwen Drive at Mallory LaneFRANKLIN, 37067
Acreage: 93
Description: Zoning – Planned
commercial; Access – I-65; Utilities –
Gas, water, sewer, electric, fiber
Contact: Lacey Fangue,
(615) 778-3231, lacey.fangue@
southernland.com, Southern Land
CHEATHAM
12 Industrial LandHIGHWAY 12,
ASHLAND CITY, 37015
Acreage: 30.56
Price: $1,500,000
Description: Topography –
Flat, partially graded; Zoning –
IR; Access – Hwy. 12 South
to Briley Parkway; Utilities – At site
Contact: Robby Davis,
(615) 301-2920,
[email protected], Colliers TMT
DAVIDSON
13 MetroCenterNASHVILLE, 37228
Acreage: 0.91 to 22.36
Description: Topography – Flat;
Zoning – IWD; Access – In place;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Jimmy Pickel,
(615) 833-8716,
Southeast Venture
Industrial/Land Listings
The following sites are industrial or
land listings. For more information
on the properties, use the number
to find the corresponding listing in
the following pages.
DAVIDSON
14 Royal Park Business Center Airport NorthNASHVILLE, 37214
Acreage: 1 to 7
Description: Topography – Flat;
Zoning – IWD; Access – In place;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Axson West,
(615) 833-8716,
Southeast Venture
DAVIDSON
15 541 Spence LaneNASHVILLE, 37210
Acreage: 3.74
Price: $499,271.84
Description: Zoning – IR;
Access – Frontage on Spence Lane;
Utilities – At site
Contact: Chad Tuck, (615) 301-2830
[email protected], Colliers TMT
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DAVIDSON
16 Rivergate Industrial Park690 MYATT DR., NASHVILLE, 37115
Acreage: 4 to 9
Description: Topography – Flat;
Zoning – IR; Access – Hwy. 31;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Ben Goodwin,
(615) 346-0290,
Knestrick Properties
DAVIDSON
17 Myatt & Fant Industrial DriveLOT 2, NASHVILLE, 37115
Acreage: 4.5
Price: $500,000/$111,000 per acre
Description: Topography –Relatively
flat site; Zoning – Industrial; Access –
I-65, Myatt Drive; Utilities –
All utilities to site
Contact: Randy Wolcott,
(615) 376-3248,
[email protected], Proventure
DAVIDSON
18 420 Green Ln.WHITES CREEK, 37189
Acreage: 5.02
Price: $699,000
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – IWD; Access – Good
frontage, near Briley Parkway;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Brent Basham,
(615) 727-7406,
Nashville Commercial
DAVIDSON
19 718 Murfreesboro Rd.NASHVILLE, 37210
Acreage: 6.29
Price: $2,500,000/$397,456 per acre
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – IR; Access – 915 ft. frontage
along I-24 at I-40, Arlington Avenue,
frontage on Murfreesboro Road;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Mike Russell, SIOR,
(615) 300-7114,
Ben McKnight, (615) 300-7545,
Horrell Company
DAVIDSON
20 Sutherland Drive @ I-65NASHVILLE, 37027
Acreage: 7.24
Price: $500,000
Description: Zoning – IWD;
Access – I-65; Utilities – In place
Contact: Chad Tuck, (615) 301-2829,
[email protected], Colliers TMT
DAVIDSON
21 2300 Clifton Ave.NASHVILLE, 37209
Acreage: 9.44
Price: $95,000 per acre
Description: Topography – Flat;
Zoning – IR; Access – 3 miles to
I-40, 0.5 miles to Charlotte Avenue;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Buist Richardson,
(615) 727-7400,
Nashville Commercial
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DAVIDSON
22 John Merritt Blvd. at Centennial Blvd.NASHVILLE, 37209
Acreage: 13.25
Price: $1,200,000
Description: Zoning – IWD; Access –
I-24 South, Briley Parkway via
Centennial Boulevard; Utilities –
Water, electricity
Contact: Chad Tuck, (615) 301-2829,
[email protected], Colliers TMT
DAVIDSON
23 Ashland City HighwayNASHVILLE, 37218
Acreage: 14.20
Price: $1,349,000
Description: Topography – Flat,
rocky, graded; Zoning – IR; Access –
Hwy. 12 South to Briley Parkway;
Utilities – At site
Contact: Charley Hankla,
(615) 301-2837, [email protected],
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DAVIDSON
24 4357 Hurricane CreekLA VERGNE, 37013
Acreage: 17.34
Price: $64,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – IR; Access –
Murfreesboro Road; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric.
Contact: Ben Goodwin,
(615) 346-0291,
Knestrick Properties
DAVIDSON
25 West Trinity LaneNASHVILLE, 37207
Acreage: 22.4
Price: $4,500,000
Description: Zoning – MUL; Access –
I-65N & Trinity Lane, great access
and visibility
Contact: Brent Basham,
(615) 727-7406,
Nashville Commercial
DAVIDSON
26 The Crossings DevelopmentANTIOCH, TN 37013
Acreage: 32.7
Price: $7,122,060
Description: Ind, Ret, Multi-Fam
Contact: John Ward, (615)
301-2834, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
DAVIDSON
27 1510 Elm Hill Pike., RTSNASHVILLE, 37210
Acreage: 36
Price: $1,600,000
Description: Zoning – IR/R-10;
Access – Close proximity to I-40,
Elm Hill Pike; Utilities – At site
Contact: Ronnie Wenzler,
(615) 301-2803, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
DAVIDSON
28 Couchville Pike at Airpark East DriveNASHVILLE, 37217
Acreage: 64
Price: $175,000 per acre
Description: Topography –
Predominantly flat; Zoning – IWD;
Access – I-40 via Donelson Pike -
4.8 miles; I-24 via Harding Place - 5
miles; Utilities – Gas, water, sewer,
electric
Contact: Lonnie Russell,
(615) 884-2311,
[email protected], Duke
DAVIDSON
29 Burkitt LandOLD HICKORY BOULEVARD,
ANTIOCH, 37013
Acreage: 64.23
Price: $60,719 per acre
Description: Topography – Rolling;
Zoning – IWD; Access – Just off
I-24, near Murfreesboro Road;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer
Contact: Clinton Gilbreath,
(615) 248-1119, [email protected],
CB Richard Ellis
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DAVIDSON
30 Briley & Brick Church LaneNASHVILLE, 37207
Acreage: 65.37
Price: $975,000/$15,000 per acre
Description: Access – 1 mile to I-24,
adjacent to Briley Parkway; Utilities
