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

[Buildtall]

Will there be any barricades around the store to keep drunk drivers from driving through the windows?

[MLBrumby]

10 hours ago, DDIG said:

Right around there I think.

 

Man, that corner shot. This is a pretty awesome addition.

 

It's like a hologram of the Ryman. 

[ArchitectBarbie]

On 5/21/2020 at 5:34 PM, Native said:

But the real show was on Fifth Avenue North where 9200 pound glass walls were being installed on the Apple Store.  A security guard told me they cost $43,000 each.  The installation was dramatic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And now you can see why Structural Glass is so expensive,  hopefully they planned for some crash-rated bollards at the corner.  Cool reflection of the Ryman.

[Nathan_in_DC]

Wow, it's so hard to believe that just a few years ago this corner was just a dead edge of a completely closed off convention center. Absolutely no vibrancy, that stood in such stark contrast to everything around it. It was basically a wall that told you that you had reached the end of anything interesting and created an unnecessary boundary to lower Broadway. Now it's about to be a complete 180!

[markhollin]

Filling a nice hole in the skyline looking west from Gateway Blvd-KVB Bridge:

Looking NE from intersection of 7th Ave. South and Demonbreun:

Looking NE from intersection of 7th Ave. and Broadway:

Looking east from 7th AVe. North, 1/2 block north of Broadway:

Looking east from intersection of 7th Ave. North and Commerce St:

And some new shots from TheTennessean today:

[downtownresident]

Looking up 5th Ave: 

 

[rolly]

Looks great.   

That new downtown Nashville Apple store is in such a great spot!

[Nash_12South]

The last thing I read is that the retail/restaurant portion of 5th & Broad is delaying opening to next year because of the virus. (it was to be late summer/fall 2020) Is anyone hearing differently? Disappointing if true.

Edited May 28, 2020 by Nash_12South

[DDIG]

45 minutes ago, Nash_12South said:

The last thing I read is that the retail/restaurant portion of 5th & Broad is delaying opening to next year because of the virus. (it was to be late summer/fall 2020) Is anyone hearing differently? Disappointing if true.

That was in The Tennessean's story: https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2020/05/24/new-new-nashville-emerging-city-slowly-reawakens/5198720002/

Shops and restaurants previously set to open this fall will hold off until spring 2021 at Fifth + Broadway, the 6.2-acre meandering dining and entertainment complex with office and apartment towers. 

"We've hit the pause button until we feel it's safe to resume," said Laci Bonner, owner of The Nash Collection and Revv boutiques opening new locations at Fifth + Broadway. "I think it's smart to push back the opening date when there's excitement, and not a fear of shopping or traveling."

"We want to make sure everything is right and we're not rushing anything," said Tom Miller, general manager of Fifth + Broadway. "It's an incredible extension of everything on Lower Broadway. What differentiates it is it's a family-friendly environment with elements that areelevated with fine dining."

[Native]

Well, the pause button may have been hit on the food court but the outside is proceeding apace.  Here is a view from a parking lot on Commerce Street.

And contrast between the old and new.  A church on Fifth has vines growing out of its rear wall while the Fifth and Broadway office tower will plant trees on its green deck.  Tennessee has always been the "greenest state in the land of the free".

 

[DDIG]

Everything is on schedule construction wise. My understanding is that A) retailers / restaurants are a little preoccupied digging out of the COVID fallout so it is tough for them to currently plan for opening new stores / restaurants  B) this is a massive investment for many parties, so not being certain what environment will look like in the fall, it would be shame to put energy and resources into an opening and the larger community potentially still isn't ready by and large to return to large public venues. It is a bummer because I can't wait to see this thing come to life, but it seems like the right call to make.

Edited May 28, 2020 by DDIG

[Nash_12South]

47 minutes ago, DDIG said:

Everything is on schedule construction wise. My understanding is that A) retailers / restaurants are a little preoccupied digging out of the COVID fallout so it is tough for them to currently plan for opening new stores / restaurants  B) this is a massive investment for many parties, so not being certain what environment will look like in the fall, it would be shame to put energy and resources into an opening and the larger community potentially still isn't ready by and large to return to large public venues. It is a bummer because I can't wait to see this thing come to life, but it seems like the right call to make.

This all makes sense, but waiting for 9-10 months to open? These spaces could just be sitting, finished, and gathering dust for months and any delayed opening a bit anticlimactic. I get all the reasons to wait, it's just really disappointing.  

