OneWestEnder

Also I want to say that my thoughts are in no way meant to defend any illegal or crooked actions he may have taken; if he is guilty of such then I do agree that his wrongdoings should have consequences.

Just to bring some out of the box thoughts and conversation to the table, I disagree with the "doomed from the start" idea. Yes, I am aware that the development is in an unfortunate state right now--and obviously it has not been successful in the least--however I think I can see what the developer was originally thinking. Here me out: Ashland City is really no further away from downtown Nashville than Nolensville--and Nolensville is hot right now. Any land twenty miles out from the city is a commodity. And it will be extremely valuable as these commuter suburbs develop over the next twenty five years at the exponential rate they are now. I do agree with your statement that Ashland City is really "not on the way anywhere." But I do believe that in the next decade or two you will see an extension of 840 to south Clarksville (or Pleasant View, rather) that stretches on through Springfield, White House, and connects Gallatin to Lebanon. Such infrastructure will poise Ashland City for some very prime development--much like a Lenox Vllage of sorts. Another plus is the river and bay-like thing that make it very similar to Hendersonville, and we all know everyone loves to pay to live next to water. The river, to me, adds a demonsion that a Nolensville or a Fairview can't give you, while being roughly the same distance from downtown Nashville. I imagine every developer has a multitude of different reasons for taking on a project, though I have to believe that some of those developers function under the "if you build it, they will come" philosophy. Before this guy took on this project I can almost guarantee he sat with some of the investors at a fancy lunch and one of them said, "The Braxton Condos will put Ashland City on the map." A similar comment was probably made before Lenox Vllage was a done deal. In the case of Lenox Village, it was a huge success. In the case of Braxton--not so much. The projects are similar and different at the same time. But ultimately, Braxton was ahead of its time. It's the Sega Dreamcast of Metropolitan Nashville. Who knows what it might have been had they added retail to the bottom floor and a small office building next door. Maybe it would have worked better. At the end of the day, it was a risky venture, as some of the most successful projects are. In this case, however, it just didn't work. At least, it hasn't yet.

Looks a lot like 5th and Main

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11793552&l=b8e0871afd&id=279047387745 Should be able to see it at the above link. At least, I assume this is what you are talking about