– All utilities
Contact: Terry Smith,
(615) 850-2724,
NAI Nashville
DAVIDSON
31 County Hospital RoadNASHVILLE, 37218
Acreage: 120
Price: $35,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – RES, Potential
IWD zoning; Access – Briley
Parkway & County Hospital Road
Contact: Brent Basham,
(615) 727-7406,
Nashville Commercial
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DAVIDSON
32 ABC Old Hickory631 BURNETT RD.,
OLD HICKORY, 37138
Acreage: 174 +/-
Price: $45,000 per acre
Description: Topography – Favorable;
Zoning – IG; Access – Highway access
via Old Hickory Boulevard (SR 45), 8
miles from I-65, 10 miles from I-40;
Utilities – None
Contact: Don Kent, (615) 248-1108,
[email protected], CB Richard Ellis
DICKSON
33 Dickson County Industrial Park130 WARREN G. MEDLEY DR.,
DICKSON, 37055
Acreage: 22 to 125+
Price: $15,000-35,000 per acre
Description: Topography – Pad
Ready; Zoned Industrial; Access – 4
miles from I-40; Utilities – Gas,
Sewer, Water & Electric
Contact: David Hamilton,
(615) 446-2349,
Dickson County Chamber
DICKSON
34 Turnball Park, Hogan RoadDICKSON, 37055
Acreage: 600
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – Adjacent to SR-840, 3
miles to Hwy. 46/I-40 exit; Utilities –
Electric, water, gas, on-site disposal
system
Contact: Michael Stevenson,
United States Equities
MAURY
35 Northpointe Industrial ParkUS HWY. 31 & NORTHPOINTE
BOULEVARD, COLUMBIA, 38401
Acreage: 30 to 90
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 11 miles to interstate, 0.25
miles to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Frank Tamberrino,
(931) 388-2155,
Maury Alliance
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MAURY
36 Royal Park SiteROYAL PARK BOULEVARD &
KEDRON ROAD,
SPRING HILL, 37174
Acreage: 261
Description: Topography – Flat;
Zoning – Industrial and commercial;
Access – 0.7 miles to interstate,
adjacent to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Frank Tamberrino,
(931) 388-2155,
Maury Alliance
MAURY
37 Cherry Glenn Industrial ParkHWY. 43 & WILLIAM SPRINGS
ROAD, MT. PLEASANT, 38474
Acreage: 422
Price: $10,000 per acre
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – Industrial; Access – 18 miles
to interstate, adjacent to highway;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Frank Tamberrino,
(931) 388-2155,
Maury Alliance
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MONTGOMERY
38 SIRCO Property4635 HWY. 79 N.,
CLARKSVILLE, 37040
Acreage: 80
Price: Negotiable
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 5 miles to interstate,
adjacent to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Mike Evans,
(931) 647-2331,
Montgomery County ECD
MONTGOMERY
39 Matthews/Tucker Port SiteHWY. 41A & HWY. 12 EAST,
CLARKSVILLE, 37142
Acreage: 100 +/-
Price: Negotiable
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 8 miles to interstate, mile
135 on Cumberland River, 0.25 miles
to highway; Utilities – Electric
Contact: Mike Evans,
(931) 647-2331,
Montgomery County ECD
MONTGOMERY
40 Clarksville Industrial ParkHWY. 79 N. & JIM JOHNSON ROAD,
CLARKSVILLE, 37040
Acreage: 215
Price: Build-to-suit or land only
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 4 miles to interstate,
adjacent to highway; Utilities – Electric
Contact: Dave McGheran,
(615) 301-2810,
Colliers TMT
MONTGOMERY
41 Corporate Business ParkI-24 AT EXIT #8, (SR-237),
CLARKSVILLE, 37043
Acreage: 880
Price: Negotiable
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – Adjacent to interstate,
1 mile to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Mike Evans,
(931) 647-2331,
Montgomery County ECD
MONTGOMERY
42 Commerce Park, Central Tennessee’s MegasiteHWY. 79 N. & JIM JOHNSON ROAD,
CLARKSVILLE, 37040
Acreage: 1,187
Price: Negotiable
Description: Zoning –
Industrial; Access – 4 miles
to interstate, adjacent to highway;
Utilities – Electric
Contact: Mike Evans,
(931) 647-2331,
Montgomery County ECD
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43 Tate SiteINDUSTRIAL DRIVE
WHITE HOUSE, 37188
Acreage: 21
Price: Negotiable
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – Adjacent to interstate,
0.5 miles to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Margo Fosnes,
(615) 384-3800,
Robertson County Chamber of
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ROBERTSON
44 Industrial Park NorthHWY. 41 N. & PINNACLE DRIVE,
SPRINGFIELD, 37172
Acreage: 65
Price: $15,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 18 miles to interstate,
adjacent to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Margo Fosnes,
(615) 384-3800,
Robertson County Chamber
of Commerce
ROBERTSON
45 Jackson Land on Tom Austin HighwaySPRINGFIELD, 37172
Acreage: 75.29
Price: $2,258,700
Description: Zoning – Office; Access
– I-24, I-65; Utilities – All
Contact: Chris Schmeisser,
(615) 301-2808,
Colliers TMT
ROBERTSON
46 York RoadCOOPERTOWN, 37172
Acreage: 110
Price: $2,000,000/$18,182 per acre
Description: Topography – Large
flat site; Zoning – Industrial; Access –
I-24 and Hwy. 49; Utilities – Water,
gas and electric to site
Contact: Randy Wolcott,
(615) 376-3248,
[email protected], Proventure
ROBERTSON
47 Jackie Guthrie SiteINDUSTRIAL DRIVE & BILL JONES
DRIVE, SPRINGFIELD, 37172
Acreage: 270
Price: $20,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 15 miles to interstate, 0.5
miles to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Margo Fosnes,
(615) 384-3800,
Robertson County Chamber
of Commerce
ROBERTSON
48 TN-KY Industrial ParkPORTLAND, 37148
Acreage: 400
Price: $50,000 per acre
Description: Topography – Flat;
Zoning – IG; Access – Adjacent to
I-65; Utilities – All utilities available
Contact: J.P. Lowe, CCIM,
(615) 345-7212,
[email protected]; Tim Quinn,
CCIM, (615) 345-7217,
Chas. Hawkins Company Inc.
