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  Southeast Real Estate Business News Magazine     
     A comprehensive report summarizing real estate activity in cities throughout the Southeast.
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  Nashville Area
  
Special Note: Nashville City Paper changed their website format in late June 2007. Any articles  prior to late June cannot be accessed. Therefore, use the City Paper search engine to input the article title and search for the article. (click here for search page)

  Chicago Pension Fund Buys $53.5 Mil Nashville Office/Industrial Portfolio  (NBJ)  11/07   
  Top End of Nashville Housing Market Weathers Subprime Issues  (NBJ)  11/07   
  Home Sales, Prices Drop In October  (NBJ)  11/07   
  $250 Mil Project for Riverfront at I-40/Charlotte Pk  (NBJ)  11/07   
  100 Oaks Transformation Coming Soon  (Nashville City Paper)  10/07   
  Bellevue Center Mall Makeover Gets Approval  (NBJ)  10/07   
  Laurel Cove Hopes to Draw PGA; 550 of 820 Lots Sold  (NBJ)  10/07   
  Nashville Named In Top 10 Most Logistic Friendly Metros  (Expansion Magazine)  10/07   
  Economist Says Nashville Will Weather Real Estate Downturn  (NBJ)  10/07   
  Southern Land. Co. unveils new $30 million Cool Springs office project  (Tennessean)  10/07   
  Panattoni Planning Big Industrial Investment In Clarksville  (Leaf Chronicle)  10/07   
  The Avenue Open Air Retail Center Murfreesboro Opens  (NBJ)  10/07   
  Nashville Makes "Best Places to Retire" List  (NBJ)  10/07   
  September Home Sales Down 25% From Last Year; Prices Up  (NBJ)  10/07   
  138 Acre Life Style Center Slated for Mt Juliet  (NBJ)  09/07   
  Home Sales Dip for 13th Straight Month; Prices Continue to Rise  (NBJ)  09/07   
  DDRS Buys Murfreesboro Stip Center  (NBJ)  09/07   
  Space Park North Industrial Property Deal Closes  (Nashville City Paper)  09/07   
  Bellevue Center Plans Filed with Metro Planning Commission  (Nashville City Paper)  09/07   
  MTSU Enrollment Breaks 23,000  (Murfeesboro Post)  09/07   
  Bellevue Center Buyers Planning Big Changes  (Nashville City Paper)  08/07   
  Developer Pays $2M for Sylvan Park Site  (Nashville City Paper)  08/07   
  $70M Hill Center Dedicated at Morning Ceremony In Green Hills  (NBJ)  08/07   
  Dillard's Will Close Bellevue Store In October  (NBJ)  08/07   
  Verizon $54M Cool Springs Consolidation to New State HQ Building  (NBJ)  08/07   
  IDI Enters Nashville With $80M Industrial Plan In Wilson Co.  (Globe St.com)  08/07   
  Highwoods Properties to Build Cool Springs IV Office (Businesswire) 08/07   
  In-Rel Buys Oaks Office Complex for $9 Mil  (NBJ)  08/07   
  Mathews Co. buys Linbar Business Center  (NBJ)  07/07   
  $200M Project Set For West Murfreesboro (Westlawn mixed use)  (NBJ)  07/07   
  Another Publix Slated for Murfreesboro  (NBJ)  07/07   
  Report: States Economy Strong Despite National Slowdown  (NBJ)  06/07   
  Lenox Village Keeps Growing with Village Lifestyle Center  (NBJ)  06/07   
  Pending Grassmere Park Deal Could Be One of Richest In Nashville History  (Nashville City Paper)  06/07   
  Freeman Webb Buys Apartments In Clarksville and Knoxville  (NBJ)  06/07   
  New Office Condo/Penthouse Project Set For Music Row  (Nashville City Paper)  06/07   
  Crosland to Break Ground For Second Gulch Project  (Nashville City Paper)  06/07   
  Foxland Homesites Are On The Market  (NBJ)  06/07   
  Revival: Salemtown Draws New Development Interest  (NBJ)  06/07   
  Councilmembers Want to Rezone Gallatin Pike to Give It a Makeover  (Nashville City Paper)  06/07   
