[Peabody Union (27 story residential, 354 units, 251,000 sq. ft. office, 50,000 sq. ft. retail), Peabody Plaza (9-story, 280,000 sq. ft. office), & 4 smaller buildings, MDHA Trolley Barn sites]

5 hours ago, Argo said:

On the blue areas of the diagram labeled retail their is a word that underneath the number of square feet of the space. The word is difficult to make out because of its small print. Does that mean that those areas are consolidated for a particular stores or that they can be broken down so that multiple stores can occupy each of those sections?

In the article I zoom in on both the blue and red areas.  The blue areas are demisable which means that one retailer can take the whole thing or multiple retailers can have smaller spaces based on the number of retail areas shown.

[Peabody Union (27 story residential, 354 units, 251,000 sq. ft. office, 50,000 sq. ft. retail), Peabody Plaza (9-story, 280,000 sq. ft. office), & 4 smaller buildings, MDHA Trolley Barn sites]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

Based on what I am seeing here, the idea of a REI flagship store is not in the cards. Those stores are around 100k Sq Ft. Nothing near that here. So, we can continue to dream on about any type of big box or flagship store at this location.

At some point the developers of these large Nashville projects are going to have to think outside the box and plan on large retailers somewhere in the downtown area. We may have to wait for the Eastbank to develop for that to happen. Right now, we have not seen a developer yet that has had the fortitude or the gonads to take the chance. They are all focused on small boutique retail space.

Yea I believe they are targeting clothing stores and restaurants. 

[Nashville Now Next / City Now Next Lauch/ Good Luck Robert!]

On 1/24/2023 at 1:40 PM, markhollin said:

Keep up the tremendous work, Robert. Will see you tonight at the kick-off.  : )

Thanks Mark, it was so great to have you there!

19 hours ago, UrbanWes03 said:

Congrats, especially with that shoutout from the mayor!!! Your work is some of the best and I love those sliders and the way you show how a project will look in the real world! I know that’s hard work but it’s payed off and we’re forever grateful for it! And who knows, maybe one day you can start a Knoxville Now Next for us Knoxvilians haha. Again, congratulations!

I have a couple of Knoxville projects I'm following, if you know of more please share and we'll grow the market!

11 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

There seemed to be between 200 & 250 folks at the kickoff event for City Now Next last night. A very strong showing for Robert, with Me, Mark, Craig, Coleman, William all attending with a lot of UP lurkers I found it seems.  Many Heavy hitters in the industry there along with folks from Somera Road Meg Epstein with CA South, Ray Hensler, Reps from Mainland, Clark Construction, numerous architecture firms, reps from Huntsville, and the folks with Urban Story Ventures doing The Bend Project in Chattanooga were there as well. That is a huge 120-acre project on the river there. Chattanooga Puts The Southeast On Notice With 120+Acre Megaproject – The Bend. – Nashville Now Next

 

I was very pleased with the turn out and was blown away when they said that was the most engaged article they've ever had.

[Nashville Now Next / City Now Next Lauch/ Good Luck Robert!]

9 hours ago, BNAfan said:

Congratulations, Robert!  So glad you are seeing success from all your quality work! Cheers!!

Thanks!

On 1/24/2023 at 12:38 PM, smeagolsfree said:

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that tonight is a special night for Robert Looper & Nashville Now Next as he is kicking off his City Now Next event. Lots of folks from the development and real-estate industry will be at this RSVP event and we all just want to wish Robert the best of luck and well wishes on this new venture.

I just wanted to start a new thread as a way to wish him luck and encouragement and to let him know that if he needs anything from any of us that I think the feeling is mutual to call on us and we will be here for him!!!!!!!!!!!

I do know he is kicking off Chattanooga Now Next and Huntsville Now Next as well.  I think as a matter of support we need to post his info on those UP pages and also encourage readership on those pages as well.

I am very excited for Robert as I know all of you are too. If you have never met Robert, come to the meets and you will meet an amazing person.

Good Luck Robert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Ron, this means so much and made me so happy to see you and  some of the crew their to support me as you have since I started.

On 1/24/2023 at 12:44 PM, donNdonelson2 said:

Robert, I’ve enjoyed your work on Nashville Now Next and send best regards for continued success as your business model expands to other markets!

Thank you and working on a business model that can incentivize folks to contribute to the site with their content and knowledge.

[Surrounding Counties - Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson, Williamson, Maury, etc.]

On 1/12/2023 at 3:53 PM, MLBrumby said:

I'll take this oppty to mention that Robert Looper does an excellent job with his NNN site.  Lots of good stuff there, and they make the effort to give a full situational explanation about the projects they highlight.  https://nashvillenownext.com/ 

Thank you so much for that!  I truly appreciate it.