ROBERTSON
49 Lloyd Keyt SiteHWY. 41 N. & W. JOHNSON ROAD,
SPRINGFIELD, 37172
Acreage: 810
Price: $20,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 18 miles to interstate,
adjoining to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Margo Fosnes,
(615) 384-3800,
Robertson County Chamber
of Commerce
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RUTHERFORD
50 460 Butler Rd.MURFREESBORO, 37127
Acreage: 5.27
Price: $85,000 per acre
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – Industrial; Access – 1 mile
off 231 S., 2 miles from I-24, off
South Church Street in
Murfreesboro; Utilities – All available
Contact: Mike Russell, SIOR,
(615) 300-7114,
Ben McKnight, (615) 300-7545,
Horrell Company
RUTHERFORD
51 Enon Springs RoadSMYRNA, 37167
Acreage: 20
Price: $90,000 per acre
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – Potential I-2; Access –5
miles to I-24, Almaville Road;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Buist Richardson,
(615) 727-7400,
Nashville Commercial
RUTHERFORD
52 I-24 East & Almaville RoadSMYRNA, 37167
Acreage: 57
Price: $1,700,000/$29,825 per acre
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Utilities – All utilities available
Contact: J.P. Lowe, CCIM,
(615) 345-7212,
Robert Stout, (615) 345-7210,
Chas. Hawkins Company, Inc.
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RUTHERFORD
53 Murfree SiteMURFREESBORO, 37130
Acreage: 95
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 1 mile to I-24
Contact: Holly Sears,
(615) 893-6565,
Rutherford County Chamber
RUTHERFORD
54 Elam FarmsI-24 & JOE B. JACKSON PARKWAY,
MURFREESBORO, 37127
Acreage: 100+
Price: Build-to-suit or land only
Description: Zoning – Heavy
industrial; Access – Frontage on I-24
and Joe B. Jackson Parkway;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Dave McGheran,
615-301-2810, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
RUTHERFORD
55 Corporate WoodsI-24 & JOE B. JACKSON PARKWAY,
MURFREESBORO, 37127
Acreage: 138
Description: Zoning – Heavy
industrial; Access – Frontage on I-24
and Joe B. Jackson Parkway;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Johnny Jones,
(615) 895-7300, [email protected],
The Jones Company
RUTHERFORD
56 Lassiter LandLEE LANE
MURFREESBORO, TN 37127
Acreage: 139.72
Price: $5,588,800
Description: ag
Contact: John Ward,
(615) 301-2834, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
SUMNER
57 AvondaleAVONDALE DRIVE AND
SAUNDERSVILLE ROAD,
HENDERSONVILLE, 37075
Acreage: 4.5
Price: $3,100,000
Description: Zoning – GCS Pud;
Access – Vietnam Veterans Parkway
at Saundersville Road
Contact: Dean Jacobs,
(615) 822-3509,
Halo Realty
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SUMNER
58 Buntin PropertyHWY. 52 & 31 W.,
PORTLAND, 37148
Acreage: 18.9
Price: $35,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 0.75 mile to interstate,
adjoining to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Jeb Atkinson,
(615) 221-6627,
[email protected], Proventure
SUMNER
59 Indian Lake VillageINDIAN LAKE BOULEVARD
& MIR PARKWAY,
HENDERSONVILLE, 37075
Acreage: West Side – up to 20-acre
tract, Northwest – up to 40-acre
tract, East End – up to 60-acre tract
Price: Negotiable – varies on
location. Range:
$350,000-$1,000,000/acre
Description: Zoning – GCS Pud;
Access – on Vietnam Veterans
Parkway
Contact: Dean Jacobs,
(615) 822-3509,
[email protected], Halo Realty
SUMNER
60 Baker’s CrossingNASHVILLE PIKE,
GALLATIN, 37066
Acreage: 25
Price: $3,500,000
Description: Zoning – MU; Access –
Nashville Pike (US Highway 31E)
Contact: Tim Hale, (615) 822-3509,
[email protected], Halo Realty
SUMNER
61 Springfield HighwayGOODLETTSVILLE, 37072
Acreage: 28.4
Price: $1,294,983
Description: Zoning – IR; Access –
next to USF Holland
Contact: Wes Thomas,
(615) 727-7429, [email protected],
Nashville Commercial
SUMNER
62 Tiessler PropertyCAIRO ROAD, GALLATIN, 37066
Acreage: 35
Price: $700,000/$20,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 13 miles to interstate, 2
miles to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Clay Walker,
(615) 451-5940, [email protected],
Gallatin ECD
SUMNER
63 Donelly/Lojac Site801 STEAM PLANT RD.,
GALLATIN, 37066
Acreage: 45.5
Price: $30,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 12 miles to interstate, 2
miles to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: Clay Walker,
(615) 451-5940, [email protected],
Gallatin ECD
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SUMNER
64 Lucy Soper Bruce SiteAIRPORT BOULEVARD & STEAM
PLANT ROAD, GALLATIN, 37066
Acreage: 50
Price: $650,000/$15,000 per acre
Description: Topography – Rolling;
Zoning – Industrial; Access – 15 miles
to interstate, 1 mile to highway;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Clay Walker,
(615) 451-5940, [email protected],
Gallatin ECD
SUMNER
65 Airport & Coles Ferry RoadGALLATIN, 37066
Acreage: 66.8
Price: $15,000 per acre
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 15 miles to I-40, 1.5 miles to
Hwy. 109; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: Clay Walker,
(615) 451-5940,
[email protected], Gallatin ECD
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SUMNER
66 Johnson SiteHWY. 109 N., PORTLAND, 37148
Acreage: 100
Description: Zoning – Agricultural;
Access – 3 miles to interstate,
adjacent to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, electric
Contact: Denise Geminden,
(615) 325-6776, geminden@
cityofportlandtn.gov,
City of Portland
SUMNER
67 Bill Collins Site1167 PAYNE RD., PORTLAND, 37148
Acreage: 600
Description: Zoning – Agricultural;
Access – 4 miles to interstate, 0.5
miles to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, electric
Contact: Denise Geminden,
(615) 325-6776, geminden@
cityofportlandtn.gov,
City of Portland
SUMNER
68 Sadler/Bowles PropertyHWY. 109 & OLD DOUGLAS ROAD,
GALLATIN, 37066
Acreage: 827
Price: Negotiable
Description: Topography – Flat;
Zoning – Agricultural; Access – 14
miles to interstate, adjacent to
highway; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: Clay Walker,
(615) 451-5940, ecdev@bellsouth.
