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Committee forwards rezoning of 26-acre Rockland Road site for industrial development
Summary
Hendersonville’s general committee voted to forward ordinance 2025-13 to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, recommending rezoning 26 acres on Rockland Road to an industrial plan development and approving the Lincoln Rockland Commercial Plaza comprehensive development plan.
The Hendersonville General Committee voted to forward Ordinance 2025-13 to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen recommending rezoning about 26 acres on Rockland Road from mixed commercial to an industrial plan development and approving the Lincoln Rockland Commercial Plaza comprehensive development plan.
Mayor Jamie Cleary, who sponsored the ordinance to satisfy the city’s obligation to consider the rezoning request, said sponsorship did not signal her position on the project. Jay Ritterbeck, the city’s economic development and community planner, told the committee the applicant is Lincoln Property Group, the developer behind the nearby Northside Logistics Park (formerly Music City Studios), a nearly 500,000-square-foot industrial-flex project that is under construction.
Ritterbeck said the proposed Lincoln Rockland project would add “over 200,000 square feet of industrial flex space with two buildings, on-site improvements, [and] off-site roadway improvements,” and that planning staff and the applicant had worked to align the design with Hendersonville’s expectations and the West Lake Plan area and the city’s recently adopted transportation plan. “They had indicated that they had a really fun time with the City, just a very easy permit path,” Ritterbeck said of the developer’s experience on the prior project.
The planning commission reviewed the request, changed the land-use designation, and issued a favorable recommendation before the committee meeting. Committee members discussed that the parcel had been subject to a long-standing Festival Center planned development from the 1990s, much of which became infeasible after nearby land purchases, leaving the overlay in place even as the property sat largely vacant for years.
Alderman Karen Dixon moved that the committee forward the ordinance to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen with a positive recommendation and asked that the board consider the item at its meeting that evening; the committee agreed to forward the item to BOMA. Committee discussion emphasized how the rezoning would fit existing heavy commercial and industrial uses in the area and how it connected to the West Lake Plan and transportation goals.
The ordinance will next appear on the BOMA agenda for consideration.
