“We’ve got some of the best schools in the state and low real estate taxes,” he said. Hill, who grew up in Southaven, said he’s seen the community change dramatically in his lifetime but isn’t surprised by the growth the Memphis suburb has seen in the past decade. “Other than a bit of winter, this is a year-round park,” Hill said. In addition, the amphitheater at the park can seat up to 11,000 and hosts events like Spring Fest and big-name performers, including Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews. The park is already a huge draw for youth baseball, hosting 65 days of tournament play in the summer and bringing millions of dollars into the local community. Hill said the addition of seven soccer fields at Snowden Grove Park will also help Silo Square to thrive. The mayor said the $5 million soccer park, which will include seven fields and a facility for concessions, restrooms and an office, could be completed by the end of the year. In an October blog post, Musselwhite announced work had begun on the trail - which is 80% grant-funded - part of a broader effort to make Southaven more walkable. The 10-foot-wide trail will be able to accommodate cyclists, runners and walkers and will eventually be the longest trail system in the county. From there, an offshoot will head east to extend the trail system to Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. The trail system will wind through Snowden Grove Park, follow the pedestrian bridge over Getwell Road, head through the Silo Square development and up to Tchulahoma Road where it will turn north before connecting with trails in Central Park. 13, about 120 inches of rain have fallen at Memphis International Airport, almost 24 inches more than what would be considered normal during that time.ĭespite the elements, construction continues and Hill remains positive that Silo Square, in tandem with the new developments across the street, will be a boon to the community. “It’s unbelievable.”Īccording to the National Weather Service, from April 1, 2018, to Jan. “The weather, I’ve just never seen anything like it,” Hill said.

The soggy conditions have put Silo Square eight months behind schedule. However, even before crews started work, the Mid-South was in a rut of rainy weather Hill said started in December 2017. 'This is going to be a game-changing development for our city,'' Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite said at the time. Silo Square, which sits south of Goodman Road, west of Getwell Road and east of Tchulahoma Road, broke ground in April 2018. Hill said many more tenant announcements would be coming soon, but not everything had been sunshine and roses with the project so far. The development’s website lists dessert cafe City Hall Cheesecake, local jeweler Custom Jewelry and home goods boutique Magnolia House as future tenants, and Planters Bank will put its headquarters at the development. Slim Chickens, an Arkansas-based fast-casual chicken chain, became the first business to open at Silo Square in July. The first two of those 13 “town square” buildings should open at the end of May, Hill said, and the construction of four more will begin this year. The 'downtown'' area of the plan blends residential, commercial and public uses around a Main Street lined with two- and three-story buildings. When fully built out, the 288-acre, $200 million Silo Square will have 304 gated, residential lots with houses costing from about $225,000 to $400,000-plus six retail outparcels one bank outparcel two hotels 16 mixed-use lots three office lots a 2.6-acre farmers market 10 acres for 128 loft apartments and 64 acres of open green space. With the host of activities offered at the park and the soon-to-be-built pedestrian bridge connecting it with the retail, restaurants, residences and hotels Hill is building at Silo Square, the developer said it will all serve to enhance the town square environment he is trying to create. That includes approval of a pedestrian bridge over Getwell that will connect his development with Snowden Grove Park, development of a trail system that will run from Snowden Grove Park to Central Park and the groundbreaking on a large soccer complex at Snowden Grove Park. “What’s happened at Silo Square since groundbreaking is really things done by the city of Southaven,” he said. Some of the recent developments that have Brian Hill most excited about Silo Square - the massive mixed-use project he is building along Getwell Road in Southaven - aren’t actually part of his project at all.

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