505 CST - 545 feet - 45 Floors

[dmillsphoto]

So when 505 CST is eventually built, will it be attached to the garage of just wrap around it?  The design of the tower doesn't look anything like the renderings we have seen of 505 CST.

well, supposedly there's a new rendering floating around out there...

[BnaBreaker]

well, supposedly there's a new rendering floating around out there...

 

Say what?!

[TNinVB]

well, supposedly there's a new rendering floating around out there...

True. Hopefully we will see it soon. From what I've heard, we should all be pleased.

[BnaBreaker]

I hate when you inside knowledge people tease the rest of us lowly ill-informed schmucks. 

Edited November 20, 2014 by BnaBreaker

[timmay143]

Siggy, Siggy, Siggy!!!!

[MLBrumby]

It is rather comical when you think about this little cat-and-mouse game developers always seem to play with their renderings... as those renderings never quite look like the finished product.  And people like Mr. Giarratana always show about a half dozen renderings before his project ever gets started (if at all)... so you really don't know what you're getting much of the time until whatever it is pops out of the ground.

 

Gotta say though that Jim Hentzler's 1212 tower looks much better than it ever did in the drawings.  The Hilton Garden Inn, on the other hand... well, let's just say "bless its heart"!

Edited November 20, 2014 by MLBrumby

[Nashville Cliff]

True. Hopefully we will see it soon. From what I've heard, we should all be pleased.

 

So, it's going to be a respectful, mid rise that properly addresses the street?

[arkitekte]

It is rather comical when you think about this little cat-and-mouse game developers always seem to play with their renderings... as those renderings never quite look like the finished product.  And people like Mr. Giarratana always show about a half dozen renderings before his project ever gets started (if at all)... so you really don't know what you're getting much of the time until whatever it is pops out of the ground.

 

Gotta say though that Jim Hentzler's 1212 tower looks much better than it ever did in the drawings.  The Hilton Garden Inn, on the other hand... well, let's just say "bless its heart"!

 

Part of that is because planners like myself are picky when it comes to elevations and facade arrangement. They'll (developers and architects...the firm I worked at in Memphis did this a lot) purposefully not disclose everything to a planning office to get through the conceptual approval phase and then try to slide by the final approval stage hiding certain design elements. Another side of that is architects and developers know that their original design will change over time whether that's for an economic reason or a reason as I stated above so they'll only come with the bare minimum or an extremely generic rendering...aka the Revit renderings where the building seems to float or the horrible sketch up renderings.

 

I'll admit it's hard for me to take some proposals seriously when they have renderings that looked like something I did 5 minutes before for a class desk crit in architecture school. 

Edited November 20, 2014 by arkitekte

[Paramount747]

So, it's going to be a respectful, mid rise that properly addresses the street?

He is determined to be the highest in the city, so we shall see.

[CenterHill]

There is a tent and chairs set up on the parking lot this morning .      Ceremonial ground breaking for the garage, I expect.    

[NashRugger]

Ceremony for a garage? That just seems plain odd. Maybe Tony has had the wool over our eyes and pulls off a surprise today, thought unlikely.

[Dale]

Ceremony for a garage? That just seems plain odd. Maybe Tony has had the wool over our eyes and pulls off a surprise today, thought unlikely.

 

Less likely than a fancy groundbreaking for a garage ? I'm thinking we get a sneak peak at the main thing today.

[dmillsphoto]

It appears to have been just that. A groundbreaking for the garage.

[bigeasy]

Well it has been a few months, so it was time for a new rendering to come out anyways. Would this be the fifth one?

[Dale]

Cermonial groundbreaking for a garage ? Never heard of it.

[smeagolsfree]

I think we can call it a groundbreaking ceremony instead of a ceremonial groundbreaking. This is a big deal for residents, business, and visitors to the downtown area. It is a city project and a sizable one for that matter. Remember, it will have retail as well.

[titanhog]

I wish Tony was able to go ahead and build 505CST at the same time. 

[MidTenn1]

well, supposedly there's a new rendering floating around out there...

 

Waiting....I have a space reserved!

 

[volsfanwill]

Waiting....I have a space reserved!

 

never really thought of them side by side before, but the HCA tower and Siggy look like the same building with different hats. and what is that between them, im not familiar with that proposal?

[smeagolsfree]

Maybe we can see it soon. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[MLBrumby]

I really don't have much of a problem with the current "spam can"... as the balconies/terraces are integrated into the skin.

[TNinVB]

I'm just wondering why the design was changed again?

[L'burgnative]

^Agreed; current design looks great, and no need of changing.

 

Another to add to your "Past Renderings for 5th and Church Projects;" don't forget the original design for siggy.

Edited November 21, 2014 by L'burgnative

[MidTenn1]

^Agreed; current design looks great, and no need of changing.

 

Another to add to your "Past Renderings for 5th and Church Projects;" don't forget the original design for siggy.

skyline-night.jpg

 

Done

 

 

It doesn't include the first proposal for this lot after demolition of the Cain-Sloan Store which, ironically, was to be an eight story parking garage. It was to have a brick facade, as I recall, and a clock tower on the 5th and Church corner. I wish I had kept the rendering.

Edited November 21, 2014 by PHofKS

[volsfanwill]

again, what is that between HCA and siggy? the short thing?