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

[andywildman]

6 hours ago, Bos2Nash said:

With only a 24" change in grade it is really just a simple step across the property line (not like it is a trip wire or anything haha)

Oh lord I read that as 24’ the first time. At 24”, that’s what, three or four stairs? I’m way less bothered by not having a vehicle cut through.

my bad

[markhollin]

108 Douglas (3 stories, 4 units) update: complete and open.

Looking SW from intersection of Douglas Ave. and Joseph Ave:

[grilled_cheese]

On 5/9/2022 at 1:16 PM, macdougall said:

In regards to the Jane's Hideaway announcement, is this the first people are hearing about 308 Presents Camp as closing? 

Yes?  I didn't remember or I didn't know but that caught me by surprise as well.  When they changed their name I didn't think they were much longer for this world.

[markhollin]

The Eagle (3 stories, 20 units) update: complete.

Looking SE from intersection of Gallatin Pike and Inglewood Drive:

Looking NE from Gallatin Pike, 1/2 block north of Haysboro Ave:

[markhollin]

530 Donelson Pike will be a 10 acre mixed-use project featuring 325 residential units in a pair of 3-4 story structures, structured parking, and 3 free standing retail structures with a combined 30,000 sq. ft.  This is the former K-Mart site on the NW corner of Donelson Pike and Royal Parkway. Mark McDonald is leading the development team. Niles Bolton is the architect; Barge Design is in charge of engineering. Groundbreaking is planned by year's end, and the project should be complete in 2024. No renderings yet.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2022/05/11/nashville-bar-coyote-ugly-saloon-reopening-after-nearly-two-years/9734520002/
 

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

[donNdonelson2]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

530 Donelson Pike will be a 10 acre mixed-use project featuring 325 residential units in a pair of 3-4 story structures, structured parking, and 3 free standing retail structures with a combined 30,000 sq. ft. 

Wow! This is a far better use for the property than I could have ever imagined. I feared it would, for many years, be nothing more than airport parking. I’m anxious, yet hopeful, that the design will not disappoint. I will keep an eye on councilman Syracuse’s Facebook page for any updates.

[markhollin]

A restaurant/bar project is about to start in the renovation of the 14,000 sq. ft. 1 story former truck sales structure at 745 Douglas Ave., just to the west of the repurposed Highland Yards office/retail development.  The site offers lot of opportunities for outdoor patios to supplement the restaurants and sufficient surface parking.  Generation Property Company and Elliot Kyle are co-developing this new endeavor. They just purchased the 2.7 acre site for $4.7 million. Centric Architecture will be in charge of design.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/building-near-east-side-brewery-to-land-update/article_cf1199de-d209-11ec-ba6d-f3272f4198ae.html

[markhollin]

801 Main Townhomes (3 stories, 6 units rebuild from March 2020 tornado) update: nearly finished.

Looking NE from intersection of Main St. and North 8th St:

 

[markhollin]

The former Piggly Wiggly grocery store structure (1 floor, 13,600 sq. ft.) at 917 Dickerson Pike will become home to 3 concept restaurants that will open by summer of 2023:

1) Philip Krajeck (known for Rolf & Daughters and Folk)
2) Michael Shemtov, chef Bryan Weaver and Jake Mogelson (known for Butcher & Bee and Redheaded Stranger) will occupy 2,200 sq. ft.
3) Alexis Soler, Emily Wilcher and Michelle Pharm (known for Old Glory) are eyeing a “playful” concept that will offer a “whimsical, yet modern” design.

There will also be a FLWR Shop florist in the development.

In January 2020, Danielle Rice paid $2.1 million for the 0.53-acre property via RPMSkyline. Since then, locally based real estate investors and developers Elliott Kyle, Talbott Ottinger, McClain Towery, Jamie Pfeffer and Patrick Lewis have joined Rice in the ownership of the property. The five individuals are associated with, among other projects, The Dive Motel, the future repositioning of The Roxy Theater, The McGavock House (future home of Good People Brewing) and the redevelopment of the Ray of Hope Community Church.

Pfeffer Torode Architecture is handling design of the development; Fulmer Lucas will oversee land planning and engineering. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/east-nashville-building-lands-restaurant-heavyweights/article_765c4996-d2cd-11ec-bdf3-2bf0f2607bb1.html
 

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

[markhollin]

Gallatin Townhomes (3 stories, 12 units) update: complete and open.

