Davidson Southeast: Antioch, Century Farms, East of Brentwood

[MidTenn1]

Don't know if this was posted before. Just showed up on the development tracker....submitted June 26, 2018...

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A request to rezone from IWD to SP-R zoning on property located at 1700 4th Avenue South, at the northeast corner of Moore Avenue and Ensley Boulevard (12.03 acres), to permit 130 multi-family residential units, requested by Core Development, applicant; Freeman Investment, L.P., owner.

Plan ^^^^

Just across from the fairgrounds.  A great re-use of the property, but it seems like a small amount of apartments for such a (future) prime location. However, much of it is in the floodplain, so I suppose there are not many other options.

[PaulChinetti]

I can definitely remember seeing a picture Where everything towards the arrow was underwater.  

[markhollin]

Lots of activity along Alloway Street, just off of 8th Ave. South, 1/2 block north of The Basement:

 

[AronG]

On 7/3/2018 at 7:30 PM, LA_TN said:

There are apartments, literally, right across the street with more apartments and condos just down the street - all <5 minutes walking. I can bike there in <10 minutes

This is the OPPOSITE of an "interstate destroyer", it is an interstate saver! Creating a mixed environment of residential, retail, and jobs is a good thing! Or does this forum only support that concept when it is downtown?

It's great that there are apartment complexes nearby, but this development is built for car commuters and will never have more than a tiny fraction of alternative commuters. If you think either of those statements are wrong I'd love to know why because I'd love to be wrong. It's set back from the road in the middle of a giant parking lot, the clearest way to demonstrate to people that they should drive if it is at all within their power. The nearby apartments are in isolated pods with one entry drive and no sidewalk access. The nearest bust stop is almost a mile away. Biking on Crossings Blvd or old Franklin Rd is a death trap.

I personally am dying for Nashville to encourage mixed-used, pedestrian-friendly developments in places other than downtown, and have said so all over this forum. If anything they're *more* important away from downtown, because they're now our only realistic chance to build affordable housing that doesn't force people into ever-growing interstate commutes. And the entire hickory hollow mall area is a huge opportunity to start building just such an affordable mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly community. But we're not going to get there if we don't look the problem in the eye and start shifting development patterns. If we keep on with developments like this one we're just going to have another semi-dense area that pushes suburban buildings a little closer together but does nothing to change the underlying assumption that you'll get to and from each destination in a car. 99.9% of people will read the writing on the wall and get in their car for every single trip to get groceries, coffee, visit a park or their friend down the street, or go to work.

[PaulChinetti]

You can see it in the distance at the end of the video. At the beginning is Craighead and Bransford underwater. 

 

[markhollin]

It appears that a mixed-use project is going to happen at the 1.9 acre Tabernacle Baptist Church site at 2214 12th Ave. South.  According to the church's pastor, Darin Freeman, the sale is imminent, and the project will include housing and retail.  The congregation has already purchased property in West Nashville at 877 West Hillwood Drive for their eventual relocation.

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/07/05/developer-strikes-deal-for-12south-church-property.html

This small cottage on the north side of the lot is also part of the property.

[Nash_12South]

It will be interesting to see if they build within the guidelines or ask for extras. It’s a big chunk of land and whatever they propose will likely be fought. They lost last time, in part, by asking to build too much (222 units, then 155 units, then 70-90 units, 4 floors) and not including retail. They also better have enough parking. That will be key.

According to Channel 5 - the church won't move until spring 2020. 

Edited July 6, 2018 by Nash_12South

[markhollin]

The sale of the .83 acre parcel at 909 Hawkins has gone through at $4.1 million, and the zoning approved for a 4 story, 75 condo, mixed-use building to be developed by Meg Epstein, Steve Armistead, and Jared Bradley.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21012348/gulcharea-property-sells-for-41m

[markhollin]

Phase I of Alloy on Tech Hill  (3 stories, 82 condos) is now open.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2018/07/09/nashville-prefab-condos-alloy-tech-hill/732874002/

 

[markhollin]

A few more details on the Ensley Blvd. apartments mentioned in PHofKS entry at the top of this page.

They will be in two 4 story building units, with about 65 units each on the 12 acre site at the junction of 4th Ave. South, Ensley Blvd., and Moore Ave., just north of the Fairgrounds.  The plan goes before the Metro Planning Commission on Aug. 9th to get the plot rezoned from industrial to residential.

The property sits within a flood plane related to Brown's Creek, and some remediation work likely will be needed. For example, the site contains sub-surface fill material, including rock and dirt, within the floodway buffer. 

This will be made up of the prefab condo units like Core's development on the ridge to the east called Alloy on Tech Hill.

