Margaritaville Hotel,12 stories, 145 ft., 215 rooms

[japan]

Looks like a casino hotel you'd find in Tunica.

[chris holman]

[Tennessine]

I'm not highly educated in the field of architecture, but I think this is a very nicely done building. The façade is neat and simple, and the glass is a nice contrast to the off-white concrete. Although I'm not too keen on the red parking garage (I think that's what that is) adjacent to the brown overhang, this hotel has surpassed my expectations. This looks nice downtown and isn't too flashy.

[NashWellington11]

What is with Nashville developers and BROWN these days?!? This is not Arizona/NM/West Texas. All the brown looks awful. Please stop with the brown accents!

[chris holman]

8 hours ago, chris holman said:

 

[MLBrumby]

Pretty much as proposed. Obviously, they WILL bring in the palm trees. 

[rolly]

I wish the gold divider lines between the windows matched the renders. Currently they're very faint and thin. In the renders, each gold accent is thicker and brighter, and they extend all the way down to the lobby level, unlike what they've done now with the accent finishing several levels off the lobby. 

Also the rendered version has a bronze type of color for the offset panels that run along each side. Currently they're just a shade off  (light gray) from the main part of the building (white). The light bronze look helped the overall appearance.

[urbanplanet17]

Unpopular opinion:

I know it was trashed quite a bit at first, but dare I say it actually turned out looking better than all of the non-Omni and non-The Joseph hotels south of Broadway.

(yes, I know it's an extremely low bar to achieve and thus doesn't mean much)

Edited August 19, 2019 by urbanplanet17

[Native]

On 8/18/2019 at 12:18 PM, rolly said:

I wish the gold divider lines between the windows matched the renders. Currently they're very faint and thin. In the renders, each gold accent is thicker and brighter, and they extend all the way down to the lobby level, unlike what they've done now with the accent finishing several levels off the lobby. 

Also the rendered version has a bronze type of color for the offset panels that run along each side. Currently they're just a shade off  (light gray) from the main part of the building (white). The light bronze look helped the overall appearance.

I agree.  And it is a common problem with architectural renderings which highlight the cool accents only to have them lost in the final product either because of cost-cutting or just poor drawing in the first place.  Makes me think about the top of JW Marriott that seemed to get chopped off.

[markhollin]

Signage up  on SE corner. Detail work on entrance areas coming together.

Looking NW from intersection of 5th Ave. South and Peabody St:

Looking west from intersection of 5th Ave. South and Peabody St:




Looking south along 5th Ae. South, 1/2 block south of KVB:

[markhollin]

Palm trees being installed on amenities deck.

Looking NE from intersection of 6th Ave. South and Peabody St:
 

[chris holman]

13 hours ago, markhollin said:

Palm trees being installed on amenities deck.

Looking NE from intersection of 6th Ave. South and Peabody St:
 

Wow lol there really putting in the palm trees 

[markhollin]

That north facing wall of the parking pedestal is just prime for an iconic mural.

Looking SE from intersection of 6th Ave. South and KVB:

A few days before the palm tree installation in the amenities deck.  Looking NE from intersection of Peabody St. and 6th Ave. South:

 

Looking NE from Peabody St., 1/2 block west of 5th Ave. South:

Looking west from intersection of 5th Ave. South and Peabody St:

Various interior views:

The mosaic in the driveway next to the lobby entrance:

[titanhog]

^^Street level looks really nice.

[MLBrumby]

Got a mid-century vibe there. 

[Bos2Nash]

On 9/15/2019 at 8:58 AM, markhollin said:

Various interior views:

As Always Mark, thanks for the amazing photos! I agree that the north wall is so perfect for some awesome mural. Maybe a great sports mural or musicians mural that highlights the great roots of the city

The interior of this is coming together nicely. Can we take a moment and look at the random copper pipe draining into the floor drain. Presumably temporary, but still a minor WTF moment haha.

[NashRugger]

On 9/13/2019 at 3:50 AM, chris holman said:

Wow lol there really putting in the palm trees 

They're windmill palms, which can survive temps down to 5-10 degrees and also a good snowfall, so they can make it in downtown with wrapping protection on the usual coldest couple nights in the winter. 

[Sean blackdog]

[nashvylle]

buzz's girlfriend of hotels. Woof. 

[markhollin]

Some more signage: "Mi Casa es su Casa."

Looking NW from intersection of 5th Ave. South and Peabody St:

[chris holman]

The hotel seems to be opened i saw people with luggage, at the front desk pictures are from the lobby and the upper stairs

[nashvylle]

Inside isn’t too bad

[erdichia]

I stayed at the Margaritaville down in Hollywood FL last week. A lot of the interior details are the same. (They even have the sandal sculpture)

 

[Bark At The Sun]

28 minutes ago, erdichia said:

I stayed at the Margaritaville down in Hollywood FL last week. A lot of the interior details are the same. (They even have the sandal sculpture)

 

The Hollywood one is pretty cool.  Is close to the Boardwalk, lots of restaurants and has that cool surf simulator.   There were some bands playing at that stage at the boardwalk, and we sat out on our balcony and enjoyed the evening.

[markhollin]

I also walked around the hotel on Saturday morning as workers were still furiously putting on all the final touches.  It had its official opening yesterday (Monday).