1805 Church St. (16 stories, 175', 383 residential units, 6,300 sq. ft. retail on ground floor, internal garage)

[markhollin]

A 15 story, 345 unit residential tower with 2 retail slots on the ground floor is being planned for 1805 Church St. (SE corner of Church and 19th Ave. North) by Ascend Real Estate Group out of Chicago.  Smith Gee will be the architect.  Kimley-Horn is involved with engineering. The team will go before the Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 2 to request a special exception related to height and setback considerations.  

Ascend will need to acquire the properties with addresses of 1815 Church St. (Advance Financial) and 120 19th Ave. N. (Royal Thai) from an LLC affiliated with Nashville-based Jarman Development Group. That entity paid $3.2 million for the properties in May.

No renderings yet, but a basic footprint diagram is shown below.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/mixed-use-tower-eyed-for-midtown/article_3a1d24be-e4a3-11eb-94d0-c7004548160f.html
 

This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame:

This is one of the structures currently on the site:
 

[Flatrock]

32 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Ascend will need to acquire the properties with addresses of 1815 Church St. (Advance Financial) and 120 19th Ave. N. (Royal Thai) from an LLC affiliated with Nashville-based Jarman Development Group.

Nice density. And (almost) anything that wipes out an Advance Financial from our cityscape is welcome. Looking forward to renderings.

I'm sad for the Royal Thai folks, though. They consolidated from Brentwood (due to increased lease rates) into town, and now it appears they'll have to vacate if this proceeds. Maybe they'll be given a crack at mixed use in the new building, if it's available...or find another area. My bet is they're tired and will fold up. They've been in decline for awhile.

[downtownresident]

Can’t wait. Church Street is in sore need of some development and streetscape improvement. Hopefully Planning pushes for improvements in return for increased density. 
 

As for the proposed ground level, I’d love to see all vehicle access restricted to the alleyway. 

[downtownresident]

The BZA approved the developers request for an exception to the maximum height during the BZA meeting today. 

[markhollin]

Metro Board of Zoning Appeals approves the height and setback exceptions for the 15 story residential project.  Ascend Real Estate now plans to close on the land acquisition by year's end.  Yates Construction will be the contractor, and Lincoln Property Co. will manage the future structure. No renderings yet. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/notes-bza-oks-plan-for-building-eyed-for-midtown/article_43c5142c-124d-11ec-b11c-2f06b80d83f1.html

[MLBrumby]

How much will this one cost?  What was the setback exception?

Edited September 10, 2021 by MLBrumby

[smeagolsfree]

I can’t remember the exact setback exception they were asking but it was not a lot if memory serves. The entire area is zoned for around that height, 15 stories. No idea as to the cost.

This area is about to see a whole lot more similar scale projects building to the max height.

[downtownresident]

This seems to continue to move through the process. The developers filed to have the lots consolidated into one lot, and to dedicate ROW.

Plans can be found here: http://maps.nashville.gov/MPC/2021S-217-001_plan.pdf

[markhollin]

A July 1st groundbreaking is being planned for 1805 Church.  An initial rendering for a 15 story, 345 unit version has been released, but Ascend Real Estate Group says they are going before Metro Board of Zoning Appeals to ask for a 16 story, 383 unit iteration.  It will also include 6,300 sq. ft. of ground level retail and an internal garage.  They want to utilize the moniker "19th & Church," however, the 28 story residential tower immediately to the west being developed by Greystar is also currently utilizing the same name. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/mid-year-start-eyed-for-midtown-building/article_556d5a16-8928-11ec-9870-a394784935e2.html

Here is the 15 story iteration courtesy of Smith Gee:

[nashville born]

Boxy?  Yes.  Likey?  Yes!!!

[Auntie Yock]

17 minutes ago, markhollin said:

They want to utilize the moniker "19th & Church," however, the 28 story residential tower immediately to the west being developed by Greystar is also currently utilizing the same name. 

They can call it "Derivative & Church" instead. 

[UrbanWes03]

Big fan of the ground level retail, but not so much the 3 levels of visible parking. The retail and garage screening make up for it a little but I wish they'd make more of an effort to conceal it. Overall a good addition though.

[smeagolsfree]

I think this one will either be called 1805 or 1815 Church.

[andywildman]

23 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

I think this one will either be called 1805 or 1815 Church.

Based on some nearby recent development, I can recommend to the developer that they get a little funky with it. Two options below:

Eighteen 05 Church

One 80 Five

[smeagolsfree]

5 minutes ago, andywildman said:

Based on some nearby recent development, I can recommend to the developer that they get a little funky with it. Two options below:

Eighteen 05 Church

One 80 Five

That will really confuse some of the brainless wonders in this city.

[markhollin]

NashvilleNowNext has a nice feature on 1805 Church:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2022/02/19/renderings-reveal-a-new-16-story-tower-in-midtown-nashville/

[downtownresident]

Demo permits were applied for all four buildings being replaced by this project today. 

[markhollin]

Ascend Real Estate Group has finalized the purchase of 2 more plots for a combined $4.6 million.  They now have paid a total of $13.75 million for the entire site.  We believe a start date is still going to be this month. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/church-street-site-set-for-project-sells-for-13-75m/article_201152c4-fd44-11ec-8ef8-e3acf4738d3e.html

[nashville born]

Giddyup!

[markhollin]

Yates Construction has been chosen to be the contractor for this project according to a friend of mine who works there.

[markhollin]

Ascend Real Estate has secured a $100.2 million construction loan from Square Capital Management.

Project costs for Ascend’s tower have grown 22% in the last nine months due to hikes in building material prices, Rebenson said. It’s a problem that many are contending with both in Nashville and across the nation; it’s not uncommon for developments to be put on hold as owners contend with building costs that far exceed initial estimates.

Ascend’s project, however, is plowing ahead: Site work is scheduled to start in the next couple of weeks and the building should open in 2024.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2022/09/02/ascend-real-estate-group-midtown-tower-loan.html

[markhollin]

Erosion barriers and fencing up for demo.

Looking SW from Church St.,. 1/4 block west of 18th Ave. North:

Looking SE from intersection of Church St. and 19th Ave. North:

Looking NE from 19th Ave. North, 1/2 block north of Hayes St:

[yontu2]

5 hours ago, markhollin said:

Erosion barriers and fencing up for demo.

Looking SW from Church St.,. 1/4 block west of 18th Ave. North:

Looking SE from intersection of Church St. and 19th Ave. North:

Looking NE from 19th Ave. North, 1/2 block north of Hayes St:

Having some height, residents, and sidewalk retail in that area of Midtown should be a step in the right direction.

[markhollin]

Demo underway.

Looking NE from 19th Ave. North, 1/2 block north of Hayes St:

[markhollin]

Structures starting to come down.

Looking NE from 19th Ave. North, 1/2 block north of Hayes St:

Looking south from Church St., 1/4 block east of 19th Ave. North: