Grocery store operator could potentially take space Sprouts previously considered

Publix Super Markets is eyeing an East Nashville location.

The Florida-based grocery operator is considering taking space at H.G. Hill Realty Co.’s future Hill Center Greenwood, according to multiple sources.

The effort comes after Sprouts scrapped plans to take space at the planned mixed-use development (read here). Neither H.G. Hill Realty Co. CEO and Chairman Jimmy Granbery nor Publix officials could not be reached for comment.

Hill Center Greenwood would be located primarily on the east side of the 1100 block of Gallatin Road spanning Greenwood Avenue on the north to Sharpe Avenue on the south.

The Metro Council recently approved, on third reading, a rezoning of the property to specific plan zoning.

Relatedly, a J.P. Morgan Chase bank branch is slated for the proposed Hill Center Greenwood.



In January 2017, Hill Realty was targeting a summer 2019 opening for the development.

Hill Realty's Hill Center Belle Meade and Hill Center Nashville West both offers a Publix. Nashville has no Publix stores located within urban districts. However, both Capitol View and Melrose are slated for a store.



An updated site plan shows the current iteration of the project with short-term rental buildings on the main site (with the grocery store building) and no parking structure (as previously planned) located on the parcel that is on the west side of Gallatin Road and that would accommodate a small building.