  5th & Main Development to Have Open House  (NBJ)  06/07   
  Local Developers Pair Up On Major Mixed Use Project in The Gulch  (NBJ)  05/07   
  Hickory Hollow Mall Is Adding Several Stores  (NBJ)  05/07   
  New Retailers Line Up at The Avenue Murfreesboro  (NBJ)  05/07   
  Velocity Sells 85 Units On First Day of Sales  (NBJ)  05/07   
  Downtown Landmark Purchased - Bellsouth Tower  (NBJ)  05/07   
  Developers Take Another Look at Thermal Plant Site  (Nashville City Paper)  05/07   
  Betting Big On the Single Family Mid-Market  (NBJ)  05/07   
  Nashville April Home Sales Dip 7.6%  (Nashville City Paper)  05/07   
  West End Summit Mixed Use Development Moving Forward  (NBJ)  05/07   
  Making It Easier to Develop SoBro - Possible New Zoning  (NBJ)  05/07   
  Horse Country's Exclusive Residential Development Springs Up on Rural Fringe  (NBJ)  05/07   
  Office Forecast Calls For Downtown Concessions  (NBJ)  04/07   
  Number of Hotel Rooms Within City's Urban Center Could Soon Double  (Nashville City Paper)  04/07   
  Philly Company Buys $15 Million Worth of West End Property  (NBJ)  (Nashville City Paper)   04/07   
  March Home Sales Numbers Drop 11%  (Nashville City Paper)  04/07   
  Rolling Mill Hill Land Sale Near  (Nashville City Paper)  04/07   
  Vandy Medical Center to Lease 400,000 SF of 100 Oaks Mall Space  (Nashville City Paper)  04/07   
  Texas REIT Buys First Industrial Building for $29.1 Million  (NBJ)  04/07   
  Bass Berry & Sims Finalize SoBro Highrise Office Space  (Nashville City Paper)  04/07   
  Investor Buys Norris Avenue Warehouse  (NBJ)  04/07   
  Saturn Goes Idle In Spring Hill With Last Vue  (NBJ)  03/07   
  Nashville On Exansion Management's 50 Hottest City List Again  (NBJ)  03/07   
  Ashland City Marina, Condo Project Entering Final Phase (Braxton Condominiums)  (NBJ)  03/07   
  Condo Sales See Six Months of Increases  (Nashville City Paper)  03/07   
  Murfreesboro Bus System Ready to Roll  (NBJ)  03/07   
  Area February Home Sales Sluggish  (Nashville City Paper)  03/07   
  Madison Warehouse Sold For $2.25 Million  (NBJ)  03/07   
  Spring Hill Crossings Regional Shopping Center Breaks Ground  (NBJ)  02/07   
  Nashville Places In Top 20 On Forbe's Best Cities For Jobs  (NBJ)  02/07   
  Giarratana/Newport Development Plan $30 Mil Belle Meade Court Condos  (NBJ) (Nashville City Paper) 02/07   
  Gaylord Announces $400 Million Opryland Expansion  (Nashville City Paper)  02/07   
  Freeman Webb Buys Murfreesboro Apartment Complex  (NBJ)  02/07   
  Publix Project Looms as Hill's Site In Belle Meade Cleared  (Nashville City Paper)  01/07   
  Strip Center Set to Break Ground In Cool Springs Area  (NBJ)  01/07   
  Developer Unveils Plans for Bible College Site on West End  (Nashville City Paper)  01/07   
  Metro Issues Record $1.85 Billion In Permits  (Nashville City Paper)  01/07   
  Nashville Census 2005 Population Revised Up Over 30,000  (NBJ)  01/07  (Metro website)   
  Joint Venture Eyes Cool Springs For 143 Room Hotel  (NBJ)  01/07   
  Towers Investment Wraps Up SoBro Land Buy  (NBJ)  01/07   
  Downtown (SoBro) Parcel Sells for $15 Million  (Nashville City Paper)  01/07   
  Cumberland Distribution Center Sold for $20 Million  (NBJ)  01/07   
  Area 2006 Home Sales Hit Record High Mark  (Nashville City Paper)  01/07   
  Construction, Retail, Hospitality Fuel City's 2006 Economic Growth  (Nashville City Paper)  01/07   
  Spring Hill Auto Plant Slated for New Vehicle, Major Renovation  (NBJ)  12/06   
  Fifth Third Center Fetches $62 Million In Sale  (NBJ)  12/06   
