The Commercial Appeal by Corey Davis

April 7, 2025

More new housing is being planned for a major mixed-use development in Collierville.  A preliminary site plan for 246 multi-family residential units at the Water Tower District at Schilling Farms were approved by a 4-1 vote by the Collierville Planning Commission on Thursday.  Charles Green cast the dissenting vote, while Alderman John Stamps, who serves as the Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen liaison on the planning commission, recused himself.  The units will be on 13.13 acres as part of Phase 2 of the Water Tower District at Schilling Farms, which is located on the west side of Schilling Boulevard West and south of Poplar Avenue.

What will be included in phase 2 of the Water Tower District at Schilling Farms?

The 246 apartment units will consist of 132 one-bedroom units, 58 two-bedroom units and 56 three-bedroom units.  Amenities will include a clubhouse, mail room, storage room and bike storage.  In addition, the phase will also include a dog park located at the southwest corner of the lot, a community pool and two lawn areas.  There is not any proposed retail space in Phase 2 unlike Phase 1 of the Water Tower District, according to staff reports.   Additionally, there are 508 parking spaces proposed throughout the development, including surface parking, street parking, detached/attached garages, Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant spaces and electric vehicle parking spaces.

What’s next for Phase 2 of the Water District at Schilling Farms?

Plans for Phase 2 of the Water Tower District at Schilling Farms will go in front of the Design Review Commission on April 10 and then be on the Collierville Board of Aldermen agenda on April 28.

How many residential units will Water Tower District include?

Phases 1 and 2 at the Water Tower District will include a combined 505 residential units.  Phase 1 of the Water Tower District was approved in 2021 by the Collierville Board of Aldermen and is under construction. The first phase consists of 259 residential units and 2,193 square feet of retail space on 14.83 acres.  The two phases will bring the total multifamily units within the Schilling Farms Planned Development to 1,685 units, which is 40 units below the maximum allowable of 1,725 units, according to staff reports.  The Schilling Farms Planned Development was approved by the Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen in 1991 with amendments in 1995, 1997, and 2009.

Collierville Magazine

By Catherine Eakin & David Tankersly

Family is the name of the game for three local developers and real estate professionals:  Allen Green of John Green Realtors, Karen and Reggie Garner, Jr. of Magnolia Homes, and Gary Thompson of Boyle Investment Company.  They all work for companies that see employees and clients as part of their extended family, and they understand that families are the fabric of strong communities. It’s what Collierville is all about.  From a best-in-class school system, notable public safety services, and a deep well of amenities like parks, a modern hospital, plentiful restaurants and shopping, families have always been an inherent part of the Collierville story.

On the commercial side of development, the increased mixed-use construction in the Schilling Farms area is both impressive and encouraging.  For an expert perspective on this development, look no further than Gary Thompson of Boyle Investment Company.  After obtaining his degree in landscape architecture and a brief period of consulting roles, Thompson started full-time with Boyle in 1995.  It’s been a successful relationship ever since.

Boyle is proud of the reputation they’ve built as one of the premier commercial and residential development firms in the area.  They consistently look to construct long-lasting buildings for their clients and in the process establish sound business relationships.  Their motto, “Building Communities Since 1933” is fitting.

Thompson embraces the idea of building communities.  He and Boyle have been involved in the development of Schilling Farms since the early 1990s.  Thompson adds, “It was a period that saw Collierville become one of the fastest-growing communities in Tennessee.  The steady growth of the area has been great for Boyle and the diverse group of companies that are now located at Schilling Farms.  Mueller Industries has found a home there, as has IMC Logistics, who moved their world headquarters there in 2022.  SOB (South of Beale Restaurant), Rotolos, and Crumbl Cookies are all part of their new development at Poplar and Schilling Farms.  Boyle continues to pursue new home, dining and shopping sites within Schilling Farms.

