Ritz Carlton Hotel /Residential (46 stories & 32 stories, 240 rooms, 150 condos, 185 apts,), 560 capacity garage

[UrbanWes03]

Am I the only one who thinks this development should get rid of that little sliver of 7th ave that leads to nowhere? It really complicates that already complicated intersection of Peabody and Lafayette and the road isn’t really useful anyways. The same goes for the little part of Lea ave on the circle south site. Just seems like the elimination of these roads is the logical choice 

[nashville born]

Thanks for the clarification.  Almost lost it thinking my CS was gone. 

If these two are built as currently rendered, the KVB roundabout area will be delicious!!!!  Those two, 805 Lea, that _______ Westin (insert your expletive of choice), and the JWM......NICE!!!!  Then, if/when Fairmont and Buckingham come online, I might just shed a tear.  Color me excited! 

[nashville born]

Been meaning to share this for a few months.  Apologies for the poor image quality.  I used a pencil and it doesn’t show well in the photo.  Drew the late eighties Nashville skyline from a postcard back when I was in college.  Then drew in fictional buildings to expand on what has always been a favorite skyline and favorite dream (seeing it grow).   So tickled to follow what y’all have going. 

[MLBrumby]

Wow! I lived in Nashville in the late 1980s and early 1990s and I remember a skyline with just about 8 buildings. As matter of fact, I was just thinking as I looked through this thread earlier today that there will be as many (more?) skyscrapers at the 8th Avenue/Demonbreun/Roundabout nexus than there were in the whole of downtown (citywide) when I was at Vandy.  So that would be around 9 (One & Embassy Suites, JWM, Westin, Circle South and residential tower, Ritz and residential, and Cambria), as compared to downtown circa 1988 (First American (UBS), Commerce Union (Bank of America), TPAC/Jackson Bldg, Amgen (Snodgrass), Third National bldg (ServiceSource), L&C, Hyatt Regency (Sheraton), Nashville Place (R2D2), and the recently opened Stouffers (Renaissance)).  

[rjgo]

1 hour ago, LA_TN said:

 

No, see this from Mark 

That’s my point... the yellow area doesn’t look big enough for the rendered towers without the northern part of Yeehaw Brewing.

[downtownresident]

1 hour ago, rjgo said:

That’s my point... the yellow area doesn’t look big enough for the rendered towers without the northern part of Yeehaw Brewing.

The lot for 900 church, which is 34 stories and has 356 rental units, is 0.31 acres. The lot for the apartment tower is 0.29 acres, so it should fit. I'd imagine that parking for the entire structure will be under the main tower on the larger lot. 

[titanhog]

5 hours ago, PHofKS said:

I actually like the Stix art. It actually was an inspiration for the Circle South Tower...from the original submittal to the city asking for additional height…http://maps.nashville.gov/MPC/2020DTC-030-001_plan.pdf

The artist, Christian Moeller, seems to have designed it to relate to future tall towers that would surround the roundabout.

 

I wrote, on another forum, some comments regarding my opinions about the Stix sculpture;

I can't see something as boring as a fountain being placed on this site. The developers of Circle South seem to agree.

The problem with Stix is not its design…but rather its final product.  If these were installed with outstanding lighting and some type of creative finish at the ground level rather than what looks like a circle of weeds, it wouldn’t look so “half-a$$.”  

Edited January 27, 2021 by titanhog

[Binbin98]

I swear Nashville is getting closer and closer to Las Vegas level popularity with tourists every day. It’s rare for any city in America to have this many luxury hotels under construction and announced at once, let alone one that has only 2 million people in the immediate area. Ritz-Carlton will be a great fit though. Maybe these hotels are being built also for Potential Amazon business traffic as well, but tourism must be through the roof to get all these hotels being announced. Hopefully post-COVID pandemic and post lousy mayor Nashville will continue growing. It’s reminding me of Atlanta or Dallas in the 70s/80s.

[markhollin]

NBJ coverage of the announcement:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/01/27/morris-hotel.html

Nashville Post coverage behind the paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21145669/sobro-set-for-luxury-hotel

[smeagolsfree]

Post story live if you want to post.

[DDIG]

11 hours ago, Binbin98 said:

I swear Nashville is getting closer and closer to Las Vegas level popularity with tourists every day. It’s rare for any city in America to have this many luxury hotels under construction and announced at once, let alone one that has only 2 million people in the immediate area. Ritz-Carlton will be a great fit though. Maybe these hotels are being built also for Potential Amazon business traffic as well, but tourism must be through the roof to get all these hotels being announced. Hopefully post-COVID pandemic and post lousy mayor Nashville will continue growing. It’s reminding me of Atlanta or Dallas in the 70s/80s.

Whenever people get the green light to get back to normal, I have a feeling Nashville is going to go absolutely mad. People are going to be heading to party towns and for all the reasons tourism boomed before, it will be one of the first to boom again.

[nashville born]

Just subscribed to the Post because our very own said he's a part-time contributor.  Let me go play Taco's, Putting on the Ritz!