  TVA, Clarksville Officials Look To Draw Automakers to Montgomery County  (NBJ)  12/06   
  Denver Company Buys Fifth Third Center Office Building Downtown  (Nashville City Paper)  (NBJ)  12/06   
  Murfreesboro Hotel/Confernce Center Breaks Ground  (NBJ)  12/06   
  GM Earmarks $225 Million for Spring Hill  (NBJ)  12/06   
  Belz Sells 100 Oaks Mall to Dallas Group  (Nashville City Paper)  12/06   
  Hill Center, Grace's Plaza Expected to Mutually Benefit - Green Hills Retail  (Nashville City Paper)  11/06   
  "Site Selection" Ranks Tennessee Among Top 5  (Nashville City Paper)  11/06   
  Nashville Housing Prices Should Continue Steady Increases  (Nashville City Paper)  10/06   
  Green Hills Mall's High End Retailers Enjoy Healthy Sales Per Square Foot  (Nashville City Paper)  10/06   
  Nashville Residential Market Is Just Fine, Thank You Very Much  (Nashville City Paper)  10/06   
  September Home Sales Flat In Nashville Area  (NBJ)  10/06   
  Interchange Distribution Center Bought by Boston REIT  (NBJ)  10/06   
  Home Starts Flat for First Time in Four Years  (NBJ)  10/06   
  NY REIT Buys Shoppes at Hickory Hollow Shopping Center  (NBJ)  10/06   
  California Firm Buys Lakeside Center strip center in Maryland Farms  (NBJ)  10/06   
  Garden Ridge Building Sold for Call Center Use in Hickory Hollow Area  (NBJ)  9/06   
  Ohio Company Buys Rivergate Square Shopping Center  (NBJ)  9/06   
  Publix to Anchor Hill Center in Belle Meade  (NBJ)  9/06   
  Phase I of Braxton Condominium Project in Ashland City Sell Out  (Nashville City Paper)  9/06   
  Nashville Home Sales See First Decrease In 2006  (NBJ)  9/06   
  Primus Building Sale Closes  (NBJ)  9/06   
  Dowtown Riverfront Redevelopment Options Discussed  (NBJ)  8/06   
  Nasvhille Dodges National Home Sales Slow Down Bullet  (Nashville City Paper)  8/06   
  Green & Little, Staubach Co. Planning 500,000 SF Retail Project in Gallatin  (NBJ)  8/06   
  Belle Meade Theater Project to Break Ground  (Nashville City Paper)  8/06   
  Nashville Home Sales in July Still Growing  (NBJ)  8/06   
  Deal On Primus Building Near  (NBJ)  8/06   
  Tennessee Ranks At Top of Economic Development List  (NBJ)  8/06   
  Atlanta Investors Buy Smyrna Shopping Center For $5.2 Million  (NBJ)  8/06   
  Developer Files Plans for Bass Berry Office Tower in SoBro  (NBJ)  8/06   
  Signature Tower to Include Hotel Palomar  (Nashville City Paper)  8/06   
  Carmax Property at 100 Oaks Sold  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Parks Acquires Sumner 240 Acres for Village Plan for $6.9 Million  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Turner & Associates Strip Center Adding to Spring Hill Surge  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Industrial Deals Heating Up, But How Resilient Is Demand  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Ripple Effect of Nissan Move Impacting Office Space Demand  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Investor Interest Continues to Drive Nashville Submarkets  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Apartment Market - Condo Projects, Higher Occupancy Rates Create a Landlord's Market  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Retail Market - Markets Offer Few Surprises As Demand Contiues to Surge  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Airport Traffic Sets Record  (NBJ)  7/06   
  HCA's Plans for Spring Hill Hospital Approved  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Work Begins on The Avenue Murfreesboro Retail Center  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Big River Building Downtown Slated for Retrofit  (Nashville City Paper)  7/06   
