Burrus Ridge

Burrus Ridge is a large single-family community planned for White House, and at this point it's more a roadmap than a neighborhood you can drive through. Lennar is the builder, and the city record describes a roughly 412-acre, all-single-family development on White House's west side — the kind of long-horizon project that takes years to fill in, not months. If you're reading about it now, you're reading about it early, which is both the opportunity and the thing to be careful about.

Where it sits

Burrus Ridge occupies a roughly 412-acre tract on the south side of Highway 76, west of White House Heritage High School, near North Swift Road and within reach of I-65. That interstate access is the practical headline: White House sits on the I-65 corridor north of Nashville, and a home off Highway 76 near the interchange is built around the commute south toward Nashville or north toward the Kentucky line. For a buyer who wants a brand-new home from a national builder with a clean shot at the interstate, the location is the draw.

The homes here

The community is all single-family homes, built by Lennar Homes. Beyond that, the specifics aren't published yet. The White House Planning Commission approved a preliminary plan for up to 653 single-family homes, and the developer has stated a build pace of roughly 100 homes per year toward a target completion around 2030 — so this is an early-stage, multi-year build-out rather than a community you can tour today. Pricing, floor plans, square footage, and lot details have not been released in the city record. When Lennar publishes them, the honest move is to confirm directly: call us at 615-265-1000 for current pricing and availability.

Who it fits

Burrus Ridge is aimed at buyers who want a new-construction single-family home from a national builder and value quick interstate access for the drive into Nashville. Because it's a master-planned community in its early years, it also suits buyers who are comfortable being among the first phases — picking a homesite while construction is still active around them, with the trade-offs that come with a neighborhood that's still being built out toward 2030.

What to verify before you buy here

An early-phase, long-horizon community is a specific kind of purchase, and a few things are worth confirming in writing rather than assuming:

• Build-out timeline and phasing — with a target around 2030 and roughly 100 homes a year, ask which phase your lot is in and what's scheduled to be built next to and behind you. Living in an active construction zone for several years is part of the deal early on.
• Current pricing and incentives — none are published in the city record yet. Get Lennar's current base prices, lot premiums, and any incentives in writing, and confirm what's standard versus an upgrade before you anchor to a number.
• What the preliminary plan actually commits to — the approval was for up to 653 homes. Confirm the final lot count, lot sizes, and any common areas or amenities, since a preliminary plan can change as the development moves through later approvals.
• HOA structure and dues — ask what the homeowners association will cover, what dues are projected to be, and how that scales as more phases come online.
• Roads, utilities, and access — confirm the timeline for road completion and connections near Highway 76, North Swift Road, and the I-65 access, since infrastructure in an early phase isn't always finished when the first homes close.

The property's long history

This tract has been through more than one plan. It was originally marketed as a residential community built around an 18-hole golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus, but that project collapsed when the original developer, Chip Hellmann, filed for bankruptcy in 2009 (Walton Global, walton.com, Feb. 19, 2016). Walton International (now Walton Global) later bought the land in 2014, and White House approved a preliminary master plan in 2016 for 949 homes, including 181 townhomes, with the golf course dropped in favor of an all-residential layout (Walton Global, Feb. 19, 2016). That 2016 plan expired after two years without construction starting, and zoning reverted to the property's base R-20 designation (Main Street Media of Tennessee, Dec. 20, 2022). Lennar is now the builder working under new approvals on the same ground — which is worth knowing if you come across older news coverage or plans online that describe a different home count or a golf course amenity. Those are leftovers from an earlier, superseded proposal, not the current plan.

There was also a middle chapter: in May 2022, Lennar held a community meeting in White House to present a denser Planned Unit Development concept — up to 958-959 homes, including some 55+ and alley-access product, with amenities discussed at that meeting such as a pool, clubhouse, and walking trails (Word Up White House, smalltownnewsnikki.substack.com, May 5 and May 16, 2022 meeting coverage). Residents and planning commissioners pushed back on the added density, the request got a negative recommendation, and Lennar didn't carry it to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for final approval (Main Street Media of Tennessee, Dec. 20, 2022). What the White House planning commission actually approved on Dec. 20, 2022 is a scaled-back plan for up to 653 single-family homes on the property's 412 acres, with the added density request dropped (Main Street Media of Tennessee, Dec. 20, 2022) — so any pricing, amenity, or home-count figures floating around from the 2022 PUD meeting should be treated as a discarded proposal, not current fact.

Road work tied to the project

White House's approval came with required road improvements: a new traffic signal at Union Road and Highway 76 (Main Street Media of Tennessee, Dec. 20, 2022). Separately, the state has a project on the books to widen Highway 76 in this area from two lanes to four, though funding for that widening wasn't yet designated as of the December 2022 reporting (Main Street Media of Tennessee, Dec. 20, 2022). Both are worth tracking if commute time on Highway 76 matters to you, since neither was complete as of the most recent reporting we've found.

What's still not public

As of this writing, Burrus Ridge isn't yet listed as an active community on Lennar's own White House, TN new-home page — the builder's current local communities there are Willow Grove and Highland Park. That's consistent with the city record: Burrus Ridge has a preliminary plan approved (up to 653 single-family homes) but no published pricing, floor plans, or opening date yet. Reported build-out pace is roughly 100 homes a year toward a 2030 completion target (Main Street Media of Tennessee, Dec. 20, 2022). A project moving at that pace typically goes through final plat approval, infrastructure work, and a model-home phase before the builder starts marketing lots publicly — so there are still several steps between "approved" and "you can put down a deposit." Plans like this can still change before homes are released, so we confirm current status before you commit to anything based on what's written here.