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The Berry Farms Farmers Market has kicked off the season Tuesday, May 14, and will be in operation every Tuesday through around mid-October.

From fresh produce to all sorts of meats and seafood to bake goods, the Farmers Market will be open from 4-7 p.m. each week.

“Our opening market will host 32 vendors, including the Peach Truck with Georgia peaches and Oak Grove Farms with tons of strawberries,” said Kasi Haire, manager of the Farmers Market. “Ellie’s Doughnuts is always a crowd favorite!”

Vendors include three other produce farms, one of which is a multi-generational farm located just minutes from Berry Farms.

“You can’t get more local than that,” Haire said.

Other vendors include those selling pork, beef, chicken, seafood, baked goods, bread, crafts and more. The Berry Farms Farmers Market is open rain or shine.

Manager Kasi Haire also conducts Farmers Market operations in Brentwood and Nolensville.

More information can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/berryfarmsfm. For a list of vendors and to sign up to be on the email list, visit www.berryfarmsfarmersmarket.com.

Nashville Post

Vici to take space at North Gulch’s Capitol View

California-based women’s clothing boutique Vici announced Wednesday it will open in late 2019 a brick-and-mortar retail shop at Capitol View in downtown Nashville.

This will be the third physical location for Vici (stylized as “VICI”) and the first outside the Golden State, according to a release. Of note, Vici CEO Sandra Dudum said the company picked Nashville due to the city’s having provided the retailer lots of online customers to date.

Vici (pronounced VEE-chee), which began business seven years ago, specializes in “versatile, contemporary designs for busy moms, working women and self-proclaimed fashionistas.” Many of the store’s outfits are priced under $60, with the two boutique located in Newport Beach near Los Angeles and Walnut Creek near San Francisco, respectively.

The release does not note a specific location or terms of the lease.

Spanning 32 acres in the North Gulch and with a main entrance at the intersection of 11th Avenue North and Dr. M.L. King Jr. Boulevard, Capitol View is a joint venture between Northwestern Mutual, Boyle Investment Co. (leasing, management and development services) and Northwood Ravin (residential developer).

“VICI is one of the most exciting retailers in the country and has figured out a winning retail formula in fashion,” Grant Kinnett, who handles leasing and sales for Brentwood-based Boyle Investment, said in the release. “While this will be VICI’s first location outside of California, they already have a huge online following in Nashville, and we’re confident that they will be a great retail attraction for the entire city.”

Dudum said the energy and atmosphere at Capitol View “fit perfectly with our vision for our space in the city.”

Vici will join several retailers already open at Capitol View district, including SVM Boutique, Valerie Boutique, Jón Alan Salons, Club Pilates, Starbucks and M.L.Rose. Forthcoming retailers include Publix, Drybar and Central BBQ.

The fast-changing North Gulch node is also home to The Residences at Capitol View, a 378-unit apartment building that is more than 70 percent occupied five months after opening.

Nashville Business Journal

A Houston-based steakhouse chain is expanding into Middle Tennessee, arriving first at a mixed-use development in Williamson County’s Cool Springs commercial hub.

Plans filed with the city of Franklin reveal that Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille will occupy about 11,000 square feet of space at the McEwen Drive entrance of the McEwen Northside development, across from the Whole Foods Market and BrickTop’s.

Nashville Post

Work to begin in early 2020 on two-building project to be located near Frankie Pierce Park

Capitol View is slated to offer a senior living facility that will be located within its northeast quadrant and straddling the CSX railroad tracks.

Second Fifty Communities and Pillar Properties have announced construction will begin in the first quarter of 2020 of Merrill Gardens at Capitol View, described in a release as an “intergenerational senior living community” to offer two buildings sitting on 2.8 acres at the northwest corner of the T-intersection of 10th Avenue North and Lifeway Plaza.

The release does not offer a price tag for the project or a detailed color rendering depicting the future buildings.