  Murfreesboro A "Best Place to Live"  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Gulch Owners May Up Taxes To Get Extra City Services  (Nashville City Paper)  7/06   
  Chicago Investor Buys Two Buildings For $2.9 Mil  (NBJ)  7/06   
  Developers See Encore Spurring Additional SoBro Growth  (Nashville City Paper)  7/06   
  Home Sales Hit One Month Record  (Nashville City Paper)  7/06   
  Report: State Economy Should Be Resilient In 2nd Half of 2006  (NBJ)  6/06   
  Lakes of Bellevue Sold For $41.1 Mil  (NBJ)  6/06   
  1,300+ GM Workers In Spring Hill Take Early Retirement Package  (NBJ)  6/06   
  Westin Developer to Unveil Updated Plan to MDHA Committee  (Nashville City Paper)  6/06   
  Clarksville Among Fastest Growing Cities  (NBJ)  6/06   
  Nissan Shows Off Headquarters Plan  (Nashville City Paper)  6/06   
  Green Hills Retail Property Sells For $20 Mil  (Nashville City Paper)  6/06   
  Councilman Backs Away From Cane Ridge Annexation in Antioch  (Nashville City Paper)  6/06   
  Former Fifth Third Building In Downtown Nashville Sold  (NBJ)  6/06   
  American Trust Downtown Building to be Sold, Renovated to Office Condos  (Nashville City Paper)  6/06   
  Investment Trust Buys Three MetroCenter Buildings for $34.5 Mil  (NBJ)  6/06   
  Nashville's Labor Market Outperforms Rest of Nation  (Nashville City Paper)  6/06   
  Plans On Tap For $278 Mil Replacement Hosptial In Murfreesboro  (NBJ)  6/06   
  May Housing Sales In Nashville Strong For Market  (Nashville City Paper)  6/06   
  Nashville Among Top Five Cities For Relocating Families  (NBJ)  6/06   
  Dell to Add 1,000 Local Jobs  (NBJ)  5/06   
  Crossman Buys Smyrna Shopping Center for $2 Million  (NBJ)  5/06   
  Online Auto Seller Parks HQ In Maury County  (NBJ) (Nashville City Paper)  5/06   
  100 Signature Tower Condo Units Reserved in First Week  (Nashville City Paper)  5/06   
  Plans Underway For Downtown Westin Hotel at Broadway & 2nd Ave S  (Nashville City Paper)  5/06   
  State Ranks 2nd On Site Selection Magazine's Competitive List  (NBJ)  5/06   
  Designers Give Preliminary Glimpse of Sounds Stadium  (NBJ)  5/06   
  Murfreesboro "The Avenue" Life Style Center Lines Up Tenants  (NBJ)  5/06   
  The New Appeal of Urban Living  (Nashville City Paper)  5/06   
  Cool Springs Galleria Mall Marks Renovation Completion  (NBJ)  5/06   
  Gateway Computers To Create 300 Jobs Near LaVergne  (Nashville City Paper) (NBJ)  5/06   
  April Home Sale Figures Up 3.3%  (Nashville City Paper)  5/06   
  With Hotel Plan, Signature Tower Now Set for 65 Stories  (NBJ)  5/06   
  Rolling Mill Hill Ready to Roll  (Nashville City Paper)  4/06   
  Redesign to Jazz Up Jefferson Street  (Nashville City Paper)  4/06   
  Apartment Occupancy Up Slightly, Sales Well Off 2005 Pace  (NBJ)  4/06   
  Palmer Has Deal for West End Summit Hotel  (NBJ)  4/06   
  Nissan Move Means Creative Migration to Nashville  (NBJ)  4/06   
  British Company Buys Thompson Lane Shops - Willowbrook Commons  (NBJ)  4/06   
  ICON 217 Units Initially Offered Sell Out in 48 Hours  (Nashville City Paper)  4/06   
  Pool Table Maker Moving Headquarters Mfg Facility to Portland  (NBJ)  4/06   
  Brentwood Offices - Synergy Business Park - Fetches $56M  (NBJ)  4/06   
  Civic Square Project In East Nashville Moves Forward  (Nashville City Paper)  4/06   
  March Tax Revenue for State Up 6%  (NBJ)  4/06   
  Home Sales Up In March 2006  (Nashville City Paper) (NBJ)  4/06   
  Crosland Announces 2nd Gulch Condominium Tower  (Nashville City Paper)  4/06   
