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

[Nashvillain]

Seeing as how this museum showcases Black artists from around the nation and not Nashville specifically, I guess having it in the most-visited section of the city makes a kind of sense. If the curatorial/educational focus had been Nashvillians, or others somehow connected to the city (like Jimi Hendrix for example), I would argue that the Broadway location would be sort of an insult. While I do think that FromParkAvenue is often a delightful troll, I do think she has a point on this matter.

[Nash_12South]

Despite the statements to the contrary, I think a huge reason the museum backers got behind this location was tying into the overall project made actually building it a whole lot more realistic.  Suddenly they had a great PR machine and the project developers to get behind their fundraising. The developers also got a great way to avoid critics attempting to derail the project.      

[nashvylle]

There was an uproar when the museum potentially didn’t have a main entrance on Broadway. I don’t understand why anyone wouldn’t want it here. 

I love that this museum was incorporated into the city’s best real estate location / overall development. 

 

[downtownresident]

From this afternoon, work seems to be started on the Apple Store site: 

Edited September 16, 2019 by downtownresident
Formatting.

[Nash_12South]

I don’t think it will be ready to sell the new iPhones 11s on launch day this Friday.....

Edited September 16, 2019 by Nash_12South

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, Nash_12South said:

I don’t think it will be ready to sell the new iPhones 11s on launch day this Friday.....

All they need to do is pop in a few glass panels and they're ready to go.  It could happen. 

[deletethisaccount]

Used the one released rendering and it's single large steel support beam as reference. Went to the site and attempted to get an angle from the same distance and perspective. Over laid it and this is the result.

 

[BnaBreaker]

I'm still really disappointed that H&M pulled out of this project.  A flagship H&M coupled with an Apple Store gave it the feeling of a retail destination of sorts.  Now the Apple Store, although I'm happy to have it, kind of feels out of place to me.  You have Broadway with all it's bars and restaurants, and the rest of the 5th and Broadway development with all it's bars and restaurants, and then smack dab in the middle of them all you have.... an upscale computer shop?  What? 

[Nash_12South]

I think there will still be a certain number of non food & beverage retailers in this project. Some will likely be noteworthy names that the developers will not release until they have to. Non food & beverage build outs take a lot less time than a restaurant so building permits won't get pulled until the first quarter of next year, most likely. The developers will make announcements slowly to keep the project in the press. We still are, what, some 9 months + before anything is really opening? I also think we will see some of the less competitive bars/restaurants close along Broadway and the side streets after this project opens, all bright shiny and new, opening the door for some traditional retailers. That coupled with a downturn in the economy, of some sort, will hurt our tourism, to a degree. 

Edited September 18, 2019 by Nash_12South

[chris holman]

7 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

I'm still really disappointed that H&M pulled out of this project.  A flagship H&M coupled with an Apple Store gave it the feeling of a retail destination of sorts.  Now the Apple Store, although I'm happy to have it, kind of feels out of place to me.  You have Broadway with all it's bars and restaurants, and the rest of the 5th and Broadway development with all it's bars and restaurants, and then smack dab in the middle of them all you have.... an upscale computer shop?  What? 

I welcome the much needed upscale retail downtown and I'm a Android user lol

[Native]

The utility screen is nearly done.  Almost 20 feet tall and quite sturdy looking.  Also, only 7 floors to go on the windows.  

 

[Craiger]

This was taken about 24 hours ago. Just got a chance to upload it. You can see a couple of the columns are in place. Looking at the renders, those may be the only tow columns...

[OnePointEast]

I didn't take pictures but the office building looks pretty freaking massive now. That thing is going to be amazing once it's done.

[japan]

On 9/17/2019 at 11:07 PM, BnaBreaker said:

I'm still really disappointed that H&M pulled out of this project.  A flagship H&M coupled with an Apple Store gave it the feeling of a retail destination of sorts.  Now the Apple Store, although I'm happy to have it, kind of feels out of place to me.  You have Broadway with all it's bars and restaurants, and the rest of the 5th and Broadway development with all it's bars and restaurants, and then smack dab in the middle of them all you have.... an upscale computer shop?  What? 

It's more of a lifestyle shop

[PaulChinetti]

1 minute ago, japan said:

It's more of a lifestyle shop

Agreed. Some of the classes they do are super helpful too people. And with the Apple Music office opening in Wedgewood, I have to think this store will definitely have some special guest performances and things like that. Even artist lead events, they do those also. 

[e-dub]

Something similar to the PBS Tiny Desk concerts would be pretty cool there.

[markhollin]

 

[nashvylle]

Thanks @markhollin

two images that stood out to me in that video:

 

[chris holman]

Office tower 400ft 

[Craiger]

19 minutes ago, chris holman said:

Office tower 400ft 

He said “let’s call it 400 feet from the basement.” I’m not really sure what that means. 

[titanhog]

Mentions Front Burner taking up a big portion of the retail across from the apartment tower.  Got this from Wikipedia...so take it for what it's worth:

Front Burner Brands is a Tampa, Florida based restaurant company. Their brands include GrillSmith, with six Tampa area locations, Melting Pot, a fondue themed restaurant with 143 locations as of 2011, and Burger 21 an upmarket burger chain. Bob Johnston is the company's Chief Executive Officer.^[1] The GrillSmith group of restaurants was rebranded in 2011 as refined-casual and chef-inspired

[Native]

1 hour ago, Craiger said:

He said “let’s call it 400 feet from the basement.” I’m not really sure what that means. 

It means they count the parking levels below grade to make the building seem taller.  That is probably how Bridgestone got to be listed at 460 feet when it is clearly the same as Pinnacle.  So, the real height is about 340.

[DeemonBruhn]

Probably a hard building to measure. Commerce sits 30 feet higher then Broadway. It will be a lot taller viewed from the south then from the north.

[markhollin]

Office Tower (501 Commerce) now up to 17th  floor.

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

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

Looking north from Broadway and 5th Ave:

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

[OnePointEast]

Hands down my favorite tower under construction in Nashville. This thing is going to be a stunner.