Merrill Gardens will feature independent living, assisted living and memory care services for future residents. It is the latest announced component of the 32-acre mixed-used urban development in downtown Nashville’s North Gulch district.

“Merrill Gardens …  is an opportunity to provide seniors with a more connected lifestyle,” Clayton Mozingo, founder of Charleston, S.C.-based Second Fifty Communities, said in the release. “Uniquely situated within an urban setting, our community [will allow] residents an effortless yet exciting lifestyle surrounding themselves with multiple generations of family and community.”

Merrill Gardens will feature full-size kitchens, common areas, a rooftop deck, access to 24-hour dining and staffing, wellness programming and scheduled transportation.

The announcement comes as Capitol View’s 2.5-acre Frankie Pierce Park preps to open in June. The park will offer sand volleyball courts, a playground, a dog park and a yoga lawn. Frankie Pierce Park is also a trail head for the Gulch Greenway.

Being undertaken by a partnership including Northwestern Mutual, Brentwood-based Boyle Investment Co. and Northwood Ravin, Capitol View is home to multiple buildings offering the 378-apartment The Residences at Capitol View, apartment building Solis, retail and restaurant space, offices and a 169-room Hampton Inn & Suites, the latter of which will be completed in 2020.

Retailers Jón Alan Salons, Starbucks, Your Pie, Club Pilates, M.L.Rose, SVM Boutique, Sercy + Co., Valerie Boutique are already open. Other retailers to open soon include Publix, Clean Juice, Rukus Cycling Studio, Drybar and Central BBQ. HCA and LifeWay are major office tenants, with HealthStream, WeWork and Provider Trust, among others, slated.

Merrill Gardens at Capitol View is a joint development of Pillar Properties and its sister company, Merrill Gardens, both of Seattle, and Second Fifty Communities. The latter is undertaking Merrill Gardens projects in Mt. Pleasant, Columbia and Greenville, S.C., and in Chattanooga.

“Capitol View offers … shopping, restaurants, hotels, a full-service grocery store, and a park and greenway system that will allow senior residents of Merrill Gardens … the ability to stay active and engaged with their families and neighborhood, all with the ease and convenience of our urban community,” Jeff Haynes, Boyle partner, said in the release.

Nashville Business Journal

Publix Super Markets Inc. and HCA Healthcare Inc. are getting a new neighbor.

Nashville-based health-tech company ProviderTrust Inc. will move into a new 20,000-square-foot office at the downtown Capitol View development later this month, the company announced Thursday. ProviderTrust will be on the second floor of the building at 406 11th Ave. N., above the planned Publix grocery store that is set to open this year, according to a news release.

ProviderTrust joins several high-profile tenants in the $750 million mixed-use development, which is helping drive a boom along Charlotte Avenue. LifeWay Christian Resources and HCA (NYSE: HCA) subsidiaries HealthTrust, Parallon and Sarah Cannon Research Institute already have offices at the development. Health care IT company HealthStream Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTM) will move its corporate headquarters to Capitol View this year, while co-working giant WeWork Cos. announced plans last month to open a 65,000-square-foot space in the same building.

ProviderTrust, which works with health care providers to ensure they are in compliance with federal and state exclusion lists, has 80 Nashville employees, but projects to employ as many as 100 by the end of the year. According to Nashville Business Journal research, the company generated $11.7 million of revenue in 2018 from its current 8,500 square-foot office, located at 2300 Charlotte Ave.

“With ProviderTrust’s continued rapid growth and the launch of our fourth product in nine years, it made perfect sense to move to Capitol View, which sits at the intersection of health care and technology in Nashville,” co-founder and Partner Michael Rosen said in the release.

With the addition of ProviderTrust, the office space in the mixed-use building at Capitol View is filled, according to the release, although there is space left in the 300,000-square-foot Block E building, which opens in mid-April. Capitol View also houses 378 residential units, several shops and restaurants, a pair of hotels and a public park.