net, Gallatin ECD
WILSON
69 Land at Eastgate Tech Center6200 E. DIVISION ST.,
LEBANON, 37090
Acreage: 9.06
Price: $1,041,900
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – I-40 and SR-840; Utilities –
At site
Contact: John Ward,
(615) 301-2834, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
WILSON
70 1109 Leeville PikeLEBANON, 37087
Acreage: 10.42
Price: $2,269,476
Description: Zoning – Agricultural;
Access – I-40 and SR-840; Utilities –
At site
Contact: Ronnie Wenzler,
(615) 301-2803, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
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WILSON
71 Tennessee BoulevardWATERTOWN INDUSTRIAL PARK,
WATERTOWN, 37184
Acreage: 18.74
Price: Negotiable
Description: Topography –
Relatively flat; Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 13 miles to interstate, 0.25
miles to highway; Utilities – Gas,
water, sewer, electric
Contact: G.C. Hixson,
(615) 443-1210,
[email protected], JECD
WILSON
72 Maddox Simpson ParkwayLEBANON SMART PARK,
LEBANON, 37090
Acreage: 24
Price: Negotiable
Description: Topography –
Relatively flat; Zoning – Industrial;
Access – 1 mile to interstate, < 1 mile
to highway; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: G.C. Hixson,
(615) 443-1210,
[email protected], JECD
WILSON
73 SR-840 & Couchville PikeLEBANON, 37090
Acreage: 35
Price: Negotiable
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – Industrial; Access – 5 miles
to interstate, adjacent to highway;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: G.C. Hixson,
(615) 443-1210,
[email protected], JECD
WILSON
74 Commerce FarmsLEBANON, 37088
Acreage: 58.7
Price: Build-to-suit or land only
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – Industrial; Access – 3 miles
to interstate, adjacent to highway;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Dave McGheran,
615-301-2810, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
WILSON
75 Nashville East Logistics CenterSR-840 & COUCHVILLE PIKE,
MT. JULIET, 37122
Acreage: 100
Price: Negotiable
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – Industrial; Access – 10
miles to interstate, adjacent to
highway; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: G.C. Hixson,
(615) 443-1210,
[email protected], JECD
WILSON
76 840 & Couchville PikeLEBANON, 37090
Acreage: 103.9
Price: Call for pricing
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – Adjacent to SR-840;
Utilities – All
Contact: Buist Richardson,
(615) 727-7400,
Nashville Commercial
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WILSON
77 Beckwith FarmsBECKWITH RD/I-40,
MT. JULIET, 37122
Acreage: 109.18
Description: Topography - Gently
rolling. Zoning-Industrial. Adjacent
to I-40. Utilities - All
Contact: Dave McGheran,
615-301-2810,
[email protected], Colliers TMT
WILSON
78 Opus Site, S.E. corner lotSR-840 & COUCHVILLE PIKE,
LEBANON, 37090
Acreage: 164
Description: Zoning – Industrial;
Access – Adjacent to SR-840;
Utilities – All
Contact: Don Kent,
(615) 248-1108, [email protected],
CB Richard Ellis
WILSON
79 Rockdale Industrial ParkHWY 209/I-840, LEBANON, 37090
Acreage: 190
Price: Build-to-suit or land only
Description: Topography – Level;
Zoning – Industrial; Access – 3 miles
to interstate, adjacent to highway;
Utilities – Gas, water, sewer, electric
Contact: Dave McGheran,
615-301-2810, [email protected],
Colliers TMT
WILSON
80 Cherry Farm NorthHWY. 109 N., LEBANON, 37090
Acreage: 200
Price: Negotiable
Description: Topography – Gently
rolling; Zoning – Industrial; Access –
3 miles to interstate, adjacent to
highway; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: G.C. Hixson,
(615) 443-1210,
[email protected], JECD
WILSON
81 111 Safari Camp RoadLEBANON, 37088
Acreage: 282
Price: $7,755,000/$27,500 per acre
Description: Topography – Hilly;
Zoning – Industrial; Access –
Adjacent to I-40, 1.8 miles to
interchange, I-40 between Hwy. 109
and SR-840; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: Brian Tilton,
(615) 850-2700, NAI Nashville
WILSON
82 Earheart PropertyHWY. 109 & FRANKLIN ROAD,
LEBANON, 37090
Acreage: 300
Price: Negotiable
Description: Topography – Rolling;
Zoning – Industrial; Access – 1.25
miles to interstate, adjacent to
highway; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: G.C. Hixson,
(615) 443-1210,
[email protected], JECD
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WILSON
83 Baltz FarmEAST DIVISION STREET &
BECKWITH ROAD,
MT. JULIET, 37122
Acreage: 695
Price: Negotiable
Description: Topography – Gently
rolling; Zoning – Industrial; Access –
2 miles to interstate, 1.7 miles to
highway; Utilities – Gas, water,
sewer, electric
Contact: G.C. Hixson,
(615) 443-1210,
[email protected], JECD
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ECONOMIC PROFILE
PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
Cheatham, $26,888
Davidson, $38,056
Dickson, $23,877
Maury, $28,810
Montgomery, $27,405
Robertson, $26,958
Rutherford, $27,910
Sumner, $28,544
Williamson, $42,694
Wilson, $31,376
Tennessee, $28,641
United States, $31,472
Source: U.S. Bureau
of Economic Analysis
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
Nashville Economic Market
(2004), 792,370
1994-2004 Labor Force Growth
Percentage, 17.7%
Unemployment Rate (2005)
.7%
TRANSPORTATION
AIRPORTNashville International Airport
275-1675, www.nashintl.com
HIGHWAYSThree U.S. interstate highways
intersect in Nashville – I-40,
I-65 and I-24
The I-440 and Downtown Loop
connectors link the central city,
and State Route 840 connects
four counties.
RAILROADCSX Transportation/CSX
Intermodal Inc., www.csx.com
WATERPort of Nashville –
Cumberland River
is nearly 700 miles long
and provides access
to other waterways leading
to the Gulf of Mexico.
COST OF LIVING COMPARISON
Nashville, 88.1
Dallas, 90.9
New York City, 213.0
San Francisco, 166.4
Atlanta, 98.0
Boston, 136.8
Denver, 105.0
Cleveland, 99.6
Philadelphia, 123.2
Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index, Third Quarter 2007 (U.S. Average=100)
BUSINESSESTABLISHMENTS
POPULATION GROWTH
County 2000 2005 % Change
Cheatham 35,912 38,603 +7.5
Davidson 596,891 602,679 +5.8
Dickson 43,156 45,894 +6.3
Maury 74,845 76,292 +1.9
Montgomery 146,353 147,202 +.6
Robertson 54,433 60,379 +10.9
Rutherford 182,023 218,292 +19.9
Sumner 130,449 145,009 +11.2
Williamson 126,638 153,595 +21.3
Wilson 88,809 100,508 +13.2
Nashville Eco. Mkt. 1,435,577 1,588,453 +9.3
Tennessee 5,689,283 5,962,959 +4.8
BUSINESS CLIMATEBooming businesses, an expanding workforce and a strong economy
are characteristics of the 10 Middle Tennessee counties that comprise
the Nashville Economic Market. Large companies in this region include
Nissan, GM, Bridgestone Firestone, Electrolux and Dell.
