Every Nashville project, named the day it files.
The Nashville development database from the Groundbreak newsroom: permits, subs on trade permits, Planning Commission cases, sales and FAA height filings from the public record, with the applicant and the owner named.
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Live from GroundbreakBiggest filings · last 14 days- Permit7570 Cockrill Bend Blvd
Building Commercial - New: To construct a four story, 100,450 sq ft, office building dedicated to the Tennessee Department of Safety. POC: KT Lamb 615-254-4100
$48.9MOct 30Anecdote Architectural Experiences
- PermitOld Hickory Logistics Center
Building Commercial - New: to construct 208,000SF warehouse building with office space. Sp zoning.
$27.2MNov 3David Abbey
- Permit340 Gay St / 633 4th Ave N Mixed-Use Development
Building Commercial - Tenant Finish Out: This application is to breakout floor turnovers. Phase 2 will include floors 4-6. Reference Residential Shell Permit number CACH - T2025097262. POC: Kristen Gruhn 615-645-5521
$9.1MOct 29Smith Gee Studio
- PermitNew Industrial Spec
Building Commercial - Rehab: To rehab Building 6 and use for City Golf USA. Commercial Amusement Indoor Use. Interior build out of existing warehouse into a proposed indoor golf facility. Scope of work to include bar, dining areas, offices, hospitality areas, retail, locker rooms, and back of house staff areas. POC Teresa Hunter thunter@tenantbuildinggroup.com
$8.8MOct 30Teresa Hunter
- Permit340 Gay St / 633 4th Ave N Mixed-Use Development
Building Commercial - Tenant Finish Out: This application is to breakout floor turnovers. Phase 3 will include floors 7-9. Reference Residential Shell Permit number CACH - T2025097262. POC: Kristen Gruhn 615-645-5521
$8.2MOct 29Smith Gee Studio
What's in the Nashville database
- 8,684
- Projects tracked
- 69
- Under construction
- 280,119
- Owners of record
- 4,181
- Companies
- 43,434
- People named
from permits and filings
tracked by status
from the appraisal rolls
GCs, subs, developers, lenders
on the record
Ask the record. In your own words.
Ask anything you would ask a researcher who has read every filing in Nashville: who pulled the most permits this quarter and which jobs sit in a flood zone. The answer comes back with the table and the records behind it.
Rankings, totals and month against month, by city, trade or job size. The answer names the companies and shows the table, with a CSV.
The company database
4,181 companies on the record. Every job they are on.
Every contractor, sub, developer, architect, lender and owner named on Nashville permits, sales and zoning cases, and on the projects we track. 2,224 of them were on a filing in the last 90 days. Each one has a file: its projects, its filings month by month, and the firms it works with.
- 314
- General contractors
- 1,166
- Trade subs
- 278
- Developers
- 122
- Architects and engineers
- 63
- Lenders
- 1,186
- Owners and buyers
The GC on a project or a permit
Pulled an electrical, plumbing, roofing or other trade permit
The developer on a tracked project
The architect or engineer of record
The lender on a recorded loan or a project
Owner, buyer, seller or borrower on the record, LLCs included
Busiest general contractors · last 90 days
Developers with the most live projects
Architects and engineers on the most projects
Every company file is free to open. Pro adds every filing with its address and value, and the phone or email where the record has one.
Every name on the record.
Every Monday, the biggest permits, site plans, sales and starts filed in Nashville last week, with the people on them named.
Lead list · week of Nov 2
27 recordsOld Hickory Logistics Center
Building permits · Nov 3
$27.2M
1 contact2 Music Sq W
Building permits · Nov 3
$4.3M
1 contact0 Knight Dr
Site plans & zoning · Nov 4
·203 Mckennell Dr
Site plans & zoning · Nov 6
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27 records on the latest list, in your inbox and on the Leads tab all week.
Who bought it, who lent on it, who owns it.
Deeds, loans and the owner of record in Nashville, from the public record the day they post.
Recorded in Nashville, last 30 days, over $1M
13 filings- Deed
919 Dickerson Pike
Oct 16
$9.4M
Buyer and seller - Deed
3411 A Hopkins St
Oct 15
$2.2M
Buyer and seller - Deed
2121 Belmont Blvd 2
Oct 15
$1.9M
Buyer and seller - Deed
1104 Riverside Rd
Oct 15
$1.1M
Buyer and seller - Deed
1202 Clifton Ln
Oct 15
$1.9M
Buyer and seller
On every recorded sale, the day it records.
Any firm's whole footprint.
Pull up any developer, contractor or architect and every project they are on in Nashville, with the role they hold on each.
