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Flank Inc. is going to develop a high-end mixed-use tower in the north Gulch on the 1.1 acre site of the Gibson Guitar Building at 1117 Church St. (which borders the Church Street Viaduct at 12th Ave. North. No price for the sale from Somera Road is currently known, but the sale is to be finished by year's end. No word on floors/height yet. They purchased an additional the .34 acre site at 130 12th Ave. North (just south of the Gibson Building site) from Somera Road for $6.9 million a few days ago. Permits seem to be in place for the demo of the Gibson Building. Last year, Somera Road had planned on redeveloping the 1946-era Gibson structure into retail/office space. More behind the Nashville Post paywall here: https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21090367/nyc-company-pays-69m-for-north-gulch-site And behind the NBJ paywall here: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/10/03/new-york-hotel-developer-lines-up-second-high-rise.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline This screen snot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame:

Flank Inc, a NY based real estate developer, wants to build a 20 story, 192 room luxury hotel at 1101 Grundy. The site currently has a nondescript 3 story brick warehouse on the .37 acre site. The group has a contract to buy the site from Gulch Grundy Partners, who had purchased the plot for $2.05 million in 2015. No word on which brand might be chosen, although Flank has worked with Perry Lane (a Marriott luxury brand) on some other recent projects in other cities. They are requesting 2 exemptions from design requirements of zoning regulations for that area and will go will go before the Metro Planning Commission on Thursday, Dec. 13. The tower will also include a high-end restaurant and parking garage. This hotel will be less than a block away from the new Asurion HQ, which will employ 2,000 people. The site also borders on Highwoods Properties (The Tennessean site), as well as being 1.5 blocks from the Endeavor's 1200 Broadway and The Gossett. Directly across the street to the north will be the Pins Mechanical Company entertainment venue. A lot percolating in this quadrant now. More behind the NBJ paywall here: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/10/08/new-york-citydeveloper-pursues-15-story-gulch.html?s=print And the Nashville Post paywall here: https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21026197/north-gulch-site-slated-for-hotel Here is a massing render looking towards the SW: This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site in teal (traced in white) in the middle of the frame: