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)

[markhollin]

More details and  some additional renderings.

• There will be three European-style plazas — bounded by buildings, not streets, intended to make it pedestrian-friendly.

• Currently, 10th Avenue North runs underneath Church Street. Nashville Yards will make 10th into a double-decker street. The new level, named "Upper 10th," will feed into Church Street and have no curbs, a tactic to encourage use by pedestrians while slowing down vehicle traffic (like the block of Fifth Avenue South between the Omni and Music City Center).

• On the opposite side of the development, bordering the train tracks that cut through the Gulch, an elevated pedestrian boulevard, akin to the High Line in New York City, will run the length of the project above a park.

• Speaking of the intersection where Union Station is located: The Nashville Yards project will move 10th Avenue South closer to 10th Avenue North. This will allow vehicles to diagonally cross Broadway from both directions at once. Currently, traffic halts on Broadway to allow drivers on 10th Avenue North to go, and then remains stopped to allow drivers on 10th Avenue South to go.

• Sidewalks will be 14-feet to 18-feet wide throughout the development, which is roughly double or triple what you'll usually find in the city.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2017/11/17/exclusive-new-look-shows-epic-1b-nashville-yards.html?ana=e_me_set1&s=newsletter&ed=2017-11-17&u=blTR7Dj233GiBQ74JyYK0Q09b4ecfd&t=1510929127&j=79189871
 

[Guest]

Just an incredible project! Upper Broadway has been playing catch-up to the Gulch and SoBro, but I think the wait has paid off....now get the %#$#%$#%^$%^$^% Federal Courthouse Built!!

Edited November 17, 2017 by Guest

[Pdt2f]

I love the project, the only thing I really wish is that they’d add some height and creativity to the buildings themselves. This project is extremely prominent from the west, and I feel like it’s going to block views of the CBD without really offering an interesting alternative. Really love how much effort they’re putting into making it so pedestrian friendly, along with all the street activation and green space. 

[bhibbs]

The Hyatt is going to be so imposing as you are coming up Broadway, as others have said...I love this one.

 

[bigeasy]

49 minutes ago, Pdt2f said:

I love the project, the only thing I really wish is that they’d add some height and creativity to the buildings themselves.

They added creative to the name of the office towers. What more can you ask for?

[Pdt2f]

33 minutes ago, bhibbs said:

The Hyatt is going to be so imposing as you are coming up Broadway, as others have said...I love this one.

 

After a few years when endeavor, whatever gets put on The Tennessean site, and if anything imposing goes where the Exxon station is it’ll kind of blend in. But for a few years it’ll definitely dominate that stretch of broadway! 

[wmaddbb2018]

This seems scaled back greatly from earlier renderings for the entire development doesn’t it?

[Pdt2f]

5 minutes ago, wreynol4 said:

This seems scaled back greatly from earlier renderings for the entire development doesn’t it?

I think on this rendering they’re just spotlighting the first phase. They mention that there are “future” office and residential buildings, and if I’m not mistaken there was in the original rendering a residential tower on the land that stretches further towards the CBD. I’m assuming they’re just taking it one step at a time. 

[MLBrumby]

If you look at the aerial rendering, you'll see a tower at the corner of 8th Avenue and Church Street and additional buildings along 8th.  http://nashvilleyards.com/

[bnacincy]

If CSX would say yes to commuter rail, the developers of Nashville Yards could build skyscrapers directly over the train tracks, like Hudson Yards in Manhattan. Commuter trains could offload passengers directly beneath where they work or at least right next door.

Couple that with massive residential development in the Gulch and companies like Amazon will take Nashville seriously.

Until then.....

[Binbin98]

This project is REALLY GOOD for Nashville! I am telling you from a New Yorker perspective (born there and my family is all from there), that when Hudson Yards and the High Line were built, that area and really the entire end of Manhattan started to change for the better. Hell's Kitchen used to be a pit, now its the go to place due to the High Line and everything else. This and Fifth + Broadway will just make Nashville that much more attractive, Amazon or no Amazon.

Now if they can just make part of lower broadway pedestrian only like Times Square, then my wishes would be complete  

[Ingram]

The upscale bowling club could be Brooklyn Bowl.

Edited November 19, 2017 by Ingram

[tragenvol]

11 minutes ago, Ingram said:

The upscale bowling club could be Brooklyn Bowl.

Hasn't Brooklyn Bowl been previously announced?

[Ingram]

19 minutes ago, tragenvol said:

Hasn't Brooklyn Bowl been previously announced?

No they say they are looking for a location.

[markhollin]

Looking north from Broadway viaduct half block west of 10th Ave:

 

Looking north along 10th Ave. North half a block south of Commerce intersection:

 

Looking SW from 10th Ave. North under Church Street Viaduct:

[AronG]

Man, that overpass looks a little scary right now.

Have they announced the specific date that the lifeway tower is coming down? I saw December at one point, but no date.

[e-dub]

bumping up to see if anyone knows anything re: the implosion?

[smeagolsfree]

I think they have bumped it into January. I saw something on one of the local TV stations about it.

[Vrtigo]

My sister-in-law works for them. I told her to keep me posted and will be happy you share. (no news yet)

[e-dub]

thanks, @Vrtigo!

[markhollin]

Demo has continued into the northern sections of the warehousing, as you can see in the upper-right in this photo.  Looking west from 25th floor of the Renaissance Hotel:

 

[markhollin]

Looking north from Broadway viaduct half block west of 10th Ave:

 

Looking NE from Broadway viaduct half block west of 10th Ave:



 Demo of former connector nearly done. Looking north along 10th Ave. North just north of Broadway.

Most of the southern portion of the former LifeWay warehouse is nearly complete.  Looking NW from 10th Ave. North at Broadway:

 

Holes being punched in sections of the former LifeWay northern warehouse.  Looking east from intersection of Gundy St. and 11th Ave. North across the Gulch:

[e-dub]

has anyone heard about saturday 01.06.2018 as an implosion date for the old lifeway building?

[DeemonBruhn]

has anyone heard about saturday 01.06.2018 as an implosion date for the old lifeway building?

Yes. Same.


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[MLBrumby]

Not an unattractive building... it just screams "1980s!"