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MAJOR EMPLOYERS
Company Product/Service No. of Employees
State of Tennessee Government services 20,029
Vanderbilt University and Medical Center Education/health care 17,158
U.S. Government Government services 11,146
Metro Nashville-Davidson Co. Public Schools Education 10,500
HCA Health care 8,742
Nissan North America Inc. Automobile manufacturer 8,500
St. Thomas Health Services Health care 6,300
GM Automobile manufacturer 5,776
Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. Tires, air springs, roofing materials, rubber 4,900
Gaylord Entertainment Co. Specialty lodging & entertainment 4,150
Sumner County Government and Public Schools Public services & education 4,088
CBRL Group Inc. Holding company for Cracker Barrel & Logan’s Roadhouse 3,350
Electrolux Home Products Manufactures electric and gas ranges 3,300
Williamson County Government and Public Schools Public services and education 3,214
YMCA of Middle Tennessee Health and wellness services 3,100
Ingram Industries Inc. Wholesale book distributor 3,081
Century II Staffing Benefits administration, risk management, training 3,000
Dell Computer Corp. Computer manufacturer 3,000
The Kroger Co. Grocery stores 2,649
Rutherford County Board of Education and County Government Public services and education 2,597
United Parcel Service Commercial delivery service 2,500
AT&T (Formerly BellSouth Inc.) Telecommunications 2,388
Randstad Work Solutions Staffing services 2,230
A.O. Smith Water Products Co. Manufactures water heaters 2,000
Middle Tennessee State University Higher education 1,936
Since 2000, the Nashville area has grown approximately 11 percent, according to estimates released in April 2007 by the U.S. Census Bureau. The growth rate
puts the area in the same category as Denver; Des Moines, Iowa; and Portland, Ore.
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HIGHER EDUCATION
ACCREDITED FOUR-YEAR AND POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTIONSAustin Peay State University
(Clarksville), (931) 221-7011
(877) 861-APSU, www.apsu.edu
Belmont University (Nashville)
460-6000, www.belmont.edu
Cumberland University
(Lebanon), 444-2562
(800) 467-0562
www.cumberland.edu
Lipscomb University (Nashville)
966-1000, (800) 333-4358
www.lipscomb.edu
Fisk University (Nashville)
329-8500, www.fisk.edu
Meharry Medical College
(Nashville), 327-6000
www.mmc.edu
Middle Tennessee State
University (Murfreesboro)
898-2300, www.mtsu.edu
Nashville School of Law
(Nashville), 256-3684
www.nashvilleschooloflaw.net
Tennessee State University
(Nashville), 963-5000
www.tnstate.edu
Trevecca Nazarene University
(Nashville), 248-1200
www.trevecca.edu
University of the South
(Sewanee), (931) 598-1000
www.sewanee.edu
University of Tennessee Space
Institute (Tullahoma)
(931) 393-7100, www.utsi.edu
Vanderbilt University (Nashville)
322-7311, www.vanderbilt.edu
ACCREDITED TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Aquinas College
(Nashville), 297–7545
www.aquinascollege.edu
Columbia State Community
College (Columbia)
(931) 540-2722
www.columbiastate.edu
Motlow State Community
College (Lynchburg)
(931) 393-1500, (800) 654-4877
www.mscc.cc.tn.us
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Apex & Robert E. Lee Moving & Storage www.apexmoving.com
Ascend Federal Credit Union www.ascendfcu.org
AT&T www.att.com
BancorpSouth www.bancorpsouth.com
BlueCross BlueShield of TN www.bcbst.com
Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry PLC www.boultcummings.com
Boyle Investment Company www.boyle.com
Cheatham County www.cheathamconnect.com
City of Franklin www.franklin-gov.com
City of Mt. Juliet www.cityofmtjuliet.org
Crescent Resources LLC www.crescent-resources.com
Dickson County Chamber of Commerce www.dicksoncountychamber.com
Duke Realty Corporation www.dukerealty.com
Earl Swensson Associates Inc. www.esarch.com
Facility Planners www.fpifurniture.com
Fridrich & Clark Realty LLC www.fridrichandclark.com
Frost Brown Todd LLC www.frostbrowntodd.com
Gallatin Economic Development Agency www.gallatintn-eda.com
Greater Nashville Area Association of Realtors
Halo Properties www.indianlakevillage.net
Hawkins Development Company www.hdc.com
Highwoods Properties www.highwoods.com
Lipscomb University www.lipscomb.edu
Maury Alliance www.mauryalliance.com
Metropolitan Nashville Airport www.fl ynashville.com
NAI Nashville www.nainashville.com
NAIOP – Nashville www.naiop-nashville.org
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce www.nashvilleareainfo.com
Peerless Pinnacle Company www.bizbuysell.com/ppc.htm
Robertson County Chamberof Commerce www.robertsonchamber.org
Saint Thomas Health Services www.sths.com
Shirley Zeitlin & Company www.shirleyzeitlin.com
SmartSpace www.smart-space.com
Synergy Business Environments www.synergybe.com
The Lipman Group Sotheby’s
The TMA Group www.tmagroup.org
TN Credit Union www.ttcu.org
TW Frierson Contractor Inc. www.twfrierson.com
Worth Properties LLC www.worthproperties.com
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Sources:www.nashvillechamber.com, www.nashvilleareainfo.com
Occupation Base Total
Accountant (b) $45,000 $47,902
Administrative Assistant (1) $31,915 $32,515
Application Programmer (b) $55,120 $62,361
Compensation Analyst (b) $53,916 $57,007
Controller $102,105 $114,105
Customer Service Management (s) $45,000 $47,468
Customer Service Rep, Consumer (2) $28,080 $28,635
Financial Analyst (b) $55,000 $59,637
Heavy Machine Operator $23.84/hr. $24.42/hr.
