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

[think365]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

Former O'Reilly Auto Parts at SW corner of Rosa L. Parks Blvd. and Monroe St. that was severely damaged during the March 2020 tornado is fully razed, and fencing up around the lot.  Still no word as to what might be going on this prime spot.
 

10 story residential housing with retail on the first level.  The developers did a presentation on the proposed building and provided renderings a couple of months ago.

Edited October 5, 2021 by think365

[markhollin]

Modera Germantown, Phase I (5 stories, 400 units, internal garage) update: crane up.

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

[geoephemera]

 

On 9/29/2021 at 11:48 AM, smeagolsfree said:

The problem will be 10 years from now, it will be a retail dead zone. There will be a lot of residential and the folks there will be beotching about it. It’s just the nature of things. My problem with FT Negley is that no one lives there and hardly anyone uses the park. They have to use goats to keep the grass mowed.

Metro is so cheap. If they turned it into a usable space that would be one thing, but I will be that the Science Museum will block the view at some point with a new building of their own that have not even thought of yet.

I have to add that I always see people using Ft Negley. I see my neighbors, photoshoots, walkers, runners, picnics, hammocks, dogwalkers, etc. It is used quite frequently. The Nashville Chew Crew works better than weedeaters to control vegetation on the craggy imperfect surface of the fort ruins. For urban park users, the Chew Crew makes people feel like they have stepped outside the city. And as an aside, I like that Nashville has a program similar to Curitiba's environmentally-friendly urban sheep program. However, I do want to see improvements to create more foot/bike traffic through Ft Negley.

There needs to be a bike path/greenway connecting Chestnut through the existing service road by the old Sounds Stadium crossing along the lower eastern ridgeline of Ft Negley to connect at Bass & Oak St on the northside of the Ft Negley Park. I am sharing a 2016 era interactive map from the walknbike plan with this connection mapped. This route would make bike commutes easier for those traveling in & out of the neighborhood, create recreational opportunities to use the existing bike lanes on Bass & Oak, tie in to plans for 6th Ave S & Chestnut bike lanes, and limit camp litter/open burning in the overgrown area on the eastern perimeter of Ft Negley by way of increased natural surveillance from riders passing through this proposed greenway.

If the South Corridor Study created a new commuter rail line from Columbia to Nashville, I would hope that the southeastern edge of Ft Negley would be the site for a new train station to connect commuters to the new offices planned for Wedgewood Houston (along Hagan, Gray, Martin, Merritt, Humphreys, Chestnut, etc.), connect Vanderbilt staff to the shuttles at Lot 127 on Chestnut, connect riders to Route 25 crosstown, and connect people to a park before they commute home. I know it may never happen, but one has to dream--or at least write it down here for others to see.

Finally, I agree with the part about 6th Ave S from Division, Mulberry, Carroll, & Oak St becoming a retail dead zone. A couple of breweries & a coworking space is not enough. The 6th Ave S & Oak St information on the development map looks like it will just be residential. I am hoping they are planning for more retail for that section of 5th Ave S/John Lewis Way south of the interstate in the New Heights District.

[markhollin]

The Rome (7 stories, 210  units, 3,800 sq. ft. of ground level retail, internal garage) update: core drilling and excavation equipment on site.

Looking SE from Monroe St., 1/2 block west of 2nd Ave. South:

[PruneTracy]

11 hours ago, geoephemera said:

If the South Corridor Study created a new commuter rail line from Columbia to Nashville, I would hope that the southeastern edge of Ft Negley would be the site for a new train station to connect commuters to the new offices planned for Wedgewood Houston (along Hagan, Gray, Martin, Merritt, Humphreys, Chestnut, etc.), connect Vanderbilt staff to the shuttles at Lot 127 on Chestnut, connect riders to Route 25 crosstown, and connect people to a park before they commute home. I know it may never happen, but one has to dream--or at least write it down here for others to see.

