Cambria Suites Hotel|255 Room|19 Stories|200 feet

[Paramount747]

I guess WW forgot he wrote about it because he acted surprised and told me that was big news, and that he would have to contact the guy about a start date!

[smeagolsfree]

Groundbreaking in one month.

[UTgrad09]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

Groundbreaking in one month.

Still no rendering? 

[smeagolsfree]

No rendering yet. WW just checked with them today.

The reason I say in one month is that there was a permit pulled for the tent for the groundbreaking ceremony for 2/10.

[markhollin]

From Nashville Post this morning: "A Feb. 10 ceremonial groundbreaking is set for the Cambria Suites project in SoBro. A Metro Codes document shows that Liberty Party Rental is handling the installation and break-down of a tent for the event. San Francisco-based Fillmore Capital Partners is serving as developer and is not ready to release a detailed image or other details, according to a company spokesman.

"The hotel building, which will rise on the southeast corner of the intersection of McGavock Street and Eighth Avenue South is expected to be open in early 2018. It likely will feature up to 225 rooms and rise at least 15 stories. JLL is handling the marketing and leasing of the hotel buiilding’s retail space."

Read more here.

Still no rendering on the project, which may rise at least 15 stories, and perhaps as high as 19 stories.

[dmillsphoto]

Cambria 1...

2 The 8th Ave face.. south wall looks like a lot left to be desired..

 

[Hey_Hey]

I am actually pleasantly surprised. I thought we were going to get a very suburbanized design with stucco galore.  The South face hopefully won't be visible for the long-term. I would think the lot to the south is a prime target for redevelopment and any new large scale development would obscure that southern facade. 

[MLBrumby]

Cambria Suites will be 19-stories and have 225 rooms.  Nice urban design.  Courtesy of NBJ:  http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2016/01/first-look-larger-sobro-hotel-emerges-as.html

This brings to 2200 the number of hotel rooms under construction just in Sobro.

[Tim29tn]

Eh....it's not terrible by any means. Definitely not boring.

[MLBrumby]

Thought I had posted earlier... and thought I saw something about the Cambria Suites.  It will have 19 floors and 225 rooms.  Anyway, here's the blurb from Adam Sichko at the NBJ; http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2016/01/first-look-larger-sobro-hotel-emerges-as.html

Slide show with four "peeks" at the architects rendering. Overall, it is a nice urban design. http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2016/01/first-look-larger-sobro-hotel-emerges-as.html#g2

 

 

Edited January 14, 2016 by MLBrumby

[dmillsphoto]

12 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Thought I had posted earlier... and thought I saw something about the Cambria Suites.  It will have 19 floors and 225 rooms.  Anyway, here's the blurb from Adam Sichko at the NBJ; http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2016/01/first-look-larger-sobro-hotel-emerges-as.html

Slide show with four "peeks" at the architects rendering. Overall, it is a nice urban design. http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2016/01/first-look-larger-sobro-hotel-emerges-as.html#g2

 

 

 

I put them in the right topic...

[Paramount747]

Very good design....if it's not stucco but clad in stone or travertine as the rendering suggests. The setback is nice and at 19 stories we are looking at another 200 foot+ building here and will certain fill in the gap as it were.

The pinkish cladding will play off the MCC and the red door of the Lutheran Church.

Things are starting to fill in nicely. Our friend Dave Luna always stressed infill. Glad to see its happening. Buildings like this take up surface lots which will in turn create the need for taller buildings once the surface lots are all gone.

Edited January 15, 2016 by Paramount747

[BnaBreaker]

Hmmm, fairly encouraging thus far.  Looking forward to seeing the top half!

[markhollin]

I like the various levels--even though it's "boxy" it is broken up by the various cubes stacked /intertwined upon each other.  Not sure what I think of the waving grassy stems represented in the 3-story cladding behind/above the Cambria signage facing 8th Ave. as well as above the service entrance on McGavock.  

If it is, indeed, going to be 19 stories, then there would be 4 more floors not shown above the far right edge of tower in this rendering.  Hopefully we can see the "Full Monty" soon.  ; )

 

[CenterHill]

The lower portion isn't too bad and has pretty good street activation.    The big question is what is the cladding on the tower?    I'll be disappointed if that's all stucco and we end up with the second coming of Hyatt Place.  

[titanhog]

5 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

Hmmm, fairly encouraging thus far.  Looking forward to seeing the top half!

Pretty sure the top half will be the "guitar."

[MLBrumby]

That's just "howdee"ous!

[Nashville Cliff]

14 hours ago, markhollin said:

I like the various levels--even though it's "boxy" it is broken up by the various cubes stacked /intertwined upon each other.  Not sure what I think of the waving grassy stems represented in the 3-story cladding behind/above the Cambria signage facing 8th Ave. as well as above the service entrance on McGavock.  

If it is, indeed, going to be 19 stories, then there would be 4 more floors not shown above the far right edge of tower in this rendering.  Hopefully we can see the "Full Monty" soon.  ; )

 

Yep, this is their standard new prototype, which has been one it looked like they would build all along.

[Paramount747]

IN any case, glad to see the surface lot go away. In regards to Hyatt Place, it will soon disappear into the mass as buildings are built around it. The CB Ragland lot now home to the Asurion parking lot is ripe for development, even if it is a series of 15-20 story buildings, the Hyatt will become unnoticeable. This building too will be hidden once all the surface lots are built out over the next 15-20 years.

[CenterHill]

2 hours ago, Paramount747 said:

IN any case, glad to see the surface lot go away. In regards to Hyatt Place, it will soon disappear into the mass as buildings are built around it. The CB Ragland lot now home to the Asurion parking lot is ripe for development, even if it is a series of 15-20 story buildings, the Hyatt will become unnoticeable. This building too will be hidden once all the surface lots are built out over the next 15-20 years.

I'm going to have to take a contrary view.     Buildings are never hidden.   The view from certain angles at a distance may be impaired by surrounding structures, but the building is still quite visible from surrounding streets and occupants of other nearby buildings.    Actually, Hyatt Place looks marginally ok from a great distance.   It's up close where the mass of stucco and lack of window details or any ornamentation becomes noticeable and unattractive.    Not to mention what it will look like in a few years as the stucco stains and streaks.    Unless it's an iconic tower, buildings are meant to be admired up close and all of these apartments and hotels clad in cheap synthetic materials simply fail in that respect.     

[markhollin]

Floor plan of street level for Cambria Suites:

 

Map of attractions around the Cambria Suites site, showing how it is very central to both the Broadway/2nd Avenue District and The Gulch, as well as right next to MCC and the Arena.  It really is a quality location. 

Edited January 26, 2016 by markhollin

[MLBrumby]

Thanks for that. I couldn't quite copy/paste it into a post. 

[Paramount747]

Is there a rendering that does not have the top cut off?

[markhollin]

Full rendering unveiled at groundbreaking today. Choice Hotel's President and CEO, Steve Joyce, says they are also looking at developing two other downtown locations for their Comfort Inn & Suites and Ascend brands as well.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/02/11/cambria-hotel-franchisor-eyes-more-nashville-projects/80233718/

 

Edited February 11, 2016 by markhollin

[MLBrumby]

Anyone else think the rendering above looks like an Escher picture?  Looking at that neon/LED lighting effect.