“With ProviderTrust’s move to Capitol View, a major block of office space in the district is now completely leased and another block is leasing fast,” Thomas McDaniel, a partner at Capitol View developer Boyle Investment Co., said in the release. “Not only are office and retail spaces filling quickly, The Residences at Capitol View are now over halfway leased. We’re excited about the enthusiasm of the tenants making the move to Capitol View and the momentum of the district.”

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With Spring in full swing and summer days on the way, the Brentwood Farmer’s Market is gearing up to begin its 2019 season in May.

Brentwood leaders on the city’s Planning Commission approved the limited duration event and its logistics at its April 1 meeting this past Monday.

The market will set up in its usual spot, on the green at CityPark Brentwood every Thursday evening from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Its season will include 14 events beginning on May 16 and running through Oct. 17.

The Brentwood market is managed by Kasi Haire who also runs the Nolensville and Berry Farms Farmer’s Markets in Williamson County.

Vendors will be set up in CityPark’s green area as well as the drive in front of the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel. Traffic cones will help restrict vehicles from driving through the area where vendors are set up.

The Brentwood Farmer’s Market is now accepting applications for its 2019 season. For more information, visit the market’s website here.

CityPark Brentwood is located at 7100 Executive Center Drive.

Nashville Post

Service business will join HealthStream in soon-to-open office tower

Officials with New York-based WeWork parent The We Company announced Thursday their third location in Nashville will be at Capitol View, with the space to span about 65,000 square feet across two floors at a soon-to-open building to be anchored by HealthStream.

The office will open this fall, according to release. The 10-story building spans 300,000 square feet and will be joined by an adjacent parking garage and a Hampton Inn & Suites hotel.

To open May 1, HealthStream will take 65,000 square feet (the top two floors) on a 10.5-year lease.

WeWork already has a presence downtown at One Nashville Place and an office in East Nashville at The Wabash building.

“WeWork Capitol View will be located in the heart of Nashville in a dynamic, urban area where our members can take advantage of walkability and public transportation amid some of the city’s best in living, retail, entertainment and more,” Bobby Condon, WeWork Southeast general manager, said in the release. “We look forward to continuing to expand here, further fueling the city’s vibrant, entrepreneurial spirit by connecting local businesses to more than 400,000 WeWork members in over 100 cities across the globe.”

Boyle Nashville partner Thomas McDaniel represented the landlord (an entity that includes Northwestern Mutual) on the lease. Jason Holwerda and Shelby Hall of Foundry Commercial represented WeWork.

“With the announcement of employers such as Amazon moving to Nashville, WeWork Capitol View will provide flexible office and workspace to new Nashville employers, residential tenants and other businesses at Capitol View,” McDaniel said. “The district is growing quickly, and WeWork will be a valuable component in continuing that growth.”

The 32-acre Capitol View, which eventually will offer 1.1 million square of office space, is home to Pinnacle Financial Partners, LifeWay Christian Store, M.L.Rose, Your Pie, Starbucks, Club Pilates, SVM Boutique, Jón Alan Salons, First Advantage Bank, Sercy + Co., and Valerie Boutique. Other retailers lined up include Publix, Central BBQ, Clean Juice and CareNow.

The office component of The Residences at Capitol View (a 378-unit luxury apartment, office and retail building) is fully leased, McDaniel said.

Capitol View sits within the North Gulch. It is a joint venture between Capitol View is a joint venture between Northwestern Mutual, Boyle Investment Co. and Northwood Ravin.

Nashville Business Journal

Co-working giant WeWork Cos. is headed to Capitol View.

On Thursday, WeWork announced plans to open a 65,000-square-foot space inside the $750 million mixed-use development driving much of the revitalization of Charlotte Avenue. WeWork’s new office will go inside the same 10-story building set to house health care IT company HealthStream Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTM), which will move its corporate headquarters to Capitol View this year.

