The Dave Luna Urban Planet Forum Meet-Up (online, too), Sat. April 6th, 10 AM to noon; Copper Branch patio at Downtown Library at 6th Ave. North and Church St.

[markhollin]

Our next Urban Planet Nashville Meet-Up will be this coming Saturday, Jan. 5th, from 10 AM to noon at Luna Llena Taqueria (300 James Robertson Parkway, at the NW corner of JRP and 3rd Avenue North).   Some of the stories that we will be discussing include:  Paramount Tower rendering, Zach Liff plans for Cummins Station area properties, new designs for GBT development at Murphy Rd./I-440,  Hall/Emery office building for Music Row,  Germantown Union resurrection, Nuehoff Packing Plant sale, 2018 in review, predictions for 2019, and much more.  A full agenda will be posted on this thread in the next few days.

There are no events at Municipal Auditorium this Saturday, so there should be free parking spots available behind the restaurant.  Looking forward to another great meeting.  Hope to see you there!   : )

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[markhollin]

We will do an overview of 2018, preview some of what's in store for this new year, and go over some fresh announcements that came in during December at this month’s Nashville Meet-Up at Luna Llena Taqueria (300 James Robertson Parkway, at the NW corner of JRP and 3rd Avenue North), from 10 AM to noon this Sat., Jan. 5th.  Plenty of free parking in the lot immediately to the back of the restaurant. 

AGENDA:

- Meet any new folks in attendance.

- Get reports from anyone who traveled to other cities in the past few months for quick overviews of what they experienced.

- Topped Out:  Margaritaville Hotel (12 stories), 2nd Avenue Townhomes (3 stories), The Alabaster Phase II (3 stories), Nashville Food Project (2 stories)

- Just underway:  Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall, Three Thirty Three, The Knox at MetroCenter,  TSU Health & Sciences Bldg., Sylvan Supply, Silo Bend Homes, 2AVES Townhomes, The Manning, 

- Crane up: Vandy Tower crane #2  (Total of 24 currently up in Davidson County)

- Cranes Down: 1 of 2 at Vandy Children's Hospital expansion, One Music Circle South

- Demo: Asurion HQ site,  The View at City Heights, Belmont Univ. Performing Arts Center, 2 new residential projects along Oceola Ave., Montgomery Bell Academy/Vine Street Church back lot.

- Core Drilling:  Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall site.


DISCUSSION TOPICS:

• 2018 in review.  Nine buildings ranging from 10-15 stories topped out.  21 more from 5-9 stories topped-out. 62 cranes up in total during 2018. Ten buildings of 20-29 stories,  two of 30-39 stories, and one of 65 stories announced. Major League Soccer Stadium approved, Amazon's Excellence HQ, Alliance Bernstein relocation, and much more to be covered.
   
• 2019 preview:  One 34 story structure,  ten 20-29 story structures , and eleven 10-19 story structures should top-out.  One 40+ , three 30-39 story, three 20-29 story, and eleven 10-19 story  structures should be well underway. Soccer stadium will start. Phase II of airport expansion should near completion, Nashville Yards AEG district will be well underway, and plenty more.
   
• Paramount Tower rendering had a sneak preview for one day. 65 stories with 30 foot crown.  Total of 750 feet. Additionally, Nashville Civic Design released renderings for a reimagined Church Street Pocket Park on the site. Public relations war being waged between Tony G. and detractors. 
   
• New rendering for 805 Lea. 30 stories.  About 370', 375 units.
   
• New rendering for Hotel Broadway (16 stories, 423 rooms, music club) at NE corner of McGavock and 13th Ave. South.  Rendering actually shows 18 stories.
   
• Amazon's project will now be two 20 story towers at about 300 ' tall apiece in Nashville Yards on north side of Church St. at 10th Ave.
   
• GBT project at 3415 Murphy Rd. (at I-440 intersection) has been scaled down to two 167' structures (14 story residential, and 10 story hotel).  Retail component and underground garage remain.  No longer 250,000 sq. ft. of office space in plan. Appears that all will be approved and underway in next few months.
   
• Baker Donelson Law Firm has canceled its plan to move into the One KVB (25 story) tower. This project may now be in jeopardy as a result.
   
