When Lakeshore Christian Church found itself outgrowing its old location, the congregation’s decision of where to move next was unconventional, but it also points to a real estate trend that could quickly come to Nashville.
Rather than pack up its growing congregation and steer for the suburbs, leaders of the Antioch church decided to look for a space among the available options around Hickory Hollow Mall. Lakeshore bought a 72,000-square-foot retail space, the former location of Media Play. With the help of a design team from Everton Oglesby Architects, the congregation transformed 35,000 square feet of the empty shell into a new church campus.
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