Happy Friday, Nashville! It’s October 30.
☀️ Sunshine before weekend rain chances. High: 81, Low: 58
📍 New in Nashville’s Neighborhoods: lots of new housing projects across Nashville, a restaurant gets a 62 on its health inspection, an alleged neighborhood junkyard, blasting planned, cleanup for a homeless camp, and much more.
📰 Also in today’s newsletter: a tax cut starting this weekend, a measles case confirmed, a drop in home prices, and more.
🏖️ Programming note: I need to take a day to focus on the business side of nash.news, so I’ll be back in your inbox for election day!
🏠 What’s new in Nashville’s neighborhoods
All over Nashville
A lot of filings just came in for new housing and mixed-use developments. Neighbors included: Downtown, Hermitage, East Nashville, Antioch, just outside of Hendersonville, and near Wedgewood-Houston. I’ve put them into this map for you.
East Nashville
Restaurant gets a 62: A health inspection at El Jalicience Mexican Restaurant at 3225 Gallatin Pike noted issues with food temperature, “improper handwashing,” and “slime like build up” in an ice machine. You can read the full inspection here. You’ll find a link to all restaurant inspections at the end of the newsletter.
Alleged neighborhood junkyard: Someone told hubNashville the back yard of a property on Douglas Avenue was being used “as a junkyard” with “abandoned vehicles everywhere,” and a Metro Codes inspector told the owner to clean it up. Among the alleged violations: accumulation of motor vehicles, open storage of junk on the property, parking on the grass, and a missing building permit.
The Nations
Blasting planned: $1.8 million worth of blasting is planned for 7228 Centennial Boulevard, according to a new Metro permit application. It’s part of the massive Prologis City View project, which you can read more about here. The permit doesn’t give a timeline for when blasting will happen, so I’ll keep watching for updates.
Hermitage
Homeless camp cleanup: Metro Codes told the owner of the shopping center at 5502 Old Hickory Boulevard to clean up junk, trash, and debris on the property. A Metro database mentions “homeless camps” and the “area adjacent to Outback property along OHB corridor.”
North Nashville
“Operating anyway”: The Airbnb ad for this property on 32nd Avenue North calls it a “downtown oasis.” Someone reported the property to hubNashville, alleging it was “denied [a] permit and operating anyway.” Metro Codes told the owner to pull down the listing. More: my reporting on the top neighborhoods for illegal short-term listings.
Eaton’s Creek Neighborhood Cleanup: Metro asked volunteers to meet across from 1040 Rambling Brook Road. The cleanup runs from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. tomorrow. More details here.
Antioch
High-profile new businesses: Wawa hopes to open at the intersection of Murfreesboro Pike and Mt. View Road in the first quarter of 2028, Metro Council member Joy Styles said. She also indicated Antioch is getting a Barnes and Noble, but she didn’t give an exact address.
Art on hold: I shared in August that Metro Arts planned to issue a call for artists to help with a new public arts installation at the new Mariposa Park (140 Tusculum Road). That’s now on hold. Metro Arts wanted to limit the call to regional artists, but Metro’s Procurement and Legal Departments said that likely violates state law, even though Metro Arts said it’s been done before. So, this will likely have implications beyond Mariposa Park.
Old Hickory
Plans for vacant land: A used car dealership and repair shop are planned for vacant land at the corner of Swinging Bridge Road and Burnett Road, according to a new building permit application. It doesn’t name the dealership, but the building is supposed to be more than 11,000 square feet.
Brentioch
New drive-thru coffee shop: A new building permit application indicates 7 Brew Coffee plans to open at 5748 Nolensville Pike. It’ll be drive-thru only. Here’s a copy of its menu.
📰 A few more stories I’m following…
Tax decrease: The cut to Davidson County’s portion of the grocery tax takes effect on Sunday. The city’s rate is currently 2.25%. It’ll drop to 1.75%. The cut is expected to save the average family about $75 per year. You’ll still pay the full 4% state grocery tax.
Measles case confirmed: Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital confirmed to WSMV it treated a child for measles this week. The station did not have confirmation of whether the child was vaccinated.
Home prices decrease: The Nashville metropolitan area’s ranked fifth in the nation for “Metros with biggest year-over-year [median sales price] decreases,” according to new data from Redfin. Prices in our market dropped 3.3% compared to last year versus the national average of -0.1%.
Extreme drought: Maybe this weekend’s rain will help a bit, but a map released yesterday by the U.S. Drought Monitor says Nashville is in “extreme drought.” That’s one step below the worst level, “exceptional drought,” which is already impacting far west Tennessee.
Poll results: I asked nash.news readers whether they’ll use the Music City Loop. 83% of respondents said no. 17% said yes.
🍽️ Restaurant inspections
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