Tallest buildings in Nashville by official building height

[MontanaGuy]

nashville born said: Having said that, y'all ain't gonna like what I listed for Batman. 

I see you've got it at 625 feet.  That's exactly what I got!

 

[nashville born]

General announcement from the, instead of complaining about it, do something category.  I've been granted access to editing the Nashville Wikipedia page.  I'm learning, so can't do everything yet.  I do however know how to update descriptions of buildings, projects, and such.  Can also edit building heights and rankings (new order posted).  Let me know if you see a glaring needed change.

Edited March 15, 2021 by nashville born

[titanhog]

3 hours ago, nashville born said:

General announcement from the, instead of complaining about it, do something category.  I've been granted access to editing the Nashville Wikipedia page.  I'm learning, so can't do everything yet.  I do however know how to update descriptions of buildings, projects, and such.  Can also edit building heights and rankings (new order posted).  Let me know if you see a glaring needed change.

Could you go ahead and place Four Seasons in there as under construction?  Also…is it really true that the Broadwest office tower and 222 1st Ave are the same height?  That’s shocks me.

And…could you go ahead and list Tony’s two new buildings in there as under construction?

And…I’m assuming we’re talking about the same page…the List of Tallest Buildings in Nashville wiki page…right?

Edited March 16, 2021 by titanhog

[nashville born]

@titanhog Maybe not since most of what you mentioned already appears.  I'll do some investigative work on the 222 and Broadwest Tower.  Here's the page I can edit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Nashville#Tallest_buildings

 

Edited March 16, 2021 by nashville born

[MLBrumby]

My search capabilities are hampered by the device I'm using, but I did not see the Ritz Carlton hotel and condo towers proposal.  Very likely to be close to 500' and 400'. 

Ritz Carlton Hotel /Residential (42 stories & 32 stories, 240 rooms, 150 condos, 185 apts,), 560 capacity garage - Nashville - UrbanPlanet.org

[titanhog]

4 hours ago, nashville born said:

@titanhog Maybe not since most of what you mentioned already appears.  I'll do some investigative work on the 222 and Broadwest Tower.  Here's the page I can edit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Nashville#Tallest_buildings

 

Ok…now I see.  I didn’t scroll far enough down.

[nashville born]

10 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

My search capabilities are hampered by the device I'm using, but I did not see the Ritz Carlton hotel and condo towers proposal.  Very likely to be close to 500' and 400'. 

Ritz Carlton Hotel /Residential (42 stories & 32 stories, 240 rooms, 150 condos, 185 apts,), 560 capacity garage - Nashville - UrbanPlanet.org

@MLBrumbyThe page author has them both listed as 417 Seventh, 510 ft and 417 Seventh, 325 ft.  The note the author used said these two are going on the old KVB site so I'm assuming they're talking about the Ritz.  I'll update the description when we have confirmation of the brand.

Edited March 16, 2021 by nashville born

[nashville born]

Added 19th and Broadway to the under construction list.

[MontanaGuy]

19 hours ago, nashville born said:

I've got a question about the height of the Embassy Suites vs the JW Marriott.  The Marriott is listed as 386 feet in the Wikipedia page and the Embassy Suites is listed as 380 feet but I can't imagine that they're really going to be only six feet apart when the Embassy Suites is completed because the Marriott towers over the Embassy and it appears as though the Embassy is working on the roof although I can't figure out what that huge cement square is at the top of it.  I know that in the render it appears as though one end of the roof juts upward while the rest of it looks flat and I'm guessing that the top of that big block is going to be where the roof will be.  When you look at the City View Cam I would guess that the Marriott is probably about 50 feet taller than the top of that big concrete block.  Any ideas?  Thanks!

 

[MidTenn1]

I had 369' for Embassy Suites. I'm not sure where I got it, but I'm sure it was from a detailed rendering.

[MLBrumby]

Looks like that angled cap (atrium?) will add at least 25 feet. 

[nashville born]

@MontanaGuy I agree with your eyeballed assessment.  Similar disparities are what first got me all riled up.  I didn't make a change to the Embassy Suites height on the page because after reading through the entire string, I didn't see a proposed height, only guesses.  So I left it until someone cites a more accurate source.  I did, however, change the height of Prime from 470 to 456 to match cited records.  

JWM and the newer buildings don't show yet in Google Earth so I couldn't measure them.    The one exception was Kenect.  It was listed at 285 which seemed way off especially right next to The Morris.  Morris is listed (approx.) on Emporis at 242.  Gave Kenect a couple more feet and moved it way down the list.  Completely reordered the Wiki page.

