Firefly

Firefly at a glance

Firefly is a 700+ acre gated private golf and residential community in Spring Hill, set within Maury County roughly 30 miles south of Nashville and about 15 miles south of Franklin off US-431. Storied Development and Wheelock Street Capital acquired the land and broke ground in December 2024, and the community is planned for 407 single-family homesites built around two Andrew Green-designed golf courses. Firefly is actively selling: Phase 1 sold 80-plus homesites in 45 days, and Phase 2 launched in May 2026. Golf and the first amenities are slated to open in Fall 2026, with home construction beginning Spring 2027.

This is a custom-home community rather than a production subdivision. Buyers purchase a homesite and build with one of eight approved builder partners, so Firefly tends to draw people who want a fully custom home inside a resort-style, gated golf setting. Homesites are anticipated to price from $575,000 to $1,675,000-plus, with completed homes anticipated from $2.9 million. Because pricing, phase availability, and homesite inventory move quickly here, we pull live numbers for you before you make any decisions.

Who builds in Firefly

Firefly is a custom-build community with eight approved builder partners. Rather than a single builder offering set floor plans, buyers select a homesite and then work with one of these builders to design and construct a custom home that fits the community's standards. The approved builders are:

• Tennessee Valley Homes
• Legend Homes
• Davis Properties
• Ford Classic Homes
• Luna Custom Homes
• Schumacher Homes
• Sipple Homes
• Stonegate Homes

Each of these builders brings its own design approach and custom-home process, which gives buyers a real range of choices for style, layout, and finish level. Several of the partners publish their own community and design information for Firefly, and we can walk you through how each one works, what their build timelines look like, and how to compare them side by side as you narrow your decision.

Homes & floor plans

Homes at Firefly are custom-built, single-family residences. Because this is a homesite-and-builder model, there is no fixed catalog of stock floor plans for the community as a whole — instead, you choose a builder partner and design a home with them on your selected homesite. Specific bedroom, bathroom, and square-footage ranges have not been publicly specified for the community, and lot configurations are custom rather than a published standard size.

For floor-plan ideas and design direction, the most current information comes straight from each builder partner's official plan and portfolio pages. Rather than relying on third-party listings, we point you to the builders' own materials and tour their work with you, so you are comparing real plans and finishes instead of secondhand summaries. As homesites are platted and builders begin construction in Spring 2027, we can keep you updated on what is buildable on each available lot.

Amenities & community life

Firefly is organized around a championship golf experience and a deep set of club amenities. The centerpiece is an 18-hole championship golf course designed by renowned architect Andrew Green, complemented by a 9-hole short course. Day to day, residents have access to a full-service clubhouse with private dining, a Family Club featuring bowling, pools, and a STEAM learning center, and a Racquet Club with indoor and outdoor pickleball and tennis.

Beyond golf and racquet sports, the amenity package includes a fitness center, adult and family pools, golf simulators, and walking paths throughout the gated community. The combination of golf, racquet, family, and wellness facilities is designed to support an all-day, resort-style lifestyle inside a private, gated setting. Golf and the initial amenities are anticipated to open in Fall 2026.

• 18-hole championship golf course (Andrew Green design)
• 9-hole short course
• Full-service clubhouse with private dining
• Family Club with bowling, pools, and a STEAM learning center
• Racquet Club with indoor/outdoor pickleball and tennis
• Fitness center
• Adult and family pools
• Golf simulators
• Walking paths
• Gated private community

Location, access & schools

Firefly sits along US-431 in Spring Hill, with direct access in Maury County. It is located approximately 30 miles south of Nashville and about 15 miles south of Franklin, placing it within reach of the broader Williamson and Davidson County job centers, dining, and shopping while keeping a private, set-apart feel on its 700-plus acres.

The community is zoned for Maury County Public Schools. The zoned schools are:

• Marvin Wright Elementary School
• Battle Creek Middle School
• Battle Creek High School

School zoning can change with district boundary updates, so we confirm the current assigned schools for any specific homesite with the district before you commit.

What to verify before you buy

Firefly is moving quickly through its early phases, which means the most important details change often. Before you write an offer or reserve a homesite, we confirm the current homesite pricing and which phase is releasing, real-time homesite availability, builder selection and current build timelines, and the HOA and any club membership terms and dues. We also verify the exact lot configuration and any building restrictions for the specific homesite you are considering.

We do not publish dollar figures for HOA dues or club fees here because those terms are set by the community and can change — instead, we pull the live, current numbers directly for you so your decision is based on today's facts, not a stale page.

Working with The Will Johnson Team

We represent buyers in new construction at little or no cost to you, and because we tour communities like Firefly constantly, we help you compare the builder partners, evaluate homesites, and navigate the build from contract through closing. We bring an independent, buyer-first perspective to a custom-home process that has a lot of moving parts. Call The Will Johnson Team at 615-265-1000 to talk through Firefly and see how it stacks up against your other options.

Getting to and from Firefly

Firefly's sales center address is 3071 US-431, Spring Hill, TN 37174. Coming from Nashville, the community's own driving directions route drivers south on I-65, west on I-840, then south on US-431 for roughly 7.6 miles to the community entrance. Firefly markets itself as about 30 miles south of Nashville and about 15 miles south of downtown Franklin, and the developer's site names Nashville International Airport (BNA) as the primary commercial airport serving the area, alongside Smyrna Rutherford County Airport and Ellington Airport for general aviation. As of 2026, Firefly's own materials do not publish an exact drive-time figure to BNA — because commute times shift with I-65/I-840 traffic patterns, we pull current drive-time estimates for you from Google or Apple Maps for your specific work location rather than quoting a fixed number here.

