Mt. Juliet has boosted fire capital spending from about $490K in FY2017 to $2.9M in FY2026 and opened two modern stations to shorten response times. The upgrades add training space, better living quarters and storm‑hardened features for crews.

Twin Cities‑based Wold Architects bought Nashville’s JJCA, folding the healthcare-focused firm into Wold’s national platform while keeping the local team intact.

A tiny coffee counter called Portal Perk has opened inside Portal 4 at Oak Ridge’s K‑25 site, folding a historic gatehouse into the new Atomic History Campus.

Strato Capital paid $30.35M for Polk Center at 191 Polk Ave, adding a roughly 282,500‑square‑foot flex building to its Tennessee holdings.

MoneyLion's 2026 analysis names Kingsport, Knoxville and Chattanooga among U.S. metros where asking prices exceed typical home values by wide margins.

Mayor Indya Kincannon’s proposed budget would direct more than $8 million toward mixed‑income projects, rental development funds and homeownership supports across Knoxville.

Gallatin is preparing its first major zoning rewrite since 1998, proposing new character districts and stricter rules for short‑term rentals and flood‑zone construction.

BNA is soliciting bids for a 20,600‑square‑foot credit‑card lounge in the north mezzanine, with major issuers already circling and a $5.15M minimum annual revenue for the airport.

Clarion Partners is marketing a 31,078‑square‑foot Midtown Nashville office at 2300 Charlotte Ave; the asking price is undisclosed.

Buc-ee’s Oak Grove opening slips to 2029 as road, bridge and water upgrades stall the project. City planners say major infrastructure work must finish before the travel center can open.

Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company filed plans for Pennington Centre, a 340-unit apartment proposal near Gaylord Opryland that would add major rental supply to Donelson.

A 10‑story, 80‑unit mixed‑use building is proposed for 1205 2nd Ave N in Germantown, the home of Plaza Artist Materials.

Nashville native Nate Bargatze has partnered with Storyland Studios to study a 100+ acre “Nateland” theme park in Music City; feasibility work and site talks are underway.