Davidson Southeast: Antioch, Century Farms, East of Brentwood

[GregH]

1 hour ago, Nash_12South said:

How narrow Lawrence currently is also came up. There is currently parking on both sides with what's left being too narrow for 2 cars to pass easily.

I'd consider that a plus if I lived there, it's one of the only ways to get people to drive slower.

[markhollin]

Fusion WeHo (3 stories, 37 townhomes) update from NashvilleNowNext.

https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/04/02/construction-underway-at-the-fusion-wedgewood-houston-development/

Photos courtesy of Robert Looper III:

[markhollin]

The 8th & Bass site (3.14 acres at 910 8th Ave. South) is to be purchased for an undisclosed price by another developer, CA South Development.  Previously Morph Hospitality had plans for 3 structure (two 7 story, and 1 4 story) mixed-use project that would include office and hotel space.  CA South, led by Meg Epstein, will most likely go more in the direction of residential mixed-use.   Belpointe is a real estate investment firm that will be a financial partner with CA South.No specifics announced yet.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21147032/edgehill-site-to-see-developer-change

Here is a rendering of the previous concept:

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

[markhollin]

Another Gulch View townhome building (3 stories, 6 units) update:  brickwork underway.

Looking west from 12th Ave. South, just north of Archer St:

[MLBrumby]

I saw that area when I was there last summer.  It's amazing to me just how fast that section of town has changed from a quasi-suburban area with 1950s style ranch houses to an urban residential area. 

[markhollin]

Hobson Flats (12 three/four story buildings, 366 units) update.

Looking south from Mountain Springs Rd., 1/2 block west of Murfreesboro Pike:

Looking west from Hobson Pike, 1/2 block west of Murfreesboro Pike:

Looking north from Hobson Pike, 1/2 block west of Murfreesboro Pike:

[markhollin]

Kipp Academy Junior High School (3 stories) update: walls are up.

Looking south from parking lot behind Academy off Murfreesboro Pike, 1/2 block north of Mountain Springs Rd:

Looking SE from parking lot behind Academy off Murfreesboro Pike, 1/2 block north of Mountain Springs Rd:

[markhollin]

12th & Bate (2 stories, 10 units) update: digging underway.

Looking SE from intersection of Bate Ave. and 12th Ave. South:
 

[markhollin]

902 Murfreesboro Pike has been razed (formerly Spear Realty).  Not sure what is going in it's place.

Looking NE from Murfreesboro Pike, 1/4 block SE of Foothill Drive:
 

[Jamie Hall]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

902 Murfreesboro Pike has been razed (formerly Spear Realty).  Not sure what is going in it's place.

Looking NE from Murfreesboro Pike, 1/4 block SE of Foothill Drive:

Almost any kind of new development along Murfreesboro Pike would be a welcome addition. That area has been ripe for change for quite a while.

[markhollin]

AME HQ (3 stories, 11,200 sq. ft.) update: some brickwork underway.

Looking SW from South St., 1/4 block west of 12th Ave. South:

Looking SE from intersection of South St.  and 13th Ave. South:

Looking NE from 13th Ave. South, 1/2 block south of South St:

[markhollin]

Southpointe Landmark Homes (3 stories, 60 units?) update: Several units topped out.

Looking east from Southpointe Parkway, 1/2 block east of Nolensville Pike:

Several shots from within the development:

[markhollin]

Burkitt Ridge (large mixed-use featuring 800 homes/residential units) update: internal roads in place, and construction underway.

Various shots from within complex off of Burkitt Rd. near Westcott Lane:

[markhollin]

Villages at Forest Park (3 stories? 307 units) update: excavation across the large site continues.

Looking east from Dollar General lot off Murfreesboro Pike, 1/2 block north of Forest View Dr:

Looking NE from back of Dollar General lot:

[markhollin]

A 1 story retail building will be built on the site that currently houses Athens Restaurant and 5 smaller businesses. HNP Properties is the long-time owner and will oversee the new development. No word on how many sq. ft. the structure will have.  Athens has been a tenant at the one-time fast food chicken building for 16 years, and is looking for a different location.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/food-business/article/21147156/berry-hill-greek-restaurant-to-close

[nashvylle]

Looks suburban / cookie cutter. I liked the building Athens was in. 

