NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE   35 Hermitage Ave., 43 Hermitage Ave., 45 Hermitage Ave., 28 Middleton St., 30 Middleton St., 40 Middleton St., 623 President Ronald Reagan Way, 625 President Ronald Reagan Way, 627 President Ronald Reagan Way, 34 Rutledge St., and 42 Rutledge St., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   Default having been made in the terms, conditions, and payments, including without limitation the failure to make principal and interest payments, provided for in that certain Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Security Agreement dated December 14, 2021, and recorded December 29, 2021 as Instrument Number 20211229-0171275, in the Register’s Office for Davidson County, Tennessee, as amended by that certain Modification of Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Security Agreement dated December 30, 2021, and recorded January 20, 2022 as Instrument Number 20220120-0007757 in said Register’s Office, as amended by that certain Modification of Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Security Agreement dated November 8, 2022, and recorded November 14, 2022 as Instrument Number 20221114-0120971 in said Register’s Office, as amended by that certain Modification of Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Security Agreement dated September 27, 2024, and recorded October 8, 2024 as Instrument Number 20241008-0078057 in said Register’s Office, and as further amended by that certain Modification of Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Security Agreement dated February 21, 2025, and recorded March 27, 2025 as Instrument Number 20250327-0022826 in said Register’s Office from Rutledge Hill, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”) to John C. McDearman, III, Trustee, securing the indebtedness therein described (as amended, the “Deed of Trust”), which indebtedness is now due and unpaid, and has been declared in default by the lawful owner and holder thereof;   On August 11, 2025, Thomas S. Davidson of Davidson County, Tennessee was appointed Substitute Trustee to serve in the place and stead of John C. McDearman, III, Trustee, said appointment being recorded on August 15, 2025 in the Register’s Office for Davidson County, Tennessee as Instrument Number 20250815-0065294;   NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas S. Davidson, Substitute Trustee, pursuant to said Deed of Trust, having been requested by Wilson Bank & Trust, the owner and holder of said indebtedness, so to do, and by virtue of the authority and power vested in me by said Deed of Trust will, on October 21, 2025, on or about 12:00 noon, at the Davidson County Historic Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash (or credit upon the indebtedness secured if the lawful owner and holder thereof is the successful purchaser), free from the equity of redemption, statutory right of redemption, homestead, dower, curtesy, and all other rights or exemptions of every kind, all of which have been expressly waived by Borrower in said Deed of Trust, the property in Davidson County, Tennessee described as follows:   PARCEL A:   Tract 1: (34 Rutledge St., Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-181.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being Lot No. 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49 on the Plan of Rutledge's Addition to Nashville of record in Plat Book 21, Page 73, in the Register's Office for Davidson County, Tennessee, and described according to an unrecorded survey by Barry Greer & Associates dated June 7, 1976, and revised November 10, 1977 as follows:   Beginning at an iron pin set at the intersection of the South right-of-way of Lea Avenue and the East right-of-way of Rutledge Street and proceeding as follows: With said right-of-way of Lea Avenue, N 59 deg. 00 min. E, 273.16 feet to an iron pin set in the South right-of-way of a 15' alley; thence with the right-of-way of said alley, S 64 deg. 39 min. E, 181.42 feet to a P-K nail set at the intersection with the North right-of-way of Rutledge Street; thence, with said right-of-way, N 30 deg. 38 min. W, 149.80 feet to the beginning, and containing 1.12 acres, more or less.   Tract 2: (35 Hermitage Ave., Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-185.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being Lot No. 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 on the Plan of Rutledge's Addition to Nashville of record in Plat Book 21, Page 73, in the Register's Office for Davidson County, Tennessee.   Said Lots 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 front 50 feet each on the southwesterly side of Hermitage Avenue and extend back between lines 150 feet to a 15 foot alley in the rear.   Being the same property conveyed to Rutledge Hill, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company by deed of record in Instrument No. 20211229-0171196, Register's Office for Davidson County, Tennessee.   PARCEL B: (43 Hermitage Ave., Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-188.00)   Being part of Lot No. 61 on the Plan of Rutledge's Addition to South Nashville, as of record in Book 21, Page 73, Register's Office for Davidson County, described as follows: Beginning on the southwesterly margin of Hermitage Avenue, formerly Fillmore Street or the Lebanon Pike, at the comer of Lots Nos. 61 and 62; thence with the line between said two lots, southwestwardly 150 feet to the northeasterly margin of an alley; thence with said alley, southeastwardly 25 feet; thence at right angles, northeastwardly 52 feet; thence at right angles, southeastwardly 25 feet to the dividing line between Lots Nos. 60 and 61; thence with said dividing line, northeastwardly 98 feet to the southwesterly margin of Hermitage Avenue; thence with said Avenue, northwestwardly 50 feet to the beginning.   