November 22, 2016 Nashville Business Journal by Meg Garner Some of Nashville’s biggest and most influential business names are backing plans for a $6 billion transit overhaul, but it turns out there’s a limit to their connections. Bill Nigh, regional CEO of Bank of Nashville, serves on the public engagement committee of Moving Forward, a…
November 21, 2016 Nashville Business Journal by Eleanor Kennedy Brian Fox‘s company hadn’t raised outside capital since 2006. But with demand growing for its products and services, Fox and his team at Capital Confirmation (which does business as Confirmation.com) decided to seize the moment and secure a $60 million investment from Boston-based private equity firm…
November 21, 2016 Nashville Business Journal by Adam Sichko The owners of a huge development site in Cool Springs are looking to sell that land, perched above Interstate 65 in the epicenter of the commercial hub’s building boom. The 30-acre property dubbed “Franklin Summit” is on the market — and seems primed to attract the…
November 21, 2016 Nashville Business Journal by Adam Sichko A developer in Franklin is aiming to capitalize on the spike in home values across Williamson County by creating residences priced a notch or two below those top-of-the-market prices. It’s a tactic akin to what some urban apartment developers are doing in Nashville, as rents there…
AMERICA’S FAVORITE MAIN STREET CELEBRATES SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY Downtown Franklin Merchants Offer Specials, Hop & Shop Trolley Kicks Off Holiday Route FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Historic Downtown Franklin is coming together on Saturday, Nov. 26 to support Small Business Saturday — a national effort to help independently owned merchants gain more exposure during one…
November 18, 2016 Nashville Post The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority Friday announced Nashville International Airport served 1,217,173 passengers in October, setting a record as the busiest month in BNA history. The figure broke the previous record set in June (1,206,083 passengers). October also marked the eighth consecutive month the airport accommodated more than 1 million…
November 15, 2016 Nashville Business Journal by Adam Sichko Hyatt is aiming to open a business-class hotel as part of a mixed-use development in Franklin that would also feature something rare in that part of the market today: top-grade office space available to rent. A 122-room Hyatt House would join a 175,000-square-foot office building as…
November 15, 2016 Nashville Post Williamson County’s growth and subsequent need to provide public schools for more and more students has resulted in a one-time impact fee on new housing construction to be enacted next year. The Williamson County Commission voted 22-2 Monday night in favor of two resolutions related to the fee, despite the…
WILLIAMSON, INC. ANNOUNCES 2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ten Williamson County business leaders selected to serve three-year terms starting Jan. 1 FRANKLIN, Tenn.—Williamson, Inc. has tapped 10 accomplished business leaders to join the 2017 Board of Directors to help lead the strategic direction of the organization, comprised of the county’s office of economic development…