Centric Hotel, 20 stories, 252 rooms, 8,000 s. ft. retail, March, 2019 start, C.B. Ragland, 200 Molloy St. (2nd Ave South & Molloy)

[Bark At The Sun]

When i was 18 years old, back in the late 80's, i worked for an electrician in the Knoxville/East Tennessee region.......and we had an old Hudson Boom Cherry Picker to work on street lights, scoreboards for high school football fields, neon signwork.   Seeing that boom brought back some memories of working in that old ladder truck with a drop down bucket...........similar to the photos below.   Good times....

[markhollin]

Looking north from intersection of KVB and 2nd Ave. South:

Looking NW from intersection of Molloy St. and 2nd Ave. South:

[Bark At The Sun]

[markhollin]

Looking NW from Hermitage Ave., 1/2 block SE of KVB:

Looking south from intersection of 2nd Ave. South and Demonbreun:

[markhollin]

Looking north from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of KVB:

[markhollin]

Looking north from 2nd  Ave. South, 1/4 block north of KVB:

Looking NE from intersection of 2nd Ave. South and Molloy St:

[Bark At The Sun]

[markhollin]

Looking north from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of KVB:

[Enashjon]

Anyone know what is going on with the one lighter colored panel?  Signage?

[downtownresident]

39 minutes ago, Enashjon said:

Anyone know what is going on with the one lighter colored panel?  Signage?

It’s the one section that has the protective covering removed. 

[markhollin]

Looking north from 2nd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of KVB:

Looking NW from intersection of 2nd Ave. South and Molloy St:

[gman430]

[nashvylle]

Recently learned from the Architect's IG that the Sobro street grid is shown on the garage facade. Nice subtle detail. 

[markhollin]

Looking NE from intersection of 3rd Ave. South and Molloy St:

Looking north from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of KVB:

[downtownresident]

Metal paneling on the west side of the hotel has started to go up. From today: 

Edit: You can see the black lining that will make up the “street grid” effect on the lining  

Edited December 30, 2020 by downtownresident

[markhollin]

Looking north from intersection of 3rd Ave. South and KVB:

Looking NW from intersection of Hermitage Ave. and Peabody St:

[markhollin]

Looking NE from intersection of Molloy St. and 3rd Ave. South:

[chriss752]

Earlier today...

[markhollin]

Looking north from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of KVB:

Looking south from intersection of 2nd Ave. South and Demonbreun:

[markhollin]

Looking NE from intersection of Molloy St. and 3rd Ave. South:

Looking  north from 2nd Ave. South, 1/4 block north of KVB:

Looking NW from intersection of 2nd Ave. South and Molloy St:

[markhollin]

More seals being taken off the garage pedestal panels.

Looking north from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of KVB:

[markhollin]

Looking NW from 2nd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of KVB:

Looking south from intersection of Demonbreun and 2nd Ave. South:

[MLBrumby]

I'm glad there's another hotel in Sobro to fill a need for rooms etc. and glad this project will result in the straightening of the Molloy/3rd Avenue intersection. But my feeling toward the Centric is 'meh'.  I'll bet it's pretty cool inside, but unremarkable from the outside. Looking forward to when it's covered up by a 700-footer on the block across Molloy. 

[LA_TN]

12 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

I'm glad there's another hotel in Sobro to fill a need for rooms etc. and glad this project will result in the straightening of the Molloy/3rd Avenue intersection. But my feeling toward the Centric is 'meh'.  I'll bet it's pretty cool inside, but unremarkable from the outside. Looking forward to when it's covered up by a 700-footer on the block across Molloy. 

I'm afraid our hopes and dreams (for the block across Molloy) will be met with another dose of underwhelming reality

[titanhog]

Whose idea was it to place the street grid on the side of the building?  I’m stuck between feeling it’s maybe cool…but also maybe it’s really odd.