Windstone will be hosting an Open House Tour on Sunday, July 27, from 1:00pm-5:00pm. There will be Townhomes, Village Homes a Manor Home and a Boulevard Home on the tour. These homes range from 3,700 sq. ft. to 10,289 sq. ft. This event is free and open to the public.

Nashville-based Southern Land Co. has entered the world of corporate blogging in a different way.

The company has hired a reporter to write about the real estate market and housing trends on a separate Web site from its own. The site address is www.whatsforreal.com.

One of Windstone’s last remaining townhomes in the first offering won the “Best Elevation” award for homes priced $960,000 and above during the spring HBAMT (Home Builders Association Middle Tennessee) Showcase of Homes Tour that took place in May. The “Somerset Glen” is 3,533 sq. ft. and its architectural style is considered to be French Eclectic. The Windstone Sales & Information Office is now located in this beautiful home located on 6114 Pleasant Water Lane.

Lace up your running shoes or attend an inspirational dinner with the Life is good co-founder to help needy kids.

This year's Life is good Festival, which raises money for The Boys & Girls Club of Franklin/Williamson County and the Life is good Kids Foundation, is scheduled for June 7.

Ford Custom Classic Homes, one of Southern Land Company’s premier builders, was named the 2008 “Favorite Home Builder” by the readers of Nashville House & Home & Garden magazine.

Southern Land Company hosted an open house at the Windstone Sales Center Sunday, April 13. The event was the first opportunity for visitors to tour several homes in the new community. Guests were treated to entertainment by singer/songwriter Jackie Wilson as well as a container gardening demonstration by Southern Land Company’s famous “flower ladies.”

The Windstone sales office is being relocated from its current location at the entrance to Windstone to the Showcase Townhome on Thursday, March 17th. The Showcase Townhome is located at 6114 Pleasant Water Lane. The sales office hours will remain the same. They are Monday through Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm and Sunday’s 1:00pm-6:00pm.

You won’t want to miss this first time event at Windstone, Brentwood’s premier new community by award-winning developer Southern Land Company on Sunday, April 13th from 1:00-4:00pm. Tucked away in a gorgeous valley, you will have the opportunity to tour several of the most beautiful new homes in Williamson County built by the areas most prestigious builders! Tudor, French Eclectic, English Classic, Queen Anne, Italianate and English Picturesque are the inspiration for homes in Windstone. There is a decorated Showcase home, several homes that are available now and others in final stages of construction.

There will be container gardening demonstrations, food and live music.

Home prices range from the $800s to $4 million.

In this edition of the NAI Nashville Market Report podcast, I spoke with Timothy Downey the President and CEO of the Southern Land Company about their new mixed-use development in the Cool Springs area called McEwen.

Local builder Bruce Hancock has always been interested in using energy-efficient technology in the homes he builds. When he started drawing up plans for his own home, he met with a heating and cooling engineer who mentioned a word he hadn't heard before: geothermal. When the engineer used the phrase "save over 50 percent in electricity costs," Hancock had heard enough. He was in.