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

[Sean blackdog]

Today this evening. 
Aloft Hotel (5 stories, 125 rooms) update: 2 Elevator shaft topped out& Steel is here. 

[markhollin]

Fencing up and demolition at 1201 Gallatin Ave.

Looking NE from Gallatin Ave. at Greenwood Ave:

[markhollin]

Studio 79 will be the name of the 4 story, 79 unit residential project at 3810 Gallatin Pike being developed by Urban Growth Capital. A  church structure that is currently on the site will be torn down to make way for the $10 million project being designed by Manuel Zeitlin Architects. Bacar Constructors will be the contractor. Wilson Bank & Trust is providing the loan.

More behind  the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-project-set-for-inglewood-site/article_824f1dc0-b40e-11eb-95e7-0fc2e07ade9b.html
 

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

[rolly]

A solid project for the area.  And reasonably handsome exterior.

[smeagolsfree]

I will say the project in blue to the right will be updating soo as well. We will be having some more info. coming as soon as we can get some images. This is the one at 3930 Gallatin.

[Bos2Nash]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

Decent infill, but definitely doesn't do anything for me. I  wish the city had requirements for ground floor commercial along roads such as Gallatin and Dickerson. Yes, people beotch about zoning, but requiring that type of activation would dramatically improve Gallatin without a whole lot of investment from the city. A short term loss would be it would slow down development/construction, but the long term gain is we would have true mixed-use corridors that would alleviate the need for cars, which would drive up demand for better public transit.

5 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

I will say the project in blue to the right will be updating soo as well. We will be having some more info. coming as soon as we can get some images. This is the one at 3930 Gallatin.

The Live/Work condos, right?

[smeagolsfree]

I think they are going to be townhome but not sure what Clay Haynes said. It was originally a four story building but I think that concept was from the previous owner. New owner, new plan.

 

I see these projects change from the start sometimes to another and then another. I sometimes see one lot get 3 different things proposed before something gets built on it. That is why I get a little confused sometimes because there was an older project proposed there 5 or 6 years ago or now even longer after watching this crap for so long. The worst area for this is Eat Trinity. I have see one lot with four different proposals!

[markhollin]

Asphalt Beach at 961 Woodland St. update: superstructure raised.

Looking NW from Woodland St., just west of South 11th St:

Looking NE from Woodland St.,  1/4 block west of South 11th St:

[markhollin]

Eastwood Village (conversion of 100+ year old Hobson Chapel to mixed-use) update: Foundations being set for new residential structures on south side of site; new windows all the way around;  sidewalks, patios, and stairs being added to western side of older structures.

Looking east from Chapel Ave. 1/4 block north of Roberts Ave:




Looking NE from Chapel Ave. at Roberts Ave:




Looking east from Chapel Ave. at Roberts Ave:




Looking east from Chapel Ave. 1/4 block north of Roberts Ave:




Looking SW from Greenwood Ave., 1/4 block west of Matthews Place:

[markhollin]

Creative Way Villages (multiple 3 & 4 story buildings, 150 units?) update: Several are topped-out.

Looking SE from Creative Way, 1/2 block west of Briarville Rd:

Looking NW from Inspiration Blvd., 1/4 block south of Creative Way:

Looking NE from Inspiration Blvd., 1/2 block south of Creative Way:

[markhollin]

900 Dickerson Pike (7 stories, 255 affordable housing units)  has renderings available. Dominium developers along with architects from Smith Gee, Catalyst Design Group (land planning/engineering), and Genesis Engineering will go before MDHA Design Review Committee Tuesday to seek approval for concept plan and exterior design. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/images-released-for-dickerson-pike-residential-building/article_f5b4da82-b4f6-11eb-b0fb-1328343f3d78.html
 

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

[markhollin]

A brewery is being planned for a refurbished McGavock House (circa 1840) on an L-shaped .85 acre site at 908 Meridian St. and 206 Vaughn St. in Cleveland Park. It will include outdoor seating, and preservation of the lawn in front of the old mansion.  Towery Development is in charge of the project, and Fulmer-Lucas is the architect/land planner.  Sketches of additional structures below. 

More at NashvilleNowNext here:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/05/17/proposed-brewery-at-historic-mcgavock-house-site-in-east-nashville/


And behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/historic-east-side-building-could-land-brewery/article_463ec73a-b734-11eb-a5bd-7b447b0b98c2.html


More info on McGavock House history here:

https://nashvillehistory.blogspot.com/2011/05/mcgavock-house.html?m=1

[MVF]

Any idea what is going into the old Catio space next to Babo? I couldn't find the building permit. 

[CandyAisles]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

A brewery is being planned for a refurbished McGavock House (circa 1840) on an L-shaped .85 acre site at 908 Meridian St. and 206 Vaughn St. in Cleveland Park. It will include outdoor seating, and preservation of the lawn in front of the old mansion.  Towery Development is in charge of the project, and Fulmer-Lucas is the architect/land planner.  Sketches of additional structures below. 

More at NashvilleNowNext here:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/05/17/proposed-brewery-at-historic-mcgavock-house-site-in-east-nashville/

More info on McGavock House history here:

https://nashvillehistory.blogspot.com/2011/05/mcgavock-house.html?m=1
 

I'm not aware of any licensed architects with this company.

[CenterHill]

18 minutes ago, CandyAisles said:

I'm not aware of any licensed architects with this company.

