The Fanciest Family Club You’ve Ever Seen Is Coming to Nashville

Most parents know the trade-off: the places our kids love aren’t always where we want to spend an afternoon, and our favorite spots don’t necessarily have much to offer them. As a mom who spent years shuttling three children from one activity to the next, I would have loved a place we could all look forward to going. That’s the idea behind Nashville’s newest concept: Carousel Club.

The 86,000-square-foot private members club, founded by local entrepreneurs Andrew and Molly Sohr, and cofounders Benjamin and Max Goldberg of Strategic Hospitality, is slated to open in Berry Hill in early 2028.

Across two floors, plans bring together family dining, children’s play and programming, sports, fitness and wellness, and space for parents to work or unwind. Andrew says he’s building the place he wished existed for his own family. I suspect plenty of Nashville parents have wished for something similar.

Of course, the appeal will be in how it all works together. Having dinner, a workout, and something the kids are excited to do in one place could alleviate some of the worrisome logistics that often leave parents overwhelmed and exhausted. Perhaps now there will be more time to enjoy each other’s company and run into friends.

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Here’s what we know so far:

• Strategic Hospitality is handling food and beverage operations. The group will develop and operate the club’s dining offerings, from quick, healthy bites to a sit-down family dinner. Given its Nashville track record, this alone has my attention. A place where the kids have fun, and the adults look forward to the food? That’s a promising start.
• The main floor is designed for kids and families. Plans include a large indoor play space, arts-and-crafts and STEM rooms, a music room, a sensory room, an arcade, an indoor turf field, basketball and pickleball courts, cooking classes, a family movie theater, and supervised nursery and toddler care. There’s even an on-site kids’ barbershop, which may be my favorite detail. Sometimes, being able to cross one more thing off the list is its own amenity. Can we get a dental office added as well? Just saying, for a family of five, that’s ten appointments a year Carousel Club could make easier!

• Upstairs gives parents plenty of room. Plans call for a coworking and meeting space, a moms-only lounge, a fitness center and Pilates studio, and locker rooms with sauna and cold plunge. Golf simulators, an adults-only lounge, and a bar round out the offerings. The draw here is easy to understand: a chance to do something for yourself while the kids have something to look forward to, too.
• The creative and advisory team is worth a look. Pfeffer Torode Architecture is designing the building, Nashville’s Stephanie Sabbe is handling the interiors, and London-based TigerPlay is creating the play environments. As mentioned, food and beverage is by Strategic Hospitality. Advisors include Will Guidara, author of Unreasonable Hospitality; Brian Canlis; Shawn Johnson East; and Andrew East. That brings perspectives from hospitality, design, and sports to a concept that will need to work for everyone from toddlers to their parents.

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Founding invitations went out to a small group of friends and family this fall, with additional invitations planned for the waitlist as opening approaches. There’s still plenty to learn, including membership pricing and how reservations and childcare will work. But as someone who remembers checking my kids into childcare at the Green Hills YMCA just so I could take a shower and then read a book for an hour, I’m curious to see this come together.

You can join the waitlist at aroundthecarousel.com.

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