Parke West, 3415 Murphy, 15 story residential (210 units), 9 story dual brand hotel, 19,000 sq. ft. of retail, underground garage

[BnaBreaker]

4 hours ago, DDIG said:

Don’t get too excited yet. My understanding is the Richland neighborhood is still doing everything they can to kill this project even with the really nice redesign. They don’t believe they should be subject to development near them.

Ugh... why are people such stubborn regressive nincompoops sometimes?  'Let's see, this development would provide me and my family and neighborhood with a beautiful new public space, new and convenient dining and retail options, raise my property values, and just improve the overall quality of life...' *glazed hypnotized look comes over their eyes*... 'but... TRAFFIC... CHANGE... TRAFFIC... CHANGE... NO CAN HAVE... MUST STOP ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT...'

Edited March 3, 2019 by BnaBreaker

[titanhog]

6 hours ago, DDIG said:

Don’t get too excited yet. My understanding is the Richland neighborhood is still doing everything they can to kill this project even with the really nice redesign. They don’t believe they should be subject to development near them.

Yeah...they've given them everything they've asked for...but still complaining.   NIMBYs at their worst.  Make demands.  Get their demands.  Demand more.

[smeagolsfree]

I think planning will approve this. You can please some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time, but some of these people will never be pleased because in the words of the gal from California on the Conde Nest video, they all think they are their own special snowflake, not meant to be snowflake in a bad way. Her meaning is that every little snowflake is so special and unique. 

That's the problem with everyone of these ding dongs in a lot of these neighborhoods, they just think they are so special that no one else matters and their rights trump everyone else's. They have no regard for anyone but themselves, unwilling to compromise, and always think they are right.

[DeemonBruhn]

I think planning will approve this. You can please some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time, but some of these people will never be pleased because in the words of the gal from California on the Conde Nest video, they all think they are their own special snowflake, not meant to be snowflake in a bad way. Her meaning is that every little snowflake is so special and unique. 
That's the problem with everyone of these ding dongs in a lot of these neighborhoods, they just think they are so special that no one else matters and their rights trump everyone else's. They have no regard for anyone but themselves, unwilling to compromise, and always think they are right.

Planning has already approved the project. The NIMBY’s are fighting at the council level.

[DDIG]

1 hour ago, DeemonBruhn said:

 

Planning has already approved the project. The NIMBY’s are fighting at the council level.

 

That's right. Planning has approved. Since they got an SP they have to get council to approve and that's where Richland is using its influence / money. 

[Armacing]

On ‎3‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 3:31 PM, titanhog said:

Yeah...they've given them everything they've asked for...but still complaining.   NIMBYs at their worst.  Make demands.  Get their demands.  Demand more.

If people had more respect for private property rights we wouldn't have this problem.  A person's opinion about land usage stops right at the border of their property.  Want to control what is being built on a particular parcel?  Easy - - buy the land and you have total and absolute control over it.  What's that?  You don't have enough money to buy the land?  Well then, you have no say in the matter.  Return to your own land and place a pink flamingo in your front yard in protest.

[e-dub]

As seen on the Mayor's Facebook page - this comment was made on a post about Amazon.

 

[DDIG]

4 minutes ago, Armacing said:

If people had more respect for private property rights we wouldn't have this problem.  A person's opinion about land usage stops right at the border of their property.  Want to control what is being built on a particular parcel?  Easy - - buy the land and you have total and absolute control over it.  What's that?  You don't have enough money to buy the land?  Well then, you have no say in the matter.  Return to your own land and place a pink flamingo in your front yard in protest.

Right on. What's especially absurd to me is Richland acts like this project is in the middle of their neighborhood when it is literally separated from them by a cavernous interstate. 

[smeagolsfree]

The Mayor has very little  to do with this as it is the council. That is not really in that neighborhood the way I see it. Maybe they just need to move away to the California fires and floods to see what real disasters are made of.

[DDIG]

2 minutes ago, e-dub said:

As seen on the Mayor's Facebook page - this comment was made on a post about Amazon.

 

Is there a dumber claim than "overbuilding"? These projects aren't being built as bait to attract people to Nashville, they are being built to support the people that are coming to Nashville with or without the project. If you want to end "overbuilding", end job and population growth - which some people seem to want.

[smeagolsfree]

They are so stupid they dont even know they are posting on the right comment page.

[e-dub]

2 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

They are so stupid they dont even know they are posting on the right comment page.

The comments of every single one of his posts is an unbridled mess.

[PruneTracy]

17 minutes ago, e-dub said:

The comments of every single one of his posts is an unbridled mess.

I feel like I use this GIF a lot.

[markhollin]

GBT has decided to lower the height of the taller of the two towers even a bit further, now at 155' (as opposed to the last proposal of 167') to appease the neighborhood group tat has been protesting the project.  The mixed-use building will now be 14 stories (instead of 16).  The hotel structure will still be 10 stories.  These are the further adjustments being made:

• a reduction in the amount of glazing
• adding 1.5 hours of free on-site parking
• prohibiting short-term rentals
• as part of a Metro Parks Department donation commitment, a potential greenscape budget of $100,000, which is more than double the original pledge of $45,000 proposed to the RWENA board and made last August.

Relatedly, GBT has agreed to keep the sidewalk on the south shoulder of Murphy Road open during construction.

All of this goes before Metro Council for zoning approval tomorrow (April 2nd).

New renderings below.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21062108/height-reduced-again-for-murphy-road-project

And the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/04/01/testy-vote-looms-for-controversial-development.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

 

3415 Murphy Rd, GBT Realty, March 28, 2019, render 1 1.pdf

[titanhog]

They’ll still whine.  Nothing short of shutting the project down will make the people ACROSS THE INTERSTATE happy.

[DDIG]

8 minutes ago, titanhog said:

They’ll still whine.  Nothing short of shutting the project down will make the people ACROSS THE INTERSTATE happy.

Yup. That's their game. Keep moving the goal posts until the developer gives up.

[downtownresident]

From the Tennessean:

 

Metro Council approves the new plan with the reduced height.

 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2019/04/02/west-end-towers-metro-council-approval-gbt/3348921002/

[markhollin]

GBT has finalized the purchase of the land at 3415 Murphy Rd. from Fifth Third Bank for $7.4 million. The bank had bought the land in 2004 for $3 million. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21080693/murphy-road-site-sells-for-74m

[bmkTN]

It looks like GBT is referring to this development as Parke West.

http://www.gbtrealty.com/store/parke-west

[smeagolsfree]

The 5/3 Bank building is empty and the sign was coming down today.

[markhollin]

This will now be known as Parke West.  The two-section 14 story building will feature 210 residential units, 175 hotel rooms (no brand announced yet), 7,000 sq. ft. of retail, and 12,000 sq. ft. of restaurant space. Gresham Smith will be architect and Kimley-Horn will handle civil engineering. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21111097/project-planned-for-murphy-road-progresses

[markhollin]

Demo will finally begin on the site as the Fifth Third Bank Building at 3415 Murphy Rd will be razed by Tiny's Construction.  A $35.000 permit has been issued.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/construction/article/21122021/permit-patrol-16-march-2020
 

[markhollin]

Bank building scraped clean, more fencing up.

Looking SE from Murphy Rd., 1/2 block west of West End Ave:

 

[MLBrumby]

LOL... a bank building shouldn't be so easy to scrape clean. 

[titanhog]

2 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

LOL... a bank building shouldn't be so easy to scrape clean. 

We need to head over there with a metal detector.