1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million

[dmillsphoto]

9 minutes ago, natethegreat said:

Boston logan?

Pretty self-explanatory.

 

(y'all can keep going but reality is, until 2L gets lengthened, it's a pretty moot point to keep bashing especially since anything under 950' will likely skate through)

[smeagolsfree]

9 hours ago, Sean blackdog said:

July 10th.  Antonov An-124 flew above of downtown. About 2,331 feet altitude. 

This is the runway that is the problem that Sean pointed out. If DT were sitting due west of the end of this runway instead of NW then it would be more like Charlottes DT. It sits due east at a 90 degree offset of the end of a similar runway.

The problem as Sean pointed out are the large cargo jets that always use that runway and fly low and slow. 

As Bob said the extension of a runway to I think 12,000 feet would solve a lot of this problem as these jets would be able to use the longer runways then. Until then height height restriction will not even be considered to be even looked at.

[Sean blackdog]

Today this morning from ENR.  
https://www.enr.com/articles/52593-nashville-ymca-350m-redevelopment-includes-citys-tallest-building

General contractor AECOM Hunt is set to start on both pieces of the project in early 2023, with the new YMCA structure expected to be completed in June 2024. Tower construction is scheduled to be complete by January 2026, says Beth Courtney, a spokesperson for the project.

[natethegreat]

I need shovels in the ground 

[Sean blackdog]

5 minutes ago, natethegreat said:

I need shovels in the ground 

[LA_TN]

Can we rename Church Street to "The Tonys"? 

[Bos2Nash]

13 hours ago, natethegreat said:

Boston logan?

13 hours ago, dmillsphoto said:

Pretty self-explanatory.

Hence Boston's very odd looking shipping container cranes (rumor is these actually inspired George Lucas' AT-AT walkers). Logan is directly out of frame to the right. Extremely close proximity.

And the stagnated height of Boston's Seaport (most of these buildings were built since 2000)

[nashville born]

Thanks, @dmillsphoto.  Appreciate learning something new and now I have a much better understanding.  You've also helped allay my fears about future height restrictions.

Thanks, @Bos2Nash.  Those photos really helped as well, especially the Seaport one.  AND, I'm losing my mind as an avid Star Wars fan since Luke first held a lightsaber!!!  As soon as you made the comment about the container cranes, all I could see was Imperial Walkers (AT-AT's).   And yes, I still have my Star Wars toys from my youth (well played with I might add).  As an adult, I bought the one item that had long escaped my grasp, an AT-AT!  It's still in the box.

[Luvemtall]

May the force be with you!!!!

[nashville born]

For fun!  Okay, I’ll get back to 1000 Church…onward and upwards!!!

[Sean blackdog]

 on YMCA Tower. 

[nashville born]

I was pondering a bit on this project.  Specifically, how and/or why, in such short order, a thread about potentially our new tallest and potentially our first to break the 700' mark, had moved to page two.  Are we jaded or scarred by past attempts at a new tallest?  Are we too nervous to get completely excited?  Are we curbing our enthusiasm because of the cited 2023 start?  Or is it that with so much else going on, we're not obsessing over it as we ordinarily would?  Then, I got here and thought, shucks we hit page four of this thread pretty quickly and all the pondering ceased.  Besides, this one feels different than Paramount or Signature.  I know I wasn't here to go through all that with you good people, yet believe me when I say I've read through the strings to get caught up.  And maybe it's the recent activity that helps, yet it just does to me.

Anyhow, cue the Village People and viva la 2023!!!  Good Lord willing and the creek "don't" rise, we'll all get to see it happen!

[smeagolsfree]

Things on this board get moved rather quickly these days. It’s a lot more active that it was say 5 years ago or 10 years ago. I will say this is probably the second most active board other than Charlotte.

Before the Great Recession there were a lot of active boards on UP and then bam, many just died and never came back.

