North Carolina development firm Proffitt Dixon Partners is targeting the end of this year to start construction on hundreds of waterfront apartments in Germantown. If all goes according to plan, 339 units would be built at 900 Second Ave. N..

That first phase would be followed by the eventual construction of a second building, at 1000 Second Ave. N., which would hold more apartments, as well as retail and office space. The Music City Greenway would intersect the two structures.

The firm’s project, dubbed “Stockyard” in filings, comes during a push from real estate executives and the mayor’s office to better orient development toward the Cumberland River.