Crossville & Cumberland County Development Decisions: Approved, Conditional or Proposed?
Last verified: October 1, 2026
This tracker follows eight named Crossville and Cumberland County development decisions through their documented milestones — not blanket approvals. Each entry distinguishes a staff recommendation from a recorded vote, a preliminary plat from a final plat, a permit from construction, and an announced investment from an achieved outcome. It is not a complete countywide construction inventory, and municipal boundaries have not been independently established for every site. Crossville legislative calendar.
Last verified: October 1, 2026. This is a dated research edition, not a live feed. September 17 and September 25 outcomes were not confirmed in the official records reviewed.
Latest development decisions
- Beehive subdivision — April 16 preliminary plat approved (125 total lots, 121 building sites per staff description); August 5 TDEC crossing permit NR2607.45 issued; September 17 setback variance agenda with staff recommendation — outcome unknown. April meeting action; TDEC permit NR2607.45; September 17 agenda file.
- Cook Road Phase II — August 20 final plat and financial guarantee approved (23 single-family lots; concept changed from duplex/cluster). Road obligations include $24,320 curb guarantee and city final paving at 70% buildout or seven years. August 20 meeting action; staff report.
- Old Mail Road townhomes — April 16 rental site-plan approved (8 townhomes); August 20 ownership-plat version 1 denied; September 17 version-2 agenda — outcome unknown. The denial applied to the later ownership-plat version, not the earlier rental approval. April site-plan file; August denial file.
- Crossville Commons (Genesis Road retail) — May 21 site-plan approved (~160,000 sq ft plus two multi-tenant buildings ~30,000 sq ft); utilities explicitly excluded and to return separately. September 25 council agenda attached funding/assignment/payment-waterfall documents; official action table lacked a final vote. September 29 news reports approval. May site-plan file; September 25 agenda file; September 29 news report.
- Industrial spec building — June 10, 2025 contract awarded to Sain Construction; May 12, 2026 Change Order 1 approved (foundation changes, groundwater drainage, stem-wall cuts). Grant-agency approval contingency remains. June 10 minutes; May 12 meeting action.
Master project table
All dates are document or event dates, not Google crawl labels. "Not established" means not located in the records reviewed, not proof that a record does not exist. Scroll horizontally on narrow screens to read every column.
| Project | Location / reviewing authority | Type and documented scale | Latest verified status | Decision or record date | Next step / unresolved evidence | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beehive subdivision | North of Cook Road, east of Stone Memorial High School; Crossville Planning Commission / TDEC | Residential; 125 total lots, 121 building sites (April staff description) | Preliminary plat approved; NR2607.45 crossing permit issued; September setback variance outcome unknown | April 16, 2026 (plat); August 5, 2026 (permit) | September 17 variance outcome; final plat; construction evidence | October 1, 2026 |
| Cook Road Phase II | Along Cook Road, in front of Stone Elementary; Crossville Planning Commission | 23 single-family lots (changed from duplex/cluster concept) | Final plat and financial guarantee approved | August 20, 2026 | Road completion / guarantee release; building and occupancy records | October 1, 2026 |
| Old Mail Road townhomes | 986 Old Mail Road; Crossville Planning Commission | 8 townhomes (rental site plan → ownership plat) | Rental site-plan approved; ownership-plat version 1 denied; version 2 outcome unknown | April 16, 2026 (site plan); August 20, 2026 (denial) | September 17 version-2 outcome; final plat if applicable | October 1, 2026 |
| Crossville Commons (Genesis Road retail) | Behind Starbucks and Advance Auto on Genesis Road; Crossville Planning Commission / City Council | ~160,000 sq ft plus two multi-tenant buildings ~30,000 sq ft | May site-plan approved (utilities excluded); September 25 district agreements — official action table lacked final vote, news reports approval | May 21, 2026 (site plan); September 25, 2026 (district agenda) | Official September 25 action; utility approval; construction evidence | October 1, 2026 |
| Genesis/Iris mixed-use | Genesis Road and Iris Lane; Crossville Planning Commission / City Council | 14 townhomes; retail spaces 3,375 / 2,500 / 3,750 sq ft | Council sewer-extension approval; not all-project construction clearance | October 14, 2025 | Later permit or progress record; no known next decision date | October 1, 2026 |
| Industrial spec building | City spec building, Interchange Business Park; City Council | Public city project; ~100,000 sq ft (secondary coverage, not independently verified) | Contract awarded; Change Order 1 approved; grant concurrence not established | June 10, 2025 (award); May 12, 2026 (change order) | Grant concurrence; engineer progress / acceptance / occupancy | October 1, 2026 |
| Durable Products expansion | Existing Cumberland County facility; TNECD describes as Crossville | Industrial renovation/retrofitting; announced $27.3m and 134 new jobs (not realized outcomes) | Announced expansion; $900,000 FastTrack request documented; final grant approval not verified | February 25, 2026 (announcement); March 23, 2026 (funding packet) | Official vote and implementation evidence | October 1, 2026 |
| Iris Lane workforce housing | Iris Lane off Genesis Road; City of Crossville procurement | Workforce housing; ~24.07 acres; approved unit count not established | Proposal submitted (one listed submission); selection/award not established | January 20, 2026 (bid opening) | Award, selected design and approvals | October 1, 2026 |
Do not add lots, building sites, rental units and unresolved proposals together into a single future-homes total. Each row's scale is a dated figure from a specific document.