“We’re excited to officially announce a third WeWork location in Nashville and our very first in The Gulch,” Bobby Condon, WeWork’s Southeast general manager, said in a statement. “WeWork Capitol View will be located in the heart of Nashville in a dynamic, urban area where our members can take advantage of walkability and public transportation amid some of the city’s best in living, retail, entertainment and more.”

Co-working brands have proliferated across Greater Nashville amid the region’s economic growth, particularly in white-collar jobs. Eighteen co-working brands operate in the Nashville area, consuming nearly 717,000 square feet of office space, according to Nashville Business Journal research. WeWork accounts for one-fifth of that space, reinforcing that it is a giant among its competitors. WeWork has locations in about 90 cities worldwide and raised funding last summer from a key investor, Japan-based SoftBank Vision Fund, at a valuation of $20 billion.

In September, WeWork’s top Nashville official said the company was scouting for a third local location and expected an announcement “soon.” WeWork entered Nashville with a splash in 2017, leasing a combined 91,000 square feet at the One Nashville Place tower downtown and at The Wabash, a building in East Nashville.

The next month, the Nashville Business Journal first reported WeWork had filed plans for roughly 60,000 square feet of co-working space inside 18th & Chet, a 10-story office building under construction in Midtown, steps from Nashville’s famed Music Row. Accounting giant EY plans to bring 600 jobs to the building. The status the status of lease negotiations was unclear on Thursday.

Capitol View is designed to include 1.1 million square feet of office space; about 45 percent of that is the 17-story building for HCA subsidiaries Sarah Cannon Research Institute and Parallon Business Solutions. LifeWay Christian Resources is also headquartered in the development.

Capitol View is designed to include about 600 apartments, 130,000 square feet of retail, a pair of hotels and a public park, among other features. Publix Super Markets Inc. will open one of its urban stores inside the development, at the corner of Charlotte Avenue and 11th Avenue North.

The Tennessean

WeWork, a company offering flexible office and workspace, will open a third Nashville location at Capitol View in the North Gulch that can hold 1,000 workers.

The WeWork Capitol View office will occupy 65,000 square feet and two floors at 500 11th Ave. N., The office is expected to open this fall.

“WeWork Capitol View will be located in the heart of Nashville in a dynamic, urban area where our members can take advantage of walkability and public transportation amid some of the city’s best in living, retail, entertainment and more,” said Bobby Condon, WeWork Southeast general manager. “WeWork loves Nashville, and we look forward to continuing to expand here.”

WeWork, founded in New York in 2010, provides workspace and virtual offerings to more than 400,000 members, including entrepreneurs, freelancers, startup and corporate employees, in more than 100 cities globally. The company has more than 400 physical locations, including in downtown Nashville at One Nashville Place and in East Nashville on Woodland Street.

Nearly 470 desks are offered in East Nashville and nearly 1,300 are offered downtown. The local occupancy rate is at 97 percent, according to WeWork.

Capitol View is a 32-acre mixed-use urban district anchored by LifeWay, HCA and Healthstream, which is expected to open offices in May. The development includes 378-luxury residential units, retail shops, restaurants and a 2.5-acre park expected to open in June that will include a dog park, playground and sand volleyball courts.

Other tenants include Pinnacle  Financial Partners, M.L. Rose, Starbucks. Publix, Central BBQ and Clean Juice are among businesses expected to join.

“The district is growing quickly, and WeWork will be a valuable component in continuing that growth,” said Boyle partner Thomas McDaniel who represented the landlord on the lease.

McDaniel said more than half of the 378 luxury units of Residences at Capitol View are leased.

Nashville Post

The developers of Capitol View in the North Gulch have announced that the mixed-use urban district is the first in downtown Nashville to earn the Green Globe certification for new construction.

Capitol View earned the certification for the reduction of environmental impacts and use of environmental efficiency practices, particularly for mixed-use building The Residences at Capitol View, according to a release.