Smith Gee Studio
Architect · 13 projects · 11 live
RiverGate Mall Redevelopment
ArchitectUnder constructionEvermere at Trinity
ArchitectUnder constructionThe Opaline at Artist Hill
ArchitectUnder constructionNorthview Housing Development & Evermere at Trinity
ArchitectUnder constructionEncore on Buena Vista
ArchitectUnder constructionLivano Oakmont Residences
ArchitectUnder construction
4,181 companies on file in Nashville, each with its own file.
Before it is a permit. Zoning, cases, hearings.
See what Nashville is about to allow: the zoning on every parcel, the planning cases the week they are filed, and the hearings coming up.
Turn on Zoning and every district is colored by what it allows. Open a parcel or a project for its zoning, future land use, overlays and historic district. Opportunity zones and tax credit tracts are on every file.
One file per project. Everything on it.
Every permit, deed, loan and story on a project lands in one file, with the team and the parcel beside it.
A Miami project fileThe stage, the value, the size, the latest filing and the general contractor, before you scroll.
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What Radar would have sent you.
Building permit issued on a $12M commercial shell. Applicant named on the permit.
From the public record, the day it posts.
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- Permits, subs on trade permits, Planning Commission cases, sales and FAA height filings in Nashville, the day they post
- The applicant and the owner named
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- The Monday lead list
- The owner of record on every parcel
- All 4,181 Nashville company files, every filing on each
- Ask: the record in your own words, with the table behind every answer
- Zoning on every Nashville file, and the hearings two weeks out
- The FEMA flood zone on every permit, project and lot
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What Nashville publishes, and what we do with it.
Groundbreak Nashville tracks every Nashville development project from the public record: permits, subs on trade permits, Planning Commission cases, sales and FAA height filings, with the applicant and the owner named, updated daily.
The applicant is on the permit. The buyer and price are on the roll. Metro publishes applicant names, not phone numbers. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits name the licensed contractor on each job. Sales come from the assessor roll daily with buyer and price; Tennessee records no notice of commencement.
- Permits
- Metro Codes issued and applied, daily
- Planning
- Rezonings, SPs, PUDs, plats
- Sales
- Daily, buyer and price
- Owners
- Every parcel, owner of record, daily
- Suburbs
- Hendersonville permits
- Fundamentals
- CMBS NOI, occupancy, maturities
- FAA filings
- New towers and tower cranes in Davidson and Sumner, with height and crane dates
- How do I find who is building a project in Nashville?
- Search the address or project name. The project file lists the team from the public record (the applicant and the owner named), every filing on the parcel, and the change history. The applicant is on the permit. The buyer and price are on the roll.
- Does Groundbreak have contractor phone numbers in Nashville?
- No. Metro publishes applicant names, not phone numbers. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits name the licensed contractor on each job. Sales come from the assessor roll daily with buyer and price; Tennessee records no notice of commencement.
- What records does Groundbreak track in Nashville?
- Permits, subs on trade permits, Planning Commission cases, sales and FAA height filings. Permits: metro codes issued and applied, daily. Planning: rezonings, sps, puds, plats. Sales: daily, buyer and price. Owners: every parcel, owner of record, daily. Suburbs: hendersonville permits. Fundamentals: cmbs noi, occupancy, maturities. FAA filings: new towers and tower cranes in davidson and sumner, with height and crane dates.
- How much does Groundbreak Pro cost for Nashville?
- Pro is $27 a month, every market. Cancel anytime. Nashville comes with the other 25 markets. Creating an account is free: tell Radar what you work on and it shows your matches. The names, phones and figures on every record are Pro. There is no free trial.
- How often is Nashville updated?
- Every morning, from each source's own feed, with the filing date the county put on the record. The number at the top of this page is this week's count.
- What does Groundbreak not have in Nashville?
- No phone numbers on permits, no construction loans, no notices of commencement (the state records none) and no liens or lis pendens. Metro publishes applicant names, not phone numbers. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits name the licensed contractor on each job. Sales come from the assessor roll daily with buyer and price; Tennessee records no notice of commencement.
- Who is Groundbreak Nashville not for?
- Home-services trades beyond pools, solar and generators and teardowns: HVAC, re-roof and window permits on Nashville houses are not read yet. Firms that bid from plan rooms and bid documents: Dodge and ConstructConnect carry those and we do not. Anyone who needs a phone number off the permit: Nashville does not publish one. Lenders who need the construction loan market: Nashville publishes no loan index we can read. Anyone working mostly outside Nashville and the other 8 markets.
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