Cookeville Business, Retail, Housing and Healthcare Development

The Willows is emerging as a major retail and dining hub, with Home Depot scheduled to open Oct. 8, Target planned, and Chuy's targeting late spring or early summer 2027. Party City is returning to Cookeville, Identity Group's Oct. 20 campus closure affects 63 jobs, TN Heart's cardiac-surgery project was denied 7-1, and the CRMC-Encompass rehabilitation hospital remains on track for early 2028.