Mayor John Cooper on Friday predicted "the whole country is going to be jealous" of the planned redevelopment of the East Bank of the Cumberland River across from downtown and Germantown.

Cooper made the comment while touring the site of Oracle's future River North tech campus following the Metro Industrial Development Board’s release of a document with new details on the project. In what could be a $1.2 billion development, the document notes the California tech giant has offered up to fund (and then be reimbursed for) $175 million for public infrastructure updates to the site, which eventually could accommodate multiple office buildings with up to 1.2 million square feet overlooking the Cumberland River.