Southern Land Company has quietly tightened its hold on a key stretch of East Nashville, shelling out $1.85 million this week for two more parcels along Gallatin Avenue right next to the long-discussed Lincoln College of Technology redevelopment. The latest buy extends a slow but steady land grab that has been unfolding for years as the developer pieces together ground for a large mixed-use district. With this deal, Southern Land’s control of the corridor moves one step closer to full build-out while the company works its way toward permits and detailed design.
What Southern Land Bought
According to the Nashville Post, the purchase covers the properties listed as 1300 Gallatin Ave. and 1023 W. Douglas Ave. and was recorded under an entity called TM Investment LLC. County records tie the seller to local investor Tom Muhsin, and deed filings show Southern Land paid $1.85 million for the pair of parcels.
How This Fits With Earlier Purchases
The new acquisition stacks on top of Southern Land’s major 2023 play for the former Lincoln College campus. The company paid about $33.75 million in June 2023 for the core 20-parcel site near 1524 Gallatin Ave., creating a roughly 16-acre footprint that serves as the central canvas for the redevelopment, according to the Nashville Business Journal.
The Master Plan
Project materials from Southern Land Company outline a dense mixed-use buildout: roughly 800 multifamily units, about 150 cottages and townhomes, and close to 300,000 square feet of commercial space. Planned buildings would range from three to seven stories. The company also touts new public open space and says it intends to preserve and relocate a historic Warner family house as part of the site plan. A construction start has not been scheduled, and Southern Land’s materials note that around 15 percent of the residences would be offered for sale rather than rent.
Land Grab Continues
The latest purchase is part of a pattern. Deed records and prior reporting show Southern Land paid about $1,915,000 in September 2023 for two Douglas Avenue parcels that had been used as surface parking, then followed up with a roughly $4.05 million purchase in March 2024 for an adjacent commercial building, according to the Nashville Post. Piece by piece, those buys have widened the footprint around the former Lincoln Tech campus.
Amendment Filed Last Month
In December 2025, Southern Land filed to amend its specific-plan zoning, seeking to pull a bit more land and commercial space into the mix, according to City Now Next. The proposed change would expand the project area to just over 19 acres and increase commercial space to roughly 350,000 square feet. It is being pitched as an update to the 2023 approvals rather than a fresh slate, but the adjustment still has to run the gauntlet of city review.
What Comes Next
Any amendment will need scrutiny from Metro Planning staff, formal review, and public hearings before it can advance. Southern Land Company says it has been working with Metro staff and District 5 Councilmember Sean Parker on the details. Rezoning for the broader project was approved in March 2023, and the company continues to say that construction timing is still to be determined. The when, along with the ever-present questions about traffic, infrastructure, and design, will be hammered out through permitting and future filings.
For now, the steady stream of acquisitions is a reminder that many of Nashville’s biggest projects are stitched together quietly, long before the first excavator shows up. East Nashville neighbors and city officials will get a clearer sense of what this one really looks like as the specific-plan amendment and any follow-up proposals move through Metro Planning.