  Downtown Partnership Develops Retail Strategy (NBJ)  (Nashville City Paper)  4/06   
  Bristol West End Sold Out, ICON Sales Office Opens  (NBJ)  4/06   
  Study by KPMG: Nashville Region Cheap for Cost of Doing Business  (NBJ)  4/06   
  Strong Preleasing at Eight Corporate Centre - Cool Springs  (NBJ)  3/06   
  Medical Office Slated for Charlotte Pike - 50,000 SF  (NBJ)  3/06   
  Another Subdivision is Slated for Nolensville - Nolen Park, 74 lots (NBJ)  3/06   
  Tennessee "Micropolitans" Rank Well In National List  (NBJ)  3/06   
  TriStar Unveils $16.7 Million Medical Facility at Hwy 46 & IH-40  (Nashville City Paper)  3/06   
  Roundabout Parcel Sells for $9.15 Million  (Nashville City Paper)  3/06   
  Two More Condo Projects in the Works - West End/Hillsboro Village Area  (NBJ)  3/06   
  Area Home Sales Continue Climb  (Nashville City Paper)  3/06   
  Nashville Officials Address Lack of Affordable Housing  (Nashville City Paper)  3/06   
  Carothers Crossing New Urbanism Development SE Davidson Co. to Start Soon  (Nashville City Paper)  3/06   
  Giarratana's Encore Residential Tower in SoBro Gets Zoning Approval  (NBJ)  3/06   
  Sounds Set 2008 Opening for Downtown Baseball  (Nashville City Paper)  3/06   
  Nashville Ranks Well In Job Growth  (NBJ)  3/06   
  Groundbreaking Set for Gulch's ICON  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  Planning Commission to Discuss Development Guidelines for SoBro  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  Nashville Electric Service (NES) Seeks 8.9% Rate Hike  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  Mayor Seeking Input On Committee's Recommended Convention Center  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Virginia REIT Buying Renaissance Hotel for $77 Million  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Healthcare Industry Worth $18.3B to Nashville Economy  (NBJ)  2/06   
  TVA to Hike Rates by 10%  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  Metro Moves To Strengthen Protection of Historic Structures  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  Antioch Land Along Murfreesboro Road Awaits Zoning Change  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  Physician Group Buys 20 Acres in Murfreesboro's Gateway  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Nashville Home Sales Strong in January 2006 - Closings Up 12%  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Grove at Richland/Grove at Whitworht $90M Transaction Closes  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  New Sounds Baseball Stadium Approved by Metro Council  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  All 305 Viridian Condo Units Now Under Contract  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  Stones River Mall Getting $40M Facelift  (NBJ)  2/06   
  California Family Likes Look of Regions Real Estate - Purcases two Broadway Buildings  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Building Costs May Help Ease Single Family Market  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Knoxville Developer in Retail Center Development Blitz  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Nashville Industrial Poised For Success  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Retail In a Box: Measuring Big-Box Limits of Franklin  (NBJ)  2/06   
  Signature Tower Developer Taking Registrants, Obtained TIF  (Nashville City Paper) (NBJ)  2/06   
  Music Manufacturer Moves To Gallatin  (Nashville City Paper)  2/06   
  Development Gaining Steam On The River  (NBJ) 1/06   
  Nashville Ranks #1 Expansion Magazines' 50 Hottest Cities  (Nashville City Paper) (NBJ) 1/06   
