Tallest buildings in Nashville by official building height

[titanhog]

4 minutes ago, markhollin said:

 https://epermits.nashville.gov/download.aspx?id=190156  

The heights for Broadwest look to be 406 ft. (condo/hotel) and 326 ft. (office) .

First 400 footer on West End!!

[markhollin]

According to new blue prints from 5th & Broadway:

Residential is going to be 402'

Office will be 356'

[MidTenn1]

So we've got three 400 footers under construction;

• 4 Seasons and Residences @ 542'
• Conrad Hilton & Residences @ 406'
• 5th + Broadway Residential @ 402'

Impressive!

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, PHofKS said:

So we've got three 400 footers under construction;

• 4 Seasons and Residences @ 542'
• Conrad Hilton & Residences @ 406'
• 5th + Broadway Residential @ 402'

Impressive!

What do we have in the pipeline as possibles for the future?  Paramount...the tower across Church from Amazon?...KVB roundabout area tower?

[MidTenn1]

The ONE22ONE, across from the 1200 Broadway residential tower,  was reported on SSP to be  400' if it goes 27 floors. The 38 story Buckingham in the Gulch would be certainly over 400' if ever built. One KVB was downsized to 25 stories, so it may not make 400' if it is ever built.

[Sean blackdog]

Today evening. When I left my work. 

Tower crane going up about 450 feet tall.  

[rolly]

Nashville Built Towers:

600+ 1

500+ 1 

400+ 6

300+ 10

200+ 16

 

So 1 more 500 and 2 more 400 under construction. Nice!

[MLBrumby]

Then there are many more over 200' under construction... among others... Gulch Union Office tower, Drury, Grand Hyatt, 2 Amazon towers, Endeavor, 2012 West End, Kenect, Pizzuti, Centric, Embassy Suites/One Hotel, and another half dozen in the pipeline... planned... MGM, B'way Hotel, GBT office tower (could be 400 ft) with proposals... Nashville Yards office tower possibly greater than 500'... Paramount (670).... and 4 residential towers of around 400' at Cummins Station. Plus, around a dozen buildings in the 10-17 story range. 

[subkyle]

On 5/31/2019 at 12:54 PM, PHofKS said:

So we've got three 400 footers under construction;

• 4 Seasons and Residences @ 542'
• Conrad Hilton & Residences @ 406'
• 5th + Broadway Residential @ 402'

Impressive!

What about the 40 story Amazon building? 

[MidTenn1]

I guess it's debatable as to whether it's under construction. Demolition for the entire  Nashville Yards is complete and site prep is also in progress. But technically, no concrete or steel  is ready to go on the 40 story as far as we know. 

So I'm going with 'proposed' rather than under construction. 

[MontanaGuy]

12 minutes ago, PHofKS said:

I guess it's debatable as to whether it's under construction. Demolition for the entire  Nashville Yards is complete and site prep is also in progress. But technically, no concrete or steel  is ready to go on the 40 story as far as we know. 

So I'm going with 'proposed' rather than under construction.

Does anyone know the cross streets or where exactly the 40 story building is supposed to be built?  I had thought it was going to be where one of the shorter buildings is apparently under construction right now and was confused by their website.  Thanks!

[e-dub]

The 40-story joint is confirmed? I thought it's proposed/planned?

[titanhog]

29 minutes ago, MontanaGuy said:

Does anyone know the cross streets or where exactly the 40 story building is supposed to be built?  I had thought it was going to be where one of the shorter buildings is apparently under construction right now and was confused by their website.  Thanks!

It's the tallest building in this render.

 

[MidTenn1]

My card...

[MontanaGuy]

Thanks guys, I appreciate that information.  That would be a great addition to the skyline!

[smeagolsfree]

There was a grading permit pulled for that address friday but it has not been granted yet as it is still applied for. The address is 1101 Church.

