Entries for the 'Westhaven - Franklin, TN' Category

Southern Land Co., which is developing a mixed-use neighborhood called McEwen, constructed a portion of the new roadway, which is four lanes divided by a median. Construction began in April 2006 and the road cost $3 million to complete. Click to read more.

The commercial section of Franklin's Westhaven subdivision, known as Town Center, is starting to fill with shops you might see on an old town square.There's a neighborhood dentist, clinic and optometrist, but one business in particular is a blast from the past, or at least a throwback — Gray Drug Co. Click for enitire article.

With the economy stimulating more interest in renting, there might not have been a better time for the new Dwell apartments in Cool Springs.The first residents began moving into Dwell in January 2009, as the first of its 14 buildings became ready for occupancy. Click here to read more.

Looking for a way to work off some of that Thanksgiving Turkey . . . how about a donut! That’s right, A DONUT. It’s the first annual Westhaven Town Center Donut Dash, sponsored by all your favorite Westhaven Town Center merchants.

Westhaven Town Center has stocked their lake with fish. Click Here for the video!

You won’t want to miss the ever-popular Westhaven Holiday Home Tour set for December 5, 6 & 7. The coordinators for this event have added an extra day this year as the first two tours were such a success! Tickets are $15 for adults and ages 12 and under are free. Advanced tickets can be purchased at www.westhavenfoundation.org for $12. Tickets can also be purchased the day(s) of the event at the Westhaven Residents' Club, located at 401 Cheltenham Avenue. The tour is open from 6:00-9:00pm on December 5, 10:00am-3:00pm and 6:00pm-9:00pm on December 6, and 1:00pm-5:00pm on December 7. Ticket sales will close one hour prior to the end of the tour each day in order to allow enough time to tour the homes.

See homes decorated by Bella Vita Design, The Franklin Marketplace, Harmony Home, ReCreations, Rooms Revived and Lauralee Interiors. All money raised benefits the Second Harvest Food Bank Backpack Program and Montessori School of Franklin Outreach Fund.

Twelve new fabulous Townhomes on State Boulevard are set to be built by Ford Custom Classic Homes. At approximately 2,345 – 2,519 sq. ft., with the master down, these beautiful homes are conveniently located within walking distance of the Town Center. All units have a 2-car attached garage, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, covered front and back porches (some may have sun porches), hardwood floors and granite in the kitchen. Pre-construction pricing starts at $389,990 and goes to $404,490. Call the Westhaven sales team at 615.599.1764 for more information.

Andrea Conte will lead a 3-mile walk on Saturday, November 1st in the Franklin community of Westhaven, to benefit the Williamson County Child Advocacy Center (WCCAC), an organization that serves abused children. Conte, the First Lady of Tennessee, is a long-time supporter of Child Advocacy Centers. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 9:00 a.m. The registration fee is $35 and $5 for children age 12 or under. A family registration is also available for $60.

The music industry officially announced its $95 million senior living center project, The Crescendo at Westhaven, to the community on Tuesday morning.

The Crescendo will be the first senior living community owned by the music industry, but be open to all adults age 62 and older. The project has been an 18-year dream of the music industry, which wanted a way to take care of its own in their retirement years.

The center will sit on 15 acres in Westhaven's town center in Franklin.
 

The Westhaven community on Highway 96 West will host its inaugural green market and open house tour Saturday.

Attendees to the green market can expect to see live music, electric vehicle demonstrations, organic food vendors, crafts for kids and horticulture displays.

Martina McBride helped unveil plans for a $95 million senior living community south of Nashville, designed to provide a welcoming home for aging members of the music industry.

"Residents can still contribute music, make music, record music and perform music here and that's very unique," McBride told PEOPLE on Wednesday at the launch of The Crescendo, a community of 180 independent living condos and a nursing facility that will feature a recording studio and a performance hall.
 

County Mayor Rogers Anderson joked that it's the kind of development county leaders like to see because it will generate tax revenue and won't require additional schools.

Members of the music industry on Tuesday announced plans to build a $95 million senior living community in Franklin.
 

Nonprofit project in Franklin would serve musicians, songwriters with limited means

The CMA has partnered with two development firms to offer a retirement community specifically for those who have made a career in the music industry but don't have the fame or money of country stars.

What's proposed is a $95 million, nonprofit senior living community to be built in the Franklin subdivision of Westhaven. The facility, which could be completed by 2013, would be called The Crescendo at Westhaven. Apartments would be priced between $300,000 and $650,000.

1st Annual Green Market and Open House Tour at Westhaven

Saturday, September 20

Market: 9:00am-1:00pm

Open House Tour: 10:00am-2:00pm



Come out to Westhaven and enjoy learning how you and your family can “go green” this year! There will be live music, Verde Goh! – Electric Vehicles demonstration, organic food vendors, beautiful flower containers by the Westhaven Flower Ladies for sale, crafts for kids and much more at Founder’s Square around the fountain.



You can also pick up your Open House Tour maps at Westhaven Realty in the Westhaven Town Center and enjoy touring some beautiful homes priced from $449,000 to $1,269,900.

There are plenty of new condos to select from throughout Williamson County today, from traditional townhome styles to more urban loft-style locations. But only three of the seven one-story flats built over businesses in Westhaven's Town Center remain available, and once they're gone — except for resale — no others like them will follow.

That's a unique fact considering that when Westhaven, Southern Land Co.'s master-planned, mixed-use development just west of downtown Franklin, is built out in the next seven to eight years, it's expected to have 2,700 homes.

Four new businesses have signed leases to enter Westhaven Town Center, the growing commercial village of Southern Land Co.'s Westhaven community.

Artistry Salon & Day Spa, Jimmy's Custom Cleaners & Alterations, Town Center Chiropractic and Healthclick will open in the town center. Each of these businesses is owned and operated by a Westhaven residents who say they were lured to the community because of the town center.

So far, 15 businesses have signed leases for space in the town center, according to Southern Land Co.

Four new businesses have signed leases to enter Westhaven Town Center, the growing commercial village of Southern Land Co.'s Westhaven community.

Artistry Salon & Day Spa, Jimmy's Custom Cleaners & Alterations, Town Center Chiropractic and Healthclick will open in the town center. Each of these businesses is owned and operated by a Westhaven residents who say they were lured to the community because of the town center.

Doug Wright will have something on his résumé that most of his college-age peers most likely can't match.

The 20-year-old civil engineering student designed the 13th hole at Westhaven Golf Club, which is under construction in the Franklin mixed-use development. He did so after winning an amateur golf-design contest presented by Links magazine.

FRANKLIN —A Clarksville man won a $650,000 home in Westhaven on Sunday, helping Southern Land Co. and media partners WZTV-Channel 17 and WSIX-FM raise $1.6 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a new fundraising record.

This is the fourth year that St. Jude has operated a campaign in Middle Tennessee and the fourth year that a Westhaven home has been the grand prize. According to a press release from the Memphis hospital, the volunteers' and community sponsors' participation and amount of money raised are unprecedented on a national scale.

In their 30 years of marriage, Julie Tarrents has always had more of a knack for winning tickets than husband David.

But that changed Sunday when David's $100 ticket purchased online was drawn as the winner of the Nashville St. Jude Dream Home contest. 

The Clarksville couple won a new home valued at $650,000 in the Westhaven community of Franklin.