CREA spokesperson Stephen Buchanan

CREA official Stephen Buchanan at Tuesday community meeting

After a Texas-based developer reached a community benefits agreement with the Urban League of Middle Tennessee related to a planned mixed-use development for the East Bank, some residents and community members voiced concerns about the project at a public meeting Tuesday.  

Cypress Real Estate Advisors is planning a 1,150-unit mixed-use development at the site currently home to RiverChase Apartments in East Nashville, and the company’s CBA with the Urban League pledges to set aside more than 200 units for varying levels of affordable housing.