BROADWEST (former West End Summit), 36 story Conrad Hilton Hotel/condo tower, 22 story/510,000 sq. ft. office tower, 4 story/125,000 sq. ft. retail/office, 1 acre plaza, 2,500 car garage, $490 million

[donNdonelson2]

16 minutes ago, dxfret said:

The office building with gold glass on Briley Pkwy near the entrance to the old airport terminal has always been especially hideous and has not aged well. 

And the glare off that thing is blinding at certain points in the afternoon on a sunny day! I wonder how many crashes on that stretch of Briley Parkway are the result of “gold building blindness?”

[markhollin]

Office Tower up to 12th floor.  

Looking SE from intersection of Hayes St. and 17th Ave. North:

Looking west from intersection of Hayes St. and 16th Ave. North:

Looking south from intersection of Hayes St. and 16th Ave. North:

Looking west from Broadway, 1/4 block east of 16th Ave:

Looking NW from intersection of Broadway and 16th Ave:

Looking north from Broadway, 1/2 block west of 16th Ave. South:

Looking west from intersection of Broadway and 16th Ave:




Looking east from intersection of West End Ave. and 17th Ave:

Looking north from intersection of West End Ave. and 17th Ave:

[MLBrumby]

Great pics. Thanks! 

Next person who gets BW pics, if possible please get a shot looking east from corner of West End and 19th. Really want to see how the canyon is developing. 

[PruneTracy]

4 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Next person who gets BW pics, if possible please get a shot looking east from corner of West End and 19th. Really want to see how the canyon is developing. 

I don't have a photo (yet), but since West End shifts to the south immediately before the Broadway split, Broadwest fills up the end of the canyon instead of contributing to it.

It's a nice effect on its own, but also kind of sucks since in the Lake Palmer era, West End had a good terminating vista in the AT&T Building.

(I stood on top of my truck one day with a camera in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot trying to get a photo of this for the Amp feasibility study but never got one I was happy with. Now it's lost in time.)

[markhollin]

Some new renderings and a bit more info on the retail/restaurant spaces as well as the parking situation:

- Broadwest will offer approximately 42,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, with some shops and eateries facing a green space that will address Hayes Street on the north side of the development.

- Retail storefronts will face West End Avenue via Broadwest’s 1.5-acre pedestrian-focused outdoor plaza. Three restaurant areas are available, including space adjacent to the office tower lobby (that tower is rising on the east side of the project’s footprint). All three spaces are on the plaza level and include patio areas and urban views.

- An underground parking garage will provide 2,500 parking spaces, bike storage, electric car-charging stations, smart technology and 24-hour security. Valet service and rideshare space will be available on the plaza level that motorists can access via West End Avenue.

More at the Nashville Post here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21116753/new-images-released-for-broadwest-retail-spaces

[markhollin]

Another rendering fro this story behind the NBJ paywall:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/02/19/broadwest-reveals-new-renderings-retail-team.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

Looking west from 16th Ave. North, 1/2 block north of West End Ave:

[downtownresident]

I’m super happy they’re activating Hayes street. That whole area has the potential to be a great neighborhood if the empty land around there is developed well. 

[PillowTalk4]

On 2/13/2020 at 1:32 PM, donNdonelson2 said:

And the glare off that thing is blinding at certain points in the afternoon on a sunny day! I wonder how many crashes on that stretch of Briley Parkway are the result of “gold building blindness?”

That building was called International Plaza.  I worked in that building in the summer of 1980 when I interned with Northern Telecom (Nortel Networks) before they moved to Metro Center.  Interestingly enough back then and probably into the 90's people loved that building even though it could be blinding.  It was an iconic building in the airport area.  While it was the original headquarters for Northern Telecom, they didn't occupy the entire building.  When Northern Telecom tried to negotiate a deal with the owner of the building to lease the entire building, the owner refused and that's what prompted the move to Metro Center. 

[CenterHill]

On 2/18/2020 at 12:45 PM, markhollin said:

Some new renderings and a bit more info on the retail/restaurant spaces as well as the parking situation:

- Broadwest will offer approximately 42,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, with some shops and eateries facing a green space that will address Hayes Street on the north side of the development.
 

I'm curious about the "green space".   Where does that information come from?      Propst doesn't own that property on the north side of Hayes.    It's owned by the Dialysis Clinic.   

