Getahn Ward

USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee

On Jan. 10, H.G. Hill Realty will present plans to the Eastwood and Greenwood neighborhood associations.

The grocery store is expected to be at the center among five buildings planned on Gallatin between Sharpe and Greenwood avenues.

H.G. Hill Realty also plans buildings for apartments, multiple restaurants and a parking structure.

The Athlete's Foot, Young Fashion, Camille’s Market, Nashville Community Darkroom and Cricket Wireless are among current tenants where the development is planned.

A mixed-use development with a grocery store is on the drawing board for properties H.G. Realty Co. owns at the corner of Gallatin and Greenwood avenues in East Nashville.

On Jan. 10, the landlord is expected to present plans during a joint community meeting of the Eastwood and Greenwood neighborhood associations.

A Sprouts Farmers Market is the grocery store in the works for the project site that includes 1133 Gallatin Ave.

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“People in that vicinity have wanted a grocery store for a long time,” said Metro Councilman Brett Withers, who declined to identify the specific grocer. “I’m sure this will be a positive development.”

H.G. Hill Realty’s planned project adds to new developments coming to that area of Gallatin Avenue. Separately, the nearby former Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market is expected to be converted into a SpaceMax self-storage facility with new retail space planned along Gallatin Avenue.

Under the site plan for H.G. Hill Realty’s proposed project, the grocery store is expected to be at the center among five buildings planned on Gallatin between Sharpe and Greenwood avenues. Two of the five will be apartment buildings with the other two for restaurants.

Currently, The Athlete's Foot, Young Fashion, Camille’s Market and Nashville Community Darkroom are among tenants on those parcels that include 1133 Gallatin Ave.

H.G. Hill Realty also plans another restaurant space and a parking structure for the southwest corner of Greenwood and Gallatin avenues, where a Cricket Wireless store currently sits at 1112 Gallatin Ave.

If a lease is finalized for a Sprouts, that grocery chain would join an Aldi and the Eastland Kroger as grocery stores in that immediate East Nashville area. There’s also a Turnip Truck at Seventh and Woodland.

Amy Kovar, a spokeswoman for H.G Hill Reality, said the company doesn’t comment on pending development plans due to restrictions placed on it by most prospective tenants.

Elsewhere locally, Sprouts has opened locations in Franklin and Murfreesboro with another planned for Bellevue as part of redevelopment of the former Bellevue Center mall.

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