Nexus North

Nexus North at a glance

Nexus North is the all-ages single-family village that D.R. Horton is building inside Nexus, the roughly 655-acre master-planned community rising at Highway 109 and Albert Gallatin Avenue on the north side of Gallatin, in Sumner County. The collection runs five one- and two-story floor plans from 1,618 to 2,618 square feet, priced from $384,990 as of July 2026 — and the builder is marketing it as 'final opportunities,' which means the last homes in this particular collection are selling now. The model home is at 1013 Linn Cove Court, and models are open daily.

The name matters, because Nexus North is one of five distinct collections inside the same master plan, and shoppers routinely mix them up. D.R. Horton builds this all-ages village; its Freedom Series builds Nexus South, the gated, age-qualified 55-plus village next door; and David Weekley Homes builds three separate products — the Park Collection (40-foot homesites), the Village Collection (50-foot homesites), and Nexus Townhomes. This page covers the D.R. Horton all-ages collection specifically, with the sibling collections summarized below so you can tell which product you're actually touring — and which one actually fits your budget and stage.

The master plan: what Nexus actually is

Most Gallatin subdivisions are streets and lots. Nexus is a different animal, and understanding that is most of understanding whether Nexus North fits you. The master developer is KL Nexus TN LLC, managed by Kolter Land, a division of The Kolter Group, a Tampa-based land acquisition and development firm. The plan covers approximately 655 acres (the City of Gallatin lists 654 +/- acres) at Highway 109 and Albert Gallatin Avenue, north of Red River Road, and it is a live-work-play program, not just housing: approximately 1,351 single-family and multifamily dwellings (the city's page says 1,350 single-family residential lots), up to 900 apartment units, a regional Business Park, and up to 1,100,000 square feet of commercial and office space with approvals for office, medical, retail, and services. The community opened in 2023, and the homes on the ground were built between 2023 and 2026.

At the May 2023 announcement, Kolter projected a buildout value of over $2 billion, with residential buildout in roughly five years and commercial buildout in roughly ten. The plans included 124 acres of commercial with a grocery store, office, retail, and a limited-service hotel — but no commercial developer had committed at that time. That's the honest frame for the live-work-play pitch: the residential side is real and largely built or building, while the commercial side was a plan, not a signed tenant list, when it was announced. Before you price a future grocery store into your buying decision, ask what has actually been committed and permitted today — that's a question we pull current answers on for our buyers.

The City of Gallatin's development tracker gives the clearest picture of what's in motion around the homes: Multi-Family Phase 1 (300 apartments on 17.86 +/- acres) is under construction, Multi-Family Phase 2 (another 300 apartments on 16.93 +/- acres) is approved, the Nexus Planned Business Park Phase 1 (45.14 +/- acres) is approved, and the 170-lot townhome final master development plan (30.22 +/- acres) is approved. For a Nexus North buyer, that means two things at once: the amenity-and-services vision has real municipal approvals behind it, and you should expect active construction somewhere in the master plan for years.

The five collections now selling, and where Nexus North fits

• Nexus North (D.R. Horton, all ages) — this page. Single-family, 1,618–2,618 sq ft, from $384,990, final opportunities as of July 2026.
• Nexus South (D.R. Horton Freedom Series, gated 55+) — one-story single-family homes and paired villas, nine plans from 1,402 to 1,883 sq ft, from $316,990, actively selling with about 10 inventory homes listed as of July 2026; sales center at 3024 Frankford Cove; planned at approximately 860 homes total. This is an age-qualified community — buyers who don't meet the 55+ requirement buy in Nexus North or the David Weekley collections instead.
• Park Collection (David Weekley Homes, 40-foot homesites) — from $429,990, at final opportunities ('only a few new homes still available'); plans include The Cavalier (1,868 sq ft), The White Oak (2,172 sq ft), and The Titus (2,364–2,370 sq ft); sales address 1025 Old Creek Bend.
• Village Collection (David Weekley Homes, 50-foot homesites) — now selling, priced mid-$400Ks to low-$500Ks, 3–4 bedrooms, 2,117–3,058 sq ft; plan names include the Satinwood and Ginger; community address 1020 Linn Cove Court.
• Nexus Townhomes — a 170-homesite townhome section where David Weekley Homes is the builder currently selling; two-story townhomes of roughly 1,665–1,685 sq ft, 3 bed / 2.5 bath with a single-car garage; opened late 2025 and now selling at $299,990–$333,990 (Bunting interior units from $302,990, Pintail interior from $304,990, Pintail end units from $311,990).

