The Avenue Murfreesboro is an open-air regional lifestyle shopping center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, located 27 miles southeast of downtown Nashville. More than one hundred stores reside within the complex. Construction of The Avenue began in July 2006, and the first phase of development opened on October 17, 2007, with 660,000 square feet of retail space available. A second phase completed the center with a total of 811,000 square feet at US$140 million.