Developer Drops Contentious La Vergne Subdivision Plan

LA VERGNE, TN — The developer who wanted to build a 300-townhome development adjacent to the state's largest subdivision in La Vergne has apparently decided enough's enough.

WKRN reports that Amnon Shreibman has dropped plans for his project, which faced fierce community opposition. Required rezoning for the project was rejected by the La Vergne city council, which wasn't necessarily the end of the line, as appeals are possible within the court system.

Nevertheless, Shreibman pulled his requests, effectively ending the ordeal.

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Shreibman was asking La Vergne to rezone 25 acres in a rare undeveloped part of the rapidly-growing city near Stones River Road and backing up to Lake Forest, Tennessee's largest subdivision — to allow for higher-density building. Shreibman planned to build between 250 and 300 townhomes on the tract, priced between $125,000 to $200,000.

But that proposal ran into stiff opposition, with neighbors citing a laundry list of concerns from traffic to crime to an upheaval of their peace and quiet.

Ultimately, that civic backlash caught the ear of the city council which refused Shreibman's rezoning request.

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