La Vergne's marquee development is Twinning Station (also referenced as the Waldron Station project), a roughly $500 million, 77-acre walkable mixed-use district planned along Waldron Road near I-24 — approved in late 2025, with construction targeted to begin in spring 2026 and buildout by around 2030.
WHAT IT IS: Twinning Station is a master-planned, mixed-use 'town center' on roughly 77 acres along Waldron Road near the Interstate 24 interchange in northern Rutherford County. It is designed as a walkable community blending residential, commercial, medical office, retail, restaurant and entertainment uses, with about 25% open space, parks, sidewalks and a planned two-mile greenway. The developer is also reported to be donating land for a new fire station.
INVESTMENT FIGURES: Multiple news outlets describe the project as a roughly $500 million ('half-billion-dollar') development. A separate Industrial Development Board / Rutherford County authorization references up to about $17.6 million in public infrastructure costs to be reimbursed through Tax Increment Financing (TIF) — that figure is the public-incentive slice, not the total project value. An economic study cited in reporting projects a multi-billion-dollar total economic impact over 20 years.
SIZE / UNIT MIX: County documentation lists approximately 208,000 sq ft of commercial space, about 16 single-family homes, 38 townhomes and 578 multifamily units, plus medical offices, retail and restaurants. Unit counts vary slightly across reports, so exact figures should be treated as preliminary and subject to the final site plan.
JOBS & FISCAL IMPACT: Reporting projects roughly 1,500 new jobs (about 1,513 cited in the IDB study) and tens of millions in new local sales-tax revenue over 20 years. La Vergne officials have framed the project around recapturing sales-tax 'leakage' that currently flows to neighboring cities.
TIMELINE & STATUS: Approved by the Industrial Development Board and Rutherford County in late 2025. Construction is targeted to begin as early as spring 2026, with buildout expected by around 2030. Supporting road infrastructure (roughly $40 million, including Waldron Road widening) is already underway.
OTHER NEARBY PROJECTS (separate): The Uptown La Vergne mixed-use development along Murfreesboro Road has brought an Aldi-anchored retail center with national tenants, and a Brentwood-based developer (Legacy Commercial Property) announced a Starbucks-anchored retail strip at 101 Floyd Mayfield Drive in June 2026. A widely cited Fox 17 report referencing '11,000 homes' is a cumulative count across multiple subdivisions in the Waldron Road corridor, not Twinning Station's own unit count, and should not be conflated with it.
- Project name
- Twinning Station (a.k.a. Waldron Station project)
- Location
- Waldron Road near I-24, La Vergne, Rutherford County, TN
- Total investment
- ~$500 million (reported); $17.6M is the public TIF infrastructure portion only
- Size
- ~77 acres
- Unit mix
- ~16 single-family, 38 townhomes, 578 multifamily, ~208,000 sq ft commercial
- Jobs
- ~1,500 projected
- Status
- Approved late 2025 (IDB + Rutherford County)
- Timeline
- Construction start ~spring 2026; buildout ~2030