The first phase, expected to be completed in the fall, willserve as a gateway to a master development called Town Creek. Whenbuilt out, the Town Creek project will have at least fivecomponents: the Market at Town Creek, a medical facility, aresidential mixed-use community, a commercial property and abig-box development.

Roswell, GA-based Mimms Enterprises, the developer of the Marketat Town Creek, negotiated the lease with Food City. Mimms isworking with John Forster, of the Nashville-based Shopping CenterGroup, and Keith Widmer, of Knoxville-based First Commercial, tolease the remainder of the space at the shopping center. Localretailers, a national soft goods retailer, a national office supplyretailer and a national pet retailer are being targeting.

"We are looking to add a unique blend of national, regional andlocal retail tenants," says Mimms Enterprises director of marketingBrad Shoemaker. "People will have the conveniences of a big city ina small town setting."