8 ENVISION FRANKLIN | Introduction Galleria, Franklin’s regional mall, opened that same year. Throughout the 1990s, additional hotel, office, retail, and residential uses followed. In 2005, Nissan Motor Corporation announced their plans to construct a nearly 500,000 square foot North American Headquarters along the newly constructed Carothers Parkway in Cool Springs. This paved the way for more corporate headquarter relocations that further bolstered Franklin’s economy. Since that time, the community has grown through many masterplanned developments that combine office, retail, and residential uses, including Eastworks, Franklin Park, McEwen Northside, and Ovation. At buildout, all of these developments will be regionally significant mixed-use developments that provide exceptional places for people to live, work, and play. Further south on I-65, anchored by the Berry Farms Town Center, major development is underway at the Goose Creek Bypass and I-65 interchange. While the I-65 corridor continues to buildout, great efforts have been made to preserve and enhance Downtown Franklin. With the success of the first streetscape project to Main Street and the Public Square, several other streetscape improvements have been completed including 3rd Ave North and its extension, now called Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Columbia Avenue from Five Points to Fowlkes Street, Fifth Avenue/Hillsboro Road from Downtown to Mack Hatcher Parkway, and Franklin Road from 1st Avenue to Harpeth Industrial Court and more are planned. These projects represent significant capital investments in the heart of the community that upgrade infrastructure, improve pedestrian access and safety, beautify the public realm, and contribute towards economic vitality. Aside from Downtown Franklin and the I-65 corridor, Franklin is a city made up of many distinct and vibrant neighborhoods. Franklin has a long history of well designed communities. One early example is Charlton Green which gained approval in 1972 and is known for it’s meandering tree-lined streets and its abundance of mature canopy trees. Fieldstone Farms, approved in 1989, was one of Franklin’s first Planned Unit Developments (PUD) and includes 2,146 dwelling units, a commercial node, a fire station, and an elementary school all connected by a network Pre-Westhaven 2001 Westhaven 2023
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