Read that list as a price ladder: the same master plan runs from townhomes near $300K to Village Collection homes in the low $500Ks, with Nexus North sitting in the middle. If the from-$384,990 band doesn't fit, the answer may still be inside Nexus — just in a different collection with a different builder, different standards, and different dues. That cross-collection comparison is exactly the kind of thing worth doing with someone who isn't paid by any one of the builders.

The builder, the floor plans, and current pricing

D.R. Horton builds all of Nexus North's homes. As of July 2026 the builder's published lineup here is five plans, and because this collection is at final opportunities, treat the lineup as what's been offered rather than a menu you can freely order from — the practical question is which of these plans still exist as available inventory the week you're shopping:

• Aria — 1,618 sq ft, 3 bed / 2 bath, one story, priced in the $390s.
• Cali — 1,774 sq ft, 4 bed / 2 bath, one story, priced in the $400s.
• Edmon — 1,821 sq ft, 4 bed / 2.5 bath, two stories, priced in the mid-to-high $380s — the entry point of the collection despite being mid-pack on size, which is common when a two-story plan uses a smaller foundation and roof.
• Belfort — 2,267 sq ft, 4 bed / 2.5 bath, two stories, priced in the $430s.
• Salem — 2,618 sq ft, 4 bed / 2.5 bath, two stories, the largest plan here, priced in the $460s.

On finishes, the builder's published standards for this community include quartz countertops, stainless steel Whirlpool appliances, and a two-car garage on most plans, across one- and two-story designs. Standard-versus-upgrade lines shift by plan and by inventory home, so confirm the included features on the specific home you're writing on — a spec home's finish sheet, not the community brochure, is the document that counts.

Financing incentives are running as of this writing, and they are exactly the kind of number that expires: D.R. Horton advertised 4.99% fixed FHA financing (5.697% APR, 3.5% down) or 4.99% conventional (5.388% APR, 5% down) through its affiliated lender, DHI Mortgage, for contracts by July 31, 2026. Builder incentives tied to an affiliated lender can be genuinely good math, but they deserve a side-by-side against an outside lender's quote on the same day — the incentive is real, and so is the value of checking it. We run that comparison with our buyers rather than assuming either answer.

Amenities and the HOA

Nexus runs two amenity campuses, and knowing which one you get is one of the most important facts on this page. Nexus North residents are served by the North Village Amenity Center, which sits on six acres with a clubhouse, game room, resort/lap pool, and playgrounds, per the master developer. David Weekley's marketing for its North Village collections adds detail on the same campus: a resort-style pool with beach entry, sun shelf, chairs, and bubblers; a yoga lawn; a large playground; an event lawn; a game lawn; and walking trails. Builder marketing for this community has also listed a clubhouse covered patio and an outdoor gas fireplace with seating — walk the campus when you tour and confirm what's built and open versus still planned.

The second campus — the 13-acre Freedom Village Amenity Center with the 10,000-plus-square-foot clubhouse, full fitness center, yoga and aerobics studio, resort pool with lap lanes, pickleball, tennis and bocce courts, and an on-site lifestyle director — is exclusive to the gated 55+ village. If a fitness center or pickleball is on your must-have list, do not assume Nexus North access to it; the published sourcing says that campus belongs to Nexus South. Get the amenity-access boundaries in writing from the HOA documents before you weigh the campuses in your decision.

What ties the whole master plan together is the trail network: an 8-foot-wide community trail system runs along the main throughways and interconnects with a 10-foot Greenway Trail. Combined with the planned commercial district, the long-game idea is a community you can move through on foot or bike, not just by car — with the caveat, again, that the commercial end of that vision is on a roughly ten-year clock from the 2023 announcement.

