Pedestrian-friendly complex going up on Bedford; single-family homes springing up on Glen Echo
The development of two properties in Green Hills will bring more residents and more businesses to the area.
Bedford Commons blends condos, offices
Bedford Commons, a mixed-use development on Bedford Avenue in Green Hills, is at mixed stages of occupancy.
The project that occupies a large plot of land on Bedford Avenue and Abbott Martin Road, just behind the Mall at Green Hills, will eventually house large condominiums, office space, a park and underground parking for residents.
"Some are coming," John Rochford, president of Rochford Realty and Construction, said of the development's tenants. "A lot of them are in. It's kind of an evolution as we build out the infrastructure."
"The medical building is full," Rochford said. "The Fifth Third Bank is doing very well on the corner. The next building is going to be Trumps on one corner."
Fifth Third Bank occupies one building, and some medical personnel have moved into another.
Once the complex is completed, residents of the upstairs condominiums will mingle with business tenants on the 11-foot sidewalks.
"I think the visioning process that the Metro Planning Staff had a few years ago that mixed office with residential is a very good plan," Rochford said of new pedestrian-friendly communities such as Bedford Commons.
"Cities are going to become tighter and tighter with all this urban infill. We're just a little microcosm of what's going on downtown."
Glen Echo calls for Tudor-style homes
Across Hillsboro Pike, just behind the fields of Hillsboro High School, backhoes are clearing land for a development called simply Glen Echo, which will consist of 16 single-family homes.
Bob Haley Builders will soon begin work on the homes, whose lot size will range from 7,000 to 11,000 square feet.
"He's going to do the first few houses right on Glen Echo," said John Sheridan with Main Street Realty, "and he'll probably start that in about 10 days."
Prices on the homes, whose Tudor-like designs were inspired by a trip to the Midwest, will range from $985,000 to $1.2 million.
"Bob's mother-in-law lives in Milwaukee, and he always drove by these Old World, Craftsman-style homes," said Charla Corn, designer for Bob Haley Builders, "and he just loved them."
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