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

[CandyAisles]

26 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

The Columns and 2nd floor plate were all pre-cast parts that were delivered to site what feels like a month ago. I would expect they are going to finish the CMU core and then the rest of the building is to be wood framed.

According to the permit, it will be 11 total residential units. Eight 2-bedrooms and three1-bedrooms.

I'm sure they will make fantastic STR units, but no one will be living there.

[Bos2Nash]

1 hour ago, CandyAisles said:

I'm sure they will make fantastic STR units, but no one will be living there.

Exactly. Some of the bedrooms would be tight for full time occupancy otherwise.

[bwithers1]

9 hours ago, Bos2Nash said:

Exactly. Some of the bedrooms would be tight for full time occupancy otherwise.

When this project was presented to the MDHA Design Review Committee the architect from Powell stated that these would be residential apartments and not STRs. Of course, STRs are permitted in the base zoning and the East Bank Redevelopment District was written so long ago that nobody thought that there would be hotel room demand in East Nashville beyond what a handful of traditional historic bed and breakfasts could offer. But while the base zoning permits STRa and the redevelopment district is silent on them, the architect stated to the DRC that these would be apartments and would share the parking lot with the office building that Powell also designed across McFerrin.

[markhollin]

Highview Flats (2, 3, & 4 stories, 163 units) update: Half of the structures are topped-out.

Looking SQ from East Trinity Lane at Oakwood Ave:
 

Looking SE from intersection of East Trinity Lance and Edwin St:

Looking north from Edwin St., 1/2 block south of East Trinity Lane:

Looking east from Edwin St., 1/2 block south of East Trinity Lane:




Looking south from Edwin St., 1/2 block south of East Trinity Lane:




Looking north from Cherokee Ave., 1/4 block west of Ellington Parkway:

[CandyAisles]

14 hours ago, bwithers1 said:

When this project was presented to the MDHA Design Review Committee the architect from Powell stated that these would be residential apartments and not STRs. Of course, STRs are permitted in the base zoning and the East Bank Redevelopment District was written so long ago that nobody thought that there would be hotel room demand in East Nashville beyond what a handful of traditional historic bed and breakfasts could offer. But while the base zoning permits STRa and the redevelopment district is silent on them, the architect stated to the DRC that these would be apartments and would share the parking lot with the office building that Powell also designed across McFerrin.

The DRC is asking more often that these projects write into their deed that there wouldn't be STR's allowed.  I know I've run into that in apartments I've been working on...happy to have that restriction as a resident.  But would like to know if the downtown apartments have the same scrutiny as the apartments in our little neighborhoods...or are we punting on affordability for a bit longer?

[markhollin]

1505 Dickerson (5 & 6 stories, 700 units, internal garage) update: fencing up, nearly all of the former trailer park cleared away.

Looking SE from Dickerson Pike,  1/2 block north of Gatewood Ave:

[WebberThomas4]

https://epermits.nashville.gov/#/permit/4149254?page=1&searchText=Porter rd&searchCode=ADDR&searchType=permit&orderBy=projectName ASC
 

According to this permit,  ICON Entertainment is working on a new concept in the old Southern Grist spot on Porter Rd.

[dmillsphoto]

21 minutes ago, WebberThomas4 said:

https://epermits.nashville.gov/#/permit/4149254?page=1&searchText=Porter rd&searchCode=ADDR&searchType=permit&orderBy=projectName ASC
 

According to this permit,  ICON Entertainment is working on a new concept in the old Southern Grist spot on Porter Rd.

Since I had to google it, this is the group that runs the House of Cards, The Cash and Cline museums, and Skulls Rainbow Room, among other attractions.

[markhollin]

5 Points Diner will open in May at 1016 Woodland St. in the former space of Tenn Sixteen.
 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/retail/diner-bar-to-open-in-five-points-space/article_2cff968e-c64a-11ec-b791-afc94eabe263.html

[markhollin]

North 5th St. at Douglas townhome cluster (3 stories, 4 units?) update: topped-out.

Looking south from intersection of North 5th St. and Douglas Ave:

Looking east from Douglas Ave. , 1/4 block east of Lischey Ave:

[WebberThomas4]

The drive thru only restaurant at 926 Gallatin Avenue will likely be a Dunkin’ Donuts.  They applied for a stormwater grading permit yesterday. 

