Aertson Midtown (Buckingham) | 13 Fl Residential | 17 fl Kimpton Hotel | T/O

[UTgrad09]

During a lightning quick drive-through, I noticed that the Mellow Mushroom has a radically different paint scheme now. Very, very striking and colorful. I think it will look good next to the rising Aertson.

I couldn't snap a pic, but there's one on the Nashville page of the Mellow Mushroom website (though very, very cropped).

[captainwjm]

Ate at the 'shroom Sunday night, interior and food the same, but agree the exterior looks nice.

[Salbato]

Edited July 5, 2015 by Salbato

[MLBrumby]

Wow! That's just massive and close to the sidewalk.  It will look really great on a fall evening with lights on and leaves glowing under the early evening streetlights. As for the lot in which you stood to take these pics, I keep wondering how long it will take Vandy to develop that very high-profile corner. I think condos and retail would work great there.

[markhollin]

1) Aertson/Buckingham development looking north on 21st Ave. South
2) Kimpton Hotel (L) connecting into the Aertson/Buckingham (R), looking east on 21st Ave. (near intersection with Broadway)
3) Kimpton Hotel at junction with Aertson/Buckingham at the intersection of Broadway and 21st Ave.

[Paramount747]

I don't get this far out into the country much! I love these rural developments.

[bigeasy]

Goodness, that development is massive. I really need to drive by here to check it out. I like what they did to the outside of Mellow Mushroom. That could be old, but I haven't been by there is probably a year plus. 

[rookzie]

Goodness, that development is massive. I really need to drive by here to check it out. I like what they did to the outside of Mellow Mushroom. That could be old, but I haven't been by there is probably a year plus. 

I've never been to Y-M in all my born days.  I reckon I better go before it eventually becomes too late.  They do smell good though, when someone has walked by me with a box of it. -==-

[dmillsphoto]

[AUNash]

I drive through this intersection every morning. This thing definitely makes a huge change in the feeling of the space. Definitely is feeling more urban. I am liking this project more and more as I see it growing.

[evansnathan]

[chris holman]

 

[Pyramid Scheme]

My hope is that when they're done approaching completion, they can start with the Gulch project.

[21jump]

As fast as this project has gone up I feel they'll have to turn on the jets if it's going to be ready by early next year.

[dmillsphoto]

Adam Sichko reporting that Caviar & Bananas will be the boutique grocer in the Aertson, the first retail announcement. 

[titanhog]

36 minutes ago, dmillsphoto said:

Adam Sichko reporting that Caviar & Bananas will be the boutique grocer in the Aertson, the first retail announcement. 

Interesting concept.  Looks like a gourmet restaurant with a few grocery items.

http://www.caviarandbananas.com

[BnaBreaker]

59 minutes ago, dmillsphoto said:

Adam Sichko reporting that Caviar & Bananas will be the boutique grocer in the Aertson, the first retail announcement. 

Looking at the menu and concept, it actually sounds like it makes for both a tasty lunch spot and a good source for rare, specialized goods...however, I'm pretty sure most Aertson residents would rather just have a place they can buy a jug of milk.  I know I would.  Neighborhoods can be very urban and walkable in terms of density, but if you still have to drive a few miles just for your basic goods and services, then the whole purpose of the 'urban pedestrian friendly' neighborhood is kind of defeated. 

Edited April 28, 2016 by BnaBreaker

[Jamie Hall]

11 hours ago, titanhog said:

Interesting concept.  Looks like a gourmet restaurant with a few grocery items.

http://www.caviarandbananas.com

But the developers originally said that they planned to have a grocery component as part of the ground-level retail -- is this really it?

[titanhog]

2 hours ago, Jamie Hall said:

But the developers originally said that they planned to have a grocery component as part of the ground-level retail -- is this really it?

Yeah...not what I'd consider a "grocery store."  More like a restaurant with a few staples.

[RonCamp]

This is disappointing.  Midtown needs a real grocery store... not a gourmet market, not another overpriced Turnip Truck, but a grocery store.  This was our best opportunity for a while.  I hope they announce something else, but I'm afraid this is it.  Ugh.

[samsonh]

Kroger is literally a mile away. There are not enough residents to justify a Midtown grocery store right now. Also there is a CVS 100 yards away for essentials.

[rookzie]

On 4/29/2016 at 9:37 AM, samsonh said:

Kroger is literally a mile away. There are not enough residents to justify a Midtown grocery store right now. Also there is a CVS 100 yards away for essentials.

Only reason it even remains is that Kroger decided to retain it, after acquiring the Harris Teeter, after razing Bill Crook's FoodTown.  Otherwise, it could be just more town homes across from Brown's Diner.  You recall the HG Hills on the SE corner of Blakemore and 21^st and the original Kroger which for many years has been the Freemason Doric Lodge and Friedman's Surplus.  At least we had options back then.  Plus HG Hills had a store at 20th and Charlotte, which became a florist, which became medical.

The former Winn-Dixie/Save-A-Lot store on the NW corner of 12^st and Edgehill, might have survived had demographics supported it.

Former H.G. Hills, Charlotte Ave at 20^st Ave. N.

Edited April 30, 2016 by rookzie

[MLBrumby]

Wow! Rookzie, I would never have guessed that building used to be a grocery store.. I don't think since the late 1980s.  I haven't traveled much along that street, but that building is such a nondescript building.. barely noticeable.  And I'd guess it must be very very old... as there is not apparent parking lot around it.  That also makes me wonder if a streetcar ran down Charlotte avenue at one time. I'm fascinated with history that is hidden in plain sight like this. 

[rookzie]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

Wow! Rookzie, I would never have guessed that building used to be a grocery store.. I don't think since the late 1980s.  I haven't traveled much along that street, but that building is such a nondescript building.. barely noticeable.  And I'd guess it must be very very old... as there is not apparent parking lot around it.  That also makes me wonder if a streetcar ran down Charlotte avenue at one time. I'm fascinated with history that is hidden in plain sight like this. 

I used to go into that thing during the '50s, and even still, I would drive there during the late '60s.  Obviously is was not today's "department-aisle" supermarkets, which during the 1950s, had been in the form of a local chain "Cooper and Martin" ─ one in the structure now occupied by Save-A-Lot, Goodwill, and other retail at the Richland Creek SC (5400 block of Charlotte), and one (smaller) on Nolensville Road across Tanksley Ave from the old Turner School building.  Those two didn't sell housewares and sundries back then, but they had been the closest thing to "big".  Throughout the core, though, Kroger, HG Hills, and A&P competed as full-service grocers, while Bi-Rite franchises of small owner-dweller corner stores were embedded obscurely throughout nearly all neighborhoods through the early-mid 1960s.

I hate to say it, but most of these core stores languished during the 1960s, in part as a result of "ethnic flight", beginning 1964.  -==-

Edited April 29, 2016 by rookzie

[markhollin]

Video from top floor of Aertson project looking out around Midtown:

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/video/hqMWQ2MzE6303xBDKxiiujbVAhkRQ7QB?autoplay=1#ooid=hqMWQ2MzE6303xBDKxiiujbVAhkRQ7QB