Metro Nashville to acquire former mall site for redevelopment

The city of Nashville has agreed to acquire the Global Mall at the Crossings, formerly known as Hickory Hollow Mall, with the intention of leasing 600,000 square feet to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) to provide healthcare related services and retail space. The purchase is the latest in a series of municipal investments in southeast Nashville including a new city park and a new police precinct. Once the largest retail space in the state of Tennessee, the mall site will also include dedicated community space such as arts facilities, after-school youth programming, childcare, and municipal offices. The redevelopment would add to facilities already including Nashville State Community College, the Ford Ice Center, the Southeast Community Center, and the Nashville Public Library Southeast Branch.