Broadstone SoBro (804 4th Ave. South) 8 stories, 226 units, ground level retail, internal garage

[markhollin]

Looking SE from intersection of 4th Ave. South and Ash St:

Looking SE from the 27th floor of The Westin Hotel:

[markhollin]

Crane coming down today.

Looking west from Ash St. at 3rd Ave. South:
 

[markhollin]

Brickwork and cladding continue.

Looking NE from Lafayette St. at 4th Ave. South:

Looking east from Lafayette St. just south of Division St:

Looking SE from 4th Ave. South at Ash St:

Looking west from 3rd Ave. South, just north of Lindsley Ave:

[andywildman]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

Brickwork and cladding continue.

Looking NE from Lafayette St. at 4th Ave. South:

Looking east from Lafayette St. just south of Division St:

Looking SE from 4th Ave. South at Ash St:

Looking west from 3rd Ave. South, just north of Lindsley Ave:

Man I love the massing - just fully embracing full building height right up next to the street.

But more than that, I HATE the way that parking garage kills any and all street engagement.

[BnaBreaker]

6 hours ago, andywildman said:

Man I love the massing - just fully embracing full building height right up next to the street.

But more than that, I HATE the way that parking garage kills any and all street engagement.

Agreed.  That parking garage is just brutal.  Ugh.

[Bos2Nash]

Some folks will say "well when the road is Lafayette, what should we expect?", and I would argue that if Lafayette was put on a road diet instead of being a freaking highway, the activation would more naturally occur (granted that is if it doesn't just turn into a storage facility).

[markhollin]

Looking south from 3rd. Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Ash St:

Looking SW from Ash St., 1/2 block east of 4th Ave. South:

[nashwatcher]

Any idea what’s going to happen to the little houses directly next to this project?

[markhollin]

Looking SE from intersection of 4th Ave. South and Ash St:

[markhollin]

Cladding and brickwork nearly complete.

Looking west from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Lindsley Ave:

Looking SE from intersection of Ash St. and 4th Ave. South:

Looking east from Lafayette St., just south of Ash St:

Looking NE from 4th Ave. South, just south of Lafayette St: 

[Bos2Nash]

Overall it is extremely underwhelming for such a prominent corner 

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

Looking east from Lafayette St., just south of Ash St:

I understand that the design was trying to create some "action" on the façade, but man are those door/window/railing placements annoying!

[bnacincy]

That is really terrible looking-particularly the above ground parking garage.

I'm not sure which I like less-this or Haven.

[downtownresident]

34 minutes ago, bnacincy said:

That is really terrible looking-particularly the above ground parking garage.

I'm not sure which I like less-this or Haven.

Haven, by far. This at least has texture and a less garish color palate. 

[henburg]

13 hours ago, markhollin said:

Cladding and brickwork nearly complete.

Looking west from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Lindsley Ave:

Looking SE from intersection of Ash St. and 4th Ave. South:

Looking east from Lafayette St., just south of Ash St:

Looking NE from 4th Ave. South, just south of Lafayette St: 

These awesome pics don't even show the newest addition to the building- a blue repeating chevron pattern covering the garage on the side fronting Ash St. Seriously, I wish that I could have captured a pic from my car while I was driving, but trust me when I tell you that it looks bizarre.

Overall, I've noticed that these Broadstone buildings are always really close to being attractive, but usually end up ruining it with bad paint jobs and questionable finishing touches. The cool grey of the facade totally clashes with the nice brickwork on the bottom floors, the black rail feaux-balconies stick out like crazy, and each face of the building is so disjointed from the other. It could be worse (like Haven), but this one has shaped up to be super disappointing.

[go_outside]

You know it's bad when the storage facility next door looks substantially nicer.

Edited April 23 by go_outside
Added image link

[AsianintheNations]

On 4/22/2022 at 9:45 AM, Bos2Nash said:

I understand that the design was trying to create some "action" on the façade, but man are those door/window/railing placements annoying!

But what if they could slide side to side so that it looked like people dancing and swaying their hips?

In all seriousness, it looks as though they had pre-made left and right-facing door-window combinations and couldn't remember which ones were supposed to go where.

[bnacincy]

On 4/22/2022 at 6:54 PM, downtownresident said:

Haven, by far. This at least has texture and a less garish color palate. 

Personally I can't stand that dark grey color-it looks Soviet while Haven reminds me of some early 21st century Russian provincial architecture (see Yekaterinburg,Skyscrapercity) gone haywire.

Edited April 23 by bnacincy

[andywildman]

On 4/22/2022 at 5:54 PM, downtownresident said:

Haven, by far. This at least has texture and a less garish color palate. 

Aesthetically the Haven is FAR worse, but this is a bigger insult to downtown Nashville. It turns what could have been a thriving city block into absolute dead space at the pedestrian level. Between this and the self-storage spots, that whole area of Lafayette will be locked into a “drive through” zone.

[Brichar4]

Here is the blue arrow cover to the parking garage on the west side.

[Tim29tn]

On 5/8/2022 at 11:30 AM, Brichar4 said:

Here is the blue arrow cover to the parking garage on the west side.

[rolly]

what in the what

[markhollin]

Looking west from 3rd Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Lindsley Ave:

Looking SE from intersection of Ash St. and 4th Ave. South:

Looking east from Lafayette St., 1/2 block SE of Ash St:

Looking NE from Lafayette St. , just south of 4th Ave. South:

[downtownresident]

Lmao this one is just bad. 

[Bos2Nash]

From an architectural standpoint, I put this one in the same category, if not worse than Haven in the Gulch.

[bnacincy]

1 hour ago, Bos2Nash said:

From an architectural standpoint, I put this one in the same category, if not worse than Haven in the Gulch.

My sentiments exactly-someone was asleep at the wheel when this and Haven were on the drawing boards.