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CBL proposes phased rezoning and mixed‑use plan for Cool Springs Galleria
Summary
CBL Properties and its design team presented a plan to rezone the 86.5‑acre Cool Springs Galleria site to a Planned Development and build mixed uses over multiple phases, including about 600 multifamily units, new retail and a 102–120‑room hotel; presenters emphasized preserving mall operations during redevelopment and adding civic green space.
Scotty Bernick, a landscape architect with Reagan Smith and Associates, and John Michelle, senior vice president of redevelopment for CBL Properties, presented a multi‑phase redevelopment concept for Cool Springs Galleria during a neighborhood meeting. The team said it will submit an initial application to the city next week and expects joint conceptual review, public hearings and readings through late summer.
The plan would rezone the property from its current RC12 (regional commerce, up to 12 stories) designation to a Planned Development (PD) to allow phased, flexible redevelopment that the presenters said preserves the mall's ongoing operations. "We are proposing a rezoning to a PD," Bernick said, adding the PD would be similar in uses and rights to RC12 while accommodating phased construction and existing lease constraints.
The developers described the 86.5‑acre campus as containing roughly 1.5 million square feet of mall building and extensive surface parking; two parcels housing Dillard's and Macy's together account for…
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