[Nashville Cliff]

2 hours ago, WebberThomas4 said:

The drive thru only restaurant at 926 Gallatin Avenue will likely be a Dunkin’ Donuts.  They applied for a stormwater grading permit yesterday. 

Right across from Status Dough. Yeah, I'll stick with the local establishment.

[EN_5116]

On 4/27/2022 at 9:07 AM, WebberThomas4 said:

https://epermits.nashville.gov/#/permit/4149254?page=1&searchText=Porter rd&searchCode=ADDR&searchType=permit&orderBy=projectName ASC
 

According to this permit,  ICON Entertainment is working on a new concept in the old Southern Grist spot on Porter Rd.

They have an apparel shop. I REALLY hope they don't put their apparel shop here. This needs to be something that benefits the neighborhood.

[WebberThomas4]

1 hour ago, EN_5116 said:

They have an apparel shop. I REALLY hope they don't put their apparel shop here. This needs to be something that benefits the neighborhood.

It appears to be some sort of bar/restaurant. Check out page 5 here: https://epermits.nashville.gov/download.aspx?id=737393 

[Bos2Nash]

Welcome to the forum @EN_5116.

Remick Architecture does some really nice restaurant/bar spaces (Southern Grist's new location on Douglas being one) and have worked with Bill Miller's group on multiple projects. I expect a nice spot for the neighborhood.

[markhollin]

4 hours ago, EN_5116 said:

They have an apparel shop. I REALLY hope they don't put their apparel shop here. This needs to be something that benefits the neighborhood.

Welcome to the forum, EN-5116.  : )

[smeagolsfree]

Remick does all of their work. ICON'S person has still not gotten back to us.

[markhollin]

The site where U.S. 41 (a collection of small eateries with a shared campus on .6 acre) at 2801 Dickerson Pike has been sold by a Tyler Cauble/Keith Leman group to Greg Farricielle of Benchmark Realty for $2.1 million.  No word on the latter's plans.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/dickerson-pike-site-sells-for-2-1m/article_83227fd8-c706-11ec-b55f-43604dcb7572.html

[markhollin]

1218-1236 Dickerson (4 stories? 300 units?) update: Nearly all of the the structures razed and land cleared, except for small salvage company building facing Dickerson.

Looking SW from Dickerson Pike, just south of Ligon Ave:

Looking south from Dickerson Pike, just south of Ligon Ave:

[markhollin]

338 East Trinity (3 stories? 6 units) update: erosion barriers up; foundations laid, framing on site.

Looking SE from intersection of East Trinity Lane and Lischey Ave:

[bwithers1]

On 4/28/2022 at 8:03 AM, Nashville Cliff said:

Right across from Status Dough. Yeah, I'll stick with the local establishment.

Status Dough has locations in Knoxville in addition to this one in East Nashville. I am not familiar enough with Knoxville to know whether or not those locations are close to chain stores as competition. My guess is that a Dunkin Donuts would be packed, particularly with traffic from in-bound morning commuters, but that the local shops would still be fine.

Similar to the Starbucks. To date, I haven’t heard of any local East Nashville coffee shops closing.

Donut Distillery has raised its profile with a diversity of offerings and events inside the building and in the parking lot. Five Daughters Bakery and East Park Donuts are located in different mini-submarkets and should be fine. 

My prediction is also that native East Nashvillians will continue to lament the long-gone Krispy Kreme at Greenwood/Gallatin as though that had been a local independent shop. Nostalgia can be powerful.

It is regrettable that the Gallatin Road UDO that replaced the SP strips out all of the urban placement requirements of even the base zoning on Gallatin. The 7-Eleven is built to the sidewalk and includes a greatly widened sidewalk but is in no way pedestrian focused. Despite its placement that building does the opposite of activating the street. The same would have been true of the original plan for the Publix circa 2007.

That block of Gallatin from Petway to Granada is in need of some new energy in addition to Hearts.

Well, it really needs a 5-story mixed use building lining the block, but assembling  enough parcels to do that  would be difficult.

While it does not advance the desire to make Gallatin more walkable, this project doesn’t necessarily make things worse. Even most of the local restaurants that have popped up on Gallatin still have the pull-in parking lots that were grandfathered in with the existing buildings that were repurposed. I’m sure that NDOT will be taking a close look at this site plan. 

[WebberThomas4]

3 hours ago, bwithers1 said:

Status Dough has locations in Knoxville in addition to this one in East Nashville. I am not familiar enough with Knoxville to know whether or not those locations are close to chain stores as competition. My guess is that a Dunkin Donuts would be packed, particularly with traffic from in-bound morning commuters, but that the local shops would still be fine.

Similar to the Starbucks. To date, I haven’t heard of any local East Nashville coffee shops closing.

Donut Distillery has raised its profile with a diversity of offerings and events inside the building and in the parking lot. Five Daughters Bakery and East Park Donuts are located in different mini-submarkets and should be fine. 

My prediction is also that native East Nashvillians will continue to lament the long-gone Krispy Kreme at Greenwood/Gallatin as though that had been a local independent shop. Nostalgia can be powerful.

It is regrettable that the Gallatin Road UDO that replaced the SP strips out all of the urban placement requirements of even the base zoning on Gallatin. The 7-Eleven is built to the sidewalk and includes a greatly widened sidewalk but is in no way pedestrian focused. Despite its placement that building does the opposite of activating the street. The same would have been true of the original plan for the Publix circa 2007.

That block of Gallatin from Petway to Granada is in need of some new energy in addition to Hearts.

Well, it really needs a 5-story mixed use building lining the block, but assembling  enough parcels to do that  would be difficult.

While it does not advance the desire to make Gallatin more walkable, this project doesn’t necessarily make things worse. Even most of the local restaurants that have popped up on Gallatin still have the pull-in parking lots that were grandfathered in with the existing buildings that were repurposed. I’m sure that NDOT will be taking a close look at this site plan. 

@bwithers1 speaking of the former Krispy Kreme site, is HG Hill still planning something for this site or are they just going to let it sit vacant for years? Hopefully it’s the former but I’m scared it’s the latter considering all of their other projects (Germantown and Piggly Wiggly on West End).

[AronG]

4 hours ago, bwithers1 said:

Status Dough has locations in Knoxville in addition to this one in East Nashville. I am not familiar enough with Knoxville to know whether or not those locations are close to chain stores as competition. My guess is that a Dunkin Donuts would be packed, particularly with traffic from in-bound morning commuters, but that the local shops would still be fine.

Similar to the Starbucks. To date, I haven’t heard of any local East Nashville coffee shops closing.

Donut Distillery has raised its profile with a diversity of offerings and events inside the building and in the parking lot. Five Daughters Bakery and East Park Donuts are located in different mini-submarkets and should be fine. 

My prediction is also that native East Nashvillians will continue to lament the long-gone Krispy Kreme at Greenwood/Gallatin as though that had been a local independent shop. Nostalgia can be powerful.

It is regrettable that the Gallatin Road UDO that replaced the SP strips out all of the urban placement requirements of even the base zoning on Gallatin. The 7-Eleven is built to the sidewalk and includes a greatly widened sidewalk but is in no way pedestrian focused. Despite its placement that building does the opposite of activating the street. The same would have been true of the original plan for the Publix circa 2007.

That block of Gallatin from Petway to Granada is in need of some new energy in addition to Hearts.

Well, it really needs a 5-story mixed use building lining the block, but assembling  enough parcels to do that  would be difficult.

While it does not advance the desire to make Gallatin more walkable, this project doesn’t necessarily make things worse. Even most of the local restaurants that have popped up on Gallatin still have the pull-in parking lots that were grandfathered in with the existing buildings that were repurposed. I’m sure that NDOT will be taking a close look at this site plan. 

I've never managed to fully understand all the incentives and requirements buried in the UDO vs. the SP vs. the base zoning, but the results are sadly clear lately. Instead of harnessing the new development interest along Main St/Gallatin/Dickerson to add amenities and improvements that lay in the new density in ways that make the areas more pleasant, walkable, transit-friendly, and lively,  we're making it easiest for developers to just cram in more car-focused development. So instead of thriving pedestrian districts with human-focused streetscapes, we're getting drive-throughs, gas stations, and parking garages, often fronting the corridor with long stretches of pedestrian dead space. I'm always optimistic that one day the tide will turn, but it's a sad failure of city planning that we're seeing these patterns this close to downtown. Each one locks us into the current dead end a little harder, ensuring most people will continue to have little choice but to drive everywhere they go, and we can all look forward to more traffic and an even more pedestrian-hostile streets.

[markhollin]

The Northern (4 stories, 297 units) update: excavation continues.

Looking NE from Due West Ave., 1/3 block east of I-65:

[grilled_cheese]

@bwithers1 bringin straight fire.