Wasioto Bend Street Plan Approved on Nashville's East Bank

The Metro Planning Commission approved a Major and Collector Street Plan amendment on Sept. 24 for Wasioto Bend, the 71.66-acre East Bank area that includes a mixed-use development planned at 710 South 1st Street. The project, formerly East Bend, calls for buildings up to 40 stories. ARRT Global is developing, with Gensler as architect.

Metro Planning filed the amendment for the whole area, which takes in 23 parcels with seven owners. The amendment sets the framework for connections to surrounding streets and public spaces.

Plans call for a mixed-use district with riverfront parks, greenways, public green space, neighborhood retail, and cultural amenities, including a children's museum.

The East Bank, across the Cumberland River from downtown, is the focus of a city-led effort to convert former industrial land into a mixed-use neighborhood. Wasioto Bend is among the largest projects proposed there.

With the amendment approved, the project advances in Metro's development review process. Site plans and design details will come before Metro bodies as it moves forward.

Correction, Oct. 21, 2026: An earlier version of this story said the project calls for 7,000 units, that the street plan was the developer's own filing, and that filings add affordable housing. No source supports the unit count or the housing claim, and Metro Planning filed the amendment for the whole area.