Beehive subdivision
The Crossville Planning Commission approved the preliminary plat on April 16, 2026. The April staff description identified 125 total lots and 121 building sites. Headline quantities in local reporting varied — 128 in one outlet, 124 in another — but those differences could reflect counting conventions or plan versions, not a documented reduction. Resolve any quantity against a stamped or latest approved plat before treating a different number as current. April staff file; April meeting action.
TDEC issued permit NR2607.45 on August 5, 2026, for active ARAP utility-line crossings of streams and wetlands at Rocky Branch. The permit was applied for on August 4 and issued/effective August 5. Its scope is the utility-line crossing, not all-site authorization. TDEC permit NR2607.45.
A September 17, 2026 agenda item concerns a 30-to-20-foot front-setback variance. The staff file was created September 10 and the staff recommendation is approval, but the September minutes were draft or unavailable in the reviewed interface. The variance outcome is not established. A project-specific council action was not located. September 17 agenda file; September 17 meeting.
Status: preliminary plat approved; later variance outcome unknown. Do not describe this as simply "approved" — the setback variance and final plat remain separate.
Cook Road Phase II
Cook Road Subdivision Phase II sits along Cook Road, directly in front of Stone Elementary. An earlier proposal used a duplex/cluster concept; the reviewed plan changed to 23 single-family lots. The Crossville Planning Commission approved the final plat and financial guarantee on August 20, 2026. Staff report; August 20 meeting action.
The staff report identified a $24,320 curb guarantee, a $45,000 topcoat payment already paid, and city final paving at 70% buildout or seven years, whichever comes first. The later staff report described about 1,030 feet of road, 1,180 feet of six-inch water, and 880 feet of two-inch low-pressure sewer. Earlier design sizes differed; do not merge preliminary and final dimensions. The seven-year paving trigger is not a plat expiration. Earlier Phase II staff report.
Staff reported that binder was installed by the August agenda. No verified home completion or occupancy count was located. Acceptance or release of remaining road obligations was not located in the records reviewed.
Status: final plat and financial guarantee approved. Binder evidence is not home completion. Do not merge this with Beehive or a different Cook Road townhome project — the table counts this development once, despite two recorded approval motions.
Old Mail Road townhomes
The April 16, 2026 file named the project Bartlett Townhomes Old Mail Road, with an attachment identifying 986 Old Mail Road. The Planning Commission approved a rental site plan for 8 townhomes that day. A later file proposed converting the rental units to individually owned lots, with lot footprints approximately 773–904 sq. ft. — those are lot footprints, not total dwelling floor areas. April site-plan file; April meeting action.
On August 20, 2026, the Planning Commission denied the ownership-plat version 1. The denial applied to that ownership-plat version, not to the earlier rental site-plan approval. A September 17, 2026 agenda item concerns version 2 of the ownership plat; its outcome is not established. August denial file; August 20 meeting action; September 17 meeting.
The April staff recommendation was contingent on required stormwater permits; April staff said stormwater calculations had not yet been performed. The later staff recommendation called for bylaws review before final plat. September recommendations are not represented as adopted conditions. A January 15, 2026 file (26-0025) recorded two-lot Bartlett Old Mail subdivision/variance approvals — relevant background, not eight new homes authorized by that lot split.
Status: rental site-plan approved; later ownership-plat version 1 denied; version 2 outcome unknown. Do not describe the entire project as "denied" — the denial applied to the later ownership-plat version, while the earlier rental site plan had been approved.