  Developer Buys Park At Melrose Apts For New Condo Project  (Nashville City Paper) 1/06   
  New York Firm Buys Gallatin Retail Center  (NBJ) 1/06   
  GBT Sells Mill Creek Village Retail Center In Nashville  (NBJ) 1/06   
  Renaissance Hotel In Sales Talks  (Nashville City Paper) 1/06   
  Home Sales Continue Climb In December  (Nashville City Paper) 1/06   
  USAA Buys Highland Ridge Office Buildings for $42.3M  (NBJ) 1/06   
  Giarratana Pays $9.08M For Signature Tower Lot  (Nashville City Paper) 1/06   
  REIT Buying Lebanon 271 Space Manufactured Home Community  (NBJ) 12/05   
  Harris Teeter, AmSouth to Anchor Belle Meade Town Center Shopping Center  (Nashville City Paper) 12/05   
  Home Sales Up 8% In November, 2005 Will Set Record  (NBJ) 12/05   
  Nashville 150th In Housing Price Increases Compared to 265 MSA's  (NBJ) 12/05   
  Colonial Properties Buys Grove at Devon Hills  (NBJ) 12/05   
  Crosland Renames Gulch Mixed Use Project to Terrazo  (NBJ) (Nashville City Paper) 12/05   
  Stones River Mall Sold To Chicago Firm  (NBJ) 12/05   
  TIAA-CREF Sells One Nashville Place Office for $80M  (NBJ) (Nashville City Paper) 12/05   
  Boyle Buys Donelson Shopping Center  (NBJ) 12/05   
  New York Company Buys Lebanon Hotel  (NBJ) 12/05   
  Giarratana Revamps Signature Tower, Gets Mayor Backing  (NBJ) 11/05   
  Smyrna Commons Retail Development Carries $45M Price Tag  (Nashville City Paper) 11/05   
  City Starts Riverfront Planning in Earnest  (Nashville City Paper) 11/05   
  Marina Project West of Briley Parkway Gets Grant for Docks  (NBJ) 11/05   
  Murfreesboro's Gateway to Get Hotel Complex  (NBJ) 11/05   
  GM to Shut Down Saturn Ion Line by Year End 2006  (Nashville City Paper) 11/05   
  Retail Real Estate Shows Resiliency In Wake of Hurricanes  (NBJ) 11/05   
  Nashville Industrial Space: If You Build It, They Will Come  (NBJ) 11/05   
  Office Space: Vacancy Drops, New Construction Begins  (NBJ) 11/05   
  Nissan to Move Headquarters to Cool Springs  (NBJ) (Nashville City Paper) 11/05   
  Tennessee's Business Climate 5th Best In U.S.  (NBJ) 11/05   
  West End Apartments (Grove at Richland/Grove at Whitworht) Sell for $90M  (NBJ) (Buyers SEC 8k Filing) 11/05   
  West End Condo Project by Bristol Development More Than Half Sold  (NBJ) 12/05   
  Hampton Inn to Enliven SoBro  (Nashville City Paper) 11/05   
  West End Office (Midtown Plaza) Being Converted Into 141 Room Hotel  (NBJ) 10/05   
  Mall At Green Hills Cuts Ribbon On Expansion Project  (NBJ) 10/05   
  CBRE Reports "Very Healthy" Commercial Market for Nashville  (Nashville City Paper) 10/05   
  Investors Eye Apartment Properties  (Nashville City Paper) 10/05   
  Nashville Home Sales Headed For Record Year  (Nashville City Paper) 10/05   
  508 Lofts Owner Adds Rental Units in East Nashville  (Nashville City Paper) 10/05   
  Crosland Receives Variance for Gulch High Rise  (Nashville City Paper) 10/05   
  Giarratana Sees Encore Near Symphony Center - SoBro High Rise Mixed Use  (Nashville City Paper) 10/05   
  Giarratana's Viridian Downtown Condo Development 90% Pre-Sold  (NashvilleCity Paper)  (NBJ) 10/05   
  Bells Landing Development Proposed - 1,200 units  (Nashville City Paper) 10/05   
  Special Zoning In Antioch Could Spawn Good Growth  (Nashville City Paper) 10/05   
  Nashville Industrial Properties Part of $1 Billion Deal  (Nashville City Paper) 09/05   
  Southeast Venture Lands $40 M Labor Dept Deal In MetroCenter  (Nashville City Paper) 09/05   
  Richards & Richards Pays $5M for Distribution Facility  (Nashville City Paper) 09/05