Belle Grande /2400 Crestmoor (2 hotels & 30,000 sq. ft. office), 9 stories, 105 ft., Green Hills area

[BnaBreaker]

My god, this thing is massive!!  I just realized that for the past several months everytime I saw a construction photo of this, I just assumed in my mind that it was Vertis.  I had completely forgotten about this!  Wowzers... Green Hills is seriously urbanizing, and it's about time!  Now... if only they could fix those mangled, disorganized suburban style streets down there.

[LA_TN]

20 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

My god, this thing is massive!!  I just realized that for the past several months everytime I saw a construction photo of this, I just assumed in my mind that it was Vertis.  I had completely forgotten about this!  Wowzers... Green Hills is seriously urbanizing, and it's about time!  Now... if only they could fix those mangled, disorganized suburban style streets down there.

You would be shocked if you saw how urban the area around the mall is becoming

[MLBrumby]

I have deliberately avoided Green Hills for the past 2+ years. Fortunately my wife is not a big shopper, but she'll go to Lenox/Phipps a couple times a year. I don't have to go (so I don't).  Lucky me.  

But I think I'll have to deliberately drive into the belly of the beast and look around. I'll have to pick a time on a day when things are slower than usual (when?). Then I'll drive like a bat out of hell out of there.  

I really hate Green Hills. I can't help but take it personally, that the streets are an utter c-f-, and (IMHO) are an embarrassment to Nashville. We've talked about the ubiquitous power lines all around the core... and that's just accepted as something that's a part of the landscape. Of course that includes Green Hills. 

But Green Hills today is a reflection of the complete lack of planning/foresight on the part of Nashville's (lazy ass) Metro government. That area was already horribly congested back when I was at Vandy 25 years ago.  And there's not a good reason in hell that 21st/Hillsboro does not already have underground utilities and sidewalks all the way from Hillsboro Village to Burton Hills, and medians the whole way... but NO!  The whole damn stretch from I-440 to MAGH looks the same as it did when I moved to Nashville in 1988!!! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!?

There were ample opportunities for several cross-street and intersection alignments back when I lived there. For example, Bandywood at the crook behind what is now Trader Joe's (I think it used to be a Bookstore). Why couldn't that have been connected to Richard Jones? And I even imagined an alignment of Crestmoor with Glen Echo (which I think Metro is finally doing, right?). And the whole damn crook in Castleman bugged me even then.  LOL... so as a "frustrated" (wannabe) city planner, I couldn't help but look at Green Hills as the proverbial runaway train of city planning. The thing that's bugged me for so long is the "stasis" among Nashvillians w.r.t. the c-f- it was becoming... and now obviously is. Okay.. rant over! 

[AronG]

If they add any significant quantity of dense residential, I've always thought it could touch off the early stages of a reinforcing pedestrian village effect. At this point the crawling, skull-numbing traffic might as well have been designed to force people to rethink getting into their car if at all possible. Of course, if you're considering walking very far, the enormous multi-lane intersection crossings and giant parking lots would give you pause, but it may have actually gotten to the point that an average joe stepping out of their apartment would consider braving that hostile street environment just to avoid driving in it. And if enough of them do, it would be much easier to improve the area to handle drastically more pedestrian traffic than it would be to move the needle on the vehicle traffic.

[markhollin]

The first hotel building on north end of the property has topped-out. 

Looking west from Crestmoor Rd. at intersection with Cleghorn Ave:
 

 

Looking east a the at south end building from parking lot of Courtyard Marriott off of Bedford Ave:

 

Looking east at north end building from the backside from Bedford Ave.

[markhollin]

Found this flyover video from 4 months ago:

 

[archilove]

Green Hills could be improved, but I enjoy going there. It helps to not be a type A and prone to ranting.

[markhollin]

Southern structure is now up to 9th floor Just needs a roof on it, and then it will be topped out like the northern counterpart.

Looking north from the south end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive:

 

Looking north from the north end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive:

 

Looking SW from Cleghorn Drive at Tokyo Steak House parking lot:

 

Looking NW from Cleghorn Drive at Tokyo Steak House parking lot:

 

Looking SW from intersection of Cleghorn Ave. and Crestmoor Rd:

[markhollin]

The Green Hills Hilton (southern portion of the complex) is now fully topped-out at 9 stories. 