Human Resources Manager $70,026 $77,512
Human Resources Assistant (1) $27,726 $28,228
Inventory Control Clerk (2) $28,438 $31,943
Laboratory Technician (2) $32,989 $33,739
Marketing Rep. (b) $37,983 $38,588
Mechanical Engineer (b) $57,810 $66,062
Network Engineer (b) $60,000 $65,867
Code: (a)=entry-level professional; (b)=intermediate-level professional;
(s)=supervisor; (1)=entry-level supervisor; (2)= intermediate-level supervisor
Source: 2008 Nashville Area Total Compensation Survey, Partnership 2010
NASHVILLE AREA COMPENSATION AVERAGENashville State Community
College (Nashville)
353-3333, (800) 272-7363,
www.nscc.edu
Volunteer State Community
College (Gallatin)
452-8600, (888) 335-8722,
www.volstate.edu
HOUSING MARKET
Nashville
Average Home Price, $236,814
Average Apt. Rental, $687
Atlanta
Average Home Price, $292,227
Average Apt. Rental, $782
Chicago
Average Home Price, $346,936
Average Apt. Rental, $1,424
Dallas
Average Home Price, $204,808
Average Apt. Rental, $704
Denver
Average Home Price, $348,767
Average Apt. Rental, $820
New York
Average Home Price, $1,205,900
Average Apt. Rental, $3,484
Phoenix
Average Home Price, $305,898
Average Apt. Rental, $798
San Diego
Average Home Price, $683,920
Average Apt. Rental, $1,582
Source: ACCRA Cost of Living
Index, Third Quarter 2007
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Williamson
GREEN, GLOBAL AND GROWING
CountyMORE THAN JUST
A PRETTY FACADEFirst green office building
goes up in Cool Springs
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O ne company has taken the LEED (pun intended) in constructing a green off ice
building in Cool Springs.Crescent Resources LLC is a Charlotte,
N.C.-based real estate development company that has pledged it will construct all of its future buildings in an environmentally friendly manner that measures up to LEED standards.
LEED, an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a building-rating system implemented by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Crescent’s first green building, One Greenway Centre, is located east of Interstate 65 on Carothers Parkway between McEwen Drive and Cool Springs Boulevard.
“Our five-story site will be in the
Corporate Centre of Cool Springs complex of office buildings that already houses companies such as American Express, General Electric, MetLife, Mutual of Omaha and Regions Bank,” says Patrick Emery, senior vice president of Crescent Resources’ Cool Springs office. “Our building will be unusual for a couple of reasons.”
For starters, One Greenway Centre is the first green building to be constructed in Cool Springs. In addition, it is being built even though Crescent Resources has no tenants lined up yet.
“LEED buildings are much easier to sell if tenants are already booked who are willing to pay for the environmental upgrades,” Emery explains. “We are choosing to put in the upgrades no matter what, because it is the right thing to do.”
Crescent officials say the $33 million One Greenway Centre will feature paints and finishes made from low-volatile organic compounds, and the carpets won’t emit any gases for office workers to inhale.
“In addition, more daylight will shine into our strategically positioned building, and the overall interior
More
One Greenway Centre is LEED-certified. Crescent Resources LLC has pledged it will construct all of its future buildings in an environmentally friendly manner.
Than Just a
COMPANY CONSTRUCTING FIRST GREEN OFFICE BUILDING IN COOL SPRINGS
Pretty Facade
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How Does Their Garden Grow?LOCAL COMPANY GOES UP ON THE ROOF WITH LANDSCAPING
F ormer U.S. President Bill Clinton has a putting green on the roof of the William J. Clinton
Presidential Library & Museum in Little Rock, Ark.Yes, a putting green – on the roof.The president has a penthouse apartment at the
library and will often step onto the roof to practice
his putting on a manicured bent grass green. After hitting a few balls, Clinton can pick blueberries if he chooses from a bush that grows next to the green.
The architect for this unusual roof is a Fairview, Tenn., company called GroWild Inc., a full-service nursery that not only grows thousands of plants, fl owers, trees and grasses, but is an expert landscaper.
“Yes, we are a nursery but have received a measure of fame in recent years due to our ability to install green roofs,” says Mike Berkley, co-owner of GroWild with his partner, Terri Barnes.
Berkley says GroWild’s involvement with green roofs began in the late 1990s, when the owners were approached by a landscape architect who wanted a green roof planted atop a Nashville building.
“It is on the Neuhoff Building downtown, and we installed thin soil along with grasses and fl owers that don’t need much water and upkeep,” he says.
Berkley says every green roof job that GroWild tackles has different challenges.
“For example, we’ve started talks with a couple who want tall fescue on the fl at roof of their garage so they can walk onto it for backyard parties,” he says. “They want sod that they can mow.”
GroWild has also installed a green roof on the high-rise Westview Condominiums in downtown Nashville.
“We had to make sure that the roof could handle all the weight from the soil, trees and plants,” Berkley says. “The challenges of this relatively new green roof industry are many, but it sure is fun for tenants of a high-rise condo to ride up the elevator to see nature growing wild.”
Fairview-based GroWild Inc. specializes in green roofs like this one at Westview Condominiums in Nashville. PHOTO COURTESY OF NASHVILLE CIVIC DESIGN CENTER/ADRIAN CONSTANT
focuses on individual comfort for each seated space,” says Anne Barronton, Crescent Resources construction manager for the One Greenway Centre project. “One Greenway Centre will also feature a white roof that won’t absorb heat from the sun.”
Emery says Crescent’s policy is to think of all the different ways that its buildings will have less impact on the environment.
“For example, the trees uprooted at the Cool Springs site will be used for mulch, and we are purchasing construction products from local companies so that transportation costs will be less,” he says. “Now and in the future, our goal at each construction site is to keep our carbon footprint as low as possible. That is certainly the case at One Greenway Centre.”
Patrick Emery, senior vice president of Crescent Resources’ Cool Springs office, is heading up construction of One Greenway Centre on Carothers Parkway.
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In 2007, there were several front-page announcements mentioning corporate relocations in Williamson County.
Some of the larger companies included Community Health Systems, DELEK, Healthways Inc., Mars Petcare US and Verizon Wireless, all mentioning their own reasons for choosing the prospering county.
The wireless network giant, Verizon, has chosen to establish its South Area regional headquarters in Williamson County, after operating out of Nashville for the past 10 years.
“We have been in the Grassmere area of Nashville since the late 1990s, but we needed to build a place where we wouldn’t keep running out of space,” says Alan Willett, director of South Area customer financial services at Verizon Wireless. “We looked at a variety of different locations throughout Metro Nashville and felt that Williamson County was the best match for us. Their local government was very receptive and seemed committed to continued economic growth.”
In the fall of 2008, Verizon will move into a new $54 million building in the Aspen Corporate Center 500 in Franklin.
“About 550 existing Nashville employees will be moving to the Franklin site, including national account managers, business account managers, business sales teams, information technology and human resources staff,” Willett says. “We will also be adding a customer service team, which is something we didn’t have at our Nashville Grassmere site. In all, the new
building will be able to accommodate about 1,300 employees.”Willett says the new regional headquarters will have
several “green design” features.“All of the windows will have sun shades and a
UV-blocking glaze, and rooms will feature light switches with motion sensors to automatically turn off when they are empty – in order to conserve electricity,” he says. “In addition, the roofing system will help regulate heating and cooling to cut utility costs by 50 percent.”
Another company moving into a new corporate head-quarters in Williamson County will be health-care giant Healthways. The company is constructing a f ive-story building in the Corporate Centre of Cool Springs office complex, with 1,000 employees moving there when it opens in mid-2008.