Looking NE from intersection of Gallatin Pike and Winding Way Rd:

[GregH]

On 5/12/2022 at 12:30 AM, grilled_cheese said:

Yes?  I didn't remember or I didn't know but that caught me by surprise as well.  When they changed their name I didn't think they were much longer for this world.

The Camp concept was always intended to just run out the last two years of the lease but yeah I don’t know if that was ever made publicly explicit. 

[markhollin]

Douglas & Stainback (3 stories, 4 units) update: topped out.

Looking east from intersection of Douglas Ave. and Stainback St:
 

[WebberThomas4]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdoGELrsVJX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
 

King Solomon’s is closing on May 28th. 

[markhollin]

Station by Alta (4 stories, 302 units, ground level retail) update.

Looking south from East Trinity Lane, 1/4 block east of Ellington Parkway:

[markhollin]

2820 Dickerson Pike (five 4 story buildings, 362 units, 8,000 sq. ft. of ground level retail, 539 capacity garages) has released some more info and rendering/diagram.  Developer is Middle Street Partners, LLC; architect will be Dynamic; engineering will be Catalyst.  The 13.34 acre site has been cleared of former trailer park and undeveloped land.

More at NashvilleNowNext here:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2022/01/04/362-unit-mixed-use-development-proposed-to-transform-dickerson-pike-in-east-nashville/

[markhollin]

Elvira & Keeling (3 stories? 70 homes) update.

Looking NW from Elvira Ave., 1/4 block east of Keeling. Ave:

[Bos2Nash]

Interesting permit was filed over on the Opry Mills property. A new greenway easement has been applied for the dedicate land to Metro Parks and Rec. The easemtn would connect the entrance near the food court to the green space between the Opry Mills parking lot and the river.

Didn't someone ask awhile back about connecting the pedestrian bridge to the mall? This could potentially be the beginning of that connection.

[smeagolsfree]

Sorry for the negativism you are going to read, but this is really how I feel about connecting anything to a mall now or malls in general. I used to be in favor of downtown malls. No longer, that is a waist of energy to heat & cool. Just simple street activation retail is good enough along the lines of Fifth & Broad.

They must be desperate to drive business to that horrible place mentioned above. Malls....never go!   Reason to go ....None!   Green Hills Mall... Too Expensive , It's in Green Hills...always a pain to park! Opry Mills... too many issues with crime now & getting worse. 

All Malls... just flatten them all, take pictures and hang them in a museum. Again I apologize for being negative but I just can't help myself on this one.

[Nash_12South]

Entirely respectfully, I think the Assembly Food Hall portion of 5th and Broad is pretty mall like even if the other retail parts are open air. Malls still have a place in climates, like ours where a significant numbers of shoppers aren't shopping outdoors when it's 95 degrees and 95% humidity as in June/July/August or when it 35 degrees and gray and damp as in December/January into February.  As antiquated as it sounds, I still go to the mall when it's bad weather(heat/cold/rain) and I just want to get out, and the Mall at Green Hills is pretty busy.

Edited May 18, 2022 by Nash_12South

[bwithers1]

On 5/18/2022 at 4:13 PM, Nash_12South said:

Entirely respectfully, I think the Assembly Food Hall portion of 5th and Broad is pretty mall like even if the other retail parts are open air. Malls still have a place in climates, like ours where a significant numbers of shoppers aren't shopping outdoors when it's 95 degrees and 95% humidity as in June/July/August or when it 35 degrees and gray and damp as in December/January into February.  As antiquated as it sounds, I still go to the mall when it's bad weather(heat/cold/rain) and I just want to get out, and the Mall at Green Hills is pretty busy.

I agree that Assembly Food Hall is very well done. Shopping/dining centers in urban centers that are open air or enclosed go back thousands of years in human history. The downtown Arcade is a mall. Covent Garden in London is a mall. Etc. 

[Flatrock]

On 5/20/2022 at 8:07 AM, bwithers1 said:

The downtown Arcade is a mall. Covent Garden in London is a mall. Etc. 

You just named a couple of my favorite places.  I'd add the Reading Terminal Market in Philly,  the Bullring in d'town Birmingham, England (nostalgia b/c I lived nearby and shopped there regularly), the thousands of dining/shopping destinations throughout Japan's subway/train stations and adjoining malls. The biggest and best being Shinjuku. But VERY easy to get very lost!

