Nashville Yards, 15 acres/4 million sq. ft./ $1 billion, Phase I: Grand Hyatt Hotel (25 stories), Phase II: Amazon (26 & 22 stories), Phase III: AEG District (4 K theater, 34 & 35 story apts); Phase IV: Pinnacle Tower (35 stories), Amazon 3 (43)

[chriss752]

The Grand Hyatt is looking good from the JW Marriott.

[markhollin]

The Grand Hyatt has landed a $29.8 million permit for continued work.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/construction/article/21076120/permit-patrol-8-july-2019

[Sean blackdog]

OxBlue is back. 

https://app.oxblue.com/open/clarkconstruction/underconstruction

 

Edited July 8, 2019 by Sean blackdog

[wes1990]

Amazon officially signed a lease for their two towers under construction. Interestingly, they will also get first dibs on the two other office buildings planned for the other side of Church. 

"It's official: Amazon has signed a lease for the downtown development where the company will station 5,000 office workers.

The lease also grants Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) first dibs on even more office space in the Nashville Yards development. That toehold gives Amazon room to swell beyond those initial 5,000 jobs — a widely held expectation in Nashville's business community, based on the company's track record in its home market of Seattle."

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/07/08/amazon-signs-lease-for-towers-sets-stage-for-even.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[titanhog]

^^"And they will officially rename the area "Amazon Yards." 

[markhollin]

It is interesting in the NBJ article states that the 20 story Tower One "will sit atop an 11-level parking garage. As designed, a second planned tower also would sit atop that garage."  So, these two could be taller than what we have been led to believe.  The garage at Tower One starts at ground level.  The garage under Tower Two looks like it might be 2 or 3 levels below street level. 

[titanhog]

4 minutes ago, markhollin said:

It is interesting in the NBJ article states that the 20 story Tower One "will sit atop an 11-level parking garage. As designed, a second planned tower also would sit atop that garage."  So, these two could be taller than what we have been led to believe.  The garage at Tower One starts at ground level.  The garage under Tower Two looks like it might be 2 or 3 levels below street level. 

If true, that could be nearly 450'

[Craiger]

5 minutes ago, markhollin said:

It is interesting in the NBJ article states that the 20 story Tower One "will sit atop an 11-level parking garage. As designed, a second planned tower also would sit atop that garage."  So, these two could be taller than what we have been led to believe.  The garage at Tower One starts at ground level.  The garage under Tower Two looks like it might be 2 or 3 levels below street level. 

I think this has to just be an error by NBJ. All the permits we've seen still mention the original numbers. I'm more interested in that supposed 40 story tower across the street.

[titanhog]

Does anyone else feel like Amazon getting "first dibs" on the other office towers is a way to control who goes into Nashville Yards?  Like, say, Oracle wanted to go into that 40 story tower...Amazon be like...

 

[Craiger]

Here is the floor layout from a documented printed in April and uploaded to a permit 2 weeks ago. The garage is only "11 stories" under tower 2 and 6 of those are below "ground level" of church street. 

 

[titanhog]

^^Am I seeing right that the height of tower 1 is 366'?

[downtownresident]

7 minutes ago, Craiger said:

Here is the floor layout from a documented printed in April and uploaded to a permit 2 weeks ago. The garage is only "11 stories" under tower 2 and 6 of those are below "ground level" of church street. 

 

Looks like the height above Church Street for Tower 1 is 334.5’, which will still be pretty prominent there. 

[LA_TN]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

It is interesting in the NBJ article states that the 20 story Tower One "will sit atop an 11-level parking garage. As designed, a second planned tower also would sit atop that garage."  So, these two could be taller than what we have been led to believe.  The garage at Tower One starts at ground level.  The garage under Tower Two looks like it might be 2 or 3 levels below street level. 

 

2 hours ago, Craiger said:

Here is the floor layout from a documented printed in April and uploaded to a permit 2 weeks ago. The garage is only "11 stories" under tower 2 and 6 of those are below "ground level" of church street. 

 

It is very obvious that tower one will be 31 stories and 510.3 ft

 

**FAKE NEWS**

 

I give up trying to explain..........

[Ingram]

Amazon securing rights for first offer, first refusal is interesting. Does it mean the developer will build one or both buildings on spec and then offer Amazon the first shot at them. If not, how would they court other tenants with Amazon guaranteed at having the first shot at one or both buildings. Seems like an awkward way to try and secure other possible tenants.

Edited July 8, 2019 by Ingram

[nashvylle]

11 minutes ago, Ingram said:

Amazon securing rights for first offer, first refusal is interesting. Does it mean the developer will build one or both buildings on spec and then offer Amazon the first shot at them? If not, how would they court other tenants with Amazon guaranteed at having the first shot at one or both buildings? Seems like an awkward way to try and secure other possible tenants.

Exactly. 

I think this means the developer either won't build until Amazon signs a lease, or build it on spec... SW Partners has the pockets to build on spec, but doubt they do that. 

 

[smeagolsfree]

I think the 334.5 will be above ground level at 10th as the other 30 feet are below ground.

[Ingram]

It makes one wonder how long the developer will wait for Amazon to decide if they want to expand. With all of the office buildings under construction or planned; it might not be prudent to wait five or more years for Amazon to decide if they want more office space. Especially if they can get those other two buildings filled with other tenants already wanting to be in Nashville Yards.

Edited July 8, 2019 by Ingram

[Craiger]

14 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

I think the 334.5 will be above ground level at 10th as the other 30 feet are below ground.

B3 is at ground level of 10th. B4-6 is below grade. They are only digging on the North end of the lot and that is where B4-6 will be. You can take a look at the construction cam and see they didn’t go below 10th on the south side.

[smeagolsfree]

Gotccha, I was getting info confused about the below grade between building 1 and 2.

[Native]

On the issue of Amazon's "control" of the other building sites, I think the developer could simply build sooner (if the market would support that) and Amazon would waive its rights because it would not be ready to expand.  The problem becomes more complicated if there is a long delay in building the other tower(s).  Nice to have that option, I guess.

[markhollin]

Grand Hyatt (23 stories, 591 rooms) update.  Up to 11th floor at street level, 13th floor from CSX tracks.

Looking NW from intersection of Broadway and 10th Ave:

Looking NE from Broadway Viaduct, 1/2 block west of 10th Ave:

[KJHburg]

Amazon HQ2 is fully underway in Arlington VA but since they decided to pull out of NYC it seems the 2nd half is going to nearby Bellevue WA.  Amazon announces 600 foot tall building there they will fully lease.

https://archpaper.com/2019/07/amazon-bellevue-600/

I fully expect them to grow beyond their 5000 job announcement in Nashville as well  hopefully with a taller building that is what is proposed. 

[DDIG]

Grand Hyatt at the Yards to host the 2021 SEC Media Days. Pretty good get to beat out competition before opening.

[FromParkAveToTN]

I heard Atlanta is getting a Nashville Yards now.

[chris holman]

10 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Amazon HQ2 is fully underway in Arlington VA but since they decided to pull out of NYC it seems the 2nd half is going to nearby Bellevue WA.  Amazon announces 600 foot tall building there they will fully lease.

https://archpaper.com/2019/07/amazon-bellevue-600/

I fully expect them to grow beyond their 5000 job announcement in Nashville as well  hopefully with a taller building that is what is proposed. 

Rendering of the 600ft tower going up in Arlington