5th & Broadway | 501 Commerce | NMAAM | 34 story apt, 26 story office, + 183,000 sq. ft. of Retail

[jmtunafish]

5 hours ago, Native said:

This picture embodies what Nashville is today:  construction cranes, brand new office, residential, and hotel towers, and historic buildings that house venerated honky tonks and fun bars and restaurants.

[DeemonBruhn]

If they were going to add a couple more floors, based on the crane position, would it have shown up in additional permits or something?  Would anybody be able to check?

Floors aren’t just added after the fact. Adding floors has a serious impact on structural columns and the function of elevators. This is especially true of office buildings.

[Native]

2 hours ago, DeemonBruhn said:

 

Floors aren’t just added after the fact. Adding floors has a serious impact on structural columns and the function of elevators. This is especially true of office buildings.

 

That makes a lot of sense.  Maybe the top of the building will have more of a crown than the original drawings.  That happened to the residential tower.

[markhollin]

Office Tower update.  Up to 24th floor. Glass installation starting on south side.

Looking SW from intersection of Commerce St. and 5th Ave. North:

Looking north from Broadway and 5th Ave:

Looking east from intersection of Commerce St. and 6th Ave. North:

 

Street activation along 5th Ave. North. Looking north along 5th Ave. North, 1/2 block north of Broadway:

[OnePointEast]

Why has it taken so long in erecting the last two floors?

[donNdonelson2]

1 hour ago, OnePointEast said:

Why has it taken so long in erecting the last two floors?

E. D?

[OnePointEast]

4 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

E. D?

Hahaha, I knew it!

[DeemonBruhn]

Why has it taken so long in erecting the last two floors?

Taller and more complex. Has all the mechanical equipment supports incorporated.

[OnePointEast]

1 hour ago, DeemonBruhn said:

 

Taller and more complex. Has all the mechanical equipment supports incorporated.

 

Awesome. Appreciate it!

[markhollin]

Views from top floor of The Place at 5th & Broadway:

 

[OnePointEast]

He responded "forever", in terms of how long the company is going to be building in Nashville. My goodness, God knows how many projects are in the pipeline that we can't even imagine. Good times for Nashville.

[markhollin]

Office Tower (25 stories, 385,000 sq. ft.) update. Starting 25th floor.

Looking SW from intersection of 5th Ave. North and Commerce St:

Looking north along 5th Ave. North, 1/2 block north of Broadway:

Looking east from intersection of 6th Ave. North and Commerce St:

[rolly]

This office tower kind of gets lost in all the other action in the city, but if this was the only project, like when Pinnacle Tower went up in 2009/2010 at 29 stories, that was a huge deal.   

But this one at 25 office stories should make it into the top 20 tallest. The current list shows 222 and the Grand Hyatt at 326  / 320 feet, so I think this one will slide in just above those buildings. 

[wmaddbb2018]

Should have went 5-10 stories taller  

[titanhog]

It still baffles me that they had Alliance Bernstein on board and still kept downsizing it.  You would think they would want to add floors to the project once they knew they had a client taking up most of it from the beginning...especially in a time like this.

[nashvylle]

52 minutes ago, titanhog said:

It still baffles me that they had Alliance Bernstein on board and still kept downsizing it.  You would think they would want to add floors to the project once they knew they had a client taking up most of it from the beginning...especially in a time like this.

Maybe Alliance Bernstein wanted to be the only tenant in the building (or the main tenant)?

[CenterHill]

I don't understand the floor count on the office tower.     When they say a 25 story office tower, how do you count the parking structure?      As I count currently, they are laying the floor of the 13th level of the steel frame office portion that sits atop the the 12 level parking structure (which includes the office lobby).     But a new load of steel has been placed in the staging area on top of the parking structure and from the quantity of it, it would appear to be enough to go at least another two floors higher.     Each new section of vertical steel is two office floors.     

[LA_TN]

8 hours ago, titanhog said:

It still baffles me that they had Alliance Bernstein on board and still kept downsizing it.  You would think they would want to add floors to the project once they knew they had a client taking up most of it from the beginning...especially in a time like this.

This is not correct. The original hope was to sign a primary tenant to allow the office tower to go 30-35 floors. That did not happen, so when it came time to finalize the design, construction loans, etc the plan was formalized as 25 on spec. Alliance Bernstein did not begin negotiations with Nashville/Pat Emery until over one year later, which was, unfortunately, too late for adjustments to equity, etc.

And, thus far, this has not fully leased. 30-35 would have been awesome visually, but this project was a HUGE undertaking that was finalized (about 10 years ago) by 2016, before the real building "boom"

[Native]

Regardless of the floor count (?) a big cargo plane did a fly over yesterday for the Music City Bowl.  And. this morning the next round of steel began.  Maybe they can add a rooftop bar for the A-B execs.

 

 

 

[smeagolsfree]

I wonder if that is the same C3 cargo jet that has been doing loops directly over my house for a couple of days this past week.

[markhollin]

Courtesy of REI Concrete:

[OnePointEast]

It appears that the last floor is of much greater height than rest of the usual tall office floors, due to mechanical outfitting?

[titanhog]

Cracks me up that this office building has gotten shorter and shorter and shorter over time.  When the first renders came out, this building was significantly taller than the residential building.  Eventually it was about the same height.  Then just a little shorter.  And now...it appears the final height is going to be significantly shorter than the residential.

At least it's going to be a nice looking building with a world-class tenant in an awesome development.

[MLBrumby]

Just noticed that too.... disappointingly short. And when you realize about half of it is parking, it's really just another Suntrust (or what ever its name is now) building on a pedestal. I do think A-B is happy, even if they didn't plan it this way, that their firm will have the vast majority of that building. Given its proximity to all of LoBro, it'll be like they own that whole food court and amenities there.

[Native]

One good thing about this project nearing completion:  We get Fifth Avenue back!  I can't recall when it was last clear from Demonbreun to Union but that will be a nice addition to our streetscape.