Genesis Road retail center / Crossville Commons
The May 2026 site-plan file named the project Power Retail Center; September Commercial Development District attachments used the name Crossville Commons. Media connects the Commons with the major Genesis retail project. They are grouped editorially, but a full legal parcel and financing crosswalk was not established. May site-plan file; September district file; September 29 news report.
The Planning Commission approved the site plan on May 21, 2026. The plan described approximately 160,000 sq. ft. plus two multi-tenant buildings totaling about 30,000 sq. ft. Utilities were explicitly excluded from the presented plan and were to return for separate approval. Staff recommended a stormwater contingency; the full motion wording was not independently verified. May 21 meeting action.
A September 25, 2026 council agenda (file 26-0372, created September 15) attached funding, assignment and payment-waterfall documents. The official action table lacked a final vote. September 29 news reported approval, but the official posted outcome was not verified. September 25 meeting.
TSCG's leasing page names anchors and a Q3 2027 delivery target. Those are attributed marketing claims, not opening guarantees. Do not silently combine a current marketing page and an old brochure's acreage, square footage or tenant lists. TSCG Crossville Commons leasing page.
Status: May site-plan approved (utilities excluded); September 25 district agreements — official action table lacked final vote, news reports approval. Keep the May site-plan approval separate from later utility and agreement actions.
Genesis/Iris mixed-use project
File 25-0356 describes a mixed-use project at Genesis Road and Iris Lane, associated with Bubba's Bodega. The Planning Commission approved/recommended on September 18, 2025, and the City Council approved as recommended on October 14, 2025. The council action concerned a sewer extension — about 215 feet of eight-inch gravity sewer and a manhole — not all-project construction clearance. Official legislation report with text.
The plan described 14 townhomes and proposed retail spaces of 3,375, 2,500 and 3,750 sq. ft. The Bodega has no gasoline pumps in the described plan. This project is separate from the 24.07-acre Iris Lane workforce-housing RFP. Do not merge the two.
Later permit, inspection or utility-acceptance records were not located. Construction was not established. The trail ends at the October 14, 2025 council action. No known next decision date.
Status: council sewer-extension approval; not a completed mixed-use project. Do not merge with the Iris Lane workforce-housing RFP.
Industrial spec building at Interchange Business Park
The Crossville City Council awarded the spec building contract to Sain Construction Company on June 10, 2025. On May 12, 2026, the council approved Change Order 1 as recommended. The change-order narrative describes foundation changes, groundwater drainage, stem-wall cuts and inspections — evidence of construction activity by that record, not proof of current vertical progress or completion. June 10 minutes, item 6(b); May 12 meeting action.
A file created April 30 and approved May 12, 2026 (S3) recommended a grant-agency approval contingency. Grant concurrence was not established. A secondary article described an October 2025 groundbreaking; a ceremony does not establish vertical construction and is not the latest official stage. Grant-contingency file.
Secondary real-estate coverage associated the building with 326 Interchange Drive and approximately 100,000 sq. ft. Those dimensions were not independently verified and are not used as primary records. Groundwater drainage in the change order is not an environmental violation finding.
Status: contract awarded; Change Order 1 approved; grant concurrence not established. No unsupported tenant or occupancy claim is made.
Durable Products manufacturing expansion
TNECD announced on February 25, 2026 that Durable Products LLC, a subsidiary of GreenLiner, LLC, would expand manufacturing operations at an existing Cumberland County facility, with TNECD describing the location as Crossville. The announcement cited $27.3 million and 134 new jobs — those are announced figures, not realized outcomes. TNECD announcement.
A March 23, 2026 State Funding Board packet documented a $900,000 FastTrack grant request. The packet described investment and job commitments over five years; no completion or occupancy deadline was inferred from the announcement. The March 23 state meeting page linked agenda, notice and packet materials, not a final decision used here. An AI summary saying the grant passed was not substituted for official minutes. State Funding Board packet, March 23, 2026.
Final grant approval or disbursement was not verified. Project-specific local development approval was not located in the records reviewed. State funding consideration is not a permit.
Status: announced expansion and documented FastTrack request; final grant approval not verified. Keep announced investment and jobs separate from achieved investment and jobs.
Iris Lane workforce housing
The City of Crossville distributed a workforce-housing RFP for a city-owned tract on Iris Lane off Genesis Road. The RFP described approximately 24.07 acres. Addenda were issued December 1 and December 3, 2025; the bid opening was January 20, 2026. Workforce-housing RFP.