“Mixed-use developments permit us to do some really cool stuff that is supported by this walkable community,” Thompson says.  “you can pick up your kid from daycare and run them across the street to the orthodontist, then return them to daycare or take them home.  It’s sort of a one-stop shop.  It functions really, really well.” It’s an ideal layout for families, having most amenities located within a quick drive or comfortable walk, and it’s a concept that will find an expanded use in Collierville.

Real estate development company continues to invest in Davidson, Williamson counties after 90 years in business

Boyle Investment Company celebrated 90 years of real estate development in 2023. Though the company is based in Memphis, its Nashville office has been open since 2001 and has grown from two employees to 34.

The company operates about 3.2 million square feet of commercial space and has investments in around 1,500 multifamily units in the Nashville market. It’s known for local developments like Capitol View Nashville, CityPark Brentwood, Meridian Cool Springs, Berry Farms and McEwen Northside in Franklin.

Post sister publication The News spoke with Jeff Haynes, managing partner of Boyle’s Nashville office, about the growth of the company in Nashville as it looks back on its 90 years of history.

Tell me about some of the history of the projects that you have done and the growth you’ve experienced as Middle Tennessee has grown.

I think it’s important to start with honoring the three brothers Bayard Boyle, Snowden Boyle and Charles Boyle who had the vision and foresight to start the company in 1933 coming out of the depression. It’s very rare in the real estate industry for companies to survive 90 years. I think one of our most respected competitors would be H.G. Hill here locally who have been around for 125 years. But most real estate companies are very young and very new. To survive 90 years requires financial stability, requires a commitment to working with each of your employees, requires adaptability and creativity to develop projects that are in tune with what the market wants each and every day. We’ve tried to do that here through being an expert in mixed-use development. We started mixed-use in 2006 at Meridian in Cool Springs. We now have five dominant mixed-use projects … where we integrate apartments, hotels, office and retail into the development blender to try to spit out a walkable, pedestrian-friendly, urban-designed mixed-use project.

What’s on the horizon for Boyle as you look at that continued growth in Middle Tennessee

We are contrarians. Even though the economy is a little bit dicey right now and interest rates have risen, we started our newest office building at McEwen Northside, which is going to be a 300,000-square-foot office building on top of retail. Even though it’s an interesting time to start a building, we believe in that project. It’s been very successful. …We’re constantly looking for opportunities. We’re working on some potential developments in Davidson County. We’re very interested in Sumner County. We’re actually looking at another residential development in Williamson County as well. So while the market is correcting itself, we’re out looking at opportunities to try to take advantage of what we consider to be an interesting time in our business.

I think Nashville today is vastly different. We have much more competition coming from all parts of the globe because Nashville is an attractive place in which to do business because of the economic and population growth. It’s a much more competitive landscape. So we’ve got to constantly look at trends. Nashville tends not to be a leader in architecture and development. We spend a lot of time looking at projects in Austin, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Chicago — traveling to touch and feel and walk other mixed-use projects. That’s how we came up with the jewel box idea at McEwen. We saw some jewel boxes in a project in D.C. and came back and said, “Let’s try it.”

It’s important that we try to differentiate ourselves in our projects for the people who live there, who work there, who visit the retailers there. We’re trying to create a sense of community in each of our projects. That’s really important to us to develop the fabric of that community. Berry Farms has a unique, rural sense of community. McEwen Northside is much more urban in its design, and then Meridian is sort of a blend of the two. With a project like Capitol View where we partnered with the Metro Parks Department and built Frankie Pierce Park in a public private partnership to create a wonderful two-and-a-half acre, urban park. So, you’ll see lots of green space in our projects, lots of walkability. We’re not trying to put bricks and mortar on every square inch of the land. We’re trying to develop that unique sense of community.

What does it take to get that kind of public-private partnership done?

