• The Watercress Companies
  • The Watercress Companies

    We are an independent, privately owned real estate group, based in middle Tennessee and northern Alabama. The Watercress Companies develop and market income-producing real estate opportunities within in the southeastern United States; additionally, we maintain a portfolio of direct real estate investments. The Watercress Companies often co-invests with others, in controlling or minority positions, using traditional as well as unconventional structures and a variety of exit horizons.

    For Further Information Contact:

    Lou Bartlett
    615-594-6866
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    Bo Bailey
    205-902-4285
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PRINCIPALS & RECENT PROJECTS

Lou Stevens Bartlett

Lou Stevens Bartlett

Lou Bartlett launched Watercress Development in 2007 to redevelop an 86-acre golf course near Huntsville,...
Bo Bailey

Bo Bailey

Bo Bailey has built and managed all phases of construction in multi and single-family residential projects....
  • Lou Stevens Bartlett
  • Bo Bailey
  • Recent Projects
  • Lou Stevens Bartlett

    Lou Bartlett launched Watercress Development in 2007 to redevelop an 86-acre golf course near Huntsville, Alabama’s Cummings Research Park and Redstone Arsenal into a mixed-use development; this produced sixty million dollars worth of retail, multi-family and hotel assets, using no outside capital. She continues to develop new opportunities in selected markets, and oversees land planning, concept and product development, legal, entitlement and market analysis at The Watercress Companies. Bartlett holds a J.D. (1987) and a B.A. (1984) from the University of Alabama and has been a member of the State Bar Associations of Alabama and New York.

    Get in Touch with Lou:
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  • Bo Bailey

    Bo Bailey has built and managed all phases of construction in multi and single-family residential projects. He has worked with Signature Homes' Huntsville, and Hoover, Alabama divisions, Doster Construction, Birmingham, Alabama and D.R. Horton Homes, Birmingham Alabama division. Bailey holds a current State of Alabama Home Builder license and a State of Alabama Real Estate Broker license. He earned an M.B.A. (2003) from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and a B.S. in Business Administration, with emphasis in real estate finance (1999) from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Bailey oversees construction, asset management and real estate brokerage at The Watercress Companies.

    Get in Touch with Bo
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  • Recent Projects

  • Lou Stevens Bartlett
  • Bo Bailey
  • Recent Projects