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Tennessee Super Sites Cherry Glen Business Park This is an excellent automotive supplier site. It’s location near Tennessee’s two massive auto plants (Saturn and Nissan) and plants in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Georgia make it a no-brainer for suppliers. While the site is somewhat in its infancy (construction on much of the utility infrastructure has just begun), it is owned exclusively by Maury County.
Elam Road Site Murfreesboro is the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee’s fifth largest and fastest growing county. Murfreesboro is home to Middle Tennessee State University, a 19,000 student state school with an outstanding College of Business. The I-24 corridor between La Vergne and Murfreesboro located 14 new projects in fiscal year 1999-2000. Between the two cities lies Smyrna, site of Nissan’s North American manufacturing facility where a half-billion dollar, 1,000-employee expansion was announced in July. Hewlett-Packard has also transferred its assembly and distribution of computers and servers from California to Rutherford County, bringing an additional 1,600 jobs. The Elam Road Site has already been annexed and zoned by the City of Murfreesboro with the majority of zoning for light and heavy industrial uses. Sites are available from 10 acres up to 200 and priced according to size. Construction on the interstate exchange begins in 2001 and should take about 18 months. In the meantime, an existing exit is less than three miles away. The site is 30 minutes from the Nashville International Airport. For more information on the Elam Road Site, contact Randy Brewer at 615-893-6565.
Williamson County Technology & Research Park Backing up Williamson County’s attraction to growing businesses are these items: Williamson County is Nashville’s largest office and retail market at more than 5 million square feet each; No. 1 in per capita income in Tennessee and 9th in the nation; a 1998 study ranked Williamson County 3rd in the nation for future economic growth; a 1994 Wall Street Journal survey ranked the county 10th on a list of the 20 fastest growing, most educated and wealthy counties in the nation. So what does such a successful and progressive county do to further development? It champions a world-class technology and research park. When completed, the Williamson County Technology & Research Park will have about 4 million square feet of institutional, private research and development space, with up to 60 campus-style buildings. The master plan indicates that 38 percent of the land in the park will be used by university research and R&D office and lab space. Retail, commercial, hotels, conference center, high school and a commuter rail station are all planned users of the park. As mentioned, this park was just recently announced. Much of the infrastructure serving the park is in the planning stages. However, all utilities, including a 12-conduit fiber bundle, are adjacent to the property. The location of the park is exceptional. The proposed interstate-quality SR840 is on the south side of the property; CSX Railroad is on the west; SR31 to the east; Interstate 65 is only three miles west and the site is directly adjacent to the SR840/SR31 interchange. This park will provide exceptional conditions for a work force and visitors, including landscaped parking areas, tree-lined boulevards, ponds, walking trails, bike paths, green belt treatments and other natural areas. For more information on the Williamson County Technology & Research Park, contact Bob Iannacone at 615-261-2880.
Jack Lawrence Airport Industrial Park All utilities are in place to serve the site and a Phase I environmental has been completed. An Interstate 40 interchange is located 2.42 miles from the site.
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