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

[Bos2Nash]

On 1/15/2022 at 4:45 PM, downtownresident said:

A bit of a missed opportunity to tie into Platform Way, but the landscaped barrier blocking the Porte Cochere will be nice. 

I agree about platform way, but I am more disappointed that there is no actual entry points along Church itself. I understand we are a car focused city, but the fact that the only entrance into the residential lobby spaces are from the car loading/unloading is really disappoint. I'm the Y will have some focus at the corner the way they have stepped back that corner, but this is a big miss on the design of the residential portion of the building.

[smeagolsfree]

8 hours ago, NissanvilleTitans said:

Maybe Smeagolsfree can work on that for you and @smeagolsfreeif you need help, let me know

Man I have just given up. Its just too time consuming for me to get the renderings and play with all of that. Its best for someone that really knows what they are doing. I keep so bust with other stuff I just don’t have the time.

 

[rolly]

Robert has an update on https://nashvillenownext.com/2022/02/22/update-on-the-60-story-tower-addition-at-the-downtown-ymca-nashville/ 

[Binbin98]

6 hours ago, rolly said:

Robert has an update on https://nashvillenownext.com/2022/02/22/update-on-the-60-story-tower-addition-at-the-downtown-ymca-nashville/ 

This will be a fantastic building and I doubt any city council people will be opposed to it considering it’s part of the YMCA

However it is on a lower part of the city elevation so keep that in mind as it’s constructed, it may not look as tall as the Batman building even though it is

[Flatrock]

1 hour ago, Binbin98 said:

This will be a fantastic building and I doubt any city council people will be opposed to it considering it’s part of the YMCA

However it is on a lower part of the city elevation so keep that in mind as it’s constructed, it may not look as tall as the Batman building even though it is

Not sure I agree with you on that one. Elevation of 1010 Church St. is 499 ft.  Elevation of 333 Commerce St. (Batman Bldg) is 486 ft. For anyone interested in finding elevation by address, use the following link.

https://www.advancedconverter.com/map-tools/find-elevation-of-address

 

[PostRural]

2 hours ago, Binbin98 said:

This will be a fantastic building and I doubt any city council people will be opposed to it considering it’s part of the YMCA

However it is on a lower part of the city elevation so keep that in mind as it’s constructed, it may not look as tall as the Batman building even though it is

Top of the spire at batman is ~617', this building is proposed to be ~750'. Could you be confusing this one with Amazon 3? If you're talking about Amazon 3 that makes sense. 

[titanhog]

From most perspectives, 505 looks taller than Batman.  Batman is really a 500’ building (spitballing) with 117 feet of Batman ears. 

[rolly]

And Batman only has 33 floors, barely over half of the upcoming 60 floor tower.  Although office floors are taller than residential. 

[TheSound]

If you drive into the city on I-40 from the Charlotte Pike interchange, you can see the pretty dramatic effect of Amazon 2 at only around 450 ft.  A building with a roof height of 750 ft basically right next door to that will be VERY impressive.

[nashville born]

Will the third time be the charm in breaking the 700ft barrier?  Will the Batman building finally be defeated?  Will Smeags share more of his secrets????  Tune in next week...same Bat time, same Bat channel!

Edited February 23, 2022 by nashville born

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

Nashville is overdue for a skyscraper over 700 feet. 

If the city didn't have to deal with the FAA height restrictions, I'm confident the city would already have a couple of skyscrapers going up in the 700-1000 foot range. 

I hope the city can build a super tall someday--if the height restriction thing is lifted. 

Until then though, I think if Nashville can get 2 or 3 more skyscrapers built in the 600-750 foot range, the skyline will easily be top 15 in the US by then.

[MagicPotato]

1 hour ago, jjbradleyBrooklyn said:

Nashville is overdue for a skyscraper over 700 feet. 

If the city didn't have to deal with the FAA height restrictions, I'm confident the city would already have a couple of skyscrapers going up in the 700-1000 foot range. 

I hope the city can build a super tall someday--if the height restriction thing is lifted. 

Until then though, I think if Nashville can get 2 or 3 more skyscrapers built in the 600-750 foot range, the skyline will easily be top 15 in the US by then.

How far is the FAA height restrictions? Does the restriction reach out to midtown and West End?

[PaulChinetti]

2 minutes ago, MagicPotato said:

How far is the FAA height restrictions? Does the restriction reach out to midtown and West End?

I delved a bit deeper into it here.

Comment on another thread about the FAA restrictions.

[Luvemtall]

30 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

I delved a bit deeper into it here.

Comment on another thread about the FAA restrictions.

Paul, thanks again for that info. After reading into this , it seems the FAA doesn’t really have a restriction on building height, but more so guidelines. They look at proposals on a case by case scenario and give their opinions. I started to wonder about how a place like NYC does with its super talls and having 3 major airports ( 4 if you count in White Plains) to contend with. 

[PaulChinetti]

I'm sure they mostly just want a heads up. If planes are flying low enough over downtown to have to worry about an 1000 foot building there has probably been a series of other problems that are more pressing, haha.

[UrbanWes03]

3 hours ago, Luvemtall said:

Paul, thanks again for that info. After reading into this , it seems the FAA doesn’t really have a restriction on building height, but more so guidelines. They look at proposals on a case by case scenario and give their opinions. I started to wonder about how a place like NYC does with its super talls and having 3 major airports ( 4 if you count in White Plains) to contend with. 

So what would a proposal have to do to make it over 750? What I mean is what would make them deny it and what would make them not deny it? Would a smaller tower footprint after it passes 750ft be advantageous? Or a lit/bright crown for better visibility? Maybe even the angle the building is at? And if developers wanted to build over 750ft, could they have the FAA tell them what to change to make it work? I get this might be something only FAA people could answer as it depends on so many things we wouldn’t even think of but just thought I’d go ahead and ask and see if anyone comes up with anything!

[MLBrumby]

There is NO FAA limit on height in the CBD. IIRC the second Signature tower proposal was over 900'. 

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

52 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

There is NO FAA limit on height in the CBD. IIRC the second Signature tower proposal was over 900'. 

Hmm, really? I guess what I read was wrong then. Thought I'd read a few things on this forum and others that the height restriction by the FAA was the reason skyscraper proposals only went up to 750 feet in Nashville.

But hey, if there is not a cap, then why the heck hasn't Nashville built a super tall yet? LMAO They should!

[PaulChinetti]

I wonder if they don't mind that thought floating around out there so they don't have to worry about dealing with it, ha.

[Luvemtall]

[Luvemtall]

Lots of great questions @UrbanWes03. I ask the same. Above is Signature tower , one of Tony G’s best proposals . It originally was to be 1030 feet. It was as stated approved and ready to go. I really honestly don’t know why it hasn’t been brought back in this great building time here . But it tells me that it’s possible for a taller tower to be built, whatever has to be none to get there.

[TNinVB]

2 hours ago, jjbradleyBrooklyn said:

Hmm, really? I guess what I read was wrong then. Thought I'd read a few things on this forum and others that the height restriction by the FAA was the reason skyscraper proposals only went up to 750 feet in Nashville.

But hey, if there is not a cap, then why the heck hasn't Nashville built a super tall yet? LMAO They should!

Here’s an old promo video for Signature Tower. It was to be built where 505 currently stands. 

 

[Luvemtall]

Siggy was just stunning!!! A beautiful building, with a timeless design.

[titanhog]

Before Tony walks off into the sunset, he better build that building!  And over 1000’!!!!

[subkyle]

I thought we came to the conclusion a few years ago that when the FAA didn’t approve a certain height that it could be built but the price of insurance on the building was a deal killer. I could easily be wrong