[UTgrad09]

Updated list with U/C and high probability proposals

--Paramount - 750ft - 229m

1 - AT&T (Batman) - 617ft - 188m

--Four Seasons and Residences - 542ft - 165m

2 - 505 - 522ft - 159m

3 - Fifth Third Bank - 490ft - 149m

4 - Snodgrass Tennessee Tower - 452ft - 138m

5 - Bridgestone Americas - 444ft - 135m

6 - Pinnacle at Symphony Place - 417ft - 127m

7 - L&C Tower - 409ft - 125m

--Broadwest Conrad - 406ft - 124m

8 - Nashville City Center - 402ft - 123m

--Fifth+Broad Residential - 402ft - 123m

9 - James K. Polk Building - 392ft - 119m

10 - JW Marriott - 386ft - 118m

11 - Renaissance Hotel - 385ft - 117m

12 - Viridian - 378ft - 115m

--805 Lea - 370ft - 113m

13 - One Nashville Place - 359ft - 109m

--5th+Broad Office (AB) - 356ft - 109m

14 - UBS Tower - 354ft - 108m

15 - The SoBro - 345ft - 105m

16 - 222 2nd Ave - 326ft - 99m

--Broadwest Office - 326ft - 99m

--1200 Broadway Endeavor - 320ft - 98m

17 - Westin - 323ft - 98m

18 - Sheraton Nashville - 300ft - 91m

--2012 West End - 299ft - 91m

19 - Sun Trust (Service Source?) - 292ft - 89m

20 - Bank of America (Philips?) - 292ft - 89m

21- Skyhouse Nashville - 289ft - 88m

22 - Andrew Jackson State Office Building - 286ft - 87m

23 - Omni Nashville - 280ft - 85m 

24 - ICON - 279ft - 85m

--ParkMGM - 276ft - 84m

25 - Twelve Twelve - 270ft - 82m

26 - Palmer Plaza - 269ft - 82m

27 - Parkway Towers - 269ft - 82m

28 - The Cumberland Apts - 269ft - 82m

--19th and Broadway Greystar - 257ft - 78m

29 - Encore - 253ft - 77m

--Flank Hotel - 238ft - 73m

--Kenect - 238ft - 73m

30 - Marriott Airport - 226ft - 69m

31 - Union Station - 220ft - 67m

32 - Vanderbilt UMC - 213ft - 65m

33 - Highland Ridge Office Tower - 207ft - 63m

34  - 2525 West End Ave 200ft - 61m

 

Still looking for more sources for The Joseph, Drury, Embassy Suites, 1, Gulch Union, Hyatt Nashville Yards, Hyatt Centric, and any number of other easily forgettable 20 story buildings.

Edited June 2, 2019 by UTgrad09

[UTgrad09]

Potential Midtown Highrise rankings:

1 - Broadwest Conrad - 406ft - 124m

2 - Broadwest Office - 326ft - 99m

3 - 2012 West End - 299ft - 91m

4 - Skyhouse Nashville - 289ft - 88m

5 - Palmer Plaza - 269ft - 82m

6 - 19th and Broadway Greystar - 257ft - 78m

7 - Kenect - 238ft - 73m

8 - Vanderbilt UMC - 213ft - 65m

9 - 2525 West End Ave 200ft - 61m

Plus there are several buildings right around 200ft that I can't get info for, like the Adelicia, Aertson Midtown, The Morris, and I think Element just misses the cut.

[LA_TN]

@nashville born, here is the thread, but, as you can see, it has not been updated lately. If we can get updates added, any of the mods can update the main post

[nashville born]

These lists are really cool.  I'd love to verify the numbers on them.  I saw in a thread somewhere where one of us used a feature in Google to measure the heights of several buildings.  The AT&T building came out spot on as did the L&C I think.  So they felt comfortably with the accuracy of the tool.  They then measured the highly doubted 490' for 5/3 and it came in considerably lower (can't remember the exact number).  Bridgestone measured like 440' or so and Pinnacle actually measured taller than it's list 417'.  Does anyone know of a bona fide way to accurately measure these puppies?  If so, I'll volunteer to measure them all so we can KNOW for sure what the actual heights are.

[MidTenn1]

Yes I did that. Take it for what it's worth. The Bridgestone was under construction, but at the time the pictures were made, the fins were reaching the final height. Google maps are incredible.

