SKYHOUSE NASHVILLE | 25 stories/289' + 7 & 70' | 10,708sqft Retail |

[smeagolsfree]

I talked to one of the tenants at the location and they were told they have a year before they have to move out.

[mirydi]

I talked to one of the tenants at the location and they were told they have a year before they have to move out.

Damn, that long huh...

[UTgrad09]

Damn, that long huh...

 

Yep, which means a lot of people are going to call it a dead proposal by this time next year.

[nashmoney]

A little Q/A with Novare's President about Skyhouse Nashville

 

courtesy of Getahn:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2014/08/26/skyhouse-concept-targets-growing-millennial-market/14592047/

[mirydi]

So I've noticed that Novare is planning a second Skyhouse in close proximity to almost all the other Skyhouse's in other cities. Does anyone think that's a possibility in Nashville? If so, whats your guess on the location? 

[Paramount747]

Lets get one built first!

[titanhog]

The 2nd one will be built beside Lake Palmer and include a "water feature." 

[G...yNot?]

Core drilling was going on today for Skyhouse Nashville on the garage portion. Took a picture of it but not sure how to attach a pic in here.

[dmillsphoto]

Core drilling was going on today for Skyhouse Nashville on the garage portion. Took a picture of it but not sure how to attach a pic in here.

Thanks for the heads up. The best way is to utilize a free photo site like Imgur or photobucket and then using the provided link to that image on here.

[titanhog]

When do they knock down the sandwich shop?

[barakat]

Skyhouse and the related UDO cancellation are on the planning commission's consent agenda for Thursday, which means it will be approved unless someone from the community objects and has it removed.  This could begin very soon, it seems.

Edited September 8, 2014 by barakat

[bwithers1]

Skyhouse and the related UDO cancellation are on the planning commission's consent agenda for Thursday, which means it will be approved unless someone from the community objects and has it removed.  This could begin very soon, it seems.

Is this one on the Council agenda yet for first reading? Depending on where it is in the process, it could get done in the next month or two unless there is a deferral.  I'm not sure how much opposition there would likely be.

[smeagolsfree]

Not on the Council agenda yet, as far as I know. There is still a lot of work to do on this and after talking to a few tenants in the foot print, it may be a year.

[mirydi]

I swear I read somewhere that the Skyhouse height variance request was approved. Does anybody have that link? 

[Paramount747]

WW said the earliest this would start would be this time next year. No rush on this. Too much new construction and rehabilitation is happening in the CBD to keep me happy. Projects in the suburbs like this make no difference to me when they start!  

[Vrtigo]

 

 

 

Source

 

We can finally put an official height in the title of this post, btw.

[MidTenn1]

I was concerned when I learned that the garage was going to face the roundabout instead of a building entrance. However the garage is nicely done (for a garage) but still would prefer the building, itself.

 

I know they are trying to show how the building does not dominate the neighborhood in this rendering for purposes of getting a height variance. They should have shown the 'Element' at 19 stories and 190', also.

 

BTW, I guessed 287', so I was probably the closest. What do I win?

 

Copied and moved this post from West End forum.

 

[mirydi]

 

BTW, I guessed 287', so I was probably the closest. What do I win?

 

 

 

*Congratulations!!!* You have just won a free penthouse in the upcoming Skyhouse Nashville! 

 

In order to ensure your reservation for your free penhouse, please post up kindly the following information at your earliest convenience. 

 

-Social security#

-Dob

-Full name and address

-Bank account # and all passwords

-Telephone #

 

Also, a small fee of US$500 is in order to cover documentations. I'll send you a private message with the bank account# that you can wire the money too. 

 

Thank you, friend, kindly have great day!

 

Sincerely, 

Norvare employee: John Johnson

[Paramount747]

289 will be huge in that area. Most buildings downtown in the 20 story range are not 289. I always thought Palmer Plaza should have been built downtown because of its height.

[dmillsphoto]

Mirydi,

 

I cleaned up your hilarious winnings post above to make it more realistic 

[BnaBreaker]

That is a nice parking garage, for a parking garage, and it looks like it has retail at the base, which is nice enough.  This garage really irks me though.  There are some legitimately lovely old buildings being destroyed for this damn garage.  I'm barely...BARELY okay with them being destroyed for The Skyhouse itself (R.I.P. Sub Stop )...but a parking garage?!?  Beyond what's being destroyed, imagine what could have been built on that lot instead!  But, Novarre apparently refuses to spend any extra money and time redesigning their cookie-cutter building design to include underground parking or a parking garage base, so the neighborhood suffers. 

 

To be quite frank, now that I've learned about this parking garage fiasco, I think I'd rather have the existing block of beautiful, old, UNIQUE-TO-NASHVILLE buildings than this run-of-the-mill, highrise equivalent of getting a new McDonald's.  Blocks like this are part of what make living in an urban area interesting and exciting!  If you just wanted generic crap that vaguely resembles an urban environment, one can just move to Ovation in Franklin!  This is one of the last remaining blocks in Nashville that still has the original street wall almost entirely intact.  But we like tall stuff so we let the fact that this is sorta-kinda tall cloud our concept of what really makes a city what it is.  I fear Hillsboro Village and Elliston Place are next.  What will it take for people to give a rip about preserving Nashville itself?  Are the buildings on Broadway the only sacred cow in the city?  People go apesh*t if anyone tries to so much as renovate the Trail West building, but this entire row of structures from the same time period?  'Meh...bulldoze them for parking and a generic highrise that can be found in 15 other cities.'  Obviously, we all have our price.  If this were some game-changing, truly unique project, then hey, I'd be on board.  But this is decidedly NOT that...and what's even more maddening, as has been pointed out before, THEY COULD'VE JUST BOUGHT ONE OF THE COUNTLESS EMPTY LOTS FOR SALE IN THE CITY INSTEAD!!!  It's like developers go out of their way to destroy the very buildings that help to make the neighborhoods they claim to want to be a part of, attractive places to be in the first place!!!!  It's infuriating to me!

Edited November 13, 2014 by BnaBreaker

[NikOnder]

^^^ I truly do not understand this company's insistence on separate garages. Just build the damn thing on top of the garage! I do appreciate that it at least will be fronted by retail on the street.

[samsonh]

I am sure it all comes back to cost. Putting the garage underground would require millions more and also would take much longer. Putting it on top has it's own challenges I am sure and would almost certainly be more expensive.

[Paramount747]

I still think WW may be correct. This could be a year away from starting.

[Paramount747]

No mention on the site about Skyhouse Nashville. They do feature Encore and Vridian however.

 

http://novaregroup.com