Davidson East: East Nashville, Inglewood, Madison, Donelson, Hermitage, Old Hickory

[donNdonelson2]

With the new units of 505 coming to the market starting at $1495/month, those in need of “affordable” will need to keep looking.

[rolly]

$1500/mo in the tallest residential tower in a what... 4 or 5 state area?  (TN/KY/AR/MS/AL) 

Pretty 'affordable' when looked at that way. 

[nashmoney]

28 minutes ago, rolly said:

$1500/mo in the tallest residential tower in a what... 4 or 5 state area?  (TN/KY/AR/MS/AL) 

Pretty 'affordable' when looked at that way. 

True. I'm paying about that amount for a studio at SkyHouse in midtown atl. I would definitely choose 505 over SkyHouse or any other of these cookie cutter stick built apartments they are putting up. A building like 505 would be starting out at 3k here in Atlanta. 

[Nashville Cliff]

12 hours ago, rolly said:

$1500/mo in the tallest residential tower in a what... 4 or 5 state area?  (TN/KY/AR/MS/AL) 

Pretty 'affordable' when looked at that way. 

A bargain, maybe, but not affordable. For a target income/rent ratio of 30% you'd need to earn $60,000 a year, which is about $4,000 more a year than Davidson County's median household income.

[markhollin]

Fire Wall LLC has purchased 3915-3917 Gallatin Pike for $1.23 million, with an idea of turning i into a restaurant.  The seller was Dan Heller, who had bought the site in 2004 for $200,000.  The structure most recently was part of the Cross Point Church youth program. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/commercial-real-estate/article/21135027/east-nashville-investor-sells-inglewood-property

 

[WebberThomas4]

31 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Fire Wall LLC has purchased 3915-3917 Gallatin Pike for $1.23 million, with an idea of turning i into a restaurant.  The seller was Dan Heller, who had bought the site in 2004 for $200,000.  The structure most recently was part of the Cross Point Church youth program. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/commercial-real-estate/article/21135027/east-nashville-investor-sells-inglewood-property

 

I believe this will be El Fuego’s new location once their current lease expires. 

[grilled_cheese]

I heard that as well.  This is great news as it gives them more space to expand and hopefully they can add a patio.  Best margaritas in town, the only one that comes close is Rosepepper but their food is terrible.

[markhollin]

Porter Hill will be a large mixed-use project on 20 acres at intersection of Porter Rd. and Cahal Ave. that will feature 770 apts. and 30,000 sq. ft. of commercial space in numerous structure ranging up to 5 stories in height. It will include the overhaul of the existing Berkshire Place Apts. and a Dollar General Store. First Cumberland Properties is the developer.

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/05/29/commercial-real-estate-deal-roundup-development.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

 

[downtownresident]

What an upgrade for that area!!

[smeagolsfree]

Grilled, if you want to post that article, please post in economic conditions thread.

[Bos2Nash]

4 hours ago, markhollin said:

Porter Hill will be a large mixed-use project on 20 acres at intersection of Porter Rd. and Cahal Ave. that will feature 770 apts. and 30,000 sq. ft. of commercial space in numerous structure ranging up to 5 stories in height. It will include the overhaul of the existing Berkshire Place Apts. and a Dollar General Store. First Cumberland Properties is the developer.

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/05/29/commercial-real-estate-deal-roundup-development.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

 

Wow! That is definitely an upgrade a big density increase for that area. Will be interesting to see what the community ultimately says. I can already hear a bit of outcry from some East Nashville NIMBYs. A couple things that I see in this site plan:

• This would be replacing low income housing so I would hope there would need to be a one-to-one replacement plus maybe even additional units. 
• Par Investments LLC owns the parcel where the Dollar Tree is located (blue outline below) and the remaining land is owned by Berkshire Place Apartments. I would presume that no sales would be finalized without certain approvals for the development.
• The extension of McKennell up to Rebecca has some really good potential. Retail along that could be really, really cool.
• They've got some great indications for traffic calming and pedestrian circulation
• I like the green space fronting Porter, hopefully that is an active area and not left as dead space.
• Zone 2 will create a nice street wall along Cahal, looks like it will climb the hill and shouldn't have many issues with their desired height.
• Zone 4 will have to be built into the hill. The site plan shows 2 and three story structures in this zone and those will certainly be a challenge.
• Following the line of the road bisecting zones 3 and 5 from porter to the back of the site (top of the plan), we are looking at approximately 85'-0" of vertical rise. I foresee some large retaining walls, especially at that community amenity portion at the top of the road.
• Zone 1 would probably be the first portion of this project I would think, but I see some challenges in getting 5-stories built directly across from single-family homes, even if they are HPRs. I would think they may need to do a stepback after 3 stories or something to appease neighbors along that street. Zone 1 is definitely the anchor to the development, so hopefully the project goes through good channels and works with the neighborhood to start things right.
• Zone 3 only appears to be 3 floors wrapping the garage so I don't think that will be too much of a problem.

