Groundbreak.

MDHA Approves Master Agreement for Napier Sudekum Redevelopment

MDHA approved a master development agreement to replace Napier Place and Sudekum Apartments with more than 2,000 mixed-income units, including 821 one-for-one subsidized replacements.

Aerial concept rendering of the Napier and Sudekum Transformation in South Nashville (MDHA)
Aerial concept rendering of the Napier and Sudekum Transformation in South Nashville (MDHA)Image via Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency

The MDHA Board approved a master development agreement on November 12, 2025 for the Napier Sudekum Redevelopment in South Nashville. The project replaces the Napier Place and Sudekum Apartments public housing complexes with more than 2,000 units, with plans allowing up to 2,100.

Existing Sudekum Apartments, slated for redevelopment under the Napier and Sudekum Transformation
Existing Sudekum Apartments, slated for redevelopment under the Napier and Sudekum TransformationImage via Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency

Co-developers are The NHP Foundation, The Peebles Corporation, Legacy Real Estate Development, Pillars Development LLC, and APK Development & Construction. The plan includes one-for-one replacement of 821 subsidized units.

Amenities include a 4-acre central park, commercial space, a regional community center, improved food access, and The Voice Center community hub. The redevelopment follows a HUD Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan submitted in 2018.

Address
Napier Place & Sudekum Apartments, South Nashville, TN
Units
2,002

Every filing, company, change and story we have on this project, approved as of our latest read of the record.

The Nashville Brief · free

Every new Nashville project, in your inbox at 8.

Read from the permits and filings each morning and written up as news. Free.

Free · unsubscribe anytime · no spam, just projects

Groundbreak covers 8 markets

  1. 1

    Cortland Buys Middle Eight Site in Franklin for $31.4M

  2. 2

    Oracle's 1.3M SF East Bank HQ Campus Under Construction

  3. 3

    Second Harvest Breaks Ground on Donelson Pike Headquarters

  4. 4

    Fifth Third Center Hotel Conversion Underway in Downtown Nashville

  5. 5

    270-Unit Apartment Building Proposed at 800 6th Ave S in PieTown

More from Nashville

All coverage ↗