• Firestone store/garage at 1221 Broadway sells to GBT Realty for $7 million. Prime location directly across the street from u.c. 1200 Broadway project---should be an eventual 20+ story development.
   
• Circle South (rumored 15-20 story hotel) at intersection of Lafayette and 8th Ave. South can finish procurement of full area with purchase of the additional .07 acre Imperial Insurance lot for $900,000.  Trying to get the city to condense all lots and eliminate alley way, as well as portion of dead-end Lea Ave.
   
• Gerst House site at Woodland and I-24 has been purchased by hotel developer for $3.1 million.  Zoned for 7 stories, could go as high as 10.
   
• Zach Liff updates for Cummins Station area development as reported by Bos2Nash.  Can only be discussed in-person at the meeting, so nothing can be posted here on the forum.  You'll have to attend to hear some exciting short and long-term plans.
   
• Triumph Hotel development (rumored 15-20 story) for SW corner of Ellison Place and Louise Ave. has been recommended for DIS-approval by Metro Planning.  Would save 3 .pre-WW II brick apts. on site.
   
• Novel Edgehill is now the name of the proposed Crescent Communities/Pearl Street Partners project to be located at 801 12th Ave. South.  It will be 8 stories tall at its highest point, and feature 297 apartments as well as 9,000 sq. ft. of retail/restaurant. Originally they were looking at a high a 16 stories and about 360 units.  They made concessions based on community input. 
   
• Hall/Emery is planning 7-10 story office building (between 164-230,000 sq. ft.) on 1.3 acre site at SW corner of 17th Ave. South and Grand Ave. on Music Row. Purchased land from Ray Stevens.
• Germantown Union (7, 6, and 4 story mixed-use of hotel, office, and retail on 6 acres at NE corner of 2nd Ave. North and Monroe in Germantown) seems very much alive.  In fact, TPA Group has now purchased the 1.1 acre lot directly west across 2nd Ave. for $3.4 million. No designs/renderings for additional space.
   
• Neuhoff Packing Plant, just to the east Germantown Union, is now under contract to unnamed outside developer after decades of relative inaction by the McRedmond family.  Will be interesting to see how that approx. 10 acre site will be redeveloped.
   
• Harmolio Holdings is consolidating 6 properties (including the Vorhees Building) on triangular site between 8th Ave. South and CSX tracks.  Petitioning city to close Fogg St. and 2 alleys that now dead end into the tracks to make area more appealing for long term development.  No word on if they would be taking some of these industrial/warehouse buildings down, or repurposing them all.
   
• Hotel Indigo buys neighboring 115-year-old Nashville Trust Company building (2 stories) for $4.6 million. Could it become event space?
   
• SoHo House, a high-end London based boutique hotel chain, is coming to May Hosiery redevelopment.  No word yet on amount of rooms or where it would fit into the layout.
   
• Red Horse Development plans a mixed-use 152 residential unit and ground floor retail project at SW corner of Humphreys and Martin St. in WeHo. No rendering yet on height, etc.  
   
• TCA is rezoning their 1.87 acre industrial site in WeHo to mixed-use for future undetermined mixed-use development at Hamilton Ave. and Ft. Negley Blvd. (close to fronting I-65 South).
   
• The Bristol Development on former Charlie Bob's Restaurant site at 1336 Dickerson Pike is getting clearer. The 4.5 acre project will feature 2 buildings with 205 residential units.
   
• TAB Homebuilders is planning 25 townhomes at SE corner of 3rd Ave. North and Coffee St. in Salemtown.
   
• The Row at 6th & Garfield in Germantown is going to start with 20 townhomes in 3 story structures. 
   
• 815 Main St. in East Nashville will be a 4 story mixed-use project with first floor parking/retail, and upper 3 floors featuring 17 residential units. Directly east from Fieldhouse Jones u.c.
   
• Hotel development planned for 3818 Bedford Ave. in Green Hills changing hands to different developer for $5.5 million.  Probably a 4-6 story Hilton brand.
   
• TriStar is expanding Brentwood Commons with a 7 story, 149,000 sq. ft. and 6 story 229,000 sq. ft. pair of office buildings, and a 6 story garage at 2000 Health Park Drive.
   
• Huffines Ridge is another major development in Cool Springs area to feature three 6 story apt. buildings (426 units), 6 story 170 room hotel, 7 story 148,000 sq. ft. office building, and 6 story garage. Will also feature 8 acres of park land and conversion of 1935-era house into a community center.
   
