An Arizona-based developer wants to add a 312-unit luxury apartment complex to McFarland Farms, the 110-acre mixed-use project taking shape along Old Lebanon Dirt Road in Mt. Juliet. The proposal would bring a Broadstone-branded multifamily community into a larger plan that already calls for retail, townhomes, and single-family homes near the Valley Center. City documents indicate grading and early site work are already underway on portions of the property.
As reported by the Nashville Business Journal, the filing lists Alliance Residential Company as the applicant and describes the units as a luxury product. Alliance, which operates Broadstone communities and is headquartered in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, has been rolling out Broadstone properties across the Southeast and Southwest, according to a CBRE release.
Project details from city files
City planning documents on the Mt. Juliet Legistar portal show the McFarland site totals about 110.3 acres and is zoned CTC PUD, with an approved preliminary master development plan that allows up to 674 residential units at buildout. Staff has recommended approval of the Phase 1C final master development plan with conditions. The staff memo also notes that mass grading for parts of the project is already underway, signaling that the developer is moving ahead with site preparation. The full planning packet is available on Legistar.
Where the development fits
When developers broke ground on McFarland Farms in March 2025, they pitched the project as a five-phase community that would include apartments, townhomes, single-family homes and roughly 35,000 square feet of commercial space, along with road upgrades to Old Lebanon Dirt Road. That earlier coverage of the groundbreaking and initial program appeared in Main Street Media of Tennessee.
Phase 1C: What would go up first
The Phase 1C submittal for Broadstone outlines two mixed-use buildings on about 10.46 acres, with roughly 331,592 square feet of residential space, a pool amenity, and about 18,000 square feet of commercial uses in that phase. Parking and circulation plans show the applicant proposing 541 regular stalls and 11 ADA spaces, compared with an estimated 552-space minimum requirement for the submitted uses, according to the city's planning packet on Legistar.
Local concerns and review steps
The proposal has already drawn scrutiny from the Mount Juliet Planning Commission, which previously raised design and access concerns and, at one meeting, voted against parts of the commercial and mixed-use phase before the filing was revised. Meeting coverage and agenda materials describe commissioners and staff pushing for changes to preserve a town-center feel and satisfy the PUD's commercial requirements, and Alliance must address those points before final sign-off. That back-and-forth is detailed in coverage on Citizenportal.ai.
Next steps
Alliance will need to meet staff conditions and secure final approval from the city's Board of Commissioners before any vertical construction on the Broadstone buildings can start. If those approvals come through, the Broadstone community would add a sizable new luxury rental option to the Mt. Juliet corridor and slot into a growing pipeline of multifamily projects across the Nashville metro.
