Inner Loop - CBD, Downtown, East Bank, Germantown, Gulch, Rutledge

[smeagolsfree]

That would be the Tapestry by Hilton.

 

 

Here is the thread. Feel free to post it there.

 

[markhollin]

Taylor Place (conversion of 100,000 sq. ft. factory to office space) update. Windows being replaced.

Looking south from Press Place, 1/2 block south of  Hume St:

 

Looking NE from intersection of Taylor St. and 6th Ave. North:




Looking NE from intersection of Taylor St. and 5th Ave. North:

[markhollin]

Home2Suites at MetroCenter (5 stories, 105 rooms) has been granted a $9.2 million permit for construction at 410 Dominican Dr.


 

[markhollin]

The Optimist Seafood Restaurant space at The Griff nearing completion.

Looking NE from Adams St., 1/4 block north of Taylor St:

[markhollin]

More info on the Third and Home Sports Bar (7,000 sq. ft. w/ 1,500 sq. ft. patio overlooking third base line of First Horizon Ballpark) in the new Sounds Retail Building. Should be ready by opening day.

Relatedly, Brooklyn Bowl, which occupies the same structure, is set to open in March.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/02/24/sports-bar-to-open-next-to-sounds-stadium.html

[markhollin]

The Muse (5 stories,  51 units, a ground floor retail ) at 4 Berrien St. (Lindsley Ave. and Hermitage Ave.) has secured a $15.5 million loan for construction.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

 https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21118272/muse-developer-lands-155m-loan
 

[markhollin]

North Lights (210 multifamily units, 90 townhomes, 16 single family cottages, and 25,000 sq. ft. of restaurant space) on 22 acres at 509-513 Trinity Lane now has Elmington Capital Group as part of the team, along with Aerial Development. The project has been stalled for 3 years.  That team, along with Catalyst Design Group (engineering and land planning), will go before the Metro Planning Commission on Thursday, March 16, to request final site plan approval for the project.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21118239/elmington-joins-north-lights-project-team

This screen shot from Smeagolfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame:

[ThreatLevelMidnight]

Mark, being someone who is new to this but also lives next door to this project.... what will be next after March 16 to get this project started? Break ground this summer? What other hurdles do they need to clear? Been waiting for this one for a long time!

[markhollin]

1 hour ago, ThreatLevelMidnight said:

Mark, being someone who is new to this but also lives next door to this project.... what will be next after March 16 to get this project started? Break ground this summer? What other hurdles do they need to clear? Been waiting for this one for a long time!

I would think that if they get approval on March 16th (and I really can't see any reason why they wouldn't), things would get rolling within several months.  Elmington Capital is going to be a big help from a financial and organizational perspective.

[smeagolsfree]

I had spoken to Michael Kenner months back and he said ECG was going to be driving the wheels on this one. I know they can get it done. This may be the catalyst for W Trinity thats needed for the other large developments to start.

Someone had to put up or shut up. Too much talk and delays on so many projectsup here.

[markhollin]

Church and Union will be a new 6,000 sq. ft. restaurant operated The 5th Street Group (out of Charlotte) in the Service Source International Building at 201 4th Ave. North.  A winter 2020 opening is planned. The restaurant will be open seven days a week, serving dinner, lunch and weekend brunch with complimentary valet service.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/02/26/charlotte-restaurant-group-sets-sights-on.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

And behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/food-business/article/21118678/restaurant-eyed-for-fourth-avenue-downtown

 

[ThreatLevelMidnight]

This is exactly what I was hoping to hear.  Being someone who has lived in that neighborhood for four years now, we always HEAR people are going to do stuff (grocery store, car wash, townhomes, this complex, bridge to metro center, etc) but nothing has happened still. It’s crazy cuz we are so close to downtown, so you would think eventually some restaurants and businesses would HAVE to go up there. Please keep me updated as you hear stuff!!

[Mr_Bond]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

I had spoken to Michael Kenner months back and he said ECG was going to be driving the wheels on this one. I know they can get it done. This may be the catalyst for W Trinity thats needed for the other large developments to start.

Someone had to put up or shut up. Too much talk and delays on so many projectsup here.

@ThreatLevelMidnight, like many others on UP, I've been hearing the same thing.  A glance at Smeagolsfree's Excellent Development Map will show the level of activity.  Once one of these of decent size kicks off, the rest could follow in short order.  We've seen the same thing in The Gulch in the last 3 months.

