Paramount Tower, 65-68 stories, approx. 750', 200 units, $240 million, Church Street Park

[TNinVB]

The 750’ version of Signature Tower. 

[Guest]

Just left an event with a person close to the deal so I asked several questions and received a couple of answers I did not know but maybe the board has covered. Nothing too impressive, but something. 
1. He has seen the renderings, and while he would not confirm or deny a crown he said there was lots of lighting effects on top...made me think of the crown on the Signature design.
2. It is just the park....none of the buildings  are involved.
 

Edited April 27, 2018 by Guest

[Hey_Hey]

The Tennessean article today made it sound like the city has been intimately involved already and is looking at this positively.  One consideration that has me worried is that the tower won't be built until the 8 story building is finished.  Realistically, I don't think the 8 story tower is going to be done until late 2020 at the earliest. That would mean we're looking at late 2021 at the very earliest for this to be under construction.  That is an awful long time for the national economy to hold out.  

[wmaddbb2018]

It will be 2025 before this tower gets done imo, if not later. 

[samsonh]

7 hours ago, Hey_Hey said:

The Tennessean article today made it sound like the city has been intimately involved already and is looking at this positively.  One consideration that has me worried is that the tower won't be built until the 8 story building is finished.  Realistically, I don't think the 8 story tower is going to be done until late 2020 at the earliest. That would mean we're looking at late 2021 at the very earliest for this to be under construction.  That is an awful long time for the national economy to hold out.  

That sounds like perfect timing to me. Construction will take 24 months I’m guessing. It gives plenty of time for a slowdown or moderate recession before expansion begins again.

[MLBrumby]

Considering the commentary about a tall-boy throwing the skyline out of balance. I think anything over 750' should have a tapered spire; so it would not look so overbearing to surrounding buildings. 

[Binbin98]

I have returned to the forum and this is the best news I could arive back to, I really hope this gets started sooner than later and includes condos or a hotel, although if its built at all I will still like it. I cant wait to see the renderings, and I hope it will be built in the next decade lol. I guess the benefit of being very young on this forum if anything is that I will still be around on here many years down the line to see all of this amazing things be built (hopefully), and maybe then Nashville will even be a large airline hub (fingers crossed) lol

 

Anyways good job Tony! The signature tower hype that I experienced during my childhood living in Nashville is seemingly coming back again lol

[satalac]

22 hours ago, PruneTracy said:

 

I say build the 750', 875' and 1000' just like that and leave it terraced. That way the frightened locals can still get their boxes (3 of them!) and we can finally get some height.

[MagicPotato]

3 minutes ago, satalac said:

I say build the 750', 875' and 1000' just like that and leave it terraced. That way the frightened locals can still get their boxes (3 of them!) and we can finally get some height.

So kind of like our version of the Willis tower?  But on a smaller scale.  

[TNinVB]

16 hours ago, nashville_bound said:

Just left an event with a person close to the deal so I asked several questions and received a couple of answers I did not know but maybe the board has covered. Nothing too impressive, but something. 
1. He has seen the renderings, and while he would not confirm or deny a crown he said there was lots of lighting effects on top...made me think of the crown on the Signature design.
2. It is just the park....none of the buildings  are involved.
 

Well then, at least we know there is some sort of rendering. 

[Dale]

Hard to imagine that there renderings but it won't start for years.

[MLBrumby]

That's how they roll in Nashvegas. 

Like that song from the Music Man... Talk Talk Talk... Talk A Lot... Do A Little Bit.  And you know that conversation on height is coming... and it'll reflect a  fear of anything over 30 stories (As if God Almighty ordained 30 "good" and anything taller "bad"). Although, Mr. G (presumably) has inoculated much of that with the homeless center/residence building. 

Edited April 28, 2018 by MLBrumby

[NashvilleObserver]

On 4/26/2018 at 3:40 PM, PruneTracy said:

 

It still amazes me, every time I see it, what a scourge on our skyline that hideous renaissance hotel tower is. Just look at that big hulking ugly thing!!!! I am so excited for the day that it is blocked by the 5th and Broad towers.

Also, is there any chance that Giarratana could simply revive the old Signature Tower plans? Would they really need to devise a whole new building? I know the currently proposed footprint wouldn't fit the Sig, but if he purchases other buildings on the block, couldn't he just recycle the plans for that beautiful tower?

Edited April 28, 2018 by NashvilleObserver

[Tennessine]

12 hours ago, NashvilleObserver said:

It still amazes me, every time I see it, what a scourge on our skyline that hideous renaissance hotel tower is. Just look at that big hulking ugly thing!!!! I am so excited for the day that it is blocked by the 5th and Broad towers.

Also, is there any chance that Giarratana could simply revive the old Signature Tower plans? Would they really need to devise a whole new building? I know the currently proposed footprint wouldn't fit the Sig, but if he purchases other buildings on the block, couldn't he just recycle the plans for that beautiful tower?

It was really bad before the paint job, but I think it looks much better now. I agree that it's not too pleasant looking at it driving northbound into downtown on I-65, but it does add some skyline diversity at the very least. I'm glad we do have some older, funkier-looking buildings mixed in with the glassier generation. 

[donNdonelson2]

I’m okay with how the tower looks (not crazy about it, but I don’t hate it). The sad park to me is how the corner restaurant space by 7th is lacking any access/street activation. I realize the restaurant is slightly below grade at the corner, but it could have made for a nice outdoor space there (like a “sunken garden” dining patio) and a corner entrance for patrons who were not hotel guests.

I'm hoping that the ballroom space from the former convention center will get a street level makeover of some sort. Perhaps they will add a dining space or coffee shop that opens to Commerce Street.

[e-dub]

22 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

I’m okay with how the tower looks (not crazy about it, but I don’t hate it). The sad park to me is how the corner restaurant space by 7th is lacking any access/street activation. I realize the restaurant is slightly below grade at the corner, but it could have made for a nice outdoor space there (like a “sunken garden” dining patio) and a corner entrance for patrons who were not hotel guests.

I'm hoping that the ballroom space from the former convention center will get a street level makeover of some sort. Perhaps they will add a dining space or coffee shop that opens to Commerce Street.

You've seen a rendering of it?

 

edit: never mind, i see what happened here...

Edited April 28, 2018 by e-dub

[donNdonelson2]

Just now, e-dub said:

You've seen a rendering of it?

I was responding to the comments above about the Renaissance Hotel.

[e-dub]

Yeah, I didn't read far enough back. Apologies!

[markhollin]

Tony's big boy is gonna look great on this angle looking SW from the top floor of Fairlane Hotel:


 

[Pdt2f]

The lot, from the SE corner of 6th and Church. Lots of homeless guys, haha

[smeagolsfree]

The footprint is not what we think it will be now.

[MLBrumby]

The park, the building behind it and the parking lot behind that... right? 

[Guest]

Just the park

[e-dub]

Tall + slender. I, for one, can dig it.

[smeagolsfree]

Correct.