Alcove/900 Church St., 34 stories/418 ft., 356 apts, $160 million

[titanhog]

20 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

 

I guess it wouldn't be the first time a major Tony G project was stifled by an economic downturn.

Yeah...with China on the verge with this virus...and now a major spread in S. Korea, Italy, Iran, etc...it's going to be very difficult for the whole world not to be hit with an economic slowdown.

[smeagolsfree]

27 minutes ago, titanhog said:

Yeah...with China on the verge with this virus...and now a major spread in S. Korea, Italy, Iran, etc...it's going to be very difficult for the whole world not to be hit with an economic slowdown.

Not even going to comment on this here as we would get off on a big tangent and if someone wants to start a thread then feel free, but this is some worrisome stuff.....

[satalac]

18 hours ago, Plasticman said:

 That design deserves at least one more box on top.  

Easy there, that's how all hope at winning Jenga end in disaster. 

[CenterHill]

Orange construction barriers are encircling the property and Piedmont is out there today cutting off the gas.    Looks like demo will start very soon. 

For the moment, the barriers are pushed up against the building so the sidewalks are passable, but I spoke to some YMCA employees who confirmed that the sidewalks on 9th, Church and McLemore will soon be closed.         

[Sean blackdog]

https://app.oxblue.com/open/clarkconstruction/underconstruction 

 

Edited February 28, 2020 by Sean blackdog

[PaulChinetti]

Oh that's gonna be a cluster-f of the royal order when construction starts! 

[Nash_12South]

I have to wonder where they will stage for construction? The lot is bounded by fairly busy roads. 

[CenterHill]

7 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

Oh that's gonna be a cluster-f of the royal order when construction starts! 

You’re not kidding.    McLemore, the street between the Y and this project, is already congested because Rosa Parks exit traffic feeds into it exactly at Tony’s property line.  Today, Piedmont had one lane of McLemore blocked with the gas line excavation, and traffic was a total cluster with a traffic cop allowing one lane at a time, plus trying to accommodate people  entering and leaving the Y garage.       The Y is going to be severely restricted for pedestrian and vehicle access for the next 2 years

[Vrtigo]

This was yesterday morning. They were already tearing up the street, presumably for the gas line cutoff mentioned by @CenterHill above?

[Plasticman]

So I’m assuming this is a go?  

[CenterHill]

12 hours ago, Vrtigo said:

This was yesterday morning. They were already tearing up the street, presumably for the gas line cutoff mentioned by @CenterHill above?

Yes, this is the Piedmont Gas crew. 

[markhollin]

Looking NE from intersection of Church St. and YMCA Way:

 

[Sean blackdog]

https://www.wsmv.com/news/new-skyscraper-eyed-for-church-street/article_f19d0254-58e4-11ea-8c77-1b1451146b49.html

Giarratana has said he wants to open the tower by summer 2022  

Edited March 2, 2020 by Sean blackdog

[chris holman]

No parking because it's geared for the Amazon employees. It's walking distance from the yards.

[downtownresident]

Also very close to the Publix, Whole Foods, 5th and Broadway, and all of the retail going into Nashville Yards. If any building can pull off a valet-only set up, this one is it. People will likely be able to get a monthly spot in the public parking at Nashville Yards. 

[MLBrumby]

Some more renderings from the Nashville Post website.  I now see how the building slants inward at the northeastern side. 

So I have a question that seems to come up too often among news folks around Nashville (doesn't seem to happen in other cities).  Here goes... The renderings show 36 stories (clearly 33 plus the 3 story 'cupola'), but the article says, Giarratana says the building will be 34 stories. So is that accurate?  Or does he mean only the floors with residential units?  Or do the renderings show tall 'double floors' like in lofts as two floors?  Or do developers in Nashville think they have to lie in an attempt to tamp down the 'height phobes', of which Nashville seems to have more than their fair share? Maybe Giarratana is showing a 36-floor tower, but knows he can only get 34 floors.  

 

[downtownresident]

They probably don’t include the mechanical floors in the floor count, counting only “occupied” floors. 

[smeagolsfree]

1 minute ago, downtownresident said:

They probably don’t include the mechanical floors in the floor count, counting only “occupied” floors. 

Correct.

[PaulChinetti]

This is growing on me so much. It could also be blue glass box fatigue, haha.

[markhollin]

One new more rendering.  Barge Design Solutions will handle engineering and land planning efforts. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21119531/giarratana-releases-more-images-for-y-site-tower
 

[Vrtigo]

^

In case anyone is curious of the perspective, my guess is this is a (very generous) rendering of the view from the sidewalk in front of the YMCA

[Nash_12South]

33 minutes ago, Vrtigo said:

^

In case anyone is curious of the perspective, my guess is this is a (very generous) rendering of the view from the sidewalk in front of the YMCA

It’s about 20’ inside the Y......IMO

[nicholas]

I don't make it over here to the Nashville part of the forum very often, but damn.  I'm jealous.  We've got some nice stuff going up in Charlotte, but this puts pretty much everything here to shame.  34 stories and NO PARKING, and it's also gorgeous, and it's also on a really unique lot.  Y'all are really fortunate that you have a developer who can and will think outside of the box, wish our apartment buildings were half as nice as this.

[titanhog]

2 hours ago, nicholas said:

I don't make it over here to the Nashville part of the forum very often, but damn.  I'm jealous.  We've got some nice stuff going up in Charlotte, but this puts pretty much everything here to shame.  34 stories and NO PARKING, and it's also gorgeous, and it's also on a really unique lot.  Y'all are really fortunate that you have a developer who can and will think outside of the box, wish our apartment buildings were half as nice as this.

We kinda have to hold our breath with Mr. Giarrantana.  He's built a lot of towers in Nashville...but his initial renders are normally way more unique than his final product after value engineering.  Keeping our fingers crossed that this one stays like it is.

[smeagolsfree]

9 hours ago, nicholas said:

I don't make it over here to the Nashville part of the forum very often, but damn.  I'm jealous.  We've got some nice stuff going up in Charlotte, but this puts pretty much everything here to shame.  34 stories and NO PARKING, and it's also gorgeous, and it's also on a really unique lot.  Y'all are really fortunate that you have a developer who can and will think outside of the box, wish our apartment buildings were half as nice as this.

We are jealous of the height you have in Charlotte as we have no developers that want to go over 550'. Part of that issue is Metros stupid height restrictions in multiple locations, and part is the fact that we have acres and acres of land available in and around the downtown area that can be built on.

One of the things that has helped the skyline stretch out here for 2 or 3 miles is the fact that we already had a large midtown area and it is getting bigger and where this tower is going is an area that has been ignored as it sort of sits between downtown and midtown but is still on the east side of the Gulch. There are at least 8 high-rises planned or under construction within an 1/8th mile not to mention at least 2 unannounced and 2 midrise under construction or planned.