[smeagolsfree]

Remember folks you can always go to the permits and get the schematics for the projects and get the height from that. It takes some digging but there are a couple of places to look. 

 

When you have time I can walk you through it if interested.  That is how we know the height is 456 for Prime. the numbers are right there. Now there are some cases the plans are not there.

[nashville born]

Well, it seems someone didn't appreciate the changes/edits I made to the Wiki page as it has been completely put back to the old version citing 490' for 5/3 etc.  Not sure who the curator is.  IMO, they aren't facing reality.  I feel confident in the Google Earth tool and it has been used by other UP posters and shown to be accurate.  Even if the curator isn't convinced, how do you justify removing an added entry for a building  (19th & Broadway) that is clearly under construction?  I'm washing my hands of it.  Godspeed to whoever the person is.

[nashville born]

Hoping someone can confirm if the building on the left (immediately left of 805 Lea) is the Joseph.

[MLBrumby]

Yes. The joseph.

[nashville born]

Thanks.  Making sure I'm not going crazy.  The Wiki page says the Joseph is 260' and that the Drury is 288'.  I just don't understand why it's so difficult to see that the Nashville building heights list is waaaaaaaay off.  How can anyone look at that photo and think there's but a 28' difference in their respective heights??? 

I'm a little peeved that I spent hours measuring each one I could and then more hours updating the page only to have it put back to misinformation.  Guess I'll just have to console myself by remembering the rule of thumb about Wikipedia.  The Nashville page is a shining example.

[Bos2Nash]

The thing to remember is where the height measurement comes from can be different on every single building when hills are involved. The Drury for example has the steep hill that drops down 3rd Avenue. These slopes are taken into consideration when attempting to gain an accurate number for height. I believe typically on sloped sites, the average median height along all sloping property lines factor into where the measurement is taken from. 

Now that being said, I would expect the Drury to be significantly taller than the Joseph, so it is probably not worth getting into a bickering match on a wiki page because who knows where the measurement information is coming from.

[smeagolsfree]

Maybe Candyaisles  can help you with the exact height as ESa was the architect for the Drury.

This is all I could find but I cant read it. Maybe you will have better luck seeing the numbers than I do.

 

ePav-Viewer.aspx (nashville.gov)

 

[downtownresident]

Amazon II: 907’ elevation at highest point - 486’ (Upper 10th Ave) = 421’. 

[nashville born]

Just discovered a new website for buildings called Phorio.  It does use meters instead of feet, yet its listed heights seem a bit more accurate  and comparable to measurements from Google Earth's tool.

https://en.phorio.com/?t=overview&region=420003328

Edited April 22, 2021 by nashville born

[downtownresident]

On 4/12/2021 at 2:49 PM, downtownresident said:

Amazon II: 907’ elevation at highest point - 486’ (Upper 10th Ave) = 421’. 

@Brichar4 here is Amazon II's height. 421' above Platform Way N. From this document: https://www.nashville.gov/Government/ePav-Viewer.aspx?name=4700ff5c-c70c-436b-8b25-e1258e648109_CA-Permits-20171101_14678915_1.pdf on sheet G400. It's the 8th page of the document. 27 floors plus a 28th mezzanine floor and 29th mechanical floor above Platform Way N. 

[downtownresident]

@Brichar4 Here is the documented height for Prime: 

456' 

From this document, sheet A301: https://www.nashville.gov/Government/ePav-Viewer.aspx?name=8d8407c3-e9e1-4768-86ae-2ec7d1ff86d5_CA-Permits-20171101_14554685_2.pdf

900 Church, 418':

From this document, sheet A301: https://www.nashville.gov/Government/ePav-Viewer.aspx?name=faeec8a4-8a73-4b96-ba75-f3f49b5a86f1_CA-Permits-20171101_14096486_1.pdf

Let me know if you need any other documented heights, and I'll be happy to pull the documents! 

[downtownresident]

@Brichar4here is the official height for the Vanderbilt tower. 306' 4" to the top. (830' 4" elevation at the top - 524' elevation at ground floor)

Source: https://www.nashville.gov/Government/ePav-Viewer.aspx?name=b9fce7d1-7e29-4c35-a7f6-9c26c1feb6c1_CA-Permits-20171101_11296671_4.pdf sheet A2.50. 

[Brichar4]

This along with the Prime, Alcove, Pinnacle at Symphony Place have all been updated on the wiki. If anyone has more that need to be please post documentation in this discussion, Thank you!