Looking north from the south end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive:

Looking north from the north end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive. The Marriott Residence Inn is on the center/right:

 

Looking SW from north end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive at the Hilton portion:



Looking west from Crestmoor Rd. at intersection with Cleghorn Ave:

[markhollin]

Looking north from the south end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive:

Looking north from the north end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive. The Marriott Residence Inn is on the center/right:

 

Looking west from Crestmoor Rd. at intersection with Cleghorn Ave:

[markhollin]

Looking north from the south end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive:
 

Looking north from the north end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive. The Marriott Residence Inn is on the center/right:

Looking west from across Cleghorn Ave, 1/4 block south of Crestmoor Rd:




Looking SW from across Cleghorn Ave, 1/4 block south of Crestmoor Rd:

Looking west from Crestmoor Rd. at intersection with Cleghorn Ave:

[titanhog]

^^Is that the finished exterior?  Is that supposed to mimic the color of red brick?

[markhollin]

^ ^ ^ Brick is going on everything.  That's what all the scaffolding is for.

[MLBrumby]

I don't know exactly the answer, but I have been watching the Vanderbilt (Barnard Hall College Dorm) construction and there seems to be a brick (or a surface that looks like brick) that is all a shade of reddish pink (with no visible mortar lines) while it's being applied. Then when finished it looks like brick. I hope that's what we're seeing at the moment on this building. 

[samsonh]

2 hours ago, titanhog said:

^^Is that the finished exterior?  Is that supposed to mimic the color of red brick?

That is the layer before the brick.

[Bos2Nash]

On 3/25/2018 at 6:51 AM, markhollin said:

Looking north from the north end of the parking garage at Cleghorn and Green Hills Mall Drive. The Marriott Residence Inn is on the center/right:



Looking SW from across Cleghorn Ave, 1/4 block south of Crestmoor Rd:

Can someone tell me what those white wall packs are?

[Nash_12South]

43 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

Can someone tell me what those white wall packs are?

HVAC units for the hotel rooms, I assume.

[Bos2Nash]

2 hours ago, Nash_12South said:

HVAC units for the hotel rooms, I assume.

Thanks. So aesthetically pleasing....

[markhollin]

Looking NW from Cleghorn Ave., 1/2 block south of Crestmoor Rd:

[markhollin]

Brickwork complete on Marriott Residence Inn.

Looking  north along Cleghorn Ave. from southern edge of Green Hills Mall garage:

Looking  north along Cleghorn Ave. from northern edge of Green Hills Mall garage:

 

Looking west across Cleghorn Ave. at steel framing for eventual brick/stone archway:

 

Looking NW from Cleghorn Ave.

 

Looking west from intersection of Cleghorn Ave and Crestmoor Rd:

 

Looking east along Crestmoor Rd:

 

Looking south from Crestmoor Rd:

 

Looking NE from back parking lot of 3810 Bedford Ave:

[markhollin]

Brick work nearly complete.  What a handsome development this is.

Looking  north along Cleghorn Ave. from southern edge of Green Hills Mall garage:

Looking  north along Cleghorn Ave. from northern edge of Green Hills Mall garage:




Looking west from intersection of Cleghorn Ave and Crestmoor Rd:

Looking SW from across Cleghorn Ave, 1/4 block south of Crestmoor Rd:




Looking NW from Cleghorn Ave.




Looking east along Crestmoor Rd., 1/2 block east of Bedford Ave:

Looking SE from  Crestmoor Rd., 1/2 block east of Bedford Ave:




Looking NE from back parking lot of 3810 Bedford Ave:

[GreenHillsBoy]

I agree that this is  a quality development and shows you can have it if you set standards and don't simply loosen the standards to appease big developers.  Green Hills, like most of the city, is being inundated with two tall skinnys on what was formally a lot for one home.  In almost every case, they have to dig across the street to connect for utilities and NEVER fix the street back to what it was.  Why are they allowed to get away with this?

[BnaBreaker]

My god that thing is a beast!  I'm surprised the NIMBY's didn't get their panties in a bunch over it!  But I agree... what an incredibly handsome structure!

[smeagolsfree]

They moved most of the people that would have objected to this out when Bedford Commons was built. All of those buildings on Bedford used to be homes in 2000 or so.

[markhollin]

So handsome.  Brick work complete, and signage beginning to be placed.

Looking NW at the Hilton along Cleghorn Ave., 1/2 block south of Crestmoor Rd:

Looking SW from Cleghorn Ave., 1/2 block south of Crestmoor Rd: