Station District Towers (two 31 story residential, two 34 story residential/hotel, and 5 other future phases), Sept, 2019 start

[markhollin]

Zach Liff's DZL Management along with partner developer Draper &  Kramer have unveiled ambitious plans for the Cummins Station area properties that cover 13 acres, most of which are surface lots surrounding the iconic massive office space converted from a railroad warehouse.

Eventually, it could end up being as many as 8 towers. The initial foray will be a series of 31-34 story towers along the east side of the CSX tracks in the Gulch, bordered by Demonbreun St. on the north and Cannery Row on the south.

Smith Gee Studios and Solomon/Cordwell/Buenz will be the architects.

A Set. 2019 groundbreaking is planned for Tower 1. 

No price tag has been put on the project. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21045564/huge-project-could-complement-cummins-station

And behind theNBJ paywall here:

https://www.salsarestaurantnashville.com/

This is the Phase 1 Tower, which will be just to the southeast  of Cummins Station, hugging the CSX tracks to the west, and just to the northeast of the proposed Gulch Pedestrian Bridge on the west side of the intersection of 10th Ave. South and Lea Ave.  It will be 31 stories/369' tall, with 333 residential units, 10,200 sq. ft. of ground level retail, and a 360 capacity parking in a garage within a 7 story pedestal.

 

 

 

 

Tower 2 will be nearly a twin of Tower 1, just to the south,  with its southern border the Cannery Row area.  It will also be residential in focus at 31 stories with a 360 capacity garage.

Towers 3 & 4 will each be 34 stories.  #3 will feature a hotel as well as residential, and #4 will be residential.  Each will feature garages that will hold a minimum of 420 cars. 

Future phases will include at least 2 towers of undetermined size on the Union Station Railroad Shed site (currently surface parking), at least one tower on the surface lot at SE corner of Demonbruen and 10th Ave. South, and a tower at the apex of Lea Ave. and Palmer Place, immediately to the NW of the 30 story 805 Lea residential tower about to get underway by another developer.  In total, the plan is for at least 8 towers, as well as a few shorter structures. 

This is a massing render of Tower 3 (hotel/residential) looking east along Demonbruen Street Viaduct:

Massing render of Towers 1-4 looking east:

Diagram of full Station District on the 13 acre Cummins Station campus:

[smeagolsfree]

Its always fun to know about what's coming and then see it on the board. Bos2Nash alerted us to this at the last meet but we didnt have the details until last night. It was a big surprise. This is a very ambitious project and I am excited about it but this one will a long term project. I am stoked that the first tower could start by September.

That's why you guys need to come to the meets. There are always little tidbits shared there and no where else.

[MLBrumby]

How likely?  If they ever got built (even just 1) it would go a long way in making the skyline from the south a continuous line of towers all the way to Midtown. If all of them were built, Nashvlle would be like a mini Vancouver.

[smeagolsfree]

The one thing the helps bring the cost down here is the fact that he already owns the land and has for a  long time. He also has a development partner lined up and a great architect. I think at least Two towers can be built rather quickly.

 

[OnePointEast]

Amazing things are happening in Nashville, and hopefully most towers get built. Imagine a ground breaking for September, that would be awesome with all other towers U/C or currently under prep. Nashville 2025 is going to look awesome.

[smeagolsfree]

From what it looks like there are 333 units in tower one and also in tower two. a hotel and residential in tower three and residential in tower four, so there will only be maybe 1200 units total in the four towers at most.

[NashRugger]

I can hear the beotching and moaning from Icon owners and such about their skyline views. 

That said, phenomenal and very good development showing things are becoming more intense for density. 

Edited January 31, 2019 by NashRugger

[Craiger]

10 minutes ago, NashRugger said:

I can hear the beotching and moaning from Icon owners and such about their skyline views. 

That said, phenomenal and very good development showing things are becoming more intense for density. 

Would they have much of a leg to stand on? Are these within the zoning height limits already? 

[titanhog]

Whoa!  Great news!  Good way to start 2019 with a ginormous development announcement!

[whatwhat]

Holy smokes this is great!  I love the future phases shown on the campus diagram on the last photo.

[NashvilleObserver]

This is incredible. In 5 years, there will be a solid row of towers from 805 Lea all the way to the Amazon towers in Nashville Yards. 

[timmay143]

Passenger rail....?  Where's Dale?!

[Bos2Nash]

 

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

How likely?  If they ever got built (even just 1) it would go a long way in making the skyline from the south a continuous line of towers all the way to Midtown. If all of them were built, Nashvlle would be like a mini Vancouver.

The existing landport parking structure is slated to start demolition in May and the new 1,100 car garage is slated to start construction after that is clear. Tower 1 is the priority with Towers 3 and 4 being built on top of the parking structure at a later date. The garage is being engineered to hold up the towers so that is why the height and overall massing of those towers will most likely be set once the garage is completed. This is going to be quite the logistical challange as well for the development and design team due to certain activities, ie loading, must remain active.

8 minutes ago, timmay143 said:

Passenger rail....?  Where's Dale?!

Not going to happen! it was brought up in a couple meetings about why that was put there. The Pedestrian bridge design is not far off though I am being told. 

[Vrtigo]

I've seen active core drilling under the Landport for the past few months, so things are definitely moving on this...

[ariesjow]

Oh wow!

 

[japan]

20 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

 

Not going to happen! it was brought up in a couple meetings about why that was put there. The Pedestrian bridge design is not far off though I am being told. 

I'm excited about the pedestrian bridge having absolutely no railings. 

[MidTenn1]

Phase 1 = 369 ft. tall per diagram in picture 6.

[ariesjow]

Was this one in the works prior to the Amazon announcement? 

[21jump]

This is awesome! I'm looking forward to seeing this rise.

[PruneTracy]

50 minutes ago, Vrtigo said:

I've seen active core drilling under the Landport for the past few months, so things are definitely moving on this...

It was probably exploratory work to see if the site could support the concepts shown. On its own it likely doesn't mean the project is any further along than another with this level of concept work.

10 minutes ago, ariesjow said:

Was this one in the works prior to the Amazon announcement? 

Yes, this was a topic of discussion at some of the public meetings for the pedestrian bridge. It was just a question of the exact layout and massing.

[OnePointEast]

So a September start for Tower 1?

[Hey_Hey]

Wow!  I wasn't expecting this big of an announcement for this site, and I definitely wasn't expecting it to start so soon. This will be one more high profile building start for 2019 which was already quite full. 

[MLBrumby]

Just cogitating a moment on this and other newly announced residential towers; notwithstanding the zoning restrictions at various spots around town, I wonder if, say, the developers of 901 Lea would consider going taller to distinguish their building from these. As things would go (according to plans) the 901 Lea would rise just a bit higher than the tallest of the Station District buildings. 

[wmaddbb2018]

What is the status of 901 Lea?

[NashvilleObserver]

4 minutes ago, wreynol4 said:

What is the status of 901 Lea?

I think you mean 805 Lea, and the last I heard, it's being handled by Skanska, and they are expecting a 1st quarter start.