[LA_TN]

1 hour ago, nashville born said:

I was pondering a bit on this project.  Specifically, how and/or why, in such short order, a thread about potentially our new tallest and potentially our first to break the 700' mark, had moved to page two.  Are we jaded or scarred by past attempts at a new tallest?  Are we too nervous to get completely excited?  Are we curbing our enthusiasm because of the cited 2023 start?  Or is it that with so much else going on, we're not obsessing over it as we ordinarily would?  Then, I got here and thought, shucks we hit page four of this thread pretty quickly and all the pondering ceased.  Besides, this one feels different than Paramount or Signature.  I know I wasn't here to go through all that with you good people, yet believe me when I say I've read through the strings to get caught up.  And maybe it's the recent activity that helps, yet it just does to me.

Anyhow, cue the Village People and viva la 2023!!!  Good Lord willing and the creek "don't" rise, we'll all get to see it happen!

Signature Tower was a casualty of the Great Recession. Paramount was proposed on city owned land and the proposal was an attempt to get that site available to private developers

YMCA selected Tony to develop their property and has an agreement in place. So, this is completely different dynamics

[smeagolsfree]

I don’t think there will be an issue with the bonus height on this project either. Tony seemed to be pretty confident as to the bonus height requirements when meeting with him and first seeing the design. 

They have a year and two months or so to work this through Metro and I think this sits outside the MDHA design review area so that is one less review process it will have to go through.

It just has to go through DTC, Planning, and Council. With the YMCA behind this it will meet a lot less political push back. 

[OnePointEast]

4 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

Things on this board get moved rather quickly these days. It’s a lot more active that it was say 5 years ago or 10 years ago. I will say this is probably the second most active board other than Charlotte.

Before the Great Recession there were a lot of active boards on UP and then bam, many just died and never came back.

I’d say most moved to SkycraperPage or SkyscraperCity forums, correct?

[smeagolsfree]

1 minute ago, OnePointEast said:

I’d say most moved to SkycraperPage or SkyscraperCity forums, correct?

A lot of other cities did, while Nashville stayed active here and this is the dominant forum. It depends on the city and the forum.

[TNMichigander]

I gotta say, a proposed completion date of 2026 does make me a little sad. That's a full five years from now. DANG.

[smeagolsfree]

There will be a lot of construction happening in Nashville over the next 4 years, so just soak it up and enjoy it. Time flies faster than you know and I expect we will have more surprises coming over the next 4 to 6 years too, to keep our eyes busy.

I for one don’t want the time to pass to fast as I will be that much older and closer to death! Ouch

[PillowTalk4]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

There will be a lot of construction happening in Nashville over the next 4 years, so just soak it up and enjoy it. Time flies faster than you know and I expect we will have more surprises coming over the next 4 to 6 years too, to keep our eyes busy.

I for one don’t want the time to pass to fast as I will be that much older and closer to death! Ouch

All the more reason for this project to get off the ground ASAP... 

[henburg]

As usual, I really admire Tony's ambition and commitment to good urbanism. Design-wise, I think it looks like a very nice building and the jeweled facade would look great.

If I'm being greedy, I just wish that there was one perhaps even one small element of flair that could bump up this proposal a bit as though to say "Hey, I'm the new tallest building and everybody knows it". Whether it be a setback, a slight taper to the crown, or even a spire, I can't help but think that a detail like that could elevate this one from really nice to gorgeous. 

[Plasticman]

Am I wrong to think this one has a good shot of actually happening?  And happening at the posted height?

[nashville born]

@henburgI agree with your assessment that this one looks sharp.  Maybe it's a visual illusion, yet one of the reason's I was so jazzed about this design is I thought the top is tapered???....in which case I'd say Tony agreed with you about making a statement.  If it isn't tapered, then somebody get me his number!

[nashvylle]

On 10/9/2021 at 1:53 PM, henburg said:

If I'm being greedy, I just wish that there was one perhaps even one small element of flair that could bump up this proposal a bit as though to say "Hey, I'm the new tallest building and everybody knows it". Whether it be a setback, a slight taper to the crown, or even a spire, I can't help but think that a detail like that could elevate this one from really nice to gorgeous. 

I think even making the color of the top/crown's upside down triangles white could go a long way to making the tower stand out that much more. 

[rolly]

I was reviewing the first page of the thread where Mark had a shot of the current YMCA.  Not really attractive (small windows, broken fence...).

 

Whereas he new one is quite inviting! (I like how from the ground, you can see the activity on the floors - work out machines, cool lighting, and the open rooftop amenities level)...