On dues: Nexus is a deed-restricted community governed by an HOA, and the fees are not one flat number. Across the whole master plan, HOA fees observed on listings range from about $55 to $411 per month ($660–$4,932 per year) depending on section and home type — lower for all-ages single-family in Nexus North, higher for the 55+ village and the attached products, where the association covers more. For a published anchor point from a neighboring collection: David Weekley's Park Collection lists $1,932 in annual dues, a $300 transfer fee, and an $800 capital fund contribution. Nexus North's exact dues and coverage are not published publicly — that's a gap in the public record, not a secret, and the fix is simple: get the current dues figure, what they cover, and the CC&Rs for the specific home from the builder or the managing association before you write an offer. We pull those documents as part of due diligence for our buyers.

Lots, streets, and home character

The master plan runs a deliberate product ladder: townhomes on the smallest footprints (170 lots on 30.22 acres), paired villas in the Freedom Series, 40-foot homesites in the Park Collection, 50-foot homesites in the Village Collection, and the all-ages and 55+ single-family sections. Within Nexus North, listing data shows detached homesites ranging up to roughly a quarter acre — real yards, but suburban-scale ones, consistent with the original program of single-family homes at roughly 1,700 to 3,000 square feet. If you want an acre and trees, this is not that product; if you want a new house where someone else planned the sidewalks, trails, and pool, it is.

Two infrastructure details worth knowing because they're already settled: underground utilities are standard throughout the master plan, and the City of Gallatin provides water, sewer, and electric service, with AT&T fiber for internet and cable. That's a cleaner utility picture than many area communities where district boundaries split a neighborhood — though as always, confirm service and actual available speeds at your specific address. Street names in the community include Linn Cove Court, Old Creek Bend, Tellico Street, Mackinac Bend, and Brooklyn Crossing Road, with several private streets (Synergy Way, Apollo Way, Holmesburg Circle) in the attached-product sections — private streets usually mean the HOA maintains them, which is a line item to check in the budget.

Location and commute

Nexus fronts Highway 109 (the Albert Arnold Gore Sr. Memorial Highway) at Albert Gallatin Avenue, north of Red River Road, on the north side of Gallatin. The published drive-time anchors: about 10 minutes to Gallatin's historic downtown square, TriStar Sumner Medical Center within a few miles, and about 30 miles — roughly 30 to 40 minutes, traffic depending — to downtown Nashville. Coming from Nashville, the route is Vietnam Veterans Boulevard (TN-386) to TN-174 to TN-109 North; TN-386 is the divided commuter corridor that carries most of Sumner County's Nashville traffic, and it's the stretch that decides whether your real commute lands at 30 minutes or 40-plus.

Our standing advice applies doubly here: before you commit, drive your actual route at your actual departure time, not midday on a Saturday. And note the master plan's own long-term answer to the commute question — the approved Business Park and 1.1 million square feet of commercial are intended to put jobs and services inside the community over roughly the next decade. That's a plan worth knowing about and not worth counting on for your day-one life.

Old Hickory Lake: close, but not inside

Straight answer, because buyers ask: there is no private lake access, no marina, and no lakefront lot inside Nexus. Old Hickory Lake is minutes away, with public boating and fishing access in Gallatin, and David Weekley markets its townhomes here partly on that proximity — which is the accurate frame: the lake is a nearby public amenity, not a community feature. Nexus's published amenity program also doesn't include golf; the amenity story here is the pool-clubhouse-trail package described above. One related practical note: master-planned HOAs commonly restrict parking boats and trailers in public view, so if lake toys are part of your life, read the CC&Rs on vehicle and trailer storage before you buy.