Also couldn't tell from the article who is going to operate the brewery/restaurant.   Not sure if there is an existing brewery lined up or if they are just marketing it as a space suitable for a brewery.      

[markhollin]

1101 McKinney, The Wash restaurant cluster (conversion of former car wash) update: fending up and work underway.

Looking north from McKinney Ave., just east of Gallatin Ave:
 

[smeagolsfree]

21 hours ago, CandyAisles said:

I'm not aware of any licensed architects with this company.

Pfeffer Torode! If I cant find it, most likely no one can.

2016SP-024-004_plan.pdf (nashville.gov)

[markhollin]

Ramsey Row (3 stories, 8 townhomes) update: Topped-out.

Looking west from intersection of Ramsey Ave. and Myrtle St:

Looking east from Ramsey Ave., 1/2 block east of North 9th St:

[markhollin]

The Wash (repurposing of a former car wash into restaurant spaces) at 1101 McKennie (just east of Gallatin Ave.) has announced the 6 tenants: Two Peruvian Chef, Soy Cubano, The Poki, Tootsie Lou’s Tacos, ESP and Bay 6 Bar. Some will be open as early as August. Tyler Cauble is the developer.
 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/tenants-announced-for-ex-car-wash-site-on-east-side/article_cbaed296-b8b2-11eb-97fa-fb252b44f979.html

[markhollin]

500 Creative Way, Phase II (2 stories, 13 units) update: complete and open.

Looking north from Creative Way, 1/2 block west of Briarville Rd:

[markhollin]

943-947 Woodland St. (4 stories, mixed-use) update: previous structures razed after severe damage from March, 2020 tornado.

Looking NW from Woodland St., 1/2 block east of Mcferrin Ave:

 

[bwithers1]

58 minutes ago, markhollin said:

943-947 Woodland St. (4 stories, mixed-use) update: previous structures razed after severe damage from March, 2020 tornado.

Looking NW from Woodland St., 1/2 block east of Mcferrin Ave:

 

I am continuing to work with Clay Haynes on this one. Codes denied the applicability of the Mixed Use district residential floor area bonus for this and several other projects, which poses a severe limitation to adding housing in Nashville. Codes suggested a rezoning to access the necessary floor area ratio to build the apartments. Planning declined to offer a pre-application conference to determine the rezoning approach that they would most likely support. The former Planning Director then recommended rezoning to MUG-A to get the floor area ratio that was needed for the apartments. Planning eventually recommended a regulatory SP instead. We are working on a regulatory SP that sets the maximum  building area for the apartments, that excludes short term rentals, and that limits commercial to the first floor and that may exclude a host of commercial uses within the MUL-A base zoning. 
 

Neighbors sometimes living blocks away oppose it anyway. Planning has a new policy that if any opposition - even one email - is received to an application that they defer the item. This item was scheduled for late April, then staff deferred it to the first meeting in May, then there was opposition and so staff deferred it to the second meeting in May, which will be next Thursday. 
 

We have done and are doing everything that we can to anticipate and to accommodate Edgefield neighborhood concerns, But there is opposition regardless, and people who have expressed support for adding housing density to the Woodland Street corridor have been subjected to vitriol.

It should not be this hard to add housing along corridors in Nashville. That is all.

Edited May 21, 2021 by bwithers1

[Flatrock]

9 minutes ago, bwithers1 said:

We have done and are doing everything that we can to anticipate and to accommodate Edgefield neighborhood concerns, But there is opposition regardless, and people who have expressed support for adding housing density to the Woodland Street corridor have been subjected to vitriol.

This is so very bizarre and unfortunate. I want to tell these folks to move to the countryside if they don't want appropriate density and city life. Get real! Arrgghh. Just wait until Oracle-related housing pressure starts to pop EN at the seams. 

Also, our codes and planning processes sucketh. My understanding is that SP was being (mostly) scrapped in favor of re-zoning in order to save time and resources. I'm seeing the same thing on a smaller project I'm involved with in S. Nashville. Very frustrating...and needlessly so.

[smeagolsfree]

Zoning needs to change in this city along the main corridors Brett. It does not have to be drastic, but it needs to give a little on some of these streets like Woodland & Main. Metro is changing at a much faster pace than the past city planning staff could have possibly even imagined even 10 years ago and a lot of these neighbors are going to have to bend with the times.

What will happen is there will be a host of new transplants coming from cities that are much more liberal with planning and they will eventually dictate what happens in these neighborhoods. It will be best to gradually start making these changes now. The old guard in East Nashville are already being pushed out by these transplants with more arriving everyday. The only constant in life is change. Better embrace it now and seek quality projects and focus on projects with good building materials I would much rather see a stronger architectural standard in East Nashville, like more brick facades and banning Hardee board, to fit in with more of the historic look there. 

Frankly, I am not a fan of some of the modernist structures that have been built and thought there should have been more of a stringent contextual overlay, but the damage has been done, but it is not too late. Hit back with more of a historic look on more of the streets as a compromise. Just my opinion, and I am not knocking you Brett because you have done a bang up job over there and have really had to deal with a load of problems and I commend you for what you have accomplished

 

[markhollin]

1516 Ordway Place (2 stories,  mixed-use) update: Fencing up; foundation cut.

Looking south from intersection of Ordway Place and North 16th St: