2010 West End Ave. residential tower, 25 stories, 299 ft., 358 units, 5,500 sq. ft. of retail, 420 capacity garage

[UTgrad09]

Also, would it freakin kill them to make this building 1 foot taller? You could literally top it with a Jenga tower and it's now 300'. Congrats!

[smeagolsfree]

All they have to do is place a cinder block on its side and cement it to the top of the building.

[Will]

Looking forward to when Qdoba across the street gets the axe for something cool.

[Guest]

9 hours ago, UTgrad09 said:

I'm not so much making a statement for pro transit as I am stating that I don't think that you can make a definitive statement on how transit affects development *in Nashville* without there being a real test case.

My statement was opaque. My opinion is that transit is NOT a prerequisite for residential density in a growing city. This is easily evident as Nashville’s boom continues....even picking up pace....post transit defeat. Anecdotal, but I have yet to hear or read of any Nashville development that was scuttled or scaled-back because of the dearth of transit. You ask me to prove a negative,  yet no one seems to be asking the question - how much development would have occurred REGARDLESS of the transit? Nashville is a meta answer to the query.

Case-in-point

Charlotte TODs
Charlotte, NC exemplifies a southern city that has utilized land-use zoning changes, in conjunction with strategic planning for transit, to help create numerous new TODs along its
9.5 mile LYNX light rail line. LYNX, which opened in 2007, records 15,000 daily users.
Charlotte has seen ROI well over 300% since the rail line’s completion. The $1.87 billion in private investment and development along the south corridor spurred $515 million in additional real estate tax value, an increase of 121% since 2000.
The city established an acquisition fund to purchase land near the stations planned along its South Corridor light rail line to ensure the development of mixed-income, mixed-use TOD. Charlotte’s City Council capitalized the fund with an initial grant of $5 million

[satalac]

12 hours ago, Will said:

Looking forward to when Qdoba across the street gets the axe for something cool.

Come on Earl of Sandwich!

[Pdt2f]

21 hours ago, UTgrad09 said:

Also, would it freakin kill them to make this building 1 foot taller? You could literally top it with a Jenga tower and it's now 300'. Congrats!

If they don’t make it 300’ I’ll do it myself. I’ll literally find a way to make it too the roof of that building with a half-dozen bricks and some quickcrete. If they leave it at 299 I’ll never get past it and every time I look at the building I’ll involuntarily cringe. Hell, I never got past the fact that Fred McGriff retired with 493 home runs. I wanted to find investors, buy a team, and play him until he got to 500 just for the sake of not sitting 7 short lol. 

[troyboytn]

lol. In all honesty, this 1ft from making 300ft  doesn't irk me nearly as bad as the 10ft from 500ft that is Fifth Third Tower. Prior to AT&T, developers were somehow terrified to breach that 500ft mark...actually, it seems they still are.

Edited September 16, 2018 by troyboytn

[BnaBreaker]

Seriously though, I realize not everyone is obsessed with building height as we are, but why the hell wouldn't you just add an extra twelve inches of paneling to reach that 300 foot mark? 

[Nashville Cliff]

On 9/14/2018 at 10:37 AM, nashville_bound said:

My statement was opaque. My opinion is that transit is NOT a prerequisite for residential density in a growing city. This is easily evident as Nashville’s boom continues....even picking up pace....post transit defeat. Anecdotal, but I have yet to hear or read of any Nashville development that was scuttled or scaled-back because of the dearth of transit. You ask me to prove a negative,  yet no one seems to be asking the question - how much development would have occurred REGARDLESS of the transit? Nashville is a meta answer to the query.

