Local developer to go before Metro Planning Commission in December

In what would be a first for Nashville West, and the general area in which it is located, a hotel is being eyed for the popular suburban retail center.

Franklin-based Parkes Development Group and Nashville-based Oldacre McDonald (formerly Newton Oldacre McDonald), which co-developed Nashville West, will go before the Metro Planning Commission on Thursday, Dec. 14, to request a revision to the preliminary plan related to a portion of a planned unit development overlay on the property (which has an address of 6710 Charlotte Pike).

The two companies, which own the 6.7-acre parcel via Nashville West Shopping Center LLC, also want the project to offer retail and restaurant space. The parcel is located to the south of the building home to Books-A-Million.

Nashville West Shopping Center has enlisted Nashville-based Catalyst Design Group for engineering and land planning efforts.

Gary Parkes, principal of Parkes Development Group, said the building is being targeted to rise four stories above a two-level underground parking garage. He said the team is not ready to disclose the brand.

"We are really excited to bring a different-use component to a very successful shopping center," Parkes said, adding the team has not yet released an image.



Of note, were the hotel operational today, it would be the only hotel located along the Charlotte Pike corridor and between the intersection with White Bridge Road on the east and a Super 8 near the intersection at Interstate 40 on the west.

Metro Councilwoman Mary Carolyn Roberts, in whose District 20 the property sits, said she is aware of the basics of the project and, at this early point, supports the effort.

“I’m usually not ‘pro hotel.’ But at that location, a hotel could be useful,” she said. “What makes the development more appealing [than otherwise] is that it would offer a green space for public access.”

The general area located relatively near Nashville West continues to see development activity. For example, north of Interstate 40, more than 800 residential units are under construction.