Schools

Nexus North is zoned to Sumner County Schools. Builder pages list Howard Elementary School, Joe Shafer Middle School, and Gallatin Senior High School — but some listing sources show Benny C. Bills Elementary or Union Elementary for certain addresses, because elementary zoning varies by address within this community. That's not a discrepancy to shrug at; it's a reason to verify the exact assignment for the exact address with Sumner County Schools before you go under contract, since attendance zones are set by the district and can change. We don't rate or rank schools — for performance data, the Tennessee state report card at tn.gov/education and GreatSchools.org are the right independent places to look.

What has actually traded here (a dated snapshot)

Trailing-12-month closing data for the Nexus community, accessed July 1, 2026, from third-party market trackers: 193 closed sales; a median sale price of $409,990 and an average of $428,836; a sold range of $294,900 to $635,000; price per square foot from $164 to $323 with a median of $226; home sizes from 1,402 to 3,058 square feet; 51 active listings at the report date; and a median list price around $416,700 with roughly 57 days on market. Two honest caveats: that data covers the whole Nexus community — the 55+ villas and townhomes pull the low end down and the Village Collection pulls the top up, so it brackets Nexus North rather than describing it exactly — and it describes what has traded, not what will. We can't predict prices, and we won't; what we can do is pull the live comps on the specific home you're weighing.

The honest buyer's read

Here's the trade you're actually making at Nexus North, stated plainly. You're buying one of the last new D.R. Horton homes in an all-ages village whose own amenity campus and trail network are part of the published program — inside a master plan that is maybe a third of the way into its full live-work-play buildout. The 300-apartment first phase is under construction, another 300 units are approved, the business park is approved, and the commercial district was projected on a roughly ten-year clock. If the vision matures, you'll live near shops, offices, and services without leaving the community. Between now and then, you'll live near construction. Both of those statements come from the same set of facts, and which one weighs more depends entirely on your time horizon and tolerance.

Second trade-off: 'final opportunities' cuts both ways. You get a collection where the streets, neighbors, and amenity campus are largely in place rather than on a rendering — and you get thin selection. The specific plan and homesite you want may simply be gone, and what's left is what's left. The adjacent collections change that math: David Weekley's Village Collection and townhomes were still actively selling as of July 2026, so a buyer set on Nexus but flexible on builder and product has more room to choose than a buyer set on Nexus North alone.

Third: if your plans might have you selling within the next few years, remember that the rest of the master plan will still be delivering brand-new homes — meaning an early resale here competes with builder inventory, model homes, and builder financing incentives in the same community. That's not a prediction about values; it's a structural fact about selling inside any actively building master plan, and the longer you plan to hold, the less it matters.

Finally, the density question, stated without spin: this master plan includes up to 900 apartments and 1.1 million square feet of commercial alongside the roughly 1,351 homes. Some buyers read that as the whole point — built-in walkable services and a community with a center of gravity. Others want a quieter, homes-only subdivision, and Gallatin has plenty of those too. Neither read is wrong; they're different purchases, and it's worth being honest with yourself about which one you're making before the model-home tour does the deciding for you.

What to verify before you buy

• Current availability and pricing — 'final opportunities' inventory changes weekly; confirm which plans and homesites actually remain and the current price of each the week you're deciding, not from cached listings.
• Which collection you're in — Nexus North (D.R. Horton, all ages) vs. Nexus South (55+) vs. the three David Weekley products; the builder, standards, dues, and amenity access all differ. Confirm whose home you're touring.
• Nexus North's exact HOA dues and coverage — not published publicly; get the figure, the CC&Rs, the current budget, and any transfer or capital contribution fees in writing before you offer.
• Amenity access boundaries — confirm in the HOA documents that your home's access is to the North Village campus, and exactly what that includes; the fitness-center-and-pickleball campus is published as exclusive to the 55+ village.
• Elementary school assignment for the specific address — sources conflict (Howard, Benny C. Bills, and Union all appear); confirm directly with Sumner County Schools.
• Incentive terms — the advertised 4.99% DHI Mortgage rates carried a July 31, 2026 contract deadline and specific APR and down-payment terms; get the current offer sheet and compare it against an outside lender the same day.
• What's actually committed on the commercial side — the grocery, retail, office, and hotel were plans without a committed commercial developer at the 2023 announcement; ask what's signed and permitted today before you price future convenience into the deal.
• Construction exposure for your specific lot — check the lot's position relative to the apartment phases, the business park parcel, and Highway 109 frontage, and ask for the phasing map.
• Vehicle, boat, and trailer rules in the CC&Rs — relevant if Old Hickory Lake is part of why you're moving here.
• Your real commute — drive TN-109 to TN-386 at your actual departure time before you sign anything.