Below is a snip of the existing context

To give everyone an idea of what that slope at the back of the site looks like, each line is two feet in elevation:

[WebberThomas4]

14 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

Wow! That is definitely an upgrade a big density increase for that area. Will be interesting to see what the community ultimately says. I can already hear a bit of outcry from some East Nashville NIMBYs. A couple things that I see in this site plan:

• This would be replacing low income housing so I would hope there would need to be a one-to-one replacement plus maybe even additional units. 
• Par Investments LLC owns the parcel where the Dollar Tree is located (blue outline below) and the remaining land is owned by Berkshire Place Apartments. I would presume that no sales would be finalized without certain approvals for the development.
• The extension of McKennell up to Rebecca has some really good potential. Retail along that could be really, really cool.
• They've got some great indications for traffic calming and pedestrian circulation
• I like the green space fronting Porter, hopefully that is an active area and not left as dead space.
• Zone 2 will create a nice street wall along Cahal, looks like it will climb the hill and shouldn't have many issues with their desired height.
• Zone 4 will have to be built into the hill. The site plan shows 2 and three story structures in this zone and those will certainly be a challenge.
• Following the line of the road bisecting zones 3 and 5 from porter to the back of the site (top of the plan), we are looking at approximately 85'-0" of vertical rise. I foresee some large retaining walls, especially at that community amenity portion at the top of the road.
• Zone 1 would probably be the first portion of this project I would think, but I see some challenges in getting 5-stories built directly across from single-family homes, even if they are HPRs. I would think they may need to do a stepback after 3 stories or something to appease neighbors along that street. Zone 1 is definitely the anchor to the development, so hopefully the project goes through good channels and works with the neighborhood to start things right.
• Zone 3 only appears to be 3 floors wrapping the garage so I don't think that will be too much of a problem.

Below is a snip of the existing context

To give everyone an idea of what that slope at the back of the site looks like, each line is two feet in elevation:

There will almost certainly be push back from neighbors who hate density and affordable housing advocates. One important thing to note: First Cumberland opted out of their affordability agreement with the state for this property back in December of 2018.  That is a very large hurdle that they have already cleared. 

The gas station across the street is back on the market: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1520-Porter-Rd-Nashville-TN/16653825/

[grilled_cheese]

They may be against this but they would also likely acknowledge that this will upgrade the gas station/laundromat as many shenanigans happen there.  Also, good luck blocking this.

[WebberThomas4]

Site work has started at 1012 Main Street. 

[fishsticks176]

Lots of construction going on around Nossi College of Art in Madison, including Six O Nine, Creative Way Villages, 500 Creative Way/Ellington Landing, and The Briar. 

[markhollin]

The .78 acre lot that features a 5,840 sq. ft.  warehouse at 206 North 1st Street on the East Bank is for sale at an undisclosed price. This is adjacent to a large 1.2 acre site that sold to a hotelier in 2017 and remains as primarily a surface lot. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21136051/east-bank-warehouse-near-brewery-listed-for-sale

 

[grilled_cheese]

Dickerson North corridor survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8MK2ZPK

[markhollin]

Olympus Development is planning two 2-story residential buildings with 34 units for creatives and workforce housing at 204 Woodruff St. in Madison. It will feature large colorful murals on the exterior. 

More at the Nashville Post here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-real-estate/article/21136212/muralthemed-residential-project-eyed-for-madison
 

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

[MVF]

Hello, can anyone tell me how I post a new thread? I just joined the platform and when I tried to specifically post to the East Nashville thread, it posted to the Nashville thread. Thank you! Appreciate anyone's help. 

maybe I just answered my own question.

[markhollin]

52 minutes ago, MVF said:

Hello, can anyone tell me how I post a new thread? I just joined the platform and when I tried to specifically post to the East Nashville thread, it posted to the Nashville thread. Thank you! Appreciate anyone's help. 

maybe I just answered my own question.

Welcome to the forum, MVF!  Seeing that you were able to make a post on this East Nashville thread, it seems that you figured out your dilemma.    Looking forward to your contributions.   : )

[MVF]

Thank you!!

[MVF]

I was curious what everyone thought about the Porter Hill development. After it was featured in the Nashville Post it received a lot of backlash on the East Nashville Facebook page. I also saw that Emily the district 7 council person said the developer called her and said that was an outdated site plan. Do you think this will be handled similarly to the Riverside Village development? 

[markhollin]

2 minutes ago, MVF said:

I was curious what everyone thought about the Porter Hill development. After it was featured in the Nashville Post it received a lot of backlash on the East Nashville Facebook page. I also saw that Emily the district 7 council person said the developer called her and said that was an outdated site plan. Do you think this will be handled similarly to the Riverside Village development? 

If you scroll back on this particular thread to May 29th, you'll see some comments.  : )

[MVF]

Thank you! I did see that. I was more curious what everyone thought after seeing a lot of community feedback. 

[grilled_cheese]

The labor staffing business that occupied the old B Sides Salon next to Waldon looks like it has been renovated and the staffing signage has been removed.  Not sure if that's just for a remodel or if something else is going in.

The facade update on the strip mall next to Las Marcas looks near completion.  Anything would have been an improvement on what it was but it does look good.

The Save-A-Lot signage has been removed from the strip mall at 2620-2622 Gallatin Pike and the structure looks vacant.

The old mechanic building at Gallatin and Petway looks to be nearly fully rehab'd for Heart, the Australian themed restaurant.