[Belle Meade Plaza (nine buildings of 15, 14, 12, 11, 2, and 1 stories, 500 residential units, 120 room hotel, 75,000 sq. ft. of retail, underground garages, and creekside park)]

1 hour ago, bnacincy said:

Perhaps they ought to tear down the little office buildings across Harding Rd from Belle Meade Plaza and put the Kroger there. Then the folks in the new development and in the apartments behind could just walk to Kroger.

Parking I think there would be a lot easier too.

I spoke with a couple of older residents at the Starbucks this morning, apparently Kroger has a new location they missed the community meeting but heard from others.

[Station East (1,400 residential units, 600 hotel rooms, 1.2 million sq. ft. office, 225,000 sq. ft. retail; numerous 15-30 story towers on 18 acres)]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

NashvilleNowNext's coverage of the Station East announcement:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2022/11/14/developer-moves-forward-with-massive-east-bank-development-in-nashville/
 

I updated the map EB Map.  The correct version didn't upload properly for some reason.  

[Station East (1,400 residential units, 600 hotel rooms, 1.2 million sq. ft. office, 225,000 sq. ft. retail; numerous 15-30 story towers on 18 acres)]

20 minutes ago, UrbanWes03 said:

Such a great job with this one@Rlooper! The way you cut out the backgrounds in those perspective shots to show how the new dev will look with the current skyline looks incredible! Well done as always

Thanks and much appreciated.  My fingertips damn near fell off yesterday getting the footage lol;  I am really enjoying the evolution of the sliders personally.  

[4th & Elm (12 stories, 176 residential units, 11,844 sq. ft. of ground level retail, 95 capacity internal garage)]

34 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Robert, I see Nashville as being in a unique situation at a very unique time in history, much like Dallas in the late 1970s.  

I've been to every large and midsize northeastern and midwestern city. Some are doing very well. Some are just living off the fumes of their very large size and historical legacy while many are really hitting hard times. Growth-wise, the majority are standing still. I see that as a result of several things that Nashville has a unique opportunity to capitalize on. 

1.  Nashville at this time is at a "sweet spot" that Richard Florida describes at around 2-2.5 million in metro area population with a strong legacy core. 

2.  Nashville has a central location which is beneficial to logistics, which has been elevated in importance now after the pandemic.

3. Nashville is not close to any other major metro area (over 3 million) and for that reason is being granted by default the leadership "hub" recognition of a region that has recently been discovered and is now seeing high growth.

4. Nashville has a legacy creative community (by virtue of its music and publishing industry), and with its 80,000 college students. The new economy is largely dependent on a creative population. 

5.  Nashville has had several boomlets over the past 40 years that were arrested by some larger (usually national economy) force. Now the city has a critical mass, and while it may be slowed  a bit by national forces, it will be one of the metro areas that will withstand national downturns. 

6. Nashville has benefited, and will continue to do so, from wealth fleeing other mismanaged states, which the pandemic highlighted with the glaring comparisons between those states shut-down completely and those that were opened fully or partially. 

7. Nashville is an extremely attractive city in an extremely attractive region. People who visit there are taken aback at the beauty and the thriving clean city they see. The airport numbers show the sharp rise in pax over the past few years. That will continue indefinitely. 

That's my take at a glance... from the Goodyear blimp. 

 

Thats a good observation and I agree about the boomlets over the years, which can also be seen in the architecture, and honestly may not be the worse way to grow in some regards. I think one factor that's relatively new is the regulation (or lack there of) around STRs.  I think there is a place for them, however in Nashville its a Haven.  While in DC, the great development boom thats still happening, resulted in new people in and around the  downtown core.
 The wealth thats fleeing other places is being invested in Nashville which is different than large swaths of  people migrating here and activating the central core outside of tourism.  Those who are migrating are heading to Franklin, Wilco, Murfreesboro & Antioch ( not in that order).  I believe a lot of it is contributed to  the type of multifamily product we have Downtown; and of course the obvious is mass transit.  At this rate we are going to end up creating  clear and obvious boundaries of wealth and working class if we are only looking at WeGo bus service to tie it all together.  So I guess all im trying to say is a mix of building types downtown will provide greater access for more people given the circumstance.  

 

 

[4th & Elm (12 stories, 176 residential units, 11,844 sq. ft. of ground level retail, 95 capacity internal garage)]

I now look at  the entire Nashville Region objectively.  There really isnt a comparison based on the unique conditions(or lack there of) of this area and in this state.  As a bourgeoning insider I hope we don't  neglect "the middle" that other cities have during their eras of growth. In the midst of a boom like this, you gotta have something that is eventually attainable by your citizens.  

[Ritz Carlton Hotel /Residential (46 stories & 32 stories, 240 rooms, 150 condos, 185 apts,), 560 capacity garage]

On 8/17/2022 at 10:15 AM, nashville born said:

@Rlooperexcellent work, as per usual!  And this one right here got me SO hyped.  I need every one of those projects.  It would be like the old Maxwell House commercials said, good to the last drop!