Being naive, being patient, willing to roll up your sleeves and work with all departments at a municipality. Probably four years of banging my head against the wall with CSX railroad, who proved to be my nemesis, but we were fortunate enough to get that done. A fantastic part that truly changed the nature of Capitol View and helped us start to add art in all of our projects — we’ve got lots of murals and we now call it Mural Park — with CSX’s blessing we’ve added murals to the railroad tunnels there. You’ll now see mural art at Northside McEwen. So, we’ve started working with very creative muralists around the city to create art in all of our projects and not just allow blank walls for people to look at.

Do you also try to stick to using local groups for construction?

We do. That’s important to us from architects to engineers, to landscape architects, to lawyers, to contractors, we want to try to use local partners. I think the other thing that’s unique about Boyle over 90 years is our commitment to support the nonprofit industry. We have an internal program called Boyle Cares where our team members are encouraged to volunteer their time and to help raise money, and so each project partners with nonprofits. McEwen Northside and Meridian partners with the Boys and Girls Club of Williamson County and New Hope Academy. We’re constantly having events for those nonprofits at our projects, so that’s a really important differentiation of how we like to do business.

Press

Nashville Post

Memphis Business Journal and Nashville Business Journal

By Stephen MacLeod

Memphis-based Boyle Investment Co. is the largest owner and operator of office space in the city as the company turns 90 years old.

The company has grown to be a large land and property holder in both Memphis and Nashville. Boyle is one of the largest developers in Nashville, with millions of square feet in office and retail.

The company isn’t done growing in either market, with plans underway for additional significant developments.

Les Binkley

Boyle Investment Company

Years in role: 11

Les Binkley joined Boyle Investment Co. in 2007, became Vice President in 2011, and has been Senior Vice President since 2022. He handles all aspects of real estate development for the firm.

In particular, he oversees the day-to-day for Boyle’s mixed-use projects and has taken a leading role as it has increasingly been involved in multifamily developments. Of note for Binkley are major projects in Collierville, such as Schilling Farms — including The Carrington and Carrington West — and Price Farms; East Memphis’ Ridgeway Center; Germantown’s Viridian Planned Development; and Fisherville Farms, stretching across Shelby and Fayette Counties.

The Daily Memphian

By Abigail Warren

The Collierville Planning Commission endorsed 256 additional multifamily units at Schilling Farms between Poplar and Winchester.

The positive recommendation for a new neighborhood – the Water Tower District – includes 16.29 acres already zoned for mixed-use and multifamily. The development will include town homes, duplexes, triplexes and flats and range from one to three bedrooms.

Les Binkley, Boyle Investment Company vice-president, acknowledged this is “one of the most complicated residential developments” the company has done and thanked Nancy Boatwright, assistant town planner, for her assistance during the application process.

He acknowledged the “intricate” design of the neighborhood. Buildings will look unique, not repetitive. Elevator apartment buildings are rare in the suburban market and the project proposes several.

He said the projected can “capture” all ages adding “richness” to neighborhoods.

Due to prior reviews of the entire Schilling Farms project, the development could have up to 289 more multifamily units if the mayor and aldermen approve this neighborhood proposal. The entire project is allowed to have up to 1,725 units, and 1,180 were previously approved and built.

Boyle will seek retail as part of this project at a later date, Binkley said. This phase includes 2,193 square feet of nonresidential space for the leasing office and neighborhood amenities.

Alderman John Worley pointed out the mayor and aldermen are not “aggressively seeking apartments.” He said there were entitlements given to this long ago – before most commissioners and aldermen were in their position.

Commission Chairman Greg Cotton acknowledged the project already was granted the total number of apartments in the outline plan.

“You may not agree with the number of apartments, but they are what they are,” Cotton said, noting there needed to be solid reasoning if they were to turn it down.

Worley said if they rejected the plan, there would likely be a lawsuit, to which Rusty Bloodworth, Boyle executive vice-president, nodded his head.

No residents appeared before the commission to address the project.

One component of the commission’s review included traffic impacts. A traffic study submitted with the application said minor delays could be created near the site including at Schilling Farms Boulevard W and Poplar Avenue.