Capitol View development team Northwood Ravin, Boyle Investment Co. and Northwestern Mutual have focused on having the district’s buildings offer energy and water efficiency and have prioritized indoor environmental elements such as air quality and daylight, the release notes. An environmentally friendly access to the park and greenway have been installed, too.

Proactive measures have been instituted, including the installation of meters for electricity, natural gas and steam so that Capitol View can monitor energy usage and maximize efficiency.

“We take a lot of pride in developing environmentally friendly and sustainable spaces,” said Jeff Furman, vice president of development for Northwood Ravin. “Our team took even the smallest details into consideration on this project, from minimizing water use through installing certain kinds of soil in our outdoor courtyards to maximizing natural light to reduce energy consumption. In just six months, The Residences at Capitol View is 50 percent leased, and we see that as real evidence that being environmentally friendly matters to our residents.”

In addition to The Residences at Capitol View (a 378-unit apartment building with retail), Capitol View includes Pinnacle Financial Partners, LifeWay Christian Store, M.L.Rose, Your Pie, Starbucks, Club Pilates, Valerie Boutique, Jón Alan Salon, First Advantage Bank and SVM Boutique.

Future retailers will be Publix, Central BBQ, Clean Juice, CareNow, and Sercy + Co.

The epicenter of Capitol View is typically considered to be 11th Avenue North and Nelson Merry Street.

Nashville Post

Clean Juice is latest to take retail space at The Residences at Capitol View

A Clean Juice is slated for Capitol View, with the North Carolina-based franchisor seemingly prepping to establish a major presence in the local market.

A permit valued at $245,000 notes the organic juice and smoothie bar will have an address of 412 11th Ave. N. in the North Gulch mixed-use building known as The Residences at Capitol View. MTLC Inc. is handling the space’s build-out.

The Clean Juice will join in The Residences at Capitol View retailers including Publix (to open later this year), Valerie Boutique, Jón Alan Salons and Club Pilates, among others. Boyle Nashville and Northwood Ravin co-developed the block home to the apartments.

The issuing of the permit follows the January permit to allow for a Clean Juice in the Green Hills retail strip center located near The Donut Den. That store will take about 1,260 square feet of space at 3902 Hillsboro Pike. The permit is valued at about $152,000.

Founded in Charlotte in 2015, Clean Juice bills itself as an organic juice and smoothie bar. At the time of its founding, it was, according to the company website, the only certified organic juice bar option available to franchise.

Of note, a Clean Juice recently opened at 962 Woodland St. near East Nashville’s Five Points.

Rovertoday.com reports Clean Juice has more than 100 locations in development in 16 states. Company officials could not be reached for comment.

Nashville Business Journal

As the region’s hotel and tourism sector continues to grow, so, too, does a Franklin tech firm that specializes in hotel-management software.

Quore, whose software is used by more than half of the top 100 highest-earning hotel management companies in the U.S., will add 45 employees, almost doubling its number of Tennessee employees, according to a state news release. As part of the expansion, valued at about $780,000, Quore will move to larger office space.

“Quore is incredibly proud to expand its operations and move into its new Franklin facility. We have been thrilled with the level of support from the State of Tennessee,” Quore Founder and CEO Scott Schaedle said in the news release. “We are an industry-leader in hospitality operations software and related technologies, and our investment in this 26,000-square-foot facility affords us the opportunity to scale our operations in a way that we could only imagine previously. We eagerly look forward to furthering our presence in the greater Nashville community by adding well-deserved, quality careers and creating a lasting, positive impact.”

Though it is changing office buildings, Quore will still call Boyle Investment Co.’s Meridian Cool Springs development home, with a new address of 5000 Meridian Blvd., Suite 400.

According to Carly Schroer, a public information officer with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Quore’s investment will include building out its new office and training for new employees in 2019.