 

[DDIG]

28 minutes ago, nashville born said:

Just subscribed to the Post because our very own said he's a part-time contributor.  Let me go play Taco's, Putting on the Ritz!

 

It is well worth the money (unlike The Tennessean).

[BnaBreaker]

8 hours ago, DDIG said:

Whenever people get the green light to get back to normal, I have a feeling Nashville is going to go absolutely mad. People are going to be heading to party towns and for all the reasons tourism boomed before, it will be one of the first to boom again.

I know for me personally, I'm not going to do any international air travel until there is some sort of 'vaccine passport' program in place so you don't have to take weeks off work to quarantine, so I am chomping at the bit to go have a big holiday party blow out in a place like Nashville that is within an easy drive.

[Binbin98]

8 hours ago, DDIG said:

Whenever people get the green light to get back to normal, I have a feeling Nashville is going to go absolutely mad. People are going to be heading to party towns and for all the reasons tourism boomed before, it will be one of the first to boom again.

Thank you for 1000 pluses I’m so happy! I hope I’ll get more as Nashville grows and I continue to give my dumb opinions lol

[smeagolsfree]

6 hours ago, nashville born said:

Just subscribed to the Post because our very own said he's a part-time contributor.  Let me go play Taco's, Putting on the Ritz!

 

You are a gentleman and a scholar and thatnk you.

[Armacing]

On 1/26/2021 at 5:07 PM, henburg said:

 local vegetation 

Local vegetation, huh?  Similar to how the Church Street Park is populated by "local wildlife"?

[Luvemtall]

17 minutes ago, Armacing said:

Local vegetation, huh?  Similar to how the Church Street Park is populated by "local wildlife"?

Lol

[japan]

On 1/26/2021 at 8:58 PM, titanhog said:

The problem with Stix is not its design…but rather its final product.  If these were installed with outstanding lighting and some type of creative finish at the ground level rather than what looks like a circle of weeds, it wouldn’t look so “half-a$$.”  

They were supposed to have led lighting on the stix.

[NashvilleObserver]

4 hours ago, japan said:

They were supposed to have led lighting on the stix.

 

20 hours ago, Armacing said:

Local vegetation, huh?  Similar to how the Church Street Park is populated by "local wildlife"?

These posts highlight the main issue with "STICKS," as I call it. There is no ambience to the area. It simply looks as if some local artist was hired to 'fill the roundabout' as cheaply as possible. The landscaping is atrocious. If only there were some ornamental shrubbery, or even a flat gravel area from which the poles could protrude, it would look infinitely better; as well as some substantial nighttime illumination, not just on the ground but maybe on the tops of the poles themselves. 

 

Hopefully this new development tempts the city to undergo an upgrade to the 'art.'

Edited January 29, 2021 by NashvilleObserver

[PaulChinetti]

I'd like to see the lights added.

When everything is in full bloom, I think it looks great!

[Skyscrapergeek]

17 hours ago, NashvilleObserver said:

Hopefully this new development tempts the city to undergo an upgrade to the 'art.'

OR combine stix with musica and call it Deja Vu. 

[smeagolsfree]

Got ya, you have the polls and you have the naked folks. So you there ya go. Pole dancing naked folks. Nashville can charge money and get tips for it.

[donNdonelson2]

42 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Got ya, you have the polls and you have the naked folks. So you there ya go. Pole dancing naked folks. Nashville can charge money and get tips for it.

Sunshine is better for tourism, and pole dancing naked folks might “make it rain!” 

[Skyscrapergeek]

Ok here’s the plan...move both stix and musica to the pocket park. It instantly draws all of the beer taverns/bachelorette and bachelor parties, causing them to circle the block in an unbroken loop. The constant shower of cash from all the “rain makin’” and cristal, draws the rest of the homeless population to take up residence. 

“Stix” with me here. This is where it gets good...

The flood of traffic, trash, transients, general filth, excrement (as the “local vegetation “ has now become additional outdoor facilities) and the rising din of incessant WOOOOOOOOOs, cause the Historic Capital Corridor Foundation, Mayor, Metro Council Cartel to fracture and collapse, thus ending their “legal blockade”, (please use Viceroy Nute Gunray accent when reading). With pristine designer trucker hats (purchased from the Hermitage Hotel gift shop) in hand, they beg Tony to “just make it all go away!”  Tony condescends to grant their request on the condition he is granted an unlimited height variance for Paramount as well as all future developments and they gleefully accept  

And so it was that the most reviled piece of trash... er I mean tax payer funded “art” was sacrificed to give Nashville its new tallest. 

Amen

...Thousands of years later after the collapse of western civilization, a lone scavenger looking for  materials to build a lean-to, unearths a strange pile of painted logs. On one is carved, in a language he doesn’t recognize, “RIP Stix, I will miss you! Love Doormanpoet. Ps. I’ve moved to Brooklyn ...

JK John! I love you brother!

El Fin