Developments dubbed “town centers” have become centers of attention while springing up here and across the country.
One of the first is Westhaven Town Center in Franklin. Now, there’s McEwen Town Center under construction in Franklin, and others have been proposed, the largest of which is May Town Center, targeted for Bells Bend.
“Villages” are the derivatives — conceptually similar though — just a different name and created in the suburbs just as a town center is.
Read more @ the SOURCE: Nashville City Paper – Suburban urbanism hard to figure out