Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs

[MLBrumby]

Following the NPR feature on cranes in town, I think that would keep it at 19 right now.  Anyone have an official count? 

[dmillsphoto]

At least one crane for The Element at Music Row coming down while just down the street, a crane for the Crescent Music Row on Division Street is going up.

 

Even Steven!

 There's a second for Crescent and 2 more going up for Bridgestone in the next two weeks or so.

[chris holman]

downtown shots from the Icon

[MidTenn1]

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downtown shots from the Icon

 

Great view. But eventually, the Westin and JW Marriott are going to block it.

 

Can't see the forest for the trees and can't see the City for the buildings! 

[chris holman]

random shots

[chris holman]

pics from this weekend

[jmtunafish]

While whizzing past downtown on I-40 today I couldn't help but notice all the construction cranes in the Gulch and Midtown areas.  So I snapped a picture from my car of the Gulch and Midtown areas, and I think I counted 8 cranes just in those neighborhoods, and that's just what was visible from I-40.  I got off the interstate and drove up to Rolling Mill Hill just south of downtown and tried to get them from a different angle.  It didn't quite work, and I know my pictures aren't anything like what some of you have posted.  But I'm sharing the pictures anyway.  I tried to look at downtown/midtown from the perspective of a casual observer just passing through on I-40, and it is impressive.

 

 

[rookzie]

They say that years of engaging in certain mind-altering activities can lead to long-enduring and warped stretching of the imagination.  All those tower cranes remind me of giant record-playing tone arms, scratch-spinning the grooves of the city's progress.
-==-

Edited July 2, 2015 by rookzie

[MidTenn1]

From the Channel 5/Vanderbilt skycam...

 

[chris holman]

The last two pic are HCA site

[titanhog]

I noticed in one of the photos that there is a banner hanging on one of the light poles that calls the street the "Music Mile."  Anyone know when they decided to name the street that...and what all streets are deemed the "Music Mile?"

[UTgrad09]

I noticed in one of the photos that there is a banner hanging on one of the light poles that calls the street the "Music Mile."  Anyone know when they decided to name the street that...and what all streets are deemed the "Music Mile?"

 

Sounds like they're playing off of the Miracle Mile/ Magnificent Mile theme.

[bigeasy]

What is going on next to 1212?

[titanhog]

Sounds like they're playing off of the Miracle Mile/ Magnificent Mile theme.

After a Google search, it appears they are now calling Demonbreun from the Schemerhorn / CMHoF / Walk of Fame up to Music Row the "Music Mile."  Not sure why they placed banners on 11th or 12th ave...but I guess they're just calling the area "Music Mile."

 

I like the name...but we have so much music stuff on different streets...it could be a little confusing.

[smeagolsfree]

What is going on next to 1212?

1201 Eakin Plaza. Office building.

[ariesjow]

Pano from Love Circle that I came across in a Nashville photo thread by a SSC poster. 

 

Nashville by Travis Estell, on Flickr

[smeagolsfree]

Crane base in place for medical office building at corner of Church and 21st Ave.

[Hey_Hey]

The second crane for Crescent Music Row is up. 

[chris holman]

bolth cranes are up now,  cool pic element in the background

1000 division

Edited July 15, 2015 by chris holman

[chris holman]

Sobro working on the second floor pic from today

[chris holman]

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/real-estate/2015/03/new-skyscrapers-make-encore-condo-owners-feel.html

These articles probably been posted before but it's very fitting so what's happening right now so for those who didn't get a chance to read it

[arkitekte]

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/real-estate/2015/03/new-skyscrapers-make-encore-condo-owners-feel.html

These articles probably been posted before but it's very fitting so what's happening right now so for those who didn't get a chance to read it

Thanks for posting this; a good read.

 

Two things jump out to me...first, the residents are absolutely right in regards to addressing noise, as long as it's reasonable. Construction noise immediately around their condo is going to last for a little while, but in the long term it's fairly short. 

The second is people fussing over views. You purchased a condo in a highrise in basically the CBD and expect your views to forever be preserved (all the while less than 200' off the ground)? I'd maybe let this mindset slide from someone who purchased in 2008 or so, but anytime in the last 4 or 5 years or at least since the first rendering of the MCC came out should have put together an educated guess that things would change. One lady obviously doesn't want her view blocked; luckily for her there's about 600+ units about 2 miles to the west to chose from. She won't have trouble selling hers as long as she doesn't mention the neon lights from the Hyatt (probably wouldn't even if she did mention it).

[NashRugger]

It goes back to a hilarious lawsuit from the owners in Twelve Atlantic Station in Atlanta when The Atlantic was built, partially blocking their views of downtown. Views are never guaranteed unless the building owners have purchased the air rights over the surrounding buildings, which is what the 1515 Demonbreun folks did over the Comfort Inn, thus keeping their pretty phenomenal Gulch & downtown views. 

 

Encore will always be a solid and desirable building because of its location, which is about as prime as you could possibly ever get in Nashville. Walk to the Bridgestone, symphony, amphitheater, Lower Broadway, and even the growing restaurant scene nearby. Most everything else within the core is a less than 10 minute drive, Uber, etc. The condo values won't even dip because of location AND almost no inventory at that price-point. 

Edited July 18, 2015 by NashRugger

[titanhog]

 Views are never guaranteed unless the building owners have purchased the air rights over the surrounding buildings, which is what the 1515 Demonbreun folks did over the Comfort Inn, thus keeping their pretty phenomenal Gulch & downtown views. 

 

You can actually buy the air rights over other buildings?  So...if the Comfort Inn ever decides to sell to a developer, they'll only be able to build as high as the current hotel?

[donNdonelson2]

I have heard that the Viridian owns the air rights over the neighboring Downtown Presbyterian Church. I cannot verify this bit of information.