 

 

P.S. As I mentioned in another thread, per David M. Schwarz Architects, the Vanderbilt, Academic Tower is 310'.

Edited March 9, 2021 by PHofKS

[MontanaGuy]

12 minutes ago, nashville born said:

These lists are really cool.  I'd love to verify the numbers on them.  I saw in a thread somewhere where one of us used a feature in Google to measure the heights of several buildings.  The AT&T building came out spot on as did the L&C I think.  So they felt comfortably with the accuracy of the tool.  They then measured the highly doubted 490' for 5/3 and it came in considerably lower (can't remember the exact number).  Bridgestone measured like 440' or so and Pinnacle actually measured taller than it's list 417'.  Does anyone know of a bona fide way to accurately measure these puppies?  If so, I'll volunteer to measure them all so we can KNOW for sure what the actual heights are.

The only way that I've tried is by using Google Earth because it gives the elevation based on where you're putting the cursor.  So using the Pinnacle for an example, bring up the image of the building so you're getting a good look at it as well as the surrounding streets.  If you put the cursor on the street right in front of the building I'm getting an average of 420 feet elevation.  Now take the cursor to the top edges of the building, it gets a little tricky with all of the various shapes of the surfaces at the top but try to find the highest point and get a good average of where that elevation seems to be, I'm getting 848 feet.  Now subtract that from the elevation at the bottom of 420 and I come up with 428 feet in height.  So this certainly isn't a scientific and super accurate measurement and it also leaves me wondering if the street I measured is really the proper spot to make that calculation because there could be a lower spot and would be a better representation but that's what I did and it's definitely higher than 417 feet.  You have to play around with it and it gets trickier at the top because you've got to find those exact high points and I went all around the four edges to double check it! 

[nashville born]

Thanks so much PH and MG.  I have to find a way through this because it's driving me crazy (yes, maybe a tad bit of OCD, but who's counting).  For I'm a late comer to the incredible UP world so I pick old strings for kicks and read through them.  Some times I discover really cool photos, sometimes I learn about codes and planning and stuff, and sometimes I find perplexing mysteries.  The height mysteries drive me crazy.  For instance, I was just reading through the Kenect string.  I saw several pictures of the Kenect side-by-side with the Morris.  One poster even joked, "fraternal twins."  Cool and funny caption, yet it made me ask, how can two buildings seem identical in height and only one show on the Wikipedia list of tallest buildings???  Okay, rant over.  About to go take the guidance MG provided and try my hand in Google maps.

[nashville born]

Okay, a couple hours later, I'm back.  MontanaGuy wasn't kidding when he said you have to play around with it.  Man!  Anyway, here are the non-scientific results I came away with.  Disclaimer...I couldn't do the more modern buildings as Google Earth hasn't caught up with the blazing saddle that is Nashville.  What a tool, though; incredible. 

Found more discrepancies for sure.  Whenever my measure differed greatly, I tried to manipulate Google Earth's views/angles to give an eye test as well.  I feel pretty good about where I landed.  Again, not scientific.  Yet, some things just don't make sense to the brain or the eye (even accounting for elevation differences).  The Wikipedia listings of Skyhouse and PP are a screaming example of the eye test.  Google Earth seems to agree.  Lastly, please don't shoot the messenger; I've already acknowledged these findings as non-scientific.  Having said that, y'all ain't gonna like what I listed for Batman.  Apologies.

AT&T	625
Snodgrass	450
Fifth Third	439
Bridgestone	435
Pinnacle	431
L&C	405
Rennaisance	388
Viridian	387
James K. Polk	386
One Nashville Place	385
UBS	357
Nashville City Center	352
Sobro	345
Westin	311
Skyhouse	290
Sheraton	288
Service Source	288
Omni Nashville	283
Phillips Plaza	272
1212	269
Icon in the Gulch	267
Parkway Tower	261
Andrew Jackson	254
Palmer Plaza	234

[CandyAisles]

Laser scanning is the way to confirm any of these heights.  I imagine some portions of downtown will likely be scanned soon.