 

8 hours ago, downtownresident said:

I’m super happy they’re activating Hayes street. That whole area has the potential to be a great neighborhood if the empty land around there is developed well. 

I'm happy about the Hayes St. activation, as well.    Unfortunately, with each new rendering, 16th and 17th remain block long blank walls.     The blank wall on 16th is interrupted only by a set of stairs.   If you go down those stairs, you will find an empty sidewalk and turn around and walk back up.  

 

 

[smeagolsfree]

There is no green space on the north side as that is just the artist taking a few extra privileges with what is really there.

[CenterHill]

1 minute ago, smeagolsfree said:

There is no green space on the north side as that is just the artist taking a few extra privileges with what is really there.

It was also in the Post article.   

[smeagolsfree]

3 minutes ago, CenterHill said:

It was also in the Post article.   

Nope, read the article as is says the north side of the development. 

[titanhog]

27 minutes ago, CenterHill said:

I'm happy about the Hayes St. activation, as well.    Unfortunately, with each new rendering, 16th and 17th remain block long blank walls.     The blank wall on 16th is interrupted only by a set of stairs.   If you go down those stairs, you will find an empty sidewalk and turn around and walk back up.  

 

 

 

Yeah...this development is lacking in helping build a true urban, pedestrian friendly environment in that area.  It's a suburban style (Cool Springs) development in an area that should quickly bloom into a much more urban, downtown-ish neighborhood.  Just like some of the older developments in the core, they aren't very forward-thinking.

[CenterHill]

21 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Nope, read the article as is says the north side of the development. 

Right.    From the article: 

"with some shops and eateries facing a green space that will address Hayes Street on the north side of the development, according to a release."

The rendering appears to be from across Hayes on the north side, which is the Dialysis property.        

 

[smeagolsfree]

They are refering to the north portion of the development but south of Hayes.

[smeagolsfree]

"When completed in 2021, Broadwest will offer approximately 42,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, with some shops and eateries facing a green space that will address Hayes Street on the north side of the development, according to a release."

 

The green space will address Hayes on the north side of the development. The development is all south of Hayes. I know it is confusing. 

[titanhog]

7 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

They are refering to the north portion of the development but south of Hayes.

So the building won't address Hayes...but will be up against a "driveway" and then green space between it and Hayes?

[UTgrad09]

"Green space" aka a couple of tree planters.

[BnaBreaker]

Ugh... so the retail won't be fronting Hayes, but rather, a useless green lawn?  I guess this is what happens when a developer from suburban Huntsville develops a skyscraper for the first time. 

[MLBrumby]

"Green space" is a term that's tossed around too freely among developers, and (sadly) city planners. Nashville has one of the most interesting downtowns of any Southern city despite NOT having professional city planners making key decisions. In fact, a professional city planner in the mayor's office might have prevented the sign debacle in NY... and the languishing east bank.  And don't get me started on transit... a city planner would have had important (persuasive) input in the planning debate for transit, all the way back to Dean... and especially to Barry.  Not so sure it would have prevented the Fairgrounds vs. Nashville SC debacle... I think that was just sheer stupidity. 

Edited February 20, 2020 by MLBrumby

[CityHeart]

 

2 hours ago, titanhog said:

So the building won't address Hayes...but will be up against a "driveway" and then green space between it and Hayes?

It seems apparent to me that there will be access to retail from both the courtyard side( west end) and from Hayes Street. There is no true green space between the building and Hayes. 

[CityHeart]

2 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

"When completed in 2021, Broadwest will offer approximately 42,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, with some shops and eateries facing a green space that will address Hayes Street on the north side of the development, according to a release."

 

The green space will address Hayes on the north side of the development. The development is all south of Hayes. I know it is confusing. 

It's only confusing because there is no green space that will address Hayes. 

[DeemonBruhn]

Looks just like the car centric lifeless developments in Buckhead.

[MLBrumby]

Really sad what's happened to Buckhead since I was a college student. Used to be the best hub of nightlife in the whole South with pedestrian activity over 30 blocks. Then it died... while developers bought it all up and schemed how to profit off its carcass.  The vision was flawed...unrealistic... and ultimately killed the baby in the bathwater. To use your word, now it's "lifeless". 

[CenterHill]

22 hours ago, CityHeart said:

It's only confusing because there is no green space that will address Hayes. 

Right.     Unless they are going to pay the dialysis center to paint their parking lots green.