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

[markhollin]

1030 Music Row (5 stories, 130,000 sq. ft. office space, underground garage) update: Garage nearing street level.

Looking south from 16th Ave. South, 1/4 block north of Tremont Ave:
 

[markhollin]

50 Music Square West Hotel (7 stories, 124 rooms) update: work continues on 2nd level.

Looking east from intersection of Music Square West and Chet Atkins Place:

Looking NE from Music Square West, 1/4 block south of Chet Atkins Place:

[titanhog]

2 minutes ago, markhollin said:

50 Music Square West Hotel (7 stories, 124 rooms) update: work continues on 2nd level.
 

Do we have an updated render of this?

[smeagolsfree]

25 minutes ago, titanhog said:

Do we have an updated render of this?

 

[titanhog]

^^Much better than the old Octagon building.

[markhollin]

Nice feature in The Scene on today's  reopening of Elliston Soda Shop:

https://www.nashvillescene.com/food-drink/features/article/21147326/elliston-place-soda-shop-is-set-to-bring-folks-back-to-the-rock-block

[smeagolsfree]

Maybe we could do a meet there one day!!!!

[BnaBreaker]

52 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Maybe we could do a meet there one day!!!!

I might have to drive down from the great white north for that!

[markhollin]

Velvet Taco Restaurant update: grading on site.

Looking SW from intersection of Lyle Ave. and Broadway:
 

[markhollin]

Woodfield Residential (5 stories, 292 units, internal garage) update: Still on 2nd level on north side.

Looking SE from Patterson St., 1/2 block east of 17th Ave. North:
 

[markhollin]

Morningside of Belmont exterior upgrade nearly complete.

Looking NW from intersection of 17th Ave. South and Acklen Ave:

Looking north from Acklen Ave., 1/4 block west of 17th Ave. South:

Looking south from Magnolia Ave., 1/4 block south of Wedgewood Ave:

[markhollin]

Nice interior shot of the just-opened new location of Elliston Soda Shop (courtesy of Martin B. Cherry at NBJ):
 

[Skyscrapergeek]

Would be very cool to have a UP meet there. 

[markhollin]

Odessey at the Park (5 stories, 75 units in Phase I) has a few new renderings that I don't believe have been posted on this thread yet:

 

[MLBrumby]

That is just a very plain building... disappointing for such a prominent location.

[smeagolsfree]

Everything is pretty plain in that neighborhood. There is really nothing special about the new buildings that have been built. It is what it is.

[markhollin]

Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital Rehab and Critical Care expansions (3 & 4 stories) update:  Girders rising quickly.

Looking east from intersection of 21st Ave. North and Patterson St:

Looking NE from 21st Ave. North at  State St:

[CenterHill]

On 5/15/2021 at 10:43 AM, markhollin said:

Odessey at the Park (5 stories, 75 units in Phase I) has a few new renderings that I don't believe have been posted on this thread yet:

 

Where is this going? 

[smeagolsfree]

31st Ave N & Long Blvd.

[AsianintheNations]

On 5/15/2021 at 4:02 PM, MLBrumby said:

That is just a very plain building... disappointing for such a prominent location.

I'm glad Odyssey at least first floor commercial space, unlike most of the other apartment buildings in that area. Wish they could've tried to spare at least a few of the large trees currently on the property - would've also made the shape of the building less of a box. The nearby Artesia building and slightly farther 117 30th Ave N building are ones that caught my eye when I used to live near the Parthenon, due to their more interesting use of shapes and ornamentation. With a name like the Odyssey, they could've tried to throw in at least one Greek reference in the architecture.

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[samsonh]

7 hours ago, AsianintheNations said:

I'm glad Odyssey at least first floor commercial space, unlike most of the other apartment buildings in that area. Wish they could've tried to spare at least a few of the large trees currently on the property - would've also made the shape of the building less of a box. The nearby Artesia building and slightly farther 117 30th Ave N buildings are the buildings that caught my eye when I used to live near the Parthenon, due to their more interesting use of shapes and ornamentation. With a name like the Odyssey, they could've tried to throw in at least one Greek reference in the architecture.

Agreed. Artesia has a vey unique look, as do some of the townhomes further up at Parthenon and Avoca.

[markhollin]

A mid-rise residential project (10-12 stories?) is being considered for the 7 parcel site at 1904-1916 Hayes St. that covers 1.04 acres. The Simmons family (with a history in the dental world) owns the site and has applied for rezoning from office/retail to mixed-use.  Civil Site Design Group has been hired to help with engineering and land-planning.  No word yet on how many units, or specific height.

More behind The Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/midtown-site-could-land-residential-building/article_84b2072e-b820-11eb-870a-275e514a20c7.html

This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal as Polygon 454 at the center of the frame:

[smeagolsfree]

I have ideas on who it could be and their silence is deafening right now! Normally they are the right back at ya people. Not going to say who I think just yet.

[MLBrumby]

I'm still of the mind that Hayes Street could (would) be the coolest transit-oriented street in town. I don't think LRT is a good investment in Nashville (or most cities), but a dedicated BRT street with a flyover bridge connecting to the Gulch would be such a huge transit link between DT and MT.  Plus with the N-S cross-streets to Hayes, there wouldn't be a tremendous change in access to the medical centers there.  If necessary, emergency vehicles could also have exclusive access to Hayes.  Just spitballing here, but I think Church Street/Elliston are way too narrow, and West End has been deemed off-limits by the Metro Council after the last brutal fight. I also think a loop between Hayes to 21st to Division and back to DT would cover the critical links to get transit adopted faster.  I've seen several great proposals for BRT through DT, but I'm less versed on that area or how it would work.  I think the Music City Central could be a key transfer point, but seems to me that was built in a difficult place to capitalize as a hub. 

[downtownresident]

12 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

I'm still of the mind that Hayes Street could (would) be the coolest transit-oriented street in town. I don't think LRT is a good investment in Nashville (or most cities), but a dedicated BRT street with a flyover bridge connecting to the Gulch would be such a huge transit link between DT and MT.  Plus with the N-S cross-streets to Hayes, there wouldn't be a tremendous change in access to the medical centers there.  If necessary, emergency vehicles could also have exclusive access to Hayes.  Just spitballing here, but I think Church Street/Elliston are way too narrow, and West End has been deemed off-limits by the Metro Council after the last brutal fight. I also think a loop between Hayes to 21st to Division and back to DT would cover the critical links to get transit adopted faster.  I've seen several great proposals for BRT through DT, but I'm less versed on that area or how it would work.  I think the Music City Central could be a key transfer point, but seems to me that was built in a difficult place to capitalize as a hub. 

It could follow Division to Lafayette, connect in with the proposed south transit hub(and future Mboro road BRT) and the cut up 5th(RIP tunnel, convert 5th to run 1 way)/down 4th to connect in with Music City Central.  From Music City Central, it could follow JRP to 10th Ave Circle, down Lifeway plaza to 11th, and down 11th to connect to the Hayes street bridge/interstate cap/tunnel. The NES land could be useful in providing space for the connection above/under the interstate.