Jaime Groce, town planner, said the project will likely appear before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in September. They may ask for the company to make improvements along Poplar at that time.

IMC Companies is making its headquarters home at Schilling Farms. Binkley said his company would like more large businesses to make their home in the development, and a project like the Water Tower District helps encourage their move to Collierville.

The Daily Memphian

By Abigail Warren

Boyle Investment Company is seeking approval of town homes, triplexes, duplexes and flats at Schilling Farms in Collierville.

The town’s Planning Commission is scheduled to review the proposal for the development’s northwest portion at its meeting Thursday. Schilling Farms, a 443-acre mixed-use development, is easily seen along Poplar Avenue and Winchester Boulevard.

“The Boyle Schilling Farms Community is the premier mixed-use development in West Tennessee and one of the nicest ongoing real-estate projects in the Mid-South,” John Duncan, director of economic development in Collierville, said. “Schilling Farms is a key differentiator for us as we continue to promote our community for expansion and relocation.”

This project, known as “The Water Tower District,” will add 256 rental units in town, creating additional living options in Collierville. The neighborhood will encompass a water tower located in the area since the 1950s, when it was farmland. The tower won’t be functional but is a “marker referencing the past,” according to Les Binkley, Boyle Investment Company vice-president.

Collierville has 2,592 stand-alone apartments. The 2040 Land Use Plan says that number should not exceed 3,532 – excluding the Downtown area that could see more. When that plan was developed, town leaders knew of potential multi-family units at Schilling Farms.

The zoning allows multi-family, and previous approvals allow up to 1,725 units. The development already has 1,180.

The Water Tower district will add 109 one-bedroom units, 93 with two bedrooms and 54 with three.

The proposed differing building styles meet town guidelines.

“There’s nothing like it,” according to Rusty Bloodworth, Boyle Investment Company’s executive vice president. “It’s by far the most complex predominantly residential community that’s almost ever been done (in the area).”

He said the only concept in the area slightly similar is Harbor Town along the Mississippi River with its various living options.

Duncan said the neighborhood “continues Boyle’s commitment to Collierville.”

Boyle aims to make the neighborhood walkable, with common open space as a distinct feature of the area.

The property has some old oak trees that Boyle plans to keep. They hope the neighborhood feels secluded away from bustling Poplar Avenue.

Developers also want some nonresidential development on the west side of the property just south of Poplar Avenue.

Schilling Farms has been two decades in the making. Boyle still has land zoned for offices. Binkley hopes another group like IMC Companies will make Schilling Farms its headquarters home.

The Daily Memphian

By Tom Bailey

January 25, 2019

A cyclist cruises down the entry drive to Germantown Country Club during his routine 10 mile route. Residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the golf course frequently bike or walk through the courses golf cart paths. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

The venerable Boyle Investment Co. is among the development companies closely watching what Germantown and the property owners want to do with Germantown Country Club’s 180 acres.

So is Kevin Hyneman Cos., which has transitioned over the years from building starter homes by the hundreds to subdivisions of $1 million-plus houses around Nashville.

Some developers are watching to see if club members might buy and maintain the golf course, or to see if the city will purchase it for a public park.

If those things don’t happen, developers will watch to see which real estate broker markets the property and what the timetable and process for a sale would be.

And even if the property is offered for housing, some developers will take Germantown’s temperature before diving in. The suburb has proven to be difficult – or cautious – toward developers who propose new things, whether they be apartments, high density or in this possible scenario, changing a golf course into high-end housing.

“I would pursue this with extreme caution,’’ Hyneman said Friday. “Right now, Germantown is a very difficult environment to be a developer out there. … The environment there is volatile and emotions are so high, it will run some people off that normally have an interest.”

Boyle Investment Co.

Whether the 86-year-old company becomes involved in any redevelopment or not, Boyle has a point of view that no other firm could possibly have: Boyle developed Germantown Country Club (then called Farmington Country Club) and the surrounding residential neighborhoods from agricultural fields a half-century ago.

