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

[Bos2Nash]

Beautiful! And people say affordable housing cannot be high design and stylish

[donNdonelson2]

The Nashvillenownext article says the development aims to offer attainable rates. What does that mean exactly, as opposed to affordable rates?

[Bos2Nash]

26 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

The Nashvillenownext article says the development aims to offer attainable rates. What does that mean exactly, as opposed to affordable rates?

Holladay Ventures is one of the local affordable housing developers so I would presume "attainable" may hover between 80% and 100% of the AMI. Affordable housing is below 80% AMI and Low-Income is below 60%.

For those interested, according to Census data (which is being updated) between 2015 and 2019 the Median Income per household for Nashville-Davidson County was $59,828 which was compared to the national average of $62,843

[markhollin]

John C. Tune Airport update: concrete slabs for new T-Hangers and box hangers underway.
 

[markhollin]

Habitat Humanity is having another large build called Sherwood Homes, a 2 story set of 26 townhomes at the intersection of Ewing Drive and Gwynnwood Drive in North Nashville.

More info here:

https://www.habitatnashville.org/sherwood-commons
 

[Nash_12South]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

Habitat Humanity is having another large build called Sherwood Homes, a 2 story set of 26 townhomes at the intersection of Ewing Drive and Gwynnwood Drive in North Nashville.

More info here:

https://www.habitatnashville.org/sherwood-commons
 

It's a good thing that this will get built. I just wish some thought, some level of design, could go into not making a big asphalt parking lot the center of the development. Affordable doesn't have to be plain. 

Edited August 16, 2021 by Nash_12South

[AsianintheNations]

The Nations Auto Sales lot at the corner of Charlotte and 51st (across 51st from the Ferrero Rocher Regions Bank and Coco's) seems to now be empty. Anyone know if there's anything interesting going in its place?

[MLBrumby]

Ferrero Rocher Regions Bank   

LOL... at first I didn't know what you meant, then I remembered that building with the gold dome.  

[smeagolsfree]

It seems dealers come and go from that lot. Turnover in that industry is heavy. I knew guys back in the day that would open a lot for 6 months and do OK, then go broke, finagle a loan or two and go back in business and do it again. Used car salesman are a special breed.

[AsianintheNations]

11 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Ferrero Rocher Regions Bank   

LOL... at first I didn't know what you meant, then I remembered that building with the gold dome.  

Glad you appreciated that! For those who have never had the joy of beholding this building, here you go. So geometric, so kitschy! It's grown on me, but I still imagine that there are hazelnut bits studded underneath the wrinkly gold dome.

Source: Google Streetview and Amazon.com (no I didn't buy any, already have hundreds from Costco )

 

[smeagolsfree]

I know William loves the building and a lot of you do to, but I think it is butt Ugly!

[markhollin]

Red Seal Homes is developing Trinity II which will be 111 three story townhomes on 8.72 acres at 0 Trinity Lane. The architect is BSB Design; engineering by Catalyst Design Group.

More at NashvilleNowNext here:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/08/18/red-seal-homes-continues-activation-of-trinity-lane-with-new-development/

And behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-project-planned-for-county-s-north-side/article_ced8b2ea-012b-11ec-b3cd-17bee0c45c80.html
 

I believe the location is highlighted in teal at the center of the frame from the screen shot of Smeagolsfree's excellent development map:

[AsianintheNations]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

Red Seal Homes is developing Trinity II which will be 111 three story townhomes on 8.72 acres at 0 Trinity Lane. The architect is BSB Design; engineering by Catalyst Design Group.

Cool, just wish with these massive townhome developments that they had more individuality to the townhomes. The uniformity gets numbing after awhile.

Also, is that address a typo? I know it shows up that way on the source webpage, but I didn't think 0 was a valid address and this is very close to 819 W Trinity Lane.

[Mr_Bond]

6 hours ago, AsianintheNations said:

Glad you appreciated that! For those who have never had the joy of beholding this building, here you go. So geometric, so kitschy! It's grown on me, but I still imagine that there are hazelnut bits studded underneath the wrinkly gold dome.

Source: Google Streetview and Amazon.com (no I didn't buy any, already have hundreds from Costco )

 

If you like the Ferrero Rocher Regions Bank, you will LOVE Howard Auditorium at my alma mater, Oral Roberts University.  To give you some perspective, it seats 1,000 people.

[markhollin]

Construction is nearing completion on Bringle's Smoking Oasis at Centennial Blvd. and 49th Ave. North in The Nations.

More at NashvilleNowNext here:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/08/14/video-post-construction-progress-at-bringles-smoking-oasis-in-the-nations/

Photos courtesy of Robert Looper III:

[MLBrumby]

Such a weird looking "compound"! Any indoor seating? Is it all walkup? Maybe I'll need to see a pic after it opens. 

[donNdonelson2]

1 hour ago, Mr_Bond said:

If you like the Ferrero Rocher Regions Bank, you will LOVE Howard Auditorium at my alma mater, Oral Roberts University.  To give you some perspective, it seats 1,000 people.

And in Reno, NV there’s the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts that is apparently a near twin to the one at ORU. The lobby is at street level. The balcony is one level down & main floor seating is two floors down. The whole place reeked of sewer gas. I had a pretty unpleasant week with a show in that venue in Reno back in ‘04. (It was so bad that I could have shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. But I knew I’d hang my head and cry and still go to Folsom Prison.) 

pic from the Broadway League website 

[MLBrumby]

Wow!  Looks like the one at ORU was just stretched out a bit to make the one in Reno.  Somebody back then was selling an "idea".  I think they're cool looking, but I can understand how others may think they're hideous.  It's love or hate... no in-between.  

[Bos2Nash]

22 hours ago, markhollin said:

I'm really not a fan of the walls that create a very harsh division between the development and the street. With the current slate of development up there, W Trinity Lane should be renamed to W Trinity Highway as that is all the road is at this point beyond Whites Creek Pike.

[Nashvillain]

2 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

I'm really not a fan of the walls that create a very harsh division between the development and the street. With the current slate of development up there, W Trinity Lane should be renamed to W Trinity Highway as that is all the road is at this point beyond Whites Creek Pike.

Yeah, that's about right. The 40mph speed limit is more like a minimum and traffic engineers diabolically put the crosswalk from Haynes Middle at the apex of a curve, meaning any pedestrians are in the blind spot of traffic going both ways. New housing is turning into STRs and guests are parking their cars on the sidewalk. 

Among the many things Metro needs to figure out, is how it wants its roads and streets to function and how to align development appropriately because right now almost every road and street in Nashville is treated as though its primary function is to move vehicle traffic as fast as possible.

 

[smeagolsfree]

22 hours ago, markhollin said:

Red Seal Homes is developing Trinity II which will be 111 three story townhomes on 8.72 acres at 0 Trinity Lane. The architect is BSB Design; engineering by Catalyst Design Group.

More at NashvilleNowNext here:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/08/18/red-seal-homes-continues-activation-of-trinity-lane-with-new-development/
 

I believe the location is highlighted in teal at the center of the frame from the screen shot of Smeagolsfree's excellent development map:

This replaces the two large apartment buildings that were proposed for this site. Been slammed and have not been able to get WW to report as it is still on his list.

[Bos2Nash]

2 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

This replaces the two large apartment buildings that were proposed for this site. Been slammed and have not been able to get WW to report as it is still on his list.

Previous Plan:

New Plan:

At least they have moved away from the larger surface lots. Plenty of things I don't like, but at least the non-surface parking is a silver lining

[PillowTalk4]

On 8/18/2021 at 10:28 AM, smeagolsfree said:

I know William loves the building and a lot of you do to, but I think it is butt Ugly!

It's iconic for the area.  It has charm and it gives character to an otherwise blah street. 

Not a bird of paradise, but "butt ugly" ?  C'mon, this is a jewel compared to most of the crap along Charlotte Pike.    What does one call this little gem?  

What did they think the urn would do?  Add charm? Elegance?  I'm sure the building looks better than it did before this exquisite renovation.... but since the  business is closed, maybe its ashes are in that urn... 

[markhollin]

Ariza Bellevue will be a 417 unit, 7 building, 4 story residential development by Cypressbrook Company on 44 acres at 1084 Morton Mill Rd. in Bellevue.  Wallace Wilson is the architect, and Ragan-Smith is handling land planning. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/notes-image-finalized-for-bellevue-residential-project/article_dea681d6-013d-11ec-8501-9bdedfc47c7a.html

This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame:

[markhollin]

CVS Pharmacy (1 story?) rebuild on former Krystal site update: former restaurant razed and some excavation on site. Once this is completed, then the current CVS on SW corner can be demolished making way for the realignment of the Crestmoor/Glen Echo Rd. interchange with Hillsboro Rd.

Looking NW from intersection of Hillsboro Rd. and Crestmoor Rd: