Nashville-based HND Development is eyeing a large-scale 307-unit residential project for a Southeast Davidson County site located near Ezell-Harding Christian School and once owned by a high-profile businessman. To be called Villages at Forest View, the development will offer 249 apartment units in six buildings, 58 townhomes, two swimming pools and a dog park. The address is Multiple permits, with a collective value of about $31.4 million, have been issued to allow for construction. Via an affiliated LLC, HND paid $1.9 million for the 15.1-acre site in December 2019, according to Metro records. Of note, the seller was a trust affiliated with John E. Cain Jr. John E. Cain Sr. was one of the founders of Nashville-based department store chain Cain-Sloan Inc. That entity was founded in 1903 and, via a series of mergers, became a part of Dillard's.