Case-in-point

Charlotte TODs
Charlotte, NC exemplifies a southern city that has utilized land-use zoning changes, in conjunction with strategic planning for transit, to help create numerous new TODs along its
9.5 mile LYNX light rail line. LYNX, which opened in 2007, records 15,000 daily users.
Charlotte has seen ROI well over 300% since the rail line’s completion. The $1.87 billion in private investment and development along the south corridor spurred $515 million in additional real estate tax value, an increase of 121% since 2000.
The city established an acquisition fund to purchase land near the stations planned along its South Corridor light rail line to ensure the development of mixed-income, mixed-use TOD. Charlotte’s City Council capitalized the fund with an initial grant of $5 million

One could just as easily, and legitimately, ask how much more development would Nashville be experiencing WITH transit.

[AronG]

7 hours ago, Nashville Cliff said:

One could just as easily, and legitimately, ask how much more development would Nashville be experiencing WITH transit.

Or who might be able to afford it if they didn't have to build every residential high-rise on top of a mid-rise parking garage.

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Nashville Cliff said:

One could just as easily, and legitimately, ask how much more development would Nashville be experiencing WITH transit.

Obviously, but Nashville seems to be knocking-up against its speed of growth as it is. There are numerous lengthy delays from Metro on approvals from permits and other oversight responsibilities....PLUS....we saved $9Billion....winner winner chicken dinner.

Edited September 17, 2018 by Guest

[smeagolsfree]

My guess is that this project will not start until after the Graduate is finished.

[MidTenn1]

4 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

My guess is that this project will not start until after the Graduate is finished.

It looks to me that they are staging equipment for the Graduate construction on land that will eventually hold the residential tower. So yeah, it'll have to wait.

[MidTenn1]

The site plan is available in PDF format on the development tracker.....

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by PHofKS
Fixed link

[MidTenn1]

Probably nine things wrong with my homemade picture, but it's fun to look at anyway.

[Guest]

8 hours ago, Nashville Cliff said:

One could just as easily, and legitimately, ask how much more development would Nashville be experiencing WITH transit.

Obviously, but Nashville seems to be knocking-up against its speed of gri with as it is. There are numerous lengthy delays from Metro on approvals from permits and other oversight rules......PLUS....we saved $9Billion....winner winner chicken dinner.

[nashvylle]

7 hours ago, PHofKS said:

Probably nine things wrong with my homemade picture, but it's fun to look at anyway.

I believe The Graduate facade will be a lighter color red brick, but I like the color in your picture more. 

[smeagolsfree]

8 hours ago, PHofKS said:

The site plan is available in PDF format on the development tracker.....

 

When I looked yesterday morning the site plan had not been added yet. Metro adds this information in stages.  The plan below is for a  10 unit project on 2nd South. There are mistakes on Development Tracker as I have found the wrong Application under the wrong project too.

 

Thanks for getting this up Pete.

[markhollin]

Metro Planning Dept. approves the specific rezoning plan for this project.  All set for the 25 story structure.  No ground breaking date announced yet.  The empty Jack in the Box structure still needs to come down.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21031886/north-gulch-building-to-be-razed

[markhollin]

Metro Council approves the tower after the developer withdrew a zoning change request to allow units to be used for short-term rentals.

The apartments will be small in order to keep the rent down, said CA Ventures Director of Development Ryan Sadowy.

"We crafted these to be efficient, smaller units ..." Sadowy said. "We really feel like this project is the right project for the space."
 

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2019/01/03/new-midtown-residential-tower-approved-after-vacation-rentals-nixed-midtown-west-end-vanderbilt/2462779002/

[markhollin]

It turns out that Mitsubishi Corp, best known for its automobiles, also has a real estate division, and is one of the key investors in the 2012 West End Ave. development. 

Moe behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/01/18/mitsubishi-backs-west-end-high-rise-project.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[e-dub]

I always forget about this one, then smile when I see that rendering next to the Graduate.

[FromParkAveToTN]

Any idea when they will break wind on this project?

[Buildtall]

Is that a pedestrian bridge over west end in the picture?

[CityHeart]

7 minutes ago, Buildtall said:

Is that a pedestrian bridge over west end in the picture?

I think that is Lowes Hotel in the background.