More Accolades for Nashville

[dxfret]

13 hours ago, Binbin98 said:

Well, Even amongst this world changing pandemic Nashville is making travel lists for 2020. Pretty much the only city I know that is still making these types of lists which really tells you something about Nashville's appeal as a tourist destination.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2019/12/13/forbes-travel-guide-20-top-destinations-for-2020/#120619373df2

It is one of Forbes top 20 destinations in the world to travel to this year (if you even can)

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-places-to-go-in-2020

Same with conde nast (which by the way includes whole countries in comparison to Nashville, a city of half a million!!)

https://www.globaltravelerusa.com/leisure-lifestyle-awards-2019/

It was ranked the best leisure destination in the USA for 2019, beating New York, New Orleans and even Las Vegas which is unbelievable to  be honest.

I am hoping that these accolades will translate to more international tourism after the pandemic is over. I really think the African American Museum of Music will do wonders for Nashville's perception abroad, which still sometimes can be too 'honky tonk'. Everyone stay safe and healthy and Nashville strong!

Surveys, rankings and travel polls like these have always been highly questionable. These were all developed months ago and are no longer relevant. The pandemic has totally uprooted all domestic and global travel.  

[markhollin]

Davidson County notched $1.12 billion of commercial real estate sales in the first quarter, a haul that wound up just shy of the record set in 2019, according to data crunched by Stephen Prather, broker at Charles Hawkins Co. "The good news is that the Nashville was absolutely booming in the 1st quarter of 2020. The bad news is that March 31st, 2020, seems like a lifetime ago," Prather wrote in his report. "So, where do we head from here? The only answer I can give is: Forward."

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/05/15/deal-dash-amazon-starwood-amphitheater-development.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[markhollin]

Franklin was named one of 22 finalists for the 2020 All America City Award by the National Civic League.

The All America City Award is given to 10 American communities every year as a way of spotlighting outstanding work taking place in communities across the country.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/franklin/2020/05/19/franklin-named-finalist-national-civic-league-2020-all-america-city-award/5221067002/

[markhollin]

A 13-year aged Tennessee bourbon whiskey backed by a host of celebrity investors is about to make its debut in the Volunteer State.

The roster of around 40 investors behind Sweetens Cove Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey is studded with names like Peyton Manning, Andy Roddick, Jim Nantz and Nashville singer-songwriter Drew Holcomb.

Sweetens Cove Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey is meant to be an authentic spirit that stands on its own, a "love letter" to Tennessee in a market largely dominated by Kentucky products.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2020/05/20/peyton-manning-drew-holcomb-release-tennessee-bourbon-whiskey/5213357002/

[markhollin]

Nashville is #7 among "U.S. cities Where Millennials Are Moving in 2020" according to Smart Asset.

7. Nashville, TN

Some of the more than 13,000 millennials who moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2018 may be saving on housing costs. In our 2020 study, Nashville, Tennessee ranked as the 10th city where living with a roommate could save you the most.

https://smartasset.com/mortgage/where-millennials-are-moving-2020
 

[smeagolsfree]

Remember the study was done in 2018, so it is 1 and a half years old. I hate studies that are that old and why to they wait till now to get them out.

[Rockatansky]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

Remember the study was done in 2018, so it is 1 and a half years old. I hate studies that are that old and why to they wait till now to get them out.

The study was done recently, the data is from 2018. I assume its much like the delay in Census data. The bureau has to wait until a year is complete to start putting the data together, which itself takes another 6 months to a year.

[markhollin]

Another East Coast financial giant is opening an office in Nashville this summer.  Jeffries Financial Group, which has completed more than 540 mergers and acquisitions, with a value of more than $465 billion. The firm has 15 other U.S. offices, and 14 more in Europe and Asia.  No word on where their location will be in Nashville, or how many employees.  It appears they will open in August sometime.

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/06/19/big-name-new-york-city-finance-firm-to-open-nashvi.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[nashvylle]

I have a good friend that works there in New York, I will ask for more details. 

[markhollin]

Nashville/Davidson Metro issued $4.42 billion in building permits for the just-concluded 2019-2020 Fiscal Year.  That's a 5% increase over the previous record of '19-'20 (and that had been 15% higher than the year before that). 

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/07/01/commercial-residential-construction-hits-record.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

Of course, the numbers might've been even higher if the 4th quarter hadn't been overwhelmed by the pandemic.  And we will have to see how that continues to carry through in the just-started new fiscal year.

 

[MLBrumby]

Nearly $20B in five years!  Wow!!

[markhollin]

The Hermitage Hotel can now be mentioned with the likes of Pearl Harbor, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthplace and the Apollo Mission Control Center.

The Hermitage Hotel announced Tuesday that it has been designated as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service.

The 110-year-old property is the only hotel in Tennessee listed on the National Historic Landmark Registry.

The luxury hotel, which opened in 1910, joins Downtown Nashville Presbyterian Church, The Hermitage Home of Andrew Jackson, Jubilee Hall at Fisk University and more properties around the state of Tennessee.

There’ll be a small ceremony to unveil the official National Historic Landmark Registry plaque on Aug. 18, which is the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

The Hermitage Hotel joins a list of close to 2,600 places throughout the United States and 30 sites within the state of Tennessee.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/07/28/hermitage-hotel-national-historic-landmark.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline
 

[markhollin]

Nashville topped the list for millennial population change for small tech markets according to CBRE Inc's "2020 Scoring Tech Talent" report, with a 14.4% increase since 2013. Nashville ranks No. 6 among all markets in overall millennial population concentration at 29.6%, the same concentration as Austin.