For day-to-day errands, Firefly's location page points to Berry Farms Town Center and Cool Springs Galleria in Williamson County, plus Kroger, Target, and Walmart, as the nearest major shopping. On the healthcare side, the community lists Maury Regional Medical Center and Williamson Medical Center as the nearest hospitals, along with a future TriStar Health hospital planned for the area (as of 2026, per Firefly's own location page).

Club structure, membership & HOA dues

Firefly operates on a two-layer cost structure that is separate from most production-home HOAs: a property owners' association (POA) for the neighborhood, and a private club membership for the golf and amenity package. According to Firefly's published membership materials (as of 2026), POA dues are anticipated to start at $3,000 per year and are expected to increase annually as infrastructure builds out; POA dues are waived until the first phase of infrastructure is complete. Club membership dues are anticipated to start at $12,000 per year, also expected to increase annually as the club grows, with full dues beginning once the golf course opens for play. Club membership is capped at 415 owner-members, plus a separate tier of Founder and Encore members who do not own real estate in the community.

Membership at Firefly is currently sold in tiers: Founder Memberships (the earliest, highest tier, which include priority position for homesite selection) and Encore Memberships (launched in early 2025 as the next tier of early supporters). As of the community's 2026 sales releases, roughly 60 Founder Memberships had been placed. Because membership tiers, dues, and what is or is not included can change as the club matures, we verify the current membership structure and exact dues directly with Firefly's sales team before you commit — we do not want you relying on a number that may already be outdated.

Developer, leadership & build timeline

Firefly is being developed by Storied Development in partnership with Wheelock Street Capital. Storied Development is also known for Boot Ranch in Florida and Talisker Club in Utah, and Firefly is the firm's entry into Middle Tennessee. The club's three core amenity buildings — the Fieldhouse, the Outpost, and the Golf Shop — are designed by Swaback, an Arizona-based architecture and planning firm, with John Sather (a Frank Lloyd Wright Institute fellow) as lead architect on the project; these buildings were targeted for completion in early 2027 as of the community's spring 2026 announcements.

On the golf side, Aaron Levinson was named Firefly's Director of Golf in a March 2026 announcement, stepping into the role in April 2026 after most recently serving as PGA Head Golf Professional at Congressional Country Club, with prior stops at Shoal Creek, The Honors Course, and Sea Island Golf Club. As of the same announcement, the community's published sequence was: the 9-hole short course opening in late summer 2026, the 18-hole Andrew Green championship course opening for member play in fall 2026, and the Golf Shop and Fieldhouse/Outpost food-and-beverage venues completing in early 2027, with home construction beginning in 2027. Because Firefly is still building out its amenity village, we track these completion dates for you and flag any published changes before you rely on them for a purchase decision.

Spring Hill & Maury County growth context

Firefly sits in Maury County, one of the fastest-growing counties in Tennessee over the past decade, with growth concentrated along the I-65 corridor south of Nashville. Much of that growth traces back to the General Motors Spring Hill Assembly plant along with an expanding base of Nashville-area employers who draw workers to the Spring Hill corridor. For the City of Spring Hill's fiscal year 2025-2026 (per the city's own published tax-rate ordinance), the property tax rate is 0.739 per $100 of assessed value in both the Maury County and Williamson County portions of the city — the two counties share an equal rate. We are not predicting future tax rates or growth trends; we simply flag that Spring Hill straddles two counties with separate assessors, so we confirm the current rate and assessed value for any specific homesite before you budget for it.

As of 2026, third-party listing aggregators (Redfin and Zillow) place the broader Spring Hill housing market's median home price in roughly the $440,000-$450,000 range, with new construction across the city typically listing between about $400,000 and $650,000-plus — figures that sit well below Firefly's from-$575,000 homesite pricing and $2.9 million-plus anticipated home pricing, reflecting Firefly's positioning as a gated, amenitized golf community rather than a typical production subdivision. We can't predict where prices go from here, in this community or the broader market — for an up-to-date read on comparable sales and pricing trends, we pull current data for you rather than relying on a dated market snapshot.

Investor & second-home buyer checklist

Firefly draws interest from both primary-residence buyers and buyers considering it as a second home or long-term hold, given the golf-club structure. Beyond the homesite pricing and phase-release questions we already cover, buyers evaluating Firefly from an investment or second-home lens should verify: whether the specific homesite carries any builder-tie-in requirement or design-review timeline that affects when construction can start; the club's current rules (if any) on membership transferability if the home is later sold; whether short-term or long-term rental of a completed home is permitted under the POA and club governing documents; and the community's current build-out sequencing, since amenities, golf access, and home construction are arriving in stages rather than all at once. None of this is published as a fixed, permanent policy as of 2026 — private club and custom-home communities routinely adjust these terms as they mature, so we pull the current governing documents and membership rules directly from Firefly before you rely on any of this for a purchase decision.

Frequently asked questions

Is Firefly a golf course community you have to join to live in? Yes — Firefly is structured as a private club community, so owning a homesite comes with a separate club membership (with its own dues) in addition to standard POA dues; both are described above.

Can I buy a homesite now and build later? Yes, that is how Firefly is structured: homesite sales are ahead of home construction, which is anticipated to begin in 2027 once a homesite is purchased and a builder partner is selected.

What school district is Firefly zoned for? Schools are assigned by address, not by neighborhood name, and zoning lines can change — we pull the current assignment for a specific homesite from GreatSchools.org and the Tennessee Department of Education's school report cards before you rely on it.

Do I have to use one of the eight approved builders? As a custom-build community, yes — Firefly buyers build with one of its approved builder partners rather than an outside builder, which is part of how the community maintains its design standards.