Tempo Hotel, 127 Rosa Parks, 16 story, 295 room hotel, 6,500 sq. ft. retail, 200 capacity garage, ground level retail

[markhollin]

HRI Properties has made changes to their hotel at 127 Rosa Parks Hotel: modified downward from 23 stories to 16 stories (from 426 rooms to 295). Basic layout is the same—-just shorter.  Exterior is a more traditional window grid. ESa is the architect; Ragan-Smith is the civil engineer. New renderings/diagrams available below.

Still no word on the hotel brand. Full scale work should begin in early 2022. Two year construction is planned.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here;

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/on-site-start-looms-new-images-released-for-downtown-tower/article_1c75fe1a-3e6a-11ec-a7a3-e7e56c0a488b.html

This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame

[nashvylle]

It's fine. Especially since it will be blocked NY. 

[downtownresident]

You can make out the “Tempo” logo on a few of the diagrams. Could be this brand: https://www.hilton.com/en/tempo/

[MLBrumby]

Nice catch!

[Rick Dalton]

Wow they fixed the windows. Looks good.

[smeagolsfree]

I have not even had a chance to look at this until now. I just let WW know. I’ve not even looked at 123 11th either. Probably nuggets in there too.

 

The 7 floors are a victim of the hotel market here but I wonder why they just didn’t put residential on top.

 

 

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/tourism/hilton-taps-nashville-for-new-brand/article_db285b14-0e0e-570a-9446-a6959d34dffc.html

Story on Tempo brand from a while back.

 

 

[MLBrumby]

Ten years ago a 16 story hotel downtown would’ve been major news… now it’s ‘nice infill’. 

Edited November 5, 2021 by MLBrumby

[nashville born]

Hand on heart, head bowed, heart heavy....for the seven. 

[Binbin98]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

I have not even had a chance to look at this until now. I just let WW know. I’ve not even looked at 123 11th either. Probably nuggets in there too.

 

The 7 floors are a victim of the hotel market here but I wonder why they just didn’t put residential on top.

 

 

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/tourism/hilton-taps-nashville-for-new-brand/article_db285b14-0e0e-570a-9446-a6959d34dffc.html

Story on Tempo brand from a while back.

 

 

Its not just the hotel market here...my dad who is a private investor in the travel industry says covid hit everywhere hard in the hotel business.

[markhollin]

New summary piece on this project at NashvilleNowNext here:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2021/12/02/nownext-proposed-16-story-hotel-tower-near-nashville-yards/

[PillowTalk4]

On 11/5/2021 at 3:43 PM, downtownresident said:

You can make out the “Tempo” logo on a few of the diagrams. Could be this brand: https://www.hilton.com/en/tempo/

You're probably right that it will be a Hilton Tempo.  I thought I remembered there being an article about them expanding into Nashville.

Nashville Post 1/27/2020: Hilton taps Nashville for new brand City among multiple U.S. markets slated for Tempo hotel

Plus here's the big clue...

Edited December 2, 2021 by PillowTalk4

[UrbanWes03]

I think we can all agree that’s a fitting brand for Nashville to get. 

[Blazenmp]

It looks like they started digging the parking lot up for this.

[markhollin]

1 hour ago, Blazenmp said:

It looks like they started digging the parking lot up for this.

Thanks for the heads up, and welcome to the forum, Blazenmp!  : )

[smeagolsfree]

Foundation permits were done last week, so this one has pretty much started in my book if they are digging up the lot.

[Blazenmp]

Fencing is going up today.

[markhollin]

Shots of the fencing around the site.

Looking SW from intersection of Rosa L. Parks Blvd. and Commerce St:

Looking SE from intersection of 9th Ave. North and Commerce St:

[MagicPotato]

That'll add some nice infill.

Edited January 24, 2022 by MagicPotato

[Blazenmp]

Two excavators are on-site and parking lot is being removed.

[smeagolsfree]

That sidewalk does not need to be closed, nor does any other sidewalk downtown. That one is a dangerous one to close as people will end up walking in the street or j walking and will get hit by a car. Reach out to Freddie if you are in his district. 

Builders and developers still need to be held accountable for being stupid.

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

This is a nice looking building and will add great density infill to that area, right beside the Nashville Yards. 

This part of Nashville may wind up being the more dense part of downtown, once all projects are built within roughly 4-6 years or so. 

[DMilner]

Actually snapped a pic of this earlier today. 

[nashville born]

The points about infill are cool, yet there's something very disappointing to me about a lot in the center of downtown being developed at just 16 stories...

[Bos2Nash]

2 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

That sidewalk does not need to be closed, nor does any other sidewalk downtown. That one is a dangerous one to close as people will end up walking in the street or j walking and will get hit by a car. Reach out to Freddie if you are in his district. 

Builders and developers still need to be held accountable for being stupid.

I had this thought last week when I was walking. We have always harped on sidewalks being closed, but the one running down Commerce is double wide so it shocked me they had fully closed it. Ridiculous.

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

4 hours ago, nashville born said:

The points about infill are cool, yet there's something very disappointing to me about a lot in the center of downtown being developed at just 16 stories...

I get what you are saying. It is a PRIME location and would be amazing to see a skyscraper development going up on that location at 30 or 40 stories, for example.

But, also, buildings in the roughly 6-20 story range provide the "more common" multiple infill/density sized buildings of a skyline, that really can make a city look either super dense, or lacking density. 

If there are a lot of them, it can be the difference between a skyline that has tons of gaps and parking lots, with several taller skyscrapers, or a skyline that looks even, deep, layered and "big." 

In my opinion.