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

[nashville born]

4 hours ago, jjbradleyBrooklyn said:

Great to see this one teed up to start construction. Will they build both towers simultaneously you think?

Fingers and toes crossed...

[smeagolsfree]

I think that would be the case and the Circle South should be starting about the same time along with Tony's tower within a few months. So, we should have 5 towers on the round-about UC at the same time.

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

1 hour ago, nashville born said:

Fingers and toes crossed...

That would be incredible! Also @smeagolsfree that will create a whole new sub - skyline for that district.

Isn't Tony Giarratana's tower planned to be just over 600 feet high? Then the Ritz main tower is around 570 from what I've read, and the Circle South Tower is 460 or so...Just a tremendous evolution of this area. 

[UrbanWes03]

So excited to see momentum on this one!

[WebberThomas4]

The developers applied for a building permit yesterday.  The address is 711 Korean Veterans Blvd. 

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

40 minutes ago, WebberThomas4 said:

The developers applied for a building permit yesterday.  The address is 711 Korean Veterans Blvd. 

good news! I imagine they are waiting on updated sewer lines in that area, before they launch "shovels in ground"....?

[smeagolsfree]

That may be on a different trunk that the Circle South project. I asked B2 Nash Saturday and he was unsure, but I think they may be full steam ahead with this one. That is one of the delays on all of the Station District Projects is that trunk line.

Metro codes, water and NES is behind on a lot of projects though. It's not a pretty sight. I know of one project (residential that had a permit approved in Oct., first part and just now was approved to start. If that is the case, then we are looking at a 7-month back-up in codes. we talked about another project Saturday that contractors have left the site because NES cannot do the work.

I think this is the case with Circle South. Metro water is behind and that may be the case on Hayes Street. I saw there is supposed to be a major sewer project on that street between 19th & 20th. That may delay projects there. I am unsure about that, however.

[MLBrumby]

Is it possible that the mayor is slowing down the process of Codes?  This week we saw that the top 2 leaders in the office are leaving (that can't help with the backlog).  We've been told he's a detail task-master who seeks to control every level of government. If true, then what sort of bottlenecks could Cooper's office be presenting to the permitting process? 

[PaulChinetti]

They added into the budget money to hire a ton of new people. 

[CandyAisles]

14 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Is it possible that the mayor is slowing down the process of Codes?  This week we saw that the top 2 leaders in the office are leaving (that can't help with the backlog).  We've been told he's a detail task-master who seeks to control every level of government. If true, then what sort of bottlenecks could Cooper's office be presenting to the permitting process? 

Nah

[smeagolsfree]

1 hour ago, CandyAisles said:

Nah

I could take that two ways, serious or sarcasm!

[Rick Dalton]

Occam’s razor: they’re simply understaffed / overwhelmed. I don’t think anyone would purposefully want a logjam.

[smeagolsfree]

You still have to ask yourself why the Cooper administration has had so many people leave? I have heard there is a vast amount of micromanaging involved to the point that people can't do the job. In this case the two top officials in one department leave. 

When the campaign for reelection starts, I will bet a lot of dirty laundry is brought out of the hamper.

 

[PaulChinetti]

I have to think a lot of it is how hot the job market is right now too. The private sector pays way more. 

[samsonh]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

You still have to ask yourself why the Cooper administration has had so many people leave? I have heard there is a vast amount of micromanaging involved to the point that people can't do the job. In this case the two top officials in one department leave. 

When the campaign for reelection starts, I will bet a lot of dirty laundry is brought out of the hamper.

 

This is nothing new, has been happening for years in Nashville.  Zoning employees are regularly poached because they know how to get projects approved and the private sector can pay much more. This is not a bad thing, its great for these employees that get a huge raise. 

[Plasticman]

Haven’t heard anything about this project lately.  Any news?

[thenorthchannel]

I haven’t heard anything but last night the sewer work at Circle South appeared to start crossing street to Ritz. 
 

Lafayette was shut down for a few hours.

[FromParkAveToTN]

I hope they break wind on this project soon. This is one of my favorites

[markhollin]

Nothing new to report in this update story from NBJ on the upcoming groundbreaking of TheRitz Carlton in the 4th quarter of this year:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/08/09/rc-nashville-ground-breaking-details.html

[smeagolsfree]

Yeo, I looked over the doc and nothing new to see here.   C702 (nashville.gov)            I already told you guys they were looking for a staging area and really just need to pull permits and now this is the last step and that is for the final SP. This is a no brainer. It will be on the MPC agenda 9/22 and I think it will be a consent only vote.

[Bos2Nash]

Just an FYI, this is a DTC project and not going for SP zoning. 

Also they have applied for their foundation permit, but have had their plans rejected twice upon life safety review. Comments are showing the city has not received an update as of July 5th.

[smeagolsfree]

The SP here is for Site Plan

[andywildman]

Life safety review?

[Deangelo]

I'll be happy when they start building these buildings, This project is great for Nashville. Some cities don't have a ritz calton hotel and residential building and they are building 2 ritz carlton high rise buildings in Nashville 

[smeagolsfree]

I think we are talking about early 4th quarter!  Very early!