Being the same property conveyed to Rutledge Hill, LLC by deed of record in Instrument No. 20220120-0007756, Register's Office for Davidson County, Tennessee.   PARCEL C:   Parcel 1: (30 Middleton St., Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-194.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being Lot No. 1 on the plan of Resub of Lots 55, 56, 57, & 58 of Rutledge's Addition Plat Book 21, page 73, of record in Book 6200, page 841, in the Register's Office for said County.   Said Lot No. 1 fronts 105.00 feet on the northerly margin of Middleton Street and extends back between parallel lines 150.00 feet to an alley in the rear.   Parcel 2:   Tract 1: (623 President Ronald Reagan Way, Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-161.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being part of Lot No. 3 on the Map of William Campbell's Plan of South Nashville, of record in Book U, pages 682 and 683, in the Register's Office for said County and described as follows:   Beginning at a point in the west margin of Second Avenue, South at the northeast corner of the property conveyed to Thomas W. Wilson and wife, by deed of record in Book 1278, page 8, said Register's Office; thence along Wilson's north line westerly 143.5 feet, more or less, to the east margin of an alley; thence with the margin of same northerly 45 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of the property of Laura Robinson; thence along Robinson's south line, easterly 143.5 feet, more or less, to the west margin of Second Avenue, south; thence with the margin of the same southerly 45 feet to the point of beginning.   Tract 2: (627 President Ronald Reagan Way, Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-159.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being more particularly described as follows:   Beginning at a point on the West side of Market Street (now Second Avenue South), 83.5 feet North of Elm Street; thence Westwardly and parallel with North margin of said Elm Street, 135 feet to the East margin of an alley; thence Northwardly with margin of said alley, 50 feet to a point; thence Eastwardly 135 feet to a point in the West margin of Market Street (now Second Ave. S.), thence 50 feet with said West margin to the point of beginning.   Meadowlark Hospitality LLC claims an interest in the above-described property as tenant pursuant to that certain unrecorded lease dated January 1, 2024, which lease will be extinguished or adversely affected by the sale.   Tract 3: (625 President Ronald Reagan Way, Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-160.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being part of the Lot No. 3 Campbell's Addition to South Nashville, a plan of which is of record in Book U, page 682, Register's Office for Davidson County, Tennessee.   Beginning at a point in the west margin of 2nd Avenue South, formerly Market Street, as widened; at the southeast corner of part of Lot No. 3 conveyed to Laura Compton, by deed from American National Bank of Nashville, as of record in Book 1323, page 166, said Register's office; thence westerly along Compton's southerly line, 132.5 feet to the easterly margin of an alley; thence southerly with said alley 35 feet; thence in an easterly direction 132.5 feet to the westerly margin of 2nd Avenue South, as widened; thence with said Avenue, northerly 35 feet to the point of beginning.   Parcel 3: (28 Middleton St., Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-195.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being Lot No. 54 on the Plan of Rutledge Addition to South Nashville, as of record in Book 21, Page 73, in the Register's Office for Davidson County, Tennessee.   Said Lot No. 54 fronts 50 feet on the northerly side of Middleton Avenue and runs back between parallel lines 150 feet to an alley.   Parcel 4: (42 Rutledge St., Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-197.00)   Being parts of Lots Nos. 50, 51, 52, and 53 in Rutledge's Addition to Nashville, Tennessee, Plan of record in Book 21, page 73, in the Register's Office for Davidson County, Tennessee, as follows:   Beginning in the eastern margin of Rutledge Street at a point 68 feet northwardly from Middleton Avenue and running northwardly with Rutledge Street 52 feet; thence at right angles to said street, eastwardly 190 feet to an alley; thence southwardly with the westerly line of said alley, 52 feet on said alley, 68 feet northwardly from the northern line of Middleton Avenue; thence 190 feet to the beginning.   Parcel 5: (45 Hermitage Ave., Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-189.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, being parts of lots Nos. 59 and 60 on the Plan of Rutledge's Addition, as of record in Book 21, Page 73, in the Register's Office for said County, described according to a survey made by James A. Hamilton, Jr., surveyor, August 7, 1950 as follows:   Beginning on the southeasterly margin of Hermitage Avenue, formerly the Lebanon Turnpike, at the corner of lots Nos. 60 and 61; thence with said Avenue southeastwardly 186.75 feet to the northerly margin of Middleton Avenue; thence with said Avenue westwardly 118.44 feet to the southeast corner of the property conveyed to Kate Eggensper by deed from R.F. Jones and wife, of record in Book 290, Page 176, in said Register's Office; thence with her easterly line northwestwardly 117 feet, more or less, to the line between lots Nos. 60 and 61; thence with said line northeastwardly 98 feet to the beginning.   