Reading Terminal Market
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BHmdcxLKJNPCPvp8A

[Pdt2f]

On 5/18/2022 at 2:23 PM, smeagolsfree said:

Sorry for the negativism you are going to read, but this is really how I feel about connecting anything to a mall now or malls in general. I used to be in favor of downtown malls. No longer, that is a waist of energy to heat & cool. Just simple street activation retail is good enough along the lines of Fifth & Broad.

They must be desperate to drive business to that horrible place mentioned above. Malls....never go!   Reason to go ....None!   Green Hills Mall... Too Expensive , It's in Green Hills...always a pain to park! Opry Mills... too many issues with crime now & getting worse. 

All Malls... just flatten them all, take pictures and hang them in a museum. Again I apologize for being negative but I just can't help myself on this one.

As much as I hate that malls were one of the major killers of small town shopping in the 70s and 80s, I find the shopping experience at them extremely pleasant. To be able to peruse hundreds of stores and restaurants without having to re-park in comfortable air conditioning in TN summers may be wasteful, but it’s still a nice experience to me. I most often go to Opry Mills, having gone hundreds of times since the mall opened, and for all the reputation for violence the worst I’ve actually seen is someone discreetly smoking a cigarette in a maintenance hallway. That and the ubiquitous tinted Dodge Chargers driving 60 mph in the movie theater parking lot, which is an issue anywhere there are young dumb men in their 20s willing to take on $700 monthly car payments. 
 

I love that there are options like the aforementioned 5th and Broad that offer a more urban shopping setting. But the reality of having to fight downtown traffic, find a place to park, pay for parking, get kids in and out of car seats within the confines of a tight urban garage parking spot or parallel spot, navigate with kids and strollers through the urban environments that are extremely kid-unfriendly (malls are designed towards families and often have play areas for kids and parents to have brief respites), along with the fact that the rent in these settings are so high that it drives away the more price-conscious shopper, means that there is absolutely a good reason for many people to still use malls. 

[MLBrumby]

I see your point. It’s interesting how during the 1990s in response to the trend away from malls even then many cities/developers actually went BIGGER with malls. How many suburban malls does Nashville still have in business? Opry, green hills, galleria… is river gate still open? One of the nation’s largest mall owner/operators is based here. They’ve had to reorganize and turn to developing mall ‘out parcels’ but they’re doing what they can with many restaurants. They even brought in unique-to-Chattanooga stores/restaurants. And they own lots of land in other cities. 

[Pdt2f]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

I see your point. It’s interesting how during the 1990s in response to the trend away from malls even then many cities/developers actually went BIGGER with malls. How many suburban malls does Nashville still have in business? Opry, green hills, galleria… is river gate still open? One of the nation’s largest mall owner/operators is based here. They’ve had to reorganize and turn to developing mall ‘out parcels’ but they’re doing what they can with many restaurants. They even brought in unique-to-Chattanooga stores/restaurants. And they own lots of land in other cities. 

Pretty much the malls just consolidated in Nashville. Hickory Hollow and Bellevue closed, Opry Mills and Green Hills (and Cool Springs) expanded and improved the experience. Rivergate is still hanging on, somehow. 

[Rockatansky]

On 5/18/2022 at 2:23 PM, smeagolsfree said:

Sorry for the negativism you are going to read, but this is really how I feel about connecting anything to a mall now or malls in general. I used to be in favor of downtown malls. No longer, that is a waist of energy to heat & cool. Just simple street activation retail is good enough along the lines of Fifth & Broad.

They must be desperate to drive business to that horrible place mentioned above. Malls....never go!   Reason to go ....None!   Green Hills Mall... Too Expensive , It's in Green Hills...always a pain to park! Opry Mills... too many issues with crime now & getting worse. 

All Malls... just flatten them all, take pictures and hang them in a museum. Again I apologize for being negative but I just can't help myself on this one.

So if a product doesn't suit you, do away with it entirely? I'll never buy a boat (I get motion sick) but that doesn't mean they shouldn't exist. I haven't been to a mall in years, but they certainly have their place (in the suburbs).

I will agree that in the 80's & 90's we went overboard with malls, but that seems very much less the case today.