
The neighborhood features homes ranging from 1,250 to 1,805 square feet built around common courtyards. Vandalia introduced the cottage concept to Franklin. He also sold a home in Ledgelawn, another pocket neighborhood in the historic district. Allenwood’s developers are busy preparing the site of a two-acre park, and in Benelli Park, the roads have been paved.Īnderson, the managing broker for Parks (formerly Bob Parks Realty), has a listing for a home in Benelli Park and sells homes in Vandalia, a neighborhood of 17 homes on Boyd Mill Avenue within walking distance of Franklin’s Main Street. Home sites are being sold in both neighborhoods and construction will begin this spring. Benelli Park is in the heart of the historic district. The company is preparing to begin home construction in Allenwood and Benelli Park, a neighborhood of nine luxury homes on Boyd Mill Avenue near downtown Franklin.Īllenwood has a convenient location near Thompson’s Station, Spring Hill and Franklin “but private,” said Rains. Jake Rains, a partner in Gregg & Rains Building Group, said each of Williamson County’s pocket neighborhoods has its own appeal. “It’s an infill project in a suburban market,” he said. Jim Cheney, one of the partners developing Allenwood, compared it to the infill projects springing up in East Nashville and other popular urban neighborhoods.

That community of just 13 homes on 8.8 acres is being developed on a quiet stretch of Clayton-Arnold Road in Thompson’s Station. The newest pocket neighborhood, Allenwood, offers evidence that the trend is expanding beyond the city. People can walk downtown for work or for dinner,” he said.

“That’s the beauty of these pocket neighborhoods. Most are close to downtown Franklin and appeal to residents who want to live, work and play in the city.Īnderson, for example, often walks to his office next to the Franklin Theatre. On the other hand, the largest of the five pocket neighborhoods developed so far will have just 17. Williamson County is home to popular subdivisions that can have hundreds of homes.

We moved in in November,” Anderson said of his home in Berry Circle, a neighborhood of four new homes in Franklin’s historic district. Realtor Danny Anderson has a convincing answer when clients ask whether buying a home in one of Williamson County’s pocket neighborhoods is a good investment.
