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Antioch's Tanger Outlets and Global Mall: What's next
Seizing street racers' cars and Antioch's new schools
Nashville Newsletters
February 01, 2023
⚡️ SPEED READ
Metro still hasn’t finalized a deal to bring Vanderbilt to the Global Mall property, but property records give more clues about what’s coming to Century Farms.
Street racers’ cars could be seized if a new bill becomes law.
Plus: plans for two new schools and a renovated school in South Nashville, Antioch’s state Senator vs. Tennessee’s abortion ban, and restaurant inspections
🚧 What’s happening with Tanger Outlets and Global Mall
Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced on Tuesday he won’t run for re-election. His deal to bring Vanderbilt to the Global Mall still isn’t finalized.
“Metro and Vanderbilt are still working on the lease agreement for the Global Mall area,” Councilwoman Joy Styles wrote on Facebook.
Cooper announced nearly a year ago that Vanderbilt would lease at least 600,000 square feet of the property “for health care related services, similar to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s repurposing of retail space at One Hundred Oaks.” The Metro Council then approved the $44 million purchase of the Global Mall properties without a signed deal with Vanderbilt.
The Nashville Scene reported in October “Buildout terms, parking lot allocations and rent have emerged as sticking points for both sides, according to sources familiar with negotiations.”
What’s coming to Century Farms
A building permit application has been filed for the clothing store Banana Republic.
The beauty chain European Wax Center also plans to open a location.
🚗 Stopping street racers
A new bill would allow Tennessee police to seize street racers’ cars.
“It will be an uphill battle,” the sponsor state Representative John Gillespie told WKRN, while admitting that many of his colleagues don’t support civil forfeiture.
“I think it would send a clear message if we say, ‘we are taking that car from you and not giving it back,” he said.
Just last weekend, officers with Metro’s street racing intitiative arrested two men, including one at a strip mall on Murfreesboro Pike. Officers saw a third driver doing burnouts in the parking lot of an Old Hickory Boulevard gas station, but the driver ditched the stolen car before police could catch them.
Other bills filed by Antioch’s legislators
State Representative Justin Jones
Bars and restaurants that sell more than $500 thousand in alcohol in a year would be required to stock an opioid antidote.
State Senator Charlane Oliver
A bill would limit unsolicited offers to buy your home.
Oliver also wants to restore voting rights for some felons “upon receipt of a pardon or completion of any sentence of incarceration, parole, or probation.” The change would not apply to people convicted of first degree murder, aggravated rape, treason, or voter fraud.
🗳️ Today’s poll
🤠 THE ROUNDUP of other news
Mayor John Cooper’s capital spending plan would provide funding to rebuild Lakeview Elementary and Percy Priest Elementary and renovate Paragon Mills Elementary. It still needs approval from the Metro Council.
Antioch’s state Senator Charlane Oliver joined a bill to legalize abortion in Tennessee, but it has almost no chance of passing in the Republican supermajority legislature.
Metro recycling expands to every other week starting this week.
The Titans are switching to turf next season after an increase of injuries.
Nashville’s getting its own version of Monopoly. You can submit suggestions for places on the board by emailing [email protected]. (WKRN)
🚦 Antioch’s most dangerous intersections
Nashville’s Vision Zero taskforce, a group in charge of implementing the city’s plan to eliminate traffic deaths, started work this week.
Of the city’s 14 most dangerous intersections, four are in or near Antioch.
Murfreesboro Pike & Hamilton Church Road
Murfreesboro Pike & Hobson Pike
Murfreesboro Pike & Bell Road
Bell Road & Blue Hole Road
Six percent of streets account for 59% “of all fatal and serious injuries on roads,” including pedestrians.