NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A deal to revitalize the old Hickory Hollow Mall in Antioch won’t be moving forward.
Ben Freeland, who owns a car dealership across the street, planned to redevelop the old mall – now known as Global Mall at the Crossings.
Freeland said Tuesday that the plan to redevelop the property had been scrapped, calling the decision “disappointing.”
“Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to move forward with our efforts to purchase the former Hickory Hollow/Global Mall property. This is greatly disappointing to me personally given our longterm interests in Antioch and Southeast Nashville and the tremendous amount of work we put into this project. We had an exciting plan and were humbled by the community support for it. That said, there ended up being a number of previously undisclosed, complex issues that came to light in the past few weeks. Unfortunately, there just is not enough time left before the closing deadline to get these issues worked out. We remain bullish on Southeast Nashville and the people in this community that make it so special and are steadfastly committed to helping this part of Nashville be all that it can be."
The 600,000 square-foot building closed in 2012. Back in October, Freeland said phase one of the renovation project was expected to start at the beginning of 2020.
