Inside 440 - Berry Hill, Midtown, Vanderbilt, 12S, WeHo, Fairgrounds, etc.

[markhollin]

Crescent Music Row (6 and 7 stories, 275 units, retail) update:

Looking SE along Division Street from near intersection with Music Circle East:
 

 

Looking south from Division Street:

 

Looking west from Division Street overpass of I-65/40:

[MidTenn1]

One case where rendering...

 

....is far better than reality!!

[donNdonelson2]

I'm sure it will look better after dark...like in the rendering. (Viewing after dark AND with blindfold will result in total satisfaction with the final product.) 

[Nashtitans]

Ehh...it's decent looking. Better looking than a lot of the apartments being built/already built. Plus I like the curve in the building. And it does looked to be packed with retail.

[markhollin]

Passions flare again over Music Row boundaries and zoning ideas:

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/05/02/passions-flare-again-over-music-row-boundaries.html
 

[markhollin]

A couple of updated pics of Vanderbilt Univ. projects finished in last year.

McGugin Athletic Training Facility.  Looking east from intersection of Natchez Trace and Jess Neely Drive:

 

School of Engineering.  Looking SE from intersection of 25th Ave. South and Garland Ave:

[markhollin]

1710 Belcourt (4 stories, 76 units) progress.  

Looking NW from Belcourt Ave. near 17th Ave. South:

[markhollin]

Vanderbilt Divinity School to see $11.5 million in upgrades and 13,640 sq. ft. expansion:

http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/education/vanderbilt-university/article/20860440/vanderbilt-divinity-school-eyes-115m-upgrade-expansion

 

[AUNash]

VUMC continues to expand in their current footprint, adding new patient beds and displacing offices and outpatient clinics to other locations. Newest example, the 8th floor of Medical Center East North tower is being converted to inpatient beds, with a new sky ridge to connect across Med Center Drive. Current occupants of that space to move to other locations. Continuation of an ongoing trend.

[markhollin]

Hopsmith Tavern (3 stories) update.

Looking south from intersection of 19th Ave. South and Division:

[markhollin]

West End Circle Flats (4 stories, 30 units) update.

Looking north from intersection of West End Circle and Mason Ave:

 

 

Looking west from Mason Ave:

[markhollin]

Panattoni Building a 1 Music Circle East is getting closer to reality.  Apparently they are about to being a lease with a record label to take a fair amount of the space of the 5 story, 96,000 sq. ft. office building.  Story behind the paywall at NBJ.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/05/12/exclusive-fast-growing-music-label-could-headline.html


 

[markhollin]

Crew putting a base in place for a tower crane at Centennial Hospital's expansion (4 floors, 154,000 sq. ft.).

Looking south from Leslie Ave. just west of 23rd Ave. North:

 

[Pyramid Scheme]

Mid Town has a lot of free standing fast food, gas stations and banks and other stuff that have those gaudy signs. Some examples are McDonalds, Taco Bell, Jack n the Box, White Castle, etc. Are any of these up for sale, or have been purchased and will be developed that anyone knows of? I find this kind of thing to be a real buzz kill.

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, Philip said:

Mid Town has a lot of free standing fast food, gas stations and banks and other stuff that have those gaudy signs. Some examples are McDonalds, Taco Bell, Jack n the Box, White Castle, etc. Are any of these up for sale, or have been purchased and will be developed that anyone knows of? I find this kind of thing to be a real buzz kill.

Agreed... relics of 80s and 90s Nashville that need to go.  I also despise that Krispy Kreme in Elliston Place.  West end will never be able to be a vibrant urban neighborhood with those still hogging so much space.

[MLBrumby]

I've said it before and again now... West End is an embarrassment from the Gulch to 31st (20 blocks!) with a brief interruption at Vandy. 

[Nashtitans]

57 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

I've said it before and again now... West End is an embarrassment from the Gulch to 31st (20 blocks!) with a brief interruption at Vandy. 

explain....

[Jamie Hall]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

I've said it before and again now... West End is an embarrassment from the Gulch to 31st (20 blocks!) with a brief interruption at Vandy. 

"Embarrassment" might be a bit strong. I'd go more with "visually disappointing."

In reality the businesses on that stretch of West End serve the needs generated by that area -- heavy traffic is, for better or worse, going to generate the demand for greasy burger joints and the usual hodgepodge of hotels and gas stations. Although in hindsight, there could've been more done (in terms of zoning requirements) years ago that would've helped some of those businesses along West End look a lot less garish and blend better with the more traditional style of Vanderbilt. It could've been a nice stretch with more planning years ago.

But as the saying goes, that ship has sailed.

[BnaBreaker]

34 minutes ago, Jamie Hall said:

"Embarrassment" might be a bit strong. I'd go more with "visually disappointing."

In reality the businesses on that stretch of West End serve the needs generated by that area -- heavy traffic is, for better or worse, going to generate the demand for greasy burger joints and the usual hodgepodge of hotels and gas stations. Although in hindsight, there could've been more done (in terms of zoning requirements) years ago that would've helped some of those businesses along West End look a lot less garish and blend better with the more traditional style of Vanderbilt. It could've been a nice stretch with more planning years ago.

But as the saying goes, that ship has sailed.

 Agreed... case in point, that relatively new building that houses (last i knew anyway) a Marriott and a Borders books.  They were literally required by the zoning laws of the day to put a parking lot in front of the building.  Insane.

[donNdonelson2]

Thanks to the goddess Athena for the blessing that is Centennial Park! There IS a rose amongst all those thorns.

[Pyramid Scheme]

There should still be greasy burger joints, but wouldn't something like this be a better use of space and look better than free standing ones?

 

5 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

They were literally required by the zoning laws of the day to put a parking lot in front of the building.

Did Nashville have urban-phobia back then? 

[PruneTracy]

12 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

I also despise that Krispy Kreme in Elliston Place.

I would be curious to know, however, how much traffic they get over the Dunkin' Donuts two blocks west, placed under the ideally-developed Elliston 23, simply by virtue of having a drive-thru.

As @Jamie Hall notes the neighborhood, dense as it is on some blocks, is still very much characterized by heavy vehicular traffic, and largely commuter/hospital traffic at that. In other words, it's ideally suited for drive-thru fast food and the traffic for the Cook Out, Taco Bell, Wendy's, and especially the McDonald's (which is reaching Brentwood Chick-fil-A levels of patronization) reflects that. (Not Jack in the Box though, that place sucks.)

It's an unfortunate reality but the good news is that it's trending in the direction of urbanization. The Hyatt behind the Krispy Kreme, for example, will put a lot of pressure on that corner to redevelop.

[Pyramid Scheme]

With all the development along there, won't it soon become the type of place where people commute to rather than through? So then, places like the Micky D's in the picture (which is in Philadelphia) would start making more sense.

[Rockatansky]

6 hours ago, Philip said:

Did Nashville have urban-phobia back then? 

Yes, and in many ways it still does.

[Jamie Hall]

18 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

 case in point, that relatively new building that houses (last i knew anyway) a Marriott and a Borders books.  They were literally required by the zoning laws of the day to put a parking lot in front of the building.  Insane.

That project could have looked impressive sitting up against the street and would have encouraged pedestrian traffic from campus. Instead, that tiny, congested parking area seems to invite customers to make 1-2 passes up and down the lot before finally either giving up or settling on the hidden parking garage. (I confess that I lived here for about 2 years before I realized the parking garage was available.)

One project that seemed to do it the right way is the strip mall down the street with the DGX, Five Guys Burgers, Sun Tan City and Jason's Deli down. Credit to them for building up to the street and putting the parking underground.