Laurel Cove construction is halted according to the nashville business journal, Problems with the investment banking firm,  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. last month has halted construction of Laurel Cove, the Greg Normal golf community in Williamson County, Laurel Cove -  is one of the largest active residential projects in Middle Tennessee  at 1120 acres and will be on hold indefinitely after the bankrupt Lehman defaulted on its $121 million construction loan for the project. Laurle Cove's  developers, Tentara Partners and Legacy Properties, say construction will be delayed while they work on assuming the existing loan from Lehman. "We want to assure the public that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has no ownership in the project," Philip Jones, president of Tentara Partners, says in a s... 10/24/2008

Is Laurel Cove in Franklin beginning to take shape? Elizabeth and I decide to drive out Sunday and take a look. It was a beautiful clear day and laurel cove is away from the normal traffic patterns of Franklin. So it was no surprise that we witnessed 2 Cobra's drive by with a big smile on both drivers faces. The golf course is starting to look like a golf course, instead of a pile of dirt, and I expect that by next spring it will be ready for play. Thanks Greg Norman for bringing another great golf course to Williamson county. This posting and the contents written here are the intellectual property and opinions of Larry Brewer of Keller Williams Realty. Providing real estate services to clients in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Spring Hill, Green Hills, and the middle Tennessee area. 09/04/2008