Thanks, much appreciated!

[8th & Demonbreun Hotel (36 stories, 448', 750 rooms, 48,235 sq. ft. meeting space, 10,300 sq. ft. rest./retail, 250 capacity underground garage)]

Lol hey for what its worth I had slides planned, however, my photo angles  were off and only had one time to capture the footage.  Also if you look closely at the picture of the top of the building, you can see a reflection of Moscow in the windows.  The rendering wasnt really to scale for Nashville, thats why they redrew the surrounding buildings from scratch.

Well it looks like it could be Moscow but it sure isn't Nashville lol.

[Inner Loop - CBD, Downtown, East Bank, Germantown, Gulch, Rutledge]

For an area that was basically industrial, & commercial & only recently branded as neighborhood, not sure we can really draw hard lines lol.  I don't even think the initial developer/owners expected this lol.

[Davidson West: Bellevue, Bordeaux, Green Hills, MetroCenter, Nations, N Nashville]

That is a very large and conspicuous location to operate without permits... 

[Davidson West: Bellevue, Bordeaux, Green Hills, MetroCenter, Nations, N Nashville]

@smeagolsfreeyou are correct. The overlay is due to market conditions...  contingencies on real estate transactions for the time to rezone  are becoming more slim;  going with a wholesale overlay vs multiple SPs  will allow a developer(s) to close a lot quicker although its more expensive.  We can trade info.  Although you may know more than me.   

And... developers know Media in Nash is sophisticated and "on the prowl" they want to engage with the community before we find it  and release to the public.  I'm on a board so I've been told plans but try to respect their wishes and not share  prematurely. 

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

@markhollin  In case you wanted the pic without the text on it.

[The Riverside, Ewing West Trinity Lane, 65 acres, 5 million sq. ft. mixed-use, $2.5 billion]

Not really sure  if I'm doing this right, but here's my 2 cents lol.  When these types of developments are announced I tend to track where my international views are coming from on NashvilleNowNext.  For instance, when the wavy tower renderings at KVB Circle were released, the NBJ made the statement that this opens doors for more costal developers looking to invest in Nashville.  That was a weird thing for NBJ to state IMO, however, when I looked at my views of the article there was an uncharacteristically high number of views from Panama.  So my 1st point is that this may have been released to the public but this may have only been  intended for a few key people with actual skin in the game.  The other point is that deals of this magnitude takes time.  I think it's smart to keep the vision present and fresh and partnering with the 10th  largest firm in the country.  It may not mean that its eminent, but it's clear that there is interests out there.  @smeagolsfree I participated lol.

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

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This first issue is digital only.  I am working on people being able to get printed copies sent directly to them  I don't have a publisher so it takes a while to get set up.  Thanks again!

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

Thank you!!!

[500 2nd Ave. South, 39 story residential; 29 story hotel; 32 story residential on full 3.4 acre block (Cumulus Radio site)]

Doing slide compares of high rises area whole new level of challenge lol,  Thanks for posting @markhollin !!!

[Skyline East: eleven 3 to 6 story/one 10 story residential complex; 1,150 units; internal garages; some retail; 14.4 acres; $300+ million cost]

Thanks!

[Skyline East: eleven 3 to 6 story/one 10 story residential complex; 1,150 units; internal garages; some retail; 14.4 acres; $300+ million cost]

Does anyone know where the community stands with this proposal?  CREA is an Affordable Housing Developer so not sure what was negotiated if anything.

[River North, 105-acre Cowan Street corridor, Phase One: five 4-7 stories, 650 residences, 85 K sq. ft. retail, 50 K sq. ft. office, mile long riverfront park; Phase Two: two 12 story office buildings, pedestrian bridge across river]

I may have to coin N3 lol, thats awesome.

[River North, 105-acre Cowan Street corridor, Phase One: five 4-7 stories, 650 residences, 85 K sq. ft. retail, 50 K sq. ft. office, mile long riverfront park; Phase Two: two 12 story office buildings, pedestrian bridge across river]

Thanks, I'm glad you like the site!  I haven't had a chance to spend as much time as I'd like to on UP, but MarkH has been really helpful in sharing the content.   I'm pretty much a one man show, Coleman Gaines is a guest contributor and I am open to others who'd like to contribute as well.  A lot of folks in the architecture & development community have really been helpful with getting me access to information but it is as tedious as it looks lol; especially with a day job.  The site is kind of like Curbed which was one of my favorite sites, I honestly just post things in a way that tells the story with visuals primarily and fill in the blanks with easy subtext. I also hosted a similar site in DC called gatewaytothecitydc.com so I have a bit of experience with it.