“It was the first thing I worked on in 1968 or ’69 when I came to work at Boyle,’’ said Russell Bloodworth Jr., now an executive vice president. “I worked on one of the golf pavilions.”

The family trust that owns the 18-hole course with clubhouse, tennis courts and a swimming pool announced the club will close Feb. 28.

Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo has said the city will study the possibility of buying the property for a park. A parks master plan steering committee will meet about the issue Feb. 9 to make a recommendation.

TOM BAILEY: Germantown starts study of possible golf course purchase

Otherwise, Palazzolo has said he would oppose the property being rezoned for commercial uses. The site has underlying, residential zoning for lots that are at least 15,000 square feet.

Boyle Investment Co. has a large portfolio of high-end commercial, office and residential developments.

“We are certainly interested in particularly larger parcels that are well-located,” Bloodworth said. “We would be interested if that was in the best interest of Germantown and the surrounding residents; that would be key.”

Boyle has been “watching the situation to some degree” since club members were informed of plans to close.

“If it did not become a park or continue as a golf enterprise and was to be developed for a different use, I would assume the use would need to be residential,” Bloodworth said. “And the mayor was clear that was his perspective as well.”

The Germantown Country Club is under new management with possible development plans for the golf course which may include a new neighborhood community. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)” src=”https://boyle.com/api/image/5503/740″ border=”0″ data-largeheight=”2182″ data-largewidth=”3000″ data-large=”/api/image/5503/960″>

The Germantown Country Club is under new management with possible development plans for the golf course which may include a new neighborhood community. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)

The property bounded by Farmington to the south, Kimbrough to the west and Wolf River Boulevard to the north has rolling hills and mature pines and oaks.

“It could be terrific” for development of new houses, Bloodworth said. “It does have some challenges because you have got to be really thoughtful about all the adjoining homeowners if you did do any development.

“I’ll be happy if it remains open space and will be happy if it’s well and beautifully developed, but won’t be if it’s not.”

Bloodworth has weighty credentials. A graduate of the University of Virginia who studied environmental design at Yale, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Lambda Alpha real estate fraternity in 2010, was inducted into the Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame by the Memphis Area Association of Realtors in 2009, and is a past president of the Memphis chapter of the Urban Land Institute.

He describes the theme running through Boyle’s residential developments as “great attention to the natural landscape and the environment.’’ The company also imposes some architectural control that raises the quality of the house designs in its developments, he said.

“All of those things need to be employed no matter who does it at the Farmington community, if the city mothers and fathers decide they are open to actually having it developed.”

Among the leafy, residential developments Bloodworth and Boyle have built over the decades are: additions to River Oaks such as The Cloisters and Gardens of River Oaks, and Green Shadows and Blue Heron, all in East Memphis; Schilling Farms and Spring Creek Ranch in Collierville; and The Pinnacle and Allelon, both in Germantown.

A residential redevelopment at the golf course could be special, Bloodworth indicated.

“The main thing that would make a wonderful development to me is the small pockets … small clusters of houses and open space where you’d need buffering between existing homes and what is now the course.”

Kevin Hyneman Cos.

Hyneman has done the rough assessment and math, which shows a residential redevelopment of the golf course could work financially, he said.

Only about half the acreage is buildable because of flood-prone areas, meaning about 150 houses could be built, he estimated.

Like Bloodworth, Hyneman said he would be happy if club members bought and kept the course open or the city bought it for a park.

“It’s an emotional piece of property for the city, citizens and a lot of people that hate to see it be developed for residential development. I think it’s highly likely the city will be able to put together a deal,” Hyneman said.

But if that doesn’t happen, “we’d be bidding on the property,” he said.

It’s challenging these days for a private golf course to succeed. Owners of the semi-private Stonebridge Golf Course have defaulted on their loan and the Lakeland course is scheduled to be sold to the highest bidder on the courthouse steps next month. Colonial Country Club has closed one of its two courses with plans to redevelop it.

“It’s just hard for a club to make money these days,” Hyneman said. “You’ve got deferred maintenance, you can’t continue to increase the dues and maintain the club.”

Hyneman’s rough calculations for redeveloping the site include estimating the cost for asphalt, curbs and gutters, grading, drainage work, and amenities like walls and a possible pool.

To absorb the costs and make a profit, he said, “you’re looking at million-dollar houses.”

Build out would likely take 10 years, he said. “You’ve got to put forth the time and effort to manage the elevations (exterior appearance of the houses), the streetscape, and maintain. It’s not something you develop, sell the lots and walk away.”

Memphis Daily News

March 25, 2018

Boyle Investment Co. celebrated its 85th anniversary with a luncheon on Friday, March 23, for its 113 employees on the top floor of its new Class A office building at 949 S. Shady Grove Road.

That new office building also marks the complete build-out of the Ridgeway Center, a 204-acre mixed-use development launched in the early 1970s in East Memphis.

Boyle is one of Memphis’ oldest real estate development, sales, leasing and management firms.

The two largest mixed-use developments of Boyle’s are Ridgeway Center and Schilling Farms, which as been under development in Collierville for 20 years as of 2018.

The 443-acre Schilling Farms community features newly completed projects such as a 50,000-square-foot ‘Class A’ office building, the second phase of The Carrington multifamily project, and a 9,000-square-foot retail center. Schilling Farms has become a popular site for corporate headquarters in recent years – it is home to Helena Chemical Corp. and Mueller Industries Inc. is constructing its new corporate headquarters there.

Boyle made its first foray outside the Memphis market in 2001, opening an office in Nashville, where it has grown from two employees to 30. Boyle Nashville LLC and their joint venture partners have acquired, developed and manage more than 3.2 million square feet of commercial space, and have more than 532,000 square feet of commercial space under construction.

Since its founding in 1933, Boyle remains family owned with the third generation now involved in management. The company is led by Henry Morgan, co-chairman, and Paul Boyle, president. Other family members include Bayard Boyle Jr., co-chairman, and executive vice presidents Henry Morgan Jr. and Bayard Morgan.

Boyle also has 31 employees who have been with the company for more than 20 years, including Mark Halperin (45 years), Joel Fulmer (46 years) and Russell E. Bloodworth Jr. (49 years).

MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 23, 2018 – This year marks the 85^th anniversary of Boyle Investment Company, one of Memphis’ oldest real estate development, sales, leasing and management firms.  To celebrate, the company is hosting a luncheon on March 23 for its 113 employees on the top floor of its new ‘Class A’ office building at 949 S. Shady Grove.

The 85th anniversary marks the achievement of significant milestones at two of Boyle’s largest projects in the Memphis region: Ridgeway Center and Schilling Farms.  In the fourth quarter of 2017, Boyle celebrated the grand opening of 949 Shady Grove, a new ‘Class A’ office building on the last remaining site in Ridgeway Center office park, marking final completion of the 204-acre mixed-use development launched in the early 1970s in East Memphis.  Also, this year marks the 20^th anniversary of Boyle’s 443-acre Schilling Farms community in Collierville, where newly completed projects include a 50,000-square-foot ‘Class A’ office building, the second phase of The Carrington multi-family project, and a 9,000-square-foot retail center.