Nexus North FAQ

What does a home in Nexus North cost?

As of July 2026, D.R. Horton's published pricing for Nexus North in Gallatin starts at $384,990, with the five floor plans (Aria, Cali, Edmon, Belfort, Salem) marketed from the mid-$380s to the $460s at 1,618 to 2,618 square feet. The collection is at 'final opportunities,' so both prices and available homes move quickly — treat these as a dated snapshot and confirm current numbers before you plan around them.

Who builds Nexus North, and who else builds in Nexus?

D.R. Horton builds Nexus North, the all-ages single-family collection. Within the same Nexus master plan, D.R. Horton's Freedom Series builds the gated 55+ Nexus South village, and David Weekley Homes builds the Park Collection, the Village Collection, and Nexus Townhomes. The master developer is Kolter Land (KL Nexus TN LLC), a division of The Kolter Group.

Is Nexus North age-restricted?

No. Nexus North is the all-ages village. The age-qualified 55+ community inside the Nexus master plan is Nexus South, which is gated and served by its own separate 13-acre amenity campus. Buyers who don't meet the 55+ requirement purchase in Nexus North or in one of the David Weekley collections.

What are the HOA dues in Nexus North?

Nexus North's exact dues aren't published publicly. Across the whole Nexus community, listing-observed HOA fees range from about $55 to $411 per month depending on section and home type, with all-ages single-family sections like Nexus North at the lower end of that range and the 55+ and attached products at the higher end. For a nearby published anchor, David Weekley's Park Collection lists $1,932 per year plus a $300 transfer fee and an $800 capital fund contribution. Get the current figure for the specific home from the builder or association — or ask us to pull it.

Does Nexus North have lake access?

No — there is no private lake access, marina, or lakefront lot inside Nexus. Old Hickory Lake is minutes away with public boating and fishing access in Gallatin, so the lake is a nearby public amenity rather than a community feature. The community's own amenities center on the six-acre North Village campus: clubhouse, game room, resort/lap pool with beach entry, playgrounds, lawns, and a trail system that connects to a 10-foot greenway.

What schools are Nexus North homes zoned to?

Nexus North is in the Sumner County Schools district. Builder pages list Howard Elementary School, Joe Shafer Middle School, and Gallatin Senior High School, but some listing sources show Benny C. Bills Elementary or Union Elementary for certain addresses — elementary zoning varies by address within the community. Verify the exact assignment for a specific address with Sumner County Schools before buying, and use the Tennessee state report card at tn.gov/education and GreatSchools.org for independent school information; we don't rate schools ourselves.

Is Nexus North sold out?

Not as of July 2026, but it's close: D.R. Horton markets Nexus North as 'final opportunities,' meaning the last homes in this collection are selling now. Elsewhere in the master plan, Nexus South (55+) and David Weekley's Village Collection and Nexus Townhomes were still actively selling, and the Park Collection was also at final opportunities. Availability at this stage changes week to week, so confirm what's actually left before making a trip.

How far is Nexus North from Nashville?

About 30 miles — roughly 30 to 40 minutes to downtown Nashville depending on traffic, via TN-109 to TN-174 to Vietnam Veterans Boulevard (TN-386). Closer in, the community is about 10 minutes from Gallatin's historic downtown square, with TriStar Sumner Medical Center within a few miles.

Last updated July 2026. Pricing, plan availability, incentives, HOA figures, and school zoning reflect sources accessed July 1, 2026 and change without notice — confirm all of them before purchase. Prepared by The Will Johnson Team, Gallatin, Sumner County, and Middle Tennessee real estate.