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

[markhollin]

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

[hayesmw]

On 5/11/2021 at 3:08 PM, nashvylle said:

Who usually pays for this extension / new road- metro or the developer?

In the downtown core roadway changes, infrastructure enhancements, sidewalks, connections to the downtown NES grid, combined sewer separation, etc. have often been paid for using Tax Increment Financing or through the Capital Improvement Budget. In this instance there was no TIF or CIB investment from Metro.  We were required to give up the land for sidewalk expansion, new city street lighting and the roadway enhancement to comply with the major collector street plan.  

[smeagolsfree]

6 hours ago, hayesmw said:

In the downtown core roadway changes, infrastructure enhancements, sidewalks, connections to the downtown NES grid, combined sewer separation, etc. have often been paid for using Tax Increment Financing or through the Capital Improvement Budget. In this instance there was no TIF or CIB investment from Metro.  We were required to give up the land for sidewalk expansion, new city street lighting and the roadway enhancement to comply with the major collector street plan.  

Thanks Michael, I thought that was the case here. Good luck with the opening of the hotel!

[markhollin]

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

[MLBrumby]

My opinion of this building has gone from enthusiasm to blase. It makes good infill, but it won't win any beauty contests. I do hope the street level front is going to be glass along the block. 

[downtownresident]

Just now, MLBrumby said:

My opinion of this building has gone from enthusiasm to blase. It makes good infill, but it won't win any beauty contests. I do hope the street level front is going to be glass along the block. 

It is. The garage is cantilevered over the sidewalk a bit, but it will be brick/glass at street level along Malloy and portions of 2nd/3rd. 

[Bark At The Sun]

[nashville born]

On 6/4/2021 at 7:07 AM, markhollin said:

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

Mark's picture made me wonder about something I'm sure you all have discussed a thousand times so apologies.  This building on top of pedestal garages.  I get it.  I understand.  What I hope is that more buildings will do it like One22One (with their massive garage) and a few others have done it.  Make it look like part of the building.  Fool me.   You know, like a single family home with a turned garage!

[Native]

Next time they do a garage screen with polka-dots it might be interesting to copy the screen on the front of the Renaissance Hotel which incorporates guitars.  Can't have too many guitars in Music City.

[Bos2Nash]

20 hours ago, nashville born said:

Mark's picture made me wonder about something I'm sure you all have discussed a thousand times so apologies.  This building on top of pedestal garages.  I get it.  I understand.  What I hope is that more buildings will do it like One22One (with their massive garage) and a few others have done it.  Make it look like part of the building.  Fool me.   You know, like a single family home with a turned garage!

Or I don't know, maybe put them underground? I agree that having the garage blended into a continuous screen is nice, but wasting valuable, above ground floor space on cars is just wrong.

[nashville born]

10 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

Or I don't know, maybe put them underground? I agree that having the garage blended into a continuous screen is nice, but wasting valuable, above ground floor space on cars is just wrong.

I hear you.  The one thing I like is it makes the buildings taller.

[Bos2Nash]

5 minutes ago, nashville born said:

I hear you.  The one thing I like is it makes the buildings taller.

True, true. Having the pedestals definitely helps the height fanatics haha. To me the massive height garages (One22One and this one on a smaller scale) is a guy who has stuffed a cucumber in his pants and claims he is well-endowed. False pretenses all the way up haha.

[titanhog]

2 hours ago, Bos2Nash said:

True, true. Having the pedestals definitely helps the height fanatics haha. To me the massive height garages (One22One and this one on a smaller scale) is a guy who has stuffed a cucumber in his pants and claims he is well-endowed. False pretenses all the way up haha.

As long as he keeps it covered, I’m good with it. 

[smeagolsfree]

The one thing they have to look at in that part of SoBRo is they just about have to have pedestal parking, because of the flooding problem. When we had the heavy rains in May they were still pumping water out of the lower levels of the Omni two blocks away a week later. This is a problem in that entire area of town.

The last thing you want to happen is over night you get a 7 inch rain and you have 300 guest autos stuck in lower levels of your garage flooded and then you have to pump it out, then tow 2 or 3 hundred cars not to mention the cleanup cost of all the oil and gas leaks. Just being real.

The Pinnacle building has the same issue when it rains hard, the pumps can’t keep up.

[nashvylle]

Garages absolutely do not have to be below grade, IMO. I like developers making money, because when they do, other developers take a risk and more development happens. I'd also rather have a development with an aboveground garage incorporated than a surface parking lot. 

However, there is a huge difference between developers being smart with their money and being cheap.  Nashville really needs to lay the hammer on prohibiting open garages (and stucco!). 1212 comes to mind of a garage that should never have been left opened up. 

Nashville Downtown Library is a great example of a creative and affordable way to have an above ground, open air garage without being an eye sore. 

[markhollin]

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

[markhollin]

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

[Armacing]

On 6/9/2021 at 4:21 PM, smeagolsfree said:

The Pinnacle building has the same issue when it rains hard, the pumps can’t keep up.

I saw the pumps running one time for Pinnacle... I was hoping that was a one-time utility-related problem, but what you say makes sense.   That is a major design  flaw by the engineers!

[Bark At The Sun]

2 hours ago, Armacing said:

I saw the pumps running one time for Pinnacle... I was hoping that was a one-time utility-related problem, but what you say makes sense.   That is a major design  flaw by the engineers!

It happens just about each spring with the Pinnacle Building.   Sometimes the Bridgestone Tower has to pump water as well.

Edited June 18, 2021 by Bark At The Sun

[Nash_12South]

This is not a selling point to prospective tenants....

[rolly]

It's like a bilge pump... for buildings. 

[donNdonelson2]

6 hours ago, Nash_12South said:

This is not a selling point to prospective tenants....

If there’s water rising in the basement, the lack of a pump would also NOT be a selling point.

Edited June 19, 2021 by donNdonelson2

[markhollin]

Working on signage above 20th floor facing south.

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

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

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

[Bark At The Sun]

[markhollin]

Signage on south side appears to be complete.

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