OneCity looks to lure anchor tenants
Health Care REIT Inc. officials are in talks to secure two anchor tenants for the Toledo, Ohio-based company's proposed OneCity project.
In addition, design is now underway for both the first two buildings and a full campus plan for the health care development, to be located near the under-construction 28th/31st Avenue Connector off Charlotte Avenue and on the western fringe of Nashville's medical district.
Ryan Doyle, Health Care REIT vice president of medical facilities, declined to reveal the names of the two prospective anchor tenants or give an estimated date as to when either could sign a lease.
For the first phase, Earl Swensson Associates will serve as architect, with JE Dunn to handle the general contracting effort, Doyle said. Civil Site Design Group and Landprint Studio has been the planning team through visioning and entitlements and will also be the overall civil engineer and master plan designer with 505 Design, he added.
Health Care REIT has a Brentwood office.
Deutsche ups Acadia
Deutsche Bank analyst Darren Lehrich has hiked his 'hold' rating on shares of Acadia Healthcare to 'buy' following the behavioral health provider's big secondary stock offering. Franklin-based Acadia's valuation, Lehrich says, should rise on the back of solid fundamentals and "reasonably good consolidation opportunities, including mid-sized chains that could 'move the needle.'" Acadia (Ticker: ACHC) is up about 2 percent in Friday morning trading to about $16.80, some 12 percent below Lehrich's new $19 target.
Music biz show moving to WSM
The "two guys fumbling their way through the music industry so you don't have to" are moving their show to WSM from talk station WLAC. Scott Southworth and Heino Moeller, who launched The Music Row Show in 2007, also will soon be going in front of TV cameras run by BlueHighways.
BNA traffic trending up
It's been a few months since we relayed traffic numbers from the Nashville International Airport Authority, so here goes. April's enplanements were up about 2 percent, while the more volatile cargo revenues fell by a third from 2011. Year to date, those numbers are up 3.8 percent and 14.7 percent, respectively — not bad numbers if taken as a proxy for the Middle Tennessee economy.
Bridgestone looks at dandelion rubber
Researchers at Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations are optimistic about the prospects of using rubber produced by Russian dandelions in their manufacturing processes. They plan to follow up this summer on an initial project based at Ohio State University and launch large-scale testing in 2014.
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Lipscomb, CABLE team on leadership course
Lipscomb University's Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership is partnering with CABLE to launch a 10-session leadership course for the women's advocacy group's members. Instructors for the course include Girl Scouts President and CEO — and Most Powerful Women honoree — Agenia Clark as well as former Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate.
Classes will include leadership exercises led by Cathy Cate, Andrews Institute director of community leadership programs and former executive director of Leadership Blount. The inaugural class will complete the certificate program on Saturday, July 14, after meeting Tuesday evenings for eight weeks.
Corizon misses out on Arizona deal
Arizona officials have awarded a three-year contract to privatize the health care in their prisons to Wexford Health, a Pennsylvania-based rival of Corizon, the former America Service Group headquartered in Brentwood. Corizon's bid came in 0.3 percent higher than Wexford's.
Artist marketers in Provident label pact
Local artist marketing and development venture The Paradigm Collective has partnered with Provident Music Group to create a mini-label under the latter's umbrella. The project's first product, by The Royal Royal, has made a quick dent on the iTunes Christian charts.
"We all believe that in our service together for others we will get to write and re-write some grand stories we can leave behind for those who are next. I am honored to have Terry and his team believe in what we are doing and am thankful for all the Paradigm extended family who are part of this journey," comments Teresa Davis.
Pepsi pulls Walking Horse cash
Word from ABC News is that food and snack giant Pepsi has withdrawn its sponsorship, effective immediately, of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville following revelations of abuse by trainers.
Ingram's CoreSource gains traction with Christian publishers
A number of Christian publishing houses have picked the CoreSource platform developed by Ingram Content Group for their e-book endeavors. Among them are fellow locals Abingdon Press, R.H. Boyd and Worthy Publishing.
