This is the third in a series of blog posts on Tennessee’s Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act one year after enactment. In our first post, we discussed the importance of educating municipal decision-makers. In our second post, we addressed the…
Questions from the Council: The Three Questions That Keep Coming Back (Part 2 of 5) This is the second in a series of blog posts about IDDs one year after REIDA. For the first blog post in the series, follow…
Introduction When Tennessee enacted the Real Estate Infrastructure Development Act of 2025 (codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-84-801 et seq.), the legislation opened a powerful new door for developers and municipalities: the ability to finance public infrastructure through tax…
When we prepare governance documents for mixed-use projects—particularly those with meaningful commercial components intended for conveyance to an unrelated third-party or long-term lessee—we are operating in a different environment than a traditional residential regime. The delta is not merely structural;…
Big Station Camp IDD Marks a Milestone for Gallatin’s Economic Growth and Sustainable Infrastructure Winstead congratulates its client, Merus, on establishing the state’s first Infrastructure Development District (IDD) supporting the Station Camp multi-use project in Gallatin, Tennessee. Led by Nashville-based…
On May 28, 2025, Shareholder Tommy Mann shared his initial insight into the direct and indirect impacts of Texas Senate Bill 840 (SB 840). This blog post is an update tracking responses to SB 840 by impacted municipalities. Prior to…
When a developer encounters a landowner unwilling—or unable—to convey fee title, the project doesn’t have to stop. In Texas and other jurisdictions following the Uniform Condominium Act, the leasehold condominium provides a practical and financeable alternative for structuring mixed-use, residential,…
Most of us think of “architecture” as building design—the creative and technical work that shapes the spaces we inhabit. But community governance has an architecture too. Just as a building’s structure determines how people move through and use it, a…
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