More at Nashville Post here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-real-estate/article/21012625/residential-project-eyed-for-fairgroundsarea-site

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/07/11/mark-deutschmann-thinks-prefab-is-pretty-fab-for.html

This oddly-shaped teal lot in the center of this screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map (listed as Polygon 227) shows where the project lies in conjunction to the Fairgrounds (just to the south):

[PaulChinetti]

Great use for that property. 

Maybe this will push the city to redo the railroad bridge farther up the street. (fingers crossed)

[Rockatansky]

6 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

Great use for that property. 

Maybe this will push the city to redo the railroad bridge farther up the street. (fingers crossed)

I would hope the at-grade crossing on 4th would get attention before this. At least its passable when a train is present.

Edited July 10, 2018 by Rockatansky

[PaulChinetti]

Very true. I'm just hoping for anything and that seems more like the baby steps that Metro would do.

We can only hope though. With Bento going in that corner is gone (red). What could you do connect Hart and Houston straight across and make that an intersection and make the railroad crossing into a bridge like on 2nd? I've always wondered what the options would be there.

[markhollin]

Townhomes at 12th Ave. South & South Douglas (3 stories? 3 units?) update. Foundation complete.

Looking north from intersection of 12th Ave. South and South Douglas:

[Nash_12South]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

Townhomes at 12th Ave. South & South Douglas (3 stories? 3 units?) update. Foundation complete.

Looking north from intersection of 12th Ave. South and South Douglas:

I think it will be 4 units. 4 permits were pulled for the site.

[PaulChinetti]

Guess they got tired of all the complaints.

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/nashville-convenience-stores-padlocked-declared-public-nuisances

Yup

Edited July 11, 2018 by PaulChinetti
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[markhollin]

A few more details on the Mark Deutschmann plan for residential at the 11 acre 2165 Nolensville Pike site.  It will be made up of 180 prefab condo units like the ones he just finished on Alloy at Tech Hill.

Core Development will order condo units made of steel by a new supplier in Birmingham, Ala. That proximity should reduce shipping costs: Birmingham is about 250 miles from the job site, as opposed to the 630 to 740 miles that the units for the Alloy on Tech Hill project traveled from Pennsylvania. Steel is higher-quality than wood, and because it is stronger, Core Development can stack units higher than the Alloy on Tech Hill project.

The project is still in the design phase. For each, the budgets and financing remains unclear at this stage. Hawkins Parters and Civil Site Design Group are among the firms working  on it.

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/07/11/mark-deutschmann-thinks-prefab-is-pretty-fab-for.html?s=print

This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent Development Map show the development in the large teal block at the center of the frame along the west side Nolensville Pike:

[markhollin]

Bento Box (5 & 6 stories, 85 units) update. One elevator shaft/stairwell complete, 2 others on the way.  Much of the foundation laid.

Looking south from intersection of Hart St. and 4th Ave. South:

Looking SE from intersection of Hart St. and 4th Ave. South:

[PaulChinetti]

I feel like a bad UPer I should have gotten pictures of that sooner, I drive by it every day. Thanks for shooting those Mark!

That point is going to be interesting with all the balconies on it, the upper floors should have some nice fews down 4th. 

 

 

[markhollin]

A mixed use structure featuring 104 residential units, and 11,000 sq. ft. of ground floor retail, restaurant, and office space is being planned by Core Development for 1.48 acre site at 1234/1236 Martin St. in WeHo. This is directly across the street from the just-opened Disken Cider. Groundbreaking is planned by year's end.  No renderings available yet.

D|AAD will be the architect, Hodgson Douglas will handle landscape architecture, and Barge Cauthen Associates will oversee land-planning.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21013598/mixedused-building-eyed-for-weho

The two parcels are the vacant lots in the center of this frame looking eastward:

[PaulChinetti]

Weren't those slated for a Corsair warehouse at some point. I guess they ended up selling the land?

[thenorthchannel]

32 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

Weren't those slated for a Corsair warehouse at some point. I guess they ended up selling the land?

Yes.   At one point, Corsair was going to use this as a warehouse.  Then Corsair bought the warehouse on Houston Street across from Bastion and flipped this property back to Core.  

[nashvylle]

@markhollin do you know how much the land was purchased for? 

[DMilner]

6 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

@markhollin do you know how much the land was purchased for? 

1234 & 1236 were purchased by Core for $800,000 back in 2013. 1236 closed for $1,325,000 last year. 

[PaulChinetti]

The 15-16 townhomes are coming along nicely at the corner of 2nd Ave S and Hart St. They are massed very close together, I’m interested to see how it’s going to look when it’s all done.