A commuter rail station at Wedgewood-Houston is pretty tight spacing between the proposed stations at Wedgewood Avenue and South Gulch. It works better for the light rail option, but the light rail option is not necessarily tied to the CSX alignment.

[markhollin]

127 3rd Ave. South (3 stories, 20,000 sq. ft., circa 1920) will now be rebranded as Layer Cake, with several different restaurants covering the various floors.  Initially Milkshake Concepts out of Dallas was going to call it Stirr, but have opted for a new name.  Powell Architecture + Building is handling design and construction.

The main level of the building will accommodate Cherry Lounge (with a dinner-only menu). Each of the other three levels will provide different offerings. The second-floor dining room is set for what “we hope will be Nashville’s most impressive dessert offerings,” Imran Sheikh CEO of Milkshake Concepts said.

The rooftop space will provide a disc jockey and television for watching sports, yielding a “hybrid” space of sorts, he said.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/retail/dallas-company-eyes-january-opening-for-sobro-restaurant/article_7ced3f36-26de-11ec-be94-df5499084207.html

Here is a rendering of what the new sign will look like:

[Dreid1]

On 10/6/2021 at 5:46 AM, markhollin said:

The Rome (7 stories, 210  units, 3,800 sq. ft. of ground level retail, internal garage) update: core drilling and excavation equipment on site.

Looking SE from Monroe St., 1/2 block west of 2nd Ave. South:

Can anyone tell me what the drilling equipment is for here? This is opposite from my apartment and I’ve been watching it drill around the entire lot perimeter over the past week. 

[Bos2Nash]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

127 3rd Ave. South (3 stories, 20,000 sq. ft., circa 1920) will now be rebranded as Layer Cake, with several different restaurants covering the various floors.  Initially Milkshake Concepts out of Dallas was going to call it Stirr, but have opted for a new name.  Powell Architecture + Building is handling design and construction.

The main level of the building will accommodate Cherry Lounge (with a dinner-only menu). Each of the other three levels will provide different offerings. The second-floor dining room is set for what “we hope will be Nashville’s most impressive dessert offerings,” Imran Sheikh CEO of Milkshake Concepts said.

The rooftop space will provide a disc jockey and television for watching sports, yielding a “hybrid” space of sorts, he said.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/retail/dallas-company-eyes-january-opening-for-sobro-restaurant/article_7ced3f36-26de-11ec-be94-df5499084207.html

Here is a rendering of what the new sign will look like:

Here are the basic floor plans (life safety plans actually) of the renovations. Powell did not have any 3D views in the permit set.

[Bos2Nash]

12 minutes ago, Dreid1 said:

Can anyone tell me what the drilling equipment is for here? This is opposite from my apartment and I’ve been watching it drill around the entire lot perimeter over the past week. 

First and foremost, welcome to the forum.

To answer your question this will be a 7 story structure with a maximum of 217 units plus 3,800 SF of retail (Mark may have more specific info from the Post who talks with the developers. The figures I just provided is from the SP Zoning Ordinance). STRP is prohibited. The structures will have a maximum height of 75 feet

[markhollin]

59 minutes ago, Dreid1 said:

Can anyone tell me what the drilling equipment is for here? This is opposite from my apartment and I’ve been watching it drill around the entire lot perimeter over the past week. 

Welcome to the forum, Dreid1! 

Bos2Nash answered the 'what' element of your question...but perhaps you were also asking 'why?' If so, then core drilling is done to find out what type and depth of rock is below the site.  This way they can better determine what challenges they will have with excavation, what types of equipment to utilize, how the foundation infrastructure needs to be supported, etc. 

[Bos2Nash]

37 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Bos2Nash answered the 'what' element of your question...but perhaps you were also asking 'why?' If so, then core drilling is done to find out what type and depth of rock is below the site.  This way they can better determine what challenges they will have with excavation, what types of equipment to utilize, how the foundation infrastructure needs to be supported, etc. 