[VSRJ]

Does anyone know which chicken chain used to occupy the building?

I only went to Athens once and was pretty underwhelmed, but perhaps that was just an anomaly.

Pretty soon 8th is just going to be a row of 1-story strip centers (see the other one under construction where Bolton's stood).

[Nash_12South]

I think part of what's happening on this stretch of 8th is an attempt for a more urban feel with the new construction pushed to the street and parking in the rear. Hopefully, piecemeal, 8th will get more sidewalks and it will get a little more easily walkable. Don't love the design, but economically, it's where that area is. 

[PaulChinetti]

9 minutes ago, VSRJ said:

Does anyone know which chicken chain used to occupy the building?

I only went to Athens once and was pretty underwhelmed, but perhaps that was just an anomaly.

Pretty soon 8th is just going to be a row of 1-story strip centers (see the other one under construction where Bolton's stood).

Kinda looks like a Mrs. Winters maybe?

[PruneTracy]

5 minutes ago, VSRJ said:

Does anyone know which chicken chain used to occupy the building?

I'm pretty sure it was Mrs. Winner's / Lee's. That was their style of building (incidentally the Bellevue Diner, which was formerly another Athens location, is also in an old Mrs. Winner's building). I miss Mrs. Winner's.

[VSRJ]

According to the parcel viewer, the Advance Financial on 8th near Wedgewood was at one point a Mrs. Winners/Lee's Chicken and then was converted into a Church's in 2009. Interesting.

[markhollin]

6 minutes ago, PruneTracy said:

I'm pretty sure it was Mrs. Winner's / Lee's. That was their style of building (incidentally the Bellevue Diner, which was formerly another Athens location, is also in an old Mrs. Winner's building). I miss Mrs. Winner's.

'Twas the very first place I ate when I moved to Nashville the first time in July of '82.  

[12Mouth]

21 minutes ago, Nash_12South said:

I think part of what's happening on this stretch of 8th is an attempt for a more urban feel with the new construction pushed to the street and parking in the rear. Hopefully, piecemeal, 8th will get more sidewalks and it will get a little more easily walkable. Don't love the design, but economically, it's where that area is. 

Yeah, I think you are mostly correct, but it is not exactly urban. I also think that what we are seeing is also being driven by the fact that 8th is a four lane highway. Even if you put sidewalks in at this point and put parking in the back (which are both great progress - don't get me wrong), the developments all still feel like they are being built for people to drive to. I think it would have been interesting to see what would have happened to some of these developments if the plan to push it to three lanes had gone through. You have a fair amount of density there now, but nobody walks and I'm not sure sidewalks are going to have a huge impact on this. People don't like walking next to four lane 50mph traffic. So what do you get in these new strip malls? A bunch of businesses that people drive to - medical offices, banks, verizon stores, etc.

[PaulChinetti]

What now? People walk constantly on 8th, and they are walking on the shoulders, through parking lots, and even in the road. And in large groups, just yesterday I saw a group of 6 use the crosswalk across Craighead from the sidewalk in front of those apartments to be unceremoniously dumped right into the grass in front of the Comcast store  

It might be 4 lanes but anything beyond 35-40mph has long pasted 8th unless in the middle of the night, with all the lights people turning off/on to the street it’s really very slow and desperately could use sidewalks on both sides. 

[smeagolsfree]

He will have to put a sidewalk in front of his building when built. At some point sidewalks will be built on both sides through Berry Hill and Metro, but it is going to take some time. Yo have people that go over the speed limit everywhere and I think the speed limit is 35.  I rarely can get over that speed because of the people pulling out in front of me and the  amount of traffic anyway.

Berry Hill police used to work the speed zone pretty hard thru there back in the day, but they seem to be none existent now. As a matter of fact Metro hardly writes tickets. I was on 440 the other day going 65 in a 55 being passed by cars going 80 and there was Metro paying no mind to any of us at the bottom of the West End ramp.