Boyle also celebrates significant milestones in the Nashville region, where in 2001 the company opened an office which has grown from two employees to 30 employees today. Under the direction of Phil Fawcett and Jeff Haynes, Boyle Nashville, LLC and their joint venture partners have acquired, developed and manage more than 3.2 million square feet of commercial space, and have more than 532,000 square feet of commercial space under construction.  Large-scale projects in Nashville include Capitol View, which will offer 1.1 million square feet of ‘Class A’ office space, 130,000 square feet of specialty retail/restaurant space, 378 luxury apartments, a Hampton Inn & Suites, a 2.5 acre urban activity park, and a jogging/biking trail connected to Nashville’s greenway system.  The last two years have brought explosive growth at Berry Farms in Franklin, with four major headquarters announcements at the 600-acre mixed-use project, which also includes a town center and a variety of residential communities.  Construction is underway on McEwen Northside, a 45-acre development in Cool Springs that offers fully integrated office, retail, residential and green spaces.  Boyle’s Nashville office is located at the company’s own 60-acre Meridian Cool Springs development, which offers more than 900,000 square feet of office and 90,000 square feet of retail space.

Since its founding in 1933, Boyle remains family owned with the third generation now involved in management. The company is led by Henry Morgan, Co-Chairman, and Paul Boyle, President. Other family members include Bayard Boyle, Jr., Co-Chairman, and Executive Vice Presidents Henry Morgan, Jr. and Bayard Morgan.

One of the company’s greatest assets is its “deep bench” of experts – longtime employees who have stayed with the company for years. Boyle has 31 employees who have been with the company for more than 20 years.  Their expertise and long-term involvement with the company have been a great plus.  Three non-family members have been with the company for more than 40 years:  Mark Halperin, 45 years; Joel Fulmer, 46 years; and Russell E. Bloodworth, Jr., 49 years.

Over the years, Boyle has made a profound impact on the city of Memphis.  A Boyle family ancestor, John Overton, founded Memphis in 1819 in partnership with Andrew Jackson.  In the early 1900s, Edward Boyle developed stately Belvedere Boulevard in Midtown.   Boyle Investment Company was founded in 1933 by three of Edward Boyle’s sons – Snowden, Charles and J. Bayard, Sr.   The 1960s saw the development of River Oaks and Farmington. In the 1970s, Boyle paved the way for the city’s growth eastward with one of Memphis’ first office parks, Ridgeway Center, which today offers more than 2 million square feet of space.  In the 1980s, Boyle began development of Humphreys Center, which has become East Memphis’ bustling medical/office center.  The 1990s saw the development of even more ambitious projects such as the 443-acre Schilling Farms community in Collierville.  The company also developed numerous retail centers in the Memphis area during this period, including Regalia, Shops of Humphreys Center, Shops of Forest Hill, and Gallina Centro, as well as Preston Shepard Place and Southwest Crossing in Texas.   Boyle Nashville, LLC was formed in 2001 and has grown to be the largest developer in the region.  Boyle Insurance Agency, headed by Cindi Gresham, continues to thrive and offers both commercial and personal lines of insurance.

“Our grandfather, Bayard Boyle, Sr., and his two brothers initially focused their efforts on buying land and developing residential subdivisions and shopping centers,” says Paul Boyle, President. “He had a remarkable ability to identify and acquire properties in areas that would soon become major growth corridors.  Today, we still stick to these same principals of careful research and planning, whether it’s a residential subdivision, a shopping center, or an office building that we are developing.”

While the company focuses a great amount of resources in the office and retail sectors of the commercial real estate market, the company also is known for its high-end residential communities including River Oaks, The Cloisters, Chartwell, Green Shadows, Blue Heron, the Gardens of Southwind, Golfwalk at Southwind, Riveredge, Bedford Plantation, and Spring Creek Ranch just to name a few.  Boyle is currently active in the Germantown market with development of The Pinnacle of Germantown and Allelon, and is moving forward with additional phases at Spring Creek Ranch in the Collierville Reserve and Twin Lakes of Piperton.

“We’ve built a strong company because the family, from the beginning, has been committed to developing for long-term value,” says Henry Morgan, Co-Chairman.  “We operate on the belief that properties are long-term investments that should be carefully planned, built, and maintained.  With all of our activity in Memphis and Nashville, we think the future looks mighty bright.”

Coffee and Coconuts
Missi Gallimore, owner
4000 Hughes Crossing suite 120, Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 905-6999
www.facebook.com/CoffeeandCoconutsTN

Say the name Missi Gallimore around Music Row and everyone will know who you are talking about. She and husband/producer Byron Gallimore are the team behind the careers of Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Keith Urban.

While she has spent her career in search of great songs for some of country’s biggest names, Gallimore also owns three publishing companies, is doing A&R (artist and repertoire) for Urban’s new record and a duets album for Tim and Faith. But amid all of that, she wanted to find a way to include two of her other favorite things in her business life: the beach and coffee.

After years of research, planning and development, in June of this year, Gallimore opened the beachy-themed Coffee and Coconuts in the developing Berry Farms area just south of Franklin. The busy music mogul sat down over a latte to talk about how this side business dream became reality.

How did you come up with the idea to open a coffee shop?

I had been wanting to do something outside of the music industry because everything I do is music. I wanted an outlet and in addition to loving music, I also love coffee and the beach. At first, I wanted to do something in Alys or Rosemary Beach, but the distance made it hard. I was sitting across the street at Tito’s one day and they were finishing building this place and it just popped into my head to do it here.

What made Berry Farms a good location for you?

We live in Thompson’s Station and have been watching this area grow for a while. It’s a little scary, but this is a 600-acre development and there is all kinds of stuff coming here. It’s close to us and we thought it would be a good place to start. With Lee Company, Dave Ramsey, Hampton Inn and businesses like that coming here, it’s definitely going to be great.

The beachy vibe in here is great. How did you decide on the look and feel?

We go to the Exumas with Tim and Faith a lot. They have an island that has a very special place in my heart. I just love the whole white sand, islandy, clean vibe. Every shell in here Faith and I dug up. We spend hours just digging for shells. The pictures on the walls here are of our kids in the Exumas. I just wanted that beachy islandy, vacation kind of feel.

And the pink flamingos in the ladies’ room?

That just randomly happened. Everything in here is taken from something I saw on Pinterest. I saw this wallpaper on Pinterest and I thought “Oh my gosh, I have to find that wallpaper.” We see on Instagram that people take selfies in there with the flamingos.

How did you come up with the name Coffee and Coconuts?

The name came from when I think of coconuts, it makes me think of being on vacation. We serve our coconut water in real coconuts, too!

What was your goal in opening this business?

All Byron and I have done is in the music business. We’ve been talking for a long time about doing a little side thing just to get away from the music business a little bit. We have lived and breathed it for so long. I still love it and I still have a passion for finding songs, but it’s nice to have something else on the side.

Do you end up bringing the music business down here?

Yes. I come here and do business a lot. It’s a little far from Music Row, but some of the song plugger groups I work with come here and we sit back there in the corner and they play me songs. I do it whenever I can.

How do you manage owning this business and being busy on the Row?

I have damn good people helping me. I have an assistant who I rely on a lot, her name is Susie Joyce. I have Spencer Connatser managing this place. Spencer was a French teacher at BGA (Battle Ground Academy). He worked at Starbucks and he knew his coffee. He had been consulting with me through the process. One day I said, “do you want to run this place?” He said, “I thought you’d never ask!” We are learning all of this together. You have got to surround yourself with a great team.

Do you bounce back and forth a lot?

I do. I come in here early in the mornings and I work. I am very hands-on. About 10, I leave and go do my music business stuff. I come back around 3 and I work here and do music business stuff. I stay until we close. That’s how I make it all work.

The coffee must be pretty good to keep you fueled throughout your day?

Yes! I went to every coffee shop in town when I was doing my research before we opened. I stalked them all. I discovered Muletown Coffee out of Columbia. I love those guys. They are all songwriters from Muscle Shoals, so it was a perfect fit for me. I met with Revelator Coffee as well. Austin is also a singer songwriter, so for now we brew those two coffees.

Originally Published in The Tennessean

By Melonee Hurt