Yes. My bad for misunderstanding the question. Many times there is early core drilling for a geotechnical report and there is sometimes additional core drilling for confirmation of structural assumptions made during design. One of the challenges with excavation Mark mentioned (beyond rock because that's everywhere here lol) is the amount of top soil that needs to be removed from the site in order to get proper compaction for the first floor slabs.

[smeagolsfree]

Also to make sure there are no nasty surprises under there too.  Caves, Springs, its happened before.

[Dreid1]

Thanks Bos2Nash and markhollin! I was indeed curious in the “why”.

Glad I stumbled upon this forum!

[smeagolsfree]

Welcome to the forum Dreid 1!

[MLBrumby]

2 hours ago, Dreid1 said:

Thanks Bos2Nash and markhollin! I was indeed curious in the “why”.

Glad I stumbled upon this forum!

Watch out! It's addicting.  Welcome!!

[donNdonelson2]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

Watch out! It's addicting.  Welcome!!

Addicting, yes! But it’s a more healthy and positive addiction than Facebook.

Welcome to the party, Dreid1.

[markhollin]

405 Broadway (5 stories, 30,000 sq. ft. of restaurant/entertainment space) will. have a non-country music celebrity partner that will be announced in early 2022.

Developer Big Plan Holdings' CEO Josh Joseph said that though the food, beverage and music business to operate within the future building will focus on a genre of music unrelated to commercial country music, appreciators of multiple styles of music will be welcomed. " He's one of the most iconic names in music history" and has a Nashville connection, having written and performed here.

Nashville-based Centric Architecture will handle what will be a traditional design (which is required by Metro's Broadway Historic Preservation Overlay). Joseph said Wilson Bank & Trust is providing the loan and DPR Construction will serve as the project manager.

Relatedly, Joseph told the Post he is under contract for another piece of “premier real estate” downtown, though he declined to offer specifics.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/notes-lower-broadway-project-lands-celebrity-partner/article_951f82ce-27a3-11ec-a002-f38f81f13264.html

[donNdonelson2]

Speaking of non-country related celebrity themed attractions…any news or updates on the Sinatra Bar And Lounge that was announced for the Southern Turf building? 

Edited October 8, 2021 by donNdonelson2

[smeagolsfree]

Not yet. William has been trying to reach Bill Miller about updates. I think Covid has pushed things back some.

[markhollin]

Message from Hermitage Cafe about their closing on Oct. 31st.  Still no word on what the landlords have in mind for that site at 71 Hermitage Ave (SW corner of Hermitage Ave. and Middleton St.).

[markhollin]

[Brit_in_Gtown]

On 10/7/2021 at 11:52 AM, Bos2Nash said:

Yes. My bad for misunderstanding the question. Many times there is early core drilling for a geotechnical report and there is sometimes additional core drilling for confirmation of structural assumptions made during design. One of the challenges with excavation Mark mentioned (beyond rock because that's everywhere here lol) is the amount of top soil that needs to be removed from the site in order to get proper compaction for the first floor slabs.

I own a couple of those types of drills. The drilling on site right now is almost certainly for blasting. The pattern spacing I saw looks to be for mass excavation, maybe for below grade parking or stormwater retention. 

[downtownresident]

7 minutes ago, Brit_in_Gtown said:

I own a couple of those types of drills. The drilling on site right now is almost certainly for blasting. The pattern spacing I saw looks to be for mass excavation, maybe for below grade parking or stormwater retention. 

Thank you for the insight and welcome to the forum! 

[markhollin]

14 minutes ago, Brit_in_Gtown said:

I own a couple of those types of drills. The drilling on site right now is almost certainly for blasting. The pattern spacing I saw looks to be for mass excavation, maybe for below grade parking or stormwater retention. 

Welcome to the forum,  Brit_in_Gtown!  : )

[Brit_in_Gtown]

17 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Welcome to the forum,  Brit_in_Gtown!  : )

Thank you, I have been a long time lurker. I am a developer in the 'burbs and love learning about new projects in my neighborhood (Germantown).