Nashville is one of the more affordable cities in which to operate a tech firm, according to the report, estimating $38 million of annual costs to run a tech company, based on wages and rent. Only nine of the 50 markets studied were estimated to be more affordable.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/08/03/cbre-tech-report-details-nashville.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[markhollin]

Nashville area home sales were up 12% in July over the same month in 2019.

The median price for a single-family home in July was $344,420, up 9 percent from July 2019. For a condominium, the median price was $239,900, up from $227,000 in July of last year.

More behind theNashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-real-estate/article/21142708/nashville-sees-july-home-sales-jump-12

[Nathan_in_DC]

Wouldn't call it an accolade, but Rolling Stone did a piece on Nashville's delayed COVID response and the people flaunting the rules.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/nashville-broadway-bars-party-pandemic-masks-1041693

 

[markhollin]

The Hermitage Hotel was named "2020 Historic Hotel of the Year" by Historic Hotels of America.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/08/26/hermitage-hotel-named-historic-hotel-of-the-year.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[DDIG]

On 8/11/2020 at 12:38 AM, Nathan_in_the_UK said:

Wouldn't call it an accolade, but Rolling Stone did a piece on Nashville's delayed COVID response and the people flaunting the rules.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/nashville-broadway-bars-party-pandemic-masks-1041693

 

Yet despite that article and the stuff chronicled Nashville's numbers have continued to fall like a rock all of August. Because usually the "outrage" events aren't what really spreads the virus.

[markhollin]

Williamson County had another record-breaking year in tourism during 2019, with $497 million being spent by visitors, a 3.6% increase over 2018.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2020/08/25/williamson-visitor-spending-reaches-new-height-2019/3438490001/

[jmtunafish]

Nashville is ranked #2 among large cities who "invest the most in new housing" per Construction Coverage.  Clarksville comes in at 14th among small metros.  Nashville and Clarksville are the only Tennessee cities to rank in the top 20 of their respective classes.  The rankings are for the number of new housing units per 10k residents.

large metros

1. Austin
2. Nashville
3. Raleigh
4. Jacksonville
5. Orlando
6. Charlotte
7. Houston
8. Salt Lake
9. Dallas-Ft Worth
10. Tampa-St Pete
11. Phoenix
12. Portland
13. Seattle
14. Denver
15. Richmond
16. San Antonio
17. Minneapolis-St Paul
18. Las Vegas
19. Atlanta
20. Oklahoma City

small metros

1. The Villages FL
2. St George UT
3. Coeur d'Alene ID
4. Auburn AL
5. Ft Walton Beach FL
6. Greeley CO
7. Fairhope AL
8. Punta Gorda FL
9. Odessa TX
10. Bend OR
11. Wilmington NC
12. Kennewick WA
13. Vero Beach FL
14. Clarksville
15. Bellingham WA
16. Sioux Falls SD
17. Spartanburg SC
18. Dover DE
19. Valdosta GA
20. Gainesville FL

Here's how all Tennessee metro areas did.

national rank (out of 331)...metro area...# new houses per 10k population

14...Nashville...113.1
36...Clarksville...77.8
125...Knoxville...40.5
126...Chattanooga...40.5
129...Cleveland...40.3
177...Memphis...27.1
249...Jackson...12.1
254...Johnson City...11.4
320...Kingsport-Bristol...0.8

For some reason, Morristown isn't listed.  If Cookeville were a metro area (which hopefully it will be after this census) it would've ranked 81st right just ahead of Killeen-Temple TX with a figure of 56.3.

https://constructioncoverage.com/research/cities-investing-the-most-in-new-housing-2020

[markhollin]

Home sales in the Nashville area were up 6% in August over the same month in 2019.  Avg. price per home was up 11% at 346,172, and average condo sale was up 4% at $242,500.

More at the  Nashville Post here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21143269/home-sales-stay-on-upward-trend

[markhollin]

Nashville will be one of two cities nationally to test the new Google Fiber 2 Gig that will offer 30% faster internet speeds. The other test city is Huntsville.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/09/15/nashville-start-tests-google-fiber-2-gig-internet-october/5803553002/

[markhollin]

The ACM Awards (Academy of Country Music) on CBS will have its 55th Annual telecast from Nashville tonight.  Due to Covid19, this is the first time in Music City after over 5 decades in either LA or Las Vegas. 

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/09/15/acm-awards-how-show-came-nashville-first-time-ever/5800815002/?for-guid=1eea646d-632b-4c47-87eb-062bb676cd8f&utm_source=tennessean-Daily Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=list_article_thumb

[donNdonelson2]

For the second year in a row Nashville Zoo has been honored for best design of a new animal exhibition area. Last year’s nod was for the Andean Bear area, this time for the Sumatran Tiger exhibit! Congratulations to all those involved in this award winning addition to our great zoo.

[MLBrumby]

Not necessarily an accolade, but Architectural Digest highlighted Nashville in a major way as one of four cities to watch.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/these-are-the-four-cities-designers-must-watch

[Bos2Nash]

I think that is actually a huge compliment to the design here in the city. There is alot of outside design talent involved in projects here, but there is also a TON of great talent here in the city.