Healthways CEO Ben Leedle says a key reason why the company chose the Cool Springs area is its close proximity to available hotel and conference space. He adds that there is easy transportation to and from Nashville International Airport and the greater Nashville area.
“As for the new headquarters itself, it is designed as an open-work environment, allowing colleagues easy mobility and plenty of choices when it comes to where they work and how they collaborate with each other,” Leedle says. “We are quite literally breaking down the walls with this design in Cool Springs.”
Relocation on the RiseCORPORATE GIANTS ARE DISCOVERING ALL
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS TO OFFER
Verizon Wireless plans to open its South Area regional headquarters in Williamson County in fall 2008.
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I f you build it, they will come.Not only is that a famous movie line from
Field of Dreams, but it also seems to be the continuing sentiment of several companies looking to occupy offi ce space in Williamson County.
Nissan Americas is constructing a 10-story building in Cool Springs, while Healthways is putting up a fi ve-story building. Meanwhile, multistory structures such as Nine Corporate Centre and Creekside Crossings III have recently begun welcoming corporate tenants, and Aspen Corporate Center 500 will be the new regional home for Verizon Wireless beginning in the fall of 2008.
And the trend for companies looking for offi ce space in Williamson County doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
A 2007 report published by Nashville market research company CB Richard Ellis Inc. found that Brentwood/Cool Springs is able to charge the second-highest rental lease rates for offi ce space
in Metro Nashville – second only to the Green Hills/21st Avenue/Music Row submarket.
Meanwhile, Brentwood/Cool Springs is easily the hottest Nashville submarket for construction of new corporate buildings, with 1.2 million square feet of offi ce space currently under development.
With 80 buildings totaling 5 million square feet in Brentwood, and 57 buildings encompassing 3.9 million square feet in the Cool Springs/Franklin area, Williamson County continues to be an engine for growth in Nashville’s suburban market.
Additional development sites will be accessible in Cool Springs with the completion of the McEwen-Interstate 65 interchange, adding new opportunities for growth.
Also online for development in Franklin, just south of Cool Springs along I-65, is the 600-acre Berry Property. This historic old farm is expected to offer exceptional opportunities for offi ce growth in the next few years.
Building More Buildings
G rilling steaks and burgers outdoors has become even easier, thanks to a company
based in Williamson County.The Lite Cylinder Co. manufactures
propane canisters from its headquarters in Franklin, and the firm’s products have several interesting aspects. First of all, even though the cylinders are still basically shaped like regular propane canisters, they are made with a fiberglass/resin composite that makes them 30 percent lighter than their traditional steel counterparts.
“Because we use a f iberglass and plastic resin cylinder instead of steel, our product won’t rust or corrode,” says Shelley Moeller, vice president of sales and marketing for The Lite Cylinder Co.
“The technology for our canisters was invented in Sweden in 1995 and then developed by a Swedish company called Composite Scandinavia,” she continues. “Today, there are more than 1 mi l l ion of these t y pes of cylinders used in Europe and other countries around the world, and Lite
Cylinder has all the manufacturing rights for the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.”
Another advantage of the Lite can-isters is that they are transparent, making it easy for grill users to check the propane fuel level. In addition, the cylinders are also available in a variety of colors to blend in with grills and decks.
Moeller says Lite Cylinder has grown dramatically in its six years, and today supplies propane canisters to dealers across the country. In Middle Tennessee, Lite products can be found at various stores such as True Value and Tractor Supply Co.
“The prime markets for our cylinders are high-end gas grills, camping and marine use, patio heaters and f ish fryers,” she says. “And besides grills, our cylinders are also produced for the forklift market. The cylinders are easy to store because they are stackable.”
Lite has already earned a number of accolades during its short history, including being recognized for a “Good Buy Award” in Good Housekeeping
magazine. The magazine remarked that the canisters are easy to attach to a grill, and are easy to handle due to the lighter weight. Good Housekeeping also applauded Lite Cylinder for its wide variety of color options.
“We are located in the Southeast Business Park in Franklin and enjoy doing business out of Williamson County,” Moeller says. “There is a good job market here for the skills needed in our business, and most of our people in the company live in the county. In fact, we have 50 shareholders who own Lite Cylinder, and almost all of them are from Williamson County.”
Just Add CooksFRANKLIN-BASED COMPANY REVOLUTIONIZES PROPANE CYLINDERS
The Lite Cylinder Co. produces propane canisters in an array of bright colors.
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R ogers Anderson believes that Williamson County’s high-rated schools are a big reason residents enjoy such a fine quality of life here.
The mayor of Williamson County says: “Williamson County made a commitment approximately 20 years ago to have an award-winning public school system and, as a result, Williamson County students consistently excel on Tennessee and national tests in math, science and the arts.
“Many people are moving here so their children can attend our schools,” Anderson continues, “so new schools must continue to be addressed to accommodate those students.
Anderson says another interesting aspect of growth in Williamson County is business relocation.
“Some large companies that have recently located here have made headlines in newspapers all over the world,” Anderson says. “They include Nissan [Americas], Healthways and Community Health Systems (CHS). BioMimetic [Therapeutics] is currently undergoing expansion, and Verizon Wireless is beginning to construct a regional headquarters.”
“There are many other businesses locating here that don’t make the front page of the paper, but they, as well as our existing businesses, are certainly valuable to the continuing economic development of Williamson County,” he adds. “Attracting and retaining business in our community is a collaborative and cooperative effort between the county, individual cities, Metro Nashville, the state and the governor’s office to make it all happen.”
Franklin Mayor John Schroer says that even with the recent growth, the area still has a “community feel with the amenities of a metropolitan city.”
“We are taking Franklin into the 21st century, while respecting the preservation of our environment,” Schroer explains.
The city of Franklin’s green practices include the purchase of a hybrid vehicle, and the city’s new police headquarters – if approved – will be LEED-certified.
“From our school systems to our parks and city services, the quality of life in this area is unsurpassed,” Schroer adds.
In Brentwood, only 5 percent of the land is dedicated to commercial development, yet that 5 percent generates 60 percent of the city’s taxes.
“We have gone 17 years without a property tax increase, thanks to our office parks and strong retail sector,” says Mike Walker, Brentwood city manager. “Our office space is running at 95 percent occupancy and that strong business sector helps lead to a vibrant quality of life.”
Thanks to tax money, Brentwood in recent years has been able to comfortably fund a renovation to its top-notch library and has added more parks and bikeways.
“There is also a quality senior retirement community called The Heritage that opened in 2007, and The Martin Center is another nice facility for senior citizens,” Walker says. “We have all the pieces in place that make Brentwood a very attractive city to live and work.”