The January 20 bid tab lists one submission from Creative Compassion, Inc. Selection or award was not established. A March 10, 2026 council award was anticipated in an addendum, not established as having occurred. The RFP assigns due diligence, infrastructure and required approvals to the respondent and references a known wetland; no mitigation authorization was established. Bid tab and addenda.
This project is separate from the Genesis/Iris retail-and-townhomes mixed-use project. The approved unit count was not established; single-family, multifamily or a combination was contemplated. A separate three-home THDA grant story about Creative Compassion was not linked to this tract without evidence.
Status: proposal submitted; selection/award not established. A proposal submission does not establish an award or an approved development.
Approval-stage definitions
| Stage | What it means | What it does not mean |
|---|---|---|
| Staff recommendation | Staff recommends approval with conditions | That the body has voted or the conditions are adopted |
| Preliminary plat approval | The Planning Commission approved the preliminary layout | Final plat approval, construction start or project completion |
| Final plat approval | The Planning Commission approved the final subdivision plat | That homes are built, occupied or road obligations released |
| Site-plan approval | The Planning Commission approved the site plan as presented | Utility approval, construction start or tenant opening |
| Permit issuance | A permit was issued for its stated scope | That work began, is complete or that the permit covers the entire site |
| Contract award | The council awarded a construction contract | That construction is complete or accepted |
| Announcement | A project or investment was announced | That funding was approved, permits issued or jobs created |
| Proposal submission | A proposal was submitted in response to an RFP | That a developer was selected or a project was approved |
City versus county jurisdiction
The Crossville Planning Commission reviews projects within its jurisdiction; the Cumberland County Planning Commission reviews county projects outside the city. A Crossville mailing address does not settle whether a parcel is within the municipality, and municipal boundaries were not independently established for every site in this tracker. School location, mailing address and regional planning review are insufficient to establish city-limit status.
For individual building-permit questions — which office handles a project, which packet to use, and how state electrical and septic approvals interact — see Building permits: city or county, and where to start. This development tracker follows named project decisions; the permit guide serves individual owners' process questions.
Upcoming decisions and records
The following outcomes were not confirmed in the official records reviewed as of October 1, 2026:
- September 17 Planning Commission: Beehive setback variance and Old Mail Road ownership-plat version 2. Staff recommendations are not adopted votes.
- September 25 City Council: Crossville Commons district agreements. The official action table lacked a final vote; September 29 news reported approval.
- Durable Products: Final FastTrack grant approval or disbursement.
- Iris Lane workforce housing: Council award, selected design and required approvals.
- Industrial spec building: Grant-agency concurrence and later engineer progress, acceptance or occupancy.
Use the Crossville legislative calendar to check upcoming and recently held meetings. An agenda shows proposed business; the action history and approved minutes establish what the body did. A meeting proposal and an approved agreement should be labeled differently.
Sources, methodology and corrections
Every source was checked October 1, 2026. Primary sources — official Legistar files, meeting actions, TDEC permit records and state announcements — take precedence over media or marketing for approval claims. Meeting action tables, not agenda labels such as "Regular Agenda," determine recorded votes. Several PDF attachment attempts failed; those documents are not described as read.
"Not located in records reviewed" is not proof that a document or approval does not exist. "First record" means earliest located in this research, not a claim about the project's actual inception. Source dates are document or event dates, not dates inferred from Google crawl labels.
Scope limits: This is not a complete countywide construction inventory. County Planning Commission documents were reviewed, but a complete current project-minute series was not established. Fairfield Glade / St. George Village, Donnelly Place, Pointe Place and other leads were excluded rather than labeled approved or denied without sufficient tracing. Small annexations, two-lot splits and minor site plans were not included merely to increase the count.
No map or live-data claims: No interactive map, project pin coordinates or municipal-boundary overlays were created because authoritative current geometry was not established for every project. This page is not live, real-time or automatically updated.
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Useful official-source links
- Crossville legislative calendar — agendas, action history and meeting records
- Crossville Planning Commission — responsible body and meeting pattern
- TDEC permit viewer — environmental permit records (session-bearing URL; search permit NR2607.45 if the link expires)
- TNECD news — state economic-development announcements
- State Funding Board packets — grant request materials
Related resources
- Cumberland County and Crossville local guides
- Building permits: city or county
- Crossville water decisions
- Tennessee local guides
- Tennessee state page
Change log
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| October 1, 2026 | Initial research edition: eight named development decisions with dated milestones, source links and explicit limitations. September 17 and September 25 outcomes not confirmed in official records reviewed. |