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Metro Sets Sept. 15 on Baptist World Center Medical SP

Metro Nashville’s BL2026-1467 would rezone about 20.20 acres on Baptist World Center Drive from R6 to SP for up to 205,000 square feet of medical uses, with a Sept. 15 Council date listed.

Tracy King

04 Sep 2026 • 5 min read

Baptist World Center Drive area context for the medical SP — illustrative only.

Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County’s Legistar file BL2026-1467 sits on the Council calendar for Sept. 15, 2026, as a third-reading Specific Plan ordinance for about 20.20 acres on Baptist World Center Drive (unnumbered), roughly 200 feet south of West Trinity Lane. The bill changes the map from R6 to SP to permit a nonresidential development with medical uses under Proposal No. 2025SP-044-001. Section 3 of the ordinance text caps the SP at 205,000 square feet of medical uses as defined in the plan. That is the locked Nashville tape for this desk — not Elam Station on Barnes Road, not the Vanderbilt Innovation District file, and not a contextual overlay in Twin Hills.

Planning Commission approved the SP with conditions and disapproved it without those conditions on June 25, 2026. Council passed the bill on first reading July 7, advertised it July 10, and deferred it Aug. 4 before the September calendar. The property is identified as Map 071-05, parcel 027 on the official property identification maps. Fallback zoning language in the ordinance points to MUG standards when a development standard is absent from the SP plan.

Baptist World Center medical SP	Figure	Source
File	BL2026-1467 / Proposal 2025SP-044-001	Legistar
Council date listed	Sept. 15, 2026 (third reading status)	Legistar
Acreage	20.20 acres	Ordinance title
Location	Baptist World Center Dr (unnumbered), ~200 ft south of West Trinity Lane	Ordinance title
Zoning change	R6 → SP (medical nonresidential)	Ordinance title
Medical floor area cap	205,000 sq ft	Section 3
Youngs Lane access	Services / emergency only	Section 4 conditions
Planning Commission action	Approved with conditions June 25, 2026	Legistar history
30-year fixed (context)	6.71% (Freddie Mac PMMS as of Sept. 3, 2026)	Freddie Mac PMMS

What is BL2026-1467 on Metro Council’s calendar?

An ordinance to rezone about 20.20 acres at Baptist World Center Drive (unnumbered), approximately 200 feet south of West Trinity Lane, from R6 to Specific Plan (SP) for a nonresidential development with medical uses. Proposal No. 2025SP-044-001. Legistar lists the file on agenda for Sept. 15, 2026, in third-reading status.

North Nashville and Bordeaux owners should read the condition list before they invent a construction calendar. Access from Youngs Lane is limited to loading, deliveries, and emergency use. Greenway connections are deferred to a later policy-amendment discussion. Signage is not approved with the preliminary SP. Final site plan must bring architectural elevations that match the preliminary SP standards. Metro Fire Marshal emergency-vehicle access and water supply have to clear before building permits.

How much medical floor area does the SP allow?

Section 3 of the ordinance text limits uses of the SP to 205,000 square feet of medical uses as defined in the plan. Access from Youngs Lane is limited to services (loading/deliveries) and emergency access only. No signage is approved with the preliminary SP.

A medical SP of this size changes daytime traffic patterns and contractor staging long before the first patient visit. It does not rewrite the closed-sale comps on a quiet side street two blocks away. If your buyer asks about Baptist World Center Drive construction, hand them the Legistar ordinance text and the attached plan exhibits rather than a rumor about hospital brands the ordinance does not name in the title block we opened.

Does a medical SP ordinance reprice my North Nashville or Bordeaux house?

Not by itself. A Specific Plan ordinance sets allowed uses and conditions on a mapped parcel. It is not a Greater Nashville REALTORS MLS closed sale. Disclose nearby institutional construction if a buyer asks. Price to closed comps, condition, and days on market.

Freddie Mac’s Sept. 3 survey averages 6.71% on the 30-year fixed. Middle Tennessee purchase demand is adapting, not freezing. Waiting for a full-point drop while other Davidson County sellers list into the same window is a different decision than Metro noticing a 205,000-square-foot medical SP for third reading.

North Nashville’s Baptist World Center Drive corridor already carries institutional and campus traffic. A capped medical SP adds contractor staging, delivery routes, and eventual patient trips without rewriting the residential zoning two streets over. Section 4’s Youngs Lane limit is the practical edge condition for nearby owners: service and emergency only, not a new general-purpose cut-through. If Metro later amends greenway policy, that discussion is a separate hearing — do not fold it into today’s third-reading narrative.

Compare this file to other live Nashville posts on our desk only by process, not by inventing unit counts. Elam Station on Barnes Road was a mixed multifamily and single-family SP. Vanderbilt Innovation District filings sit in a different geography and use mix. BL2026-1467 is medical floor area on a mapped 20.20-acre parcel. Keep the Legistar number in the email to your client so the next agent cannot blur the files. Owners in Bordeaux, Native Lentz, and along West Trinity Lane should also calendar Metro Planning’s Sept. 24 regular meeting for any companion SP or policy items that follow Council action. Price the house to closed comps first; treat the medical SP as process context second.

What conditions did Metro attach to the preliminary SP?

The ordinance text requires a corrected copy updating fallback zoning, Youngs Lane access limits, greenway discussion with a later policy amendment, architectural elevations at final site plan, compliance with Metro reviewing agencies, and Metro Fire Marshal emergency access and water-supply requirements before building permits. Fallback standards, if a development standard is missing, point to the MUG district as of the request date.

What's happening in Nashville this week

Monday, Sept. 15 — Metro Council calendar includes BL2026-1467 (Baptist World Center medical SP) in third-reading status per Legistar.
Thursday, Sept. 24, 4:00–7:00 p.m. — Metro Planning Commission regular meeting, Howard Office Building / Metro Office Building complex.

You can write the offer on the next Nashville house. A contingent contract is still a maybe when the next seller already has a buyer who is not waiting on a Council third reading. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer. If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer.

What should Nashville-area owners do this week?

Open BL2026-1467 on Legistar before the Sept. 15 Council date and watch Planning Commission’s Sept. 24 meeting for other SP filings. Price to closed comps. Start with a free home evaluation at kingsofrealestate.com/l/home-evaluation/ or ask about a cash offer. Call 865-365-2280.

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