• With all of the new jobs in Antioch, there are 1,000 new apartments coming to 4 different projects, primarily along Bell Rd.
   

NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:

• CNBC's Barbara Corcoran says Nashville is best city for first time home owners in America, followed by Austin and Denver.
   
• Forbes Magazine picks Nashville as one of "14 Places to Visit in 2019."
   
• Mic.com picks Nashville as one of "The 27 Best Places to Travel in 2019."
   
• New York Times feature: "Nashville's Star Rises as Mid-Size Cities Break Into Winners & Losers," published Dec. 16, 2018.
   
• Nashville residential rent rate increases climb to #7 in nation from2014 to 2018 according to SmartAsset.com. and also rated #9 best income growth in U.S. in last 10 years according to SmartAsset.com.
   
• Convention/Tourism Bureau listing shows 30 hotels currently u.c. with 5,611 rooms. 15 are in final planning stages with 2,735 rooms. 21 more in advanced planning stages with 3,164 rooms. And 10 hotel prospects with 2,955 rooms.  Grand total of 14,465 rooms in pipeline.
   
• NASCAR racing to return to Fairgrounds Speedway with Xfinity Series and Truck series.
   
• Bridgestone Arena nominated for "Arena of the Year" again by Pollstar Magazine.
   
• NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and other administrators say Nashville is definitely in the running for an outdoor Predators game as early as the 2020-21 season.  Would most likely be the Stadium Series (late Jan/early Feb.) at either Nissan Stadium or Vandy's Dudley Field.
   

Hope you can join us for fun and lively discussion about all the exciting developments in Music City USA.  : )

 

[nvestnbna]

Hate to miss.  

[smeagolsfree]

I'll be there early as I always try to be, around 9 AM.

[Skyscrapergeek]

Probably going to miss this one. Mrs. Geek has a funeral to attend so I’ll be entertaining Geek Jr.  Havve a great meeting.  

[markhollin]

13 in attendance at our January Meet-Up yesterday as we summarized 2018, and looked forward to a jam-packed 2019. We'll have more lively discussion at our next gathering Sat. Feb. 2, from 10-AM to noon at Luna Llena Taqueria.

 

[MidTenn1]

BTW, per our discussion about Asheville, NC at the meeting, it's population increased by one this afternoon. 

My Grandson. 

[markhollin]

2 hours ago, PHofKS said:

BTW, per our discussion about Asheville, NC at the meeting, it's population increased by one this afternoon. 

My Grandson. 

Congrats, Pete!  : )

[bmkTN]

So is there any idea how much longer will it be until Liff's plans will be made public?

[Bos2Nash]

On 1/6/2019 at 5:09 PM, bmkTN said:

So is there any idea how much longer will it be until Liff's plans will be made public?

Probably won't be public until he goes for permits.

[markhollin]

Our next Urban Planet Nashville Meet-Up will be this coming Saturday, Feb. 2nd, from 10 AM to noon at Luna Llena Taqueria (300 James Robertson Parkway, at the NW corner of JRP and 3rd Avenue North).   Some of the stories that we will be discussing include:  Hyatt Centric renderings, the I-24 Smart Corridor announcement, Embassy Suites/Curio Hotels finally underway, more Nuehoff Packing Plant redevelopment news, numerous WeHo updates, $700 million Aureum development in Cool Springs,  and much more.  A full agenda will be posted on this thread in the next few days.

There are no events at Municipal Auditorium this Saturday, so there should be plenty of free parking spots available behind the restaurant.  Looking forward to another great meeting.  Hope to see you there!   : )

[Bos2Nash]

See you there!

[markhollin]

A busy first month of 2019 to discuss at our Nashville Meet-Up at Luna Llena Taqueria (300 James Robertson Parkway, at the NW corner of JRP and 3rd Avenue North), from 10 AM to noon this Sat., Feb. 2nd.  Plenty of free parking in the lot immediately to the back of the restaurant.  Additionally, for those interested, we will get a quick tour of the new Dream Hotel from 12:15-12:45 PM by Asst. GM Haley Slater, and then eat at their new coffeehouse following.

AGENDA:

- Meet any new folks in attendance.