Edited May 28, 2020 by Nash_12South

[DDIG]

8 minutes ago, Nash_12South said:

This all makes sense, but waiting for 9-10 months to open? These spaces could just be sitting, finished, and gathering dust for months and any delayed opening a bit anticlimactic. I get all the reasons to wait, it's just really disappointing.  

Spring starts in March. I'd bet you are looking at more of a six-ish month delay from when it was to open than 9-10. I get what you are saying, but it would potentially be more anti-climatic to open in the fall with a number of retailers and restaurants unable to be ready to open due to COVID, so the experience wouldn't be what it could be.

[titanhog]

I can't say I'd blame a company to wait for a new opening until this is maybe over (or perceived to be over).  It's one thing for a current restaurant / retail to reopen (most want to reopen asap)...but for a new one to attempt to open during the year of a pandemic would be really tough.

[dragonfly]

On 5/23/2020 at 11:21 AM, titanhog said:

How tall is that glass?  30'?

OK so I did an estimate with ruler, assuming the guy on scissor lift at 5'10' and assuming 5000 kg/m^3 glass density: Glass plate 25' x 8.5'  x  4" x (1/12) ft/in = 71 ft^3 ... x 5000 kg/m^3  x  2.2 lbm/kg  x  (.305 m/ft)^3 = 22,000 lb. 

Edited May 29, 2020 by dragonfly

[titanhog]

5 hours ago, dragonfly said:

OK so I did an estimate with ruler, assuming the guy on scissor lift at 5'10' and assuming 5000 kg/m^3 glass density: Glass plate 25' x 8.5'  x  4" x (1/12) ft/in = 71 ft^3 ... x 5000 kg/m^3  x  2.2 lbm/kg  x  (.305 m/ft)^3 = 22,000 lb. 

[markhollin]

New painted signage along Broadway, and window work for Apple Store.

Looking north from intersection of Broadway and 6th Ave. South:

Looking north from just west of intersection of Broadway and 5th Ave:

[Native]

We are pretty close to the finished product on the garage skin.  A lot has been said about this, so I will not rehash all the previous observations.  But for my money, this is not the look I would want on my premier downtown development.  Sorry.  It just looks messy.  And out of synch with the rest of the project.

 

 

[BnaBreaker]

Yeah I'm not sure what look they were going for, but that beige/brown aluminum siding reminds me of every rural church outbuilding built on a tight budget.

[DDIG]

1 hour ago, BnaBreaker said:

Yeah I'm not sure what look they were going for, but that beige/brown aluminum siding reminds me of every rural church outbuilding built on a tight budget.

Somewhat matches the Renaissance Conference space roof so my only guess is they were trying to make it complement it since they’re attached.

[henburg]

 

The renderings made the coloring look much more subtle and the material much more translucent. I just don't really understand what was so complicated about the installation that made them redo it so many times. 

[titanhog]

3 hours ago, henburg said:

 

The renderings made the coloring look much more subtle and the material much more translucent. I just don't really understand what was so complicated about the installation that made them redo it so many times. 

Yeah...the render looks 100% better than what they've actually got going on.

[bigeasy]

7 hours ago, titanhog said:

Yeah...the render looks 100% better than what they've actually got going on.

They always seem to look way better than the actual building, but this is on a different level. Maybe someone can just paint over it with a massive mural.

[Bos2Nash]

15 hours ago, Native said:

 

I agree the panels are certainly a bit saturated. I also agree with DDig that they appear to be trying to blend with the Renaissance as it is part of the built environment.  The first photo is a sort of reflection of the Renaissance growing out of the roof and then fading away towards the front and back of the garage. The second photo pulls the color of the Renaissance down to the ground from the high point and fades away into the glass.

Now the Boradway facade loses that concept a bit, as it functions more as a funnel to the connection of the office building to the pedestrian portion and the brown fade is just a consistency of color at that point.

This is what makes design so great though, I could have a totally different idea of what these panels are intended to do than what the design team wanted, but it's all about how it is perceived.

[markhollin]

Huge digital screen installed on south wall of Renaissance Hotel Ballroom inside pedestrian plaza (alert Mayor Cooper!). Progress on garage cladding for the office tower.

Looking north from Broadway, 1/4 block east of 6th Ave. South:

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

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




Looking south from Commerce St., 1/2 block east of 6th Ave. North:

Looking SE from Commerce St., 1/4 block east of 6th Ave. North:

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

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

Looking NW from Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge where it crosses over 2nd Ave. South: