After months of back and forth over the merits and downsides of Nashville’s proposed convention center, it looks like there’s another log to add to that fire.
A release sent to the Cleveland media – h/t News2 for picking it up out of Ohio – from Dallas-based Market Center Management Co., says that that company is ready to “move forward with the next stage of plans for developing an international medical trade center in Nashville.”
The facility, which is ball parked at 1.5 million square feet, will be built to house “permanent manufacturer showrooms for healthcare product manufacturers, distributors, and information technology companies; temporary trade show space; and conference facilities to accommodate a full schedule of medical trade events each year.” The center could be ready to open as early as next year.
Negotiations between Market Center and Nashville officials have apparently been going on for months and site selection for the “multi-building and multi-stage private development” in downtown is already underway. Cleveland had apparently been in the running along with other cities.
The statement quotes, in addition to Market Center CEO Bill Winsor, soon-to-be-retiring Vanderbilt vice chancellor Harry Jacobson, and China Healthcare Corp. founder Chuck Elcan.
NashvillePost.com will update this story with further details as they become available.
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