Plenty To Be Proud OfGREAT SCHOOLS AND THRIVING BUSINESS
SECTOR ADD TO QUALITY OF LIFE
Brentwood is one of Williamson County’s most desirable addresses, with a mix of both residences and commercial firms.
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I t only opened in July 2007, yet the owners of Arrington Vineyards & Winery predict that they will
surpass $1 million in sales for 2008.“We are primarily known only from
our Web site along with word of mouth, but we already have over 5,000 people who have signed up for our e-mail list,” says Fred Mindermann, owner of Arrington Vineyards along with partners Kip Summers and country music star Kix Brooks. “We did very well during our inaugural six months of operation in 2007, and will continue to do well in 2008.”
Arrington Vineyards & Winery is on 75 acres just south of State Route 840 (southeast of Franklin), with 12-plus of those acres devoted solely to growing grapes.
“The rest is utilized for our scenic tasting lodge, production facilities and picnic areas,” Mindermann says. “We have weekend music, bonfires and a VIP Room for small private meetings.”
Arrington is the only commercial
vineyard and winery in Williamson County to date.
“We worked closely with the county to create new guidelines for such a business since there were no others to follow,” he adds.
“We are open seven days a week and are the only place in Williamson County that is allowed to provide tastings and sell wine made at our winery on Sunday,” Mindermann says. “It is because we are technically an agricultural operation and fall under local, state and federal laws specific to grape growing and winemaking.”
Mindermann says the tiny com-munity of Arrington is a good place for growing grapes because its soil has ideal mineral content and the Middle Tennessee weather is ideal.
“Arrington is like northern Italy in many ways, with its hills, valleys, hot summers, fresh breezes and plenty of morning sun,” he says. “Plus, on average, we get adequate rain here, except for 2007, when we experienced
Pressing OnwardARRINGTON VINEYARDS FINDS A HOME IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
Arrington Vineyards & Winery, located southeast of Franklin, incorporates a variety of green methods to produce its wines.
a once-in-100-years drought.”Mindermann says the goal at
Arrington Vineyards is to ultimately produce more than a dozen great wines that the three partners would be proud to stock in their own personal wine cellars.
To date, the white wines produced at Arrington are Chardonnay, Stags’ White (a proprietary blend of white grapes), Viognier, Riesling and Gewurztraminer. The red wine varieties include Desert Rosé, Red Fox Red (a proprietary blend of red grapes), Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah.
“As for our green practices, we are not required to till the earth every year like regular farming, and we use far less chemicals and energy to produce our product from transplant vines to wine,” Mindermann says. “We also incorporated an innovative septic system that utilizes coconut husks for filtering the minimal waste produced in the winemaking process.
“We are promoting local grape growing by area farmers to support our demand and will be demonstrating grape growing and winemaking at the annual Williamson County Fair in August,” he continues.
“There is a lot of manual work involved, and we are proud of our final products. Our wine really is delicious.”
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT A GLANCE
Ranked as the healthiest, wealthiest and one of the fastest-growing in the state of Tennessee, Williamson County recently earned a Aaa bond rating from Moody’s Investors Service. Recognized globally for the health-care industry, currently, there are more than 195 health-care related businesses located in Williamson County. Of these, 140 of the companies have chosen to locate their headquarters here.
Some of our key differentiators include:
• A day’s drive from 75 percent of the United States
• Two of the state’s top educational systems
• Low crime rate• Accessibility of roads
(nine major state and federal roads)
• Successful historic preservation• Revitalized historic downtown
areas rich in history• Several award-winning parks
and recreational facilities• Public transportation• Cooperative county and
city officials• Interest in enhancing economic
development and infrastructure• Active, successful and
growing businesses
Williamson County not only scored high in Tennessee, but also ranks toward the top in the nation as 79th fastest-growing and 16th wealthiest county, which had a median household income of $81,449 in 2006. The total assessed value of the property in Williamson County exceeded $6.1 billion that same year.
The urban cities of Brentwood and Franklin are the county’s two largest, while the popular communities of Fairview, Nolensville, Spring Hill and Thompson’s Station all have a more rural atmosphere.
TRANSPORTATION
Interstate 65 and State Route 840 run crosswise through Williamson County, while Interstate 40 and Interstate 24 surround and connect, creating a grid for easy accessibility and transportation. There are nine major state and federal roads within the county lines – Interstates 40 and 65; U.S. Highways 31, 41 and 431; State Highways 11, 96, 100 and 397.
With its close proximity to Nashville, the county also has quick access to the Nashville International Airport, the Cumberland River and CSX railways (all within 20 minutes).
Air: Nashville International Airport (BNA).
Rail: CSX Transportation Group links 20 states and operates a major intermodal yard (Radnor Intermodal Yard) in Nashville with 90 trains daily.
Water: Port of Nashville on the Cumberland River provides a 9-foot navigation channel. The Southern Inland Waterway offers access to the Gulf of Mexico.
Public Transportation: Intercity bus lines, Franklin trolleys (state-of-the-art vehicles operating on biodiesel fuel), van pooling for businesses, HOV lanes.
Highways: Williamson County is eight miles from the convergence of three major interstates: I-65, I-40 and I-24.
Freight: Two-day truck delivery from Williamson County reaches nearly 80 percent of the U.S. industrial and consumer markets.
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
The number of households in Williamson County was 58,702 in 2007, and the projection for 2012 is 67,147 homes. In relation, the population between 1990 and 2000 grew 56.3 percent. In 2007, the population of the county was estimated at 164,405 and the 2012 projection is 186,767, a 13.6 percent change.
The household income comparison in 2007 was dominated by the $100K-$150K group. The second most common income level was estimated to be between $50K and $75K.
There were 92,975 people listed in the labor force in 2007, and 89,896 – or 96.7 percent of those counted – are employed.
TOP 10 EMPLOYERS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY(RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES)
CoolSprings Galleria 3,500
Williamson County Schools 2,800
Williamson Medical Center 1,300
Nissan Americas 1,300
Verizon 1,300
Williamson County Government 1,076
Healthways Inc. 1,000
Comdata Corp. 864
AIM Healthcare 815
Community Health Systems 801
For more in-depth demographic information, along with links to economic reports and searchable databases, visit williamsoncounty-tn.gov/economicdevelopment and click on “Demographics.”
This special section was created for the Williamson County Office of Economic Development
by Journal Communications Inc.
C U S TO M M A G A Z I N E M E D I A
For more information, contact:Williamson County Office of Economic Development
389 Nichol Mill Lane • Franklin, TN 37067Phone: (615) 261-2880 • Fax: (615) 261-2885
www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/economicdevelopment
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