Southside at McEwen, the premier grocery-anchored retail center in Nashville, sells
Authors
Grace Lewis
Key Takeaways
• JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Southside at McEwen, a 92,470-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center in Franklin, Tennessee.
• Nuveen sold the property to a high net-worth family office advised by Lincoln Property Company.
• The property is anchored by the top-performing Whole Foods Market location in Tennessee and features best-in-class retailers within Nashville's most affluent retail submarket.
ATLANTA, Oct. 9, 2026 – JLL Capital Markets announced today the sale of Southside at McEwen, a 92,470-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center located at 1554 W McEwen Drive in Franklin, Tennessee.
JLL represented the seller, Nuveen, in the transaction. Lincoln Property Company served as investment advisor to the buyer, a high net-worth family office.
Built in 2012 and situated on 10.5 acres, Southside at McEwen is 100% leased and anchored by a 45,047-square-foot Whole Foods Market that ranks as the most visited location in Tennessee and among the top-performing stores nationally. The property features exceptional tenant performance across its roster, with in-line shop tenants averaging more than $800 per square foot in sales. The center's tenant lineup includes premier retailers and restaurants such as Lululemon, Flower Child, Solidcore, Bricktop's, Kendra Scott, Fab'rik and PNC Bank. The property possesses significant mark-to-market potential, with multiple shop tenants paying substantially below current market rates.
Situated in Franklin's affluent Cool Springs corridor, the property benefits from direct visibility and access along West McEwen Drive and Mallory Lane near Interstate 65. Southside at McEwen is positioned within one of the Nashville area's most established mixed-use environments, surrounded by luxury residential communities, Class A office properties, hospitality uses and complementary retail destinations. The center also benefits from its proximity to Northside at McEwen and The McEwen office campus, creating a live-work-play environment that supports sustained consumer traffic throughout the day.
Nashville continues to attract corporate relocations and expansions across healthcare, technology, finance and professional services sectors, supporting long-term demand for high-quality retail real estate. Southside at McEwen's combination of grocery anchoring, premier tenant performance, strong occupancy and embedded rental growth opportunities helped position the property as a compelling investment opportunity.
The JLL Capital Markets team was led by Senior Managing Director Jim Hamilton, Managing Director Brad Buchanan, along with Senior Analyst John Perry Hilton.
JLL’s Capital Markets group is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The group’s in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients, including investment sales and advisory, debt advisory, M&A and corporate finance, loan sales, equity & fund placement, net lease, derivative advisory and energy & infrastructure advisory. The group has more than 3,000 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries. For more news, videos and research resources, please visit JLL’s newsroom.
About JLL
JLL (NYSE:JLL) is a leading global commercial real estate services and investment management company with annual revenue of $26.1 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 112,000 as of June 30, 2026. For over 200 years, clients have trusted JLL, a Fortune 500® company, to help them confidently buy, build, occupy, manage and invest across a variety of industries and property types, including office, industrial, hotel, multi-family, retail and data center properties. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAY. Powered by rich global datasets and leading technology capabilities, we provide coordinated, end-to-end delivery of real estate services for a broad range of global clients who represent a wide variety of industries. Through LaSalle Investment Management, we invest for clients on a global basis in both private assets and publicly traded real estate securities. For further information, visit jll.com.
About Lincoln Property Company
Lincoln Property Company (“Lincoln”) is a full-service real estate firm offering a comprehensive suite of services, including investment management, leasing, development, and property operations. With a national platform and deep local expertise, Lincoln partners with institutional and private clients to acquire, develop, and manage assets across major markets in the United States. The firm is recognized for its disciplined investment approach, long-standing client relationships, and track record of executing complex real estate transactions.