Mr. J’s Original, LLC claims an interest in the above-described property as tenant pursuant to that certain unrecorded lease dated May 8, 2023, which lease will be extinguished or adversely affected by the sale.   Parcel 6: (40 Middleton St., Nashville, TN 37210; Map/Parcel No. 093-11-0-192.00)   Land in Davidson County, Tennessee, described as follows:   Beginning at an iron rod (old) at the intersection of the western margin of Middleton Street (60 feet right-of-way) and the northern margin of Metro Alley #120 (15 feet right-of-way), said iron rod being the southeast corner of the property herein described; thence leaving said western margin of Middleton Street and following said northern margin of Metro Alley #120 north 62 degrees 16 minutes 00 seconds west, 109.15 feet to an iron rod (old), said iron rod being the southeast corner of the Wall 2 Wall Ventures, LLC property, as of record in instrument no. 20080619-0063373, Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee and the southwest corner of the property herein described; thence, leaving said northern margin of Metro Alley #120 and following an eastern boundary of said Wall 2 Wall Ventures, LLC property north 28 degrees 09 minutes 05 seconds east, 51.82 feet to a mag nail (old), said mag nail being the northwest corner of the property herein described; thence, leaving said eastern boundary of the Wall 2 Wall Ventures, LLC property and following a southern boundary of said Wall 2 Wall Ventures, LLC property and continuing along the southern boundary of the Patricia E. Wall & Pendleton Square Trust Company, LLC property, as of record in Instrument No. 20180521-0048385, Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee south 62 degrees 26 minutes 08 seconds east, 144.16 feet to an iron rod (old) on said western margin of Middleton Street, said iron rod being the southeast corner of said Wall property and the northeast corner of the property herein described; thence, leaving said southern boundary of the Patricia E. Wall & Pendleton Square Trust Company, LLC property and following said western margin of Middleton Street south 61 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds west, 63.10 feet to the point of beginning, containing 6,586 square feet or 0.15 acres.   Hello Darlin Inc claims an interest in the above-described property as tenant pursuant to that certain unrecorded lease dated January 12, 2024, which lease will be extinguished or adversely affected by the sale.   Being the same property conveyed to Rutledge Hill, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company by deed of record in Instrument No. 20211213-0164957, Register's Office for Davidson County, Tennessee.   The above described real estate is improved property known as 35 Hermitage Ave., 43 Hermitage Ave., 45 Hermitage Ave., 28 Middleton St., 30 Middleton St., 40 Middleton St., 623 President Ronald Reagan Way, 625 President Ronald Reagan Way, 627 President Ronald Reagan Way, 34 Rutledge St., and 42 Rutledge St., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.   The tax map and parcel numbers of the above-described real estate are: 093-11-0-185.00; 093-11-0-188.00; 093-11-0-189.00; 093-11-0-195.00; 093-11-0-194.00; 093-11-0-192.00; 093-11-0-161.00; 093-11-0-160.00; 093-11-0-159.00; 093-11-0-181.00; 093-11-0-197.00.   The present owner of the above described real estate is Rutledge Hill, LLC.   In accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated Section 479604(a)(2), the sale of the property described above will be combined with a sale of the personal property located thereon and described in the Deed of Trust.   This sale is subject to liens, easements, encumbrances, taxes, rights of redemption of taxing entities, and other matters which are prior in right to the lien of the aforesaid Deed of Trust, to the rights of tenants in possession under unrecorded leases, and to any matters that would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of the real estate.   The following parties may have liens against or claim an interest in the above described property which will be extinguished or adversely affected by the sale: Mr. J’s Original, LLC, Hello Darlin Inc, Meadowlark Hospitality LLC, and any other party with an interest in such property junior to the lien of the aforesaid Deed of Trust.   The Substitute Trustee may adjourn or postpone the aforementioned sale of real property without further publication by public announcement at such time and place of sale, and from time to time thereafter may postpone such sale by public announcement at the time and place fixed by the preceding postponement or subsequently noticed sale, and without further notice make such sale at the time fixed by the last postponement, or may, in his discretion, give a new notice of sale. foreclosuretennessee.com   This 27th day of August, 2025.   /s/ Thomas S. Davidson Thomas S. Davidson, Substitute Trustee Bass, Berry and Sims PLC 21 Platform Way South, Suite 3500 Nashville, Tennessee 37203 Telephone No. 615-742-7950   For publication in the September 2, 2025; September 9, 2025; and September 16, 2025 editions of The Tennessean and at foreclosuretennessee.com