The Mathews name has been synonymous with quality real estate projects for nearly 70 years. Robert C.H. Mathews, Sr., founded R.C. Mathews Contractor in 1938, and in 1951, his son Robert C.H. "Bob" Mathews, Jr., joined the company.

Over its first four decades, The Mathews Company established a reputation for integrity and success.

In the early 1980s, Bob Mathews' two sons, Bert and Walker, joined the company. At that time, the company's brokerage, property management and development services were separated from the construction company, which retained the original name of the company. The new company was called The Mathews Company.

In early 2000, the commercial brokerage operations merged with NAI Taylor-Vaughn Green and formed NAI Mathews Partners. Mathews Partners is now known as NAI Nashville, and is the Middle Tennessee member of NAI, the largest brokerage affiliation in North America, which is rapidly growing to become the largest in the world.

Today, the family-owned and -operated business continues with three distinct, innovative companies under the Mathews umbrella. Each has its own professionals, specialists, clients and services. Bob Mathews serves as chairman of the companies, his son Walker is president of R.C. Mathews Contractor, and his son Bert is president of The Mathews Company and a partner at NAI Nashville.

The Mathews Company Timeline

	-	1938	-	R.C. Mathews Contractor is founded.
	-	1951	-	R.C. (Bob) Mathews Jr. joins the company.
	-	1970s	-	Bob Mathews acquires land that will become MetroCenter.
			-	R.C. Mathews Contractor acquires property on Second Avenue with the vision of downtown loft living. This dream would become realized with the Lofts at 160 in 2005.
	-	1980s	-	Brokerage, property management and development services from the construction company form The Mathews Company.
			-	The Mathews Company assembles parcels of land that will be sold for the development of the BellSouth Building.
			-	The Mathews Company develops One Nashville Place, a 23-story office tower in downtown Nashville.
	-	1990s	-	Robert C.H. (Bert) Mathews III is named president of The Mathews Company.
			-	The Nashville Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency hires The Mathews Company to sell off excess land purchased for the Nashville Arena. Sales included the land for the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Hilton.
			-	The Mathews Company develops Commerce Center, downtown Nashville's first new office building in 15 years.
	-	2000s	-	The Mathews Company opens two downtown residential rental lofts.