[markhollin]

First Baptist Church expansion (4 stories) update. Starting roof.

Looking SW from intersection of Broadway and 6th Ave. South:

Looking NW from 6th Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Demonbreun:

[markhollin]

Southeastern Development (5 buildings of 5 stories each, 463 apts.) update.   Office/warehouses being brought down to make way fir the 16 acre project.

A tad of nostalgia for me as 365 Great Circle comes down. This was the first place I worked in Nashville back in 1982 when it was home to The Benson Company (a conglomerate of 19 record labels where I was Nat. Dir. of Radio promotions).  Has been the HQ of Aegis Sciences Corp. for the past decade.   Looking north from near intersection of Great Circle Rd. and Athens Way:

This is all that is left of The United Methodist Publishing House warehouse.  Looking NE and north from Great Circle Rd:

[MLBrumby]

Mark, was there a recording studio in that building?  I seem to recall a class I took at Vandy on the music biz had a field trip there (or another place in metro enter). Seeing the building that was in here on google street view seemed to jog a  memory cell in my feeble brain.  

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

Southeastern Development (5 buildings of 5 stories each, 463 apts.) update.   Office/warehouses being brought down to make way fir the 16 acre project.

A tad of nostalgia for me as 365 Great Circle comes down. This was the first place I worked in Nashville back in 1982 when it was home to The Benson Company (a conglomerate of 19 record labels where I was Nat. Dir. of Radio promotions).  Has been the HQ of Aegis Sciences Corp. for the past decade.   Looking north from near intersection of Great Circle Rd. and Athens Way:

This is all that is left of The United Methodist Publishing House warehouse.  Looking NE and north from Great Circle Rd:

 

[markhollin]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

Mark, was there a recording studio in that building?  I seem to recall a class I took at Vandy on the music biz had a field trip there (or another place in metro enter). Seeing the building that was in here on google street view seemed to jog a  memory cell in my feeble brain.  

 

Yes--- a fairly large sound stage studio for small orchestras and choirs as well as bands/solo artists.

[MLBrumby]

Wow! Thanks.... I had forgotten all about that field trip.

[markhollin]

50 Lindsley Ave. (3 stories, 8 units) update.

Looking north from Lindsley Ave., 1/2 block east fo Academy Place:

[PaulChinetti]

Yes, more brick. Thank you developer. 

[CenterHill]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

50 Lindsley Ave. (3 stories, 8 units) update.

Looking north from Lindsley Ave., 1/2 block east fo Academy Place:

This one has been under construction forever.   Looks like it’s finally finished, or close 

[markhollin]

First Baptist Church addition (3 & 4 stories) update. Cladding installation underway.

Looking NW from 6th AVe. South, 1/2 block north of Demonbreun:

 

[markhollin]

The 2.59 acre site to the SE of First Horizon Ballpark that was going to be called The Derby now has a an additional developer involved (Trube Corp. out of Austin) to go along with Sulpher Dell LLC (The Ward Brothers). The development will be larger now, encompassing 7 & 8 stories,  will include a hotel (around 200 rooms, no brand listed), along with 336 residential units, commercial space, and several levels of internal parking garage. The name of the development is not given yet.  It will interact with and further activate the Cumberland River Greenway, which runs along the outfield  walls of the stadium. STG Design has been brought on as architects.

The team will go before the Metro Planning Commission on April 9 to request an overall height modification to Metro's downtown code.
 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21119247/hotel-apartment-building-eyed-for-ballpark-site

And behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/03/02/begged-them-to-sell-austin-developer-tags-into.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[smeagolsfree]

There may well be another architect involved with this project with STG, but we will not know for sure until we get comment from Austin-based Trube Corp. They have used an architect in conjunction with STG on some of their project in Austin.

 

[nashvylle]

47 minutes ago, markhollin said:

The 2.59 acre site to the SE of First Horizon Ballpark that was going to be called The Derby now has a an additional developer involved (Trube Corp. out of Austin) to go along with Sulpher Dell LLC (The Ward Brothers). The development will be larger now, encompassing 7 & 8 stories,  will include a hotel (no brand or amount of rooms is listed), along with an undisclosed amount of residential units, commercial space, and several levels of internal parking garage. The name of the development is not given yet.  It will interact with and further activate the Cumberland River Greenway, which runs along the outfield  walls of the stadium. STG Design has been brought on as architects.

FINALLY.

Real estate taxes from this development will go a long ways towards reducing metro's debt obligations.