- Get reports from anyone who traveled to other cities in the past few months for quick overviews of what they experienced.

- Topped Out:   Hyatt House SoBro (7 stories), Virginia Springs (4), Pinson Hospitality House (4), Carter Group Building (3)

- Just underway:  Embassy Suites/Curio Hotels, View @ City Heights, Kensington Frat Houses at Vanderbilt     

- Crane up:  Fairfield Inn West End  (Total of 24 currently up in Davidson County)

- Cranes Down: none

- Demo:  Jerry Newson Center coming down fro new Davidson County Sheriff's HQ, Flank Hotel site, several frat houses for new ones along 24th Ave. on Vandy Campus, Blue Parrot site, 28th & Delaware Townhomes site, 28th & Torbett Townhomes site,        

- Core Drilling:  Three Thirty three, Asurion, Fairgrounds Expo


DISCUSSION TOPICS:

• Station District Towers announced by Zach Liff of Cummins Station (DZL Management) and Draper & Kramer.  Initially will have a 31 story residential tower with 333 units, 10,000 sq. ft. of ground level retail, and 360 car garage within an 8 story pedestal. Sept, 2019 start planned. Will be just to the NW of proposed Gulch Pedestrian Bridge. Phase 2 would be a nearly identical tower to the south.  Phase 3 & 4 would be 34 story towers to the NW (hotel/residential). Future phases would include at least 4 more towers on Cummins-owned parcels in that neighborhood.
   
• Crisper rendering of Paramount Tower released.  65 base stories with 3 story crown that features a rooftop pool.  More renderings for Church Street Pocket Park also released by opposition group.
• Hyatt Centric Hotel (20 stories, 250 rooms, restaurant, internal garage in 8 story pedestal) renderings released.
   
• Flank Hotel (20 stories) approved by Metro Codes for that height. Demo on site already underway.
   
• A hotel of unknown size and height is being planned for 1001 16th Ave. South (SE corner of 16th Ave. South and Grand Ave.) that is currently a nondescript 1 story brick structure owned by Belmont Church.  Developer Mark McDonald, known for retail projects like Century Farms in Antioch, has the land, as well as a small parking lot across the street to the north (NW corner of 16th Ave. and Grand, known as 67 Music Square East) under contract with the church.
   
• David Byerly's 22 Developments LLC, who purchased the two lots at 209 and 217 22nd Ave.  North near Elliston Place 10 months ago for $5.4 million, now appears to be moving forward with a plan for a hotel/restaurant on the 1+ acre site.
   
• Amazon's new renderings show northern tower at 25 stories with 30 ft. crown, and southern at 21 stories with 30 ft. crown.  Sizes may be fluid.
   
• Peabody Plaza is 1 month ahead of schedule.  Should be topped-out at 9 stories by May of this year and open by June 1, 2020.
   
• Marriott TriBrand (21 stories, 470 rooms) is currently opening in stages. 
   
• An entertainment venue (perhaps Brooklyn Bowl) still in the works for 701/717 Ewing Ave. near City Winery. Water/sewer line permits applied for.
   
• I-24 Smart Corridor planned for 30 miles between Murfreesboro and downtown.
   
• Aureum will be $700 million, 20 acre mixed-use development at SW corner of Carothers Parkway and McEwen Dr. in Franklin. Will include 750,000 sq. ft. of office space,100,000 sq. ft. of retail, 700 hotel rooms, 480 family units, several large garages, all 8 buildings as tall as 12 stories.  Renderings available.  
   
• The 14 acre Neuhoff Packing Plant sale has been finalized at undisclosed price to Jim Irwin/New City LLC (formerly of Jamestown LP out of Atlanta). Specialize in refurbishing large industrial/warehouse sites like the massive Ponce City Market in Atlanta.  Smith Gee named as the architect. Affiliated Neuhoff Acquisition LLC bought the adjoining 1.75 acres just to the NW at 93 Taylor for $8 million from Maneet Chauhan. Something big brewing.
   
• Mixed-use development, probably 4-5 stories planned by Cottingham Capital Partners for .26 acre at NW corner of Jefferson St. and 3rd Ave. North. No renderings yet for this gateway plot into Germantown.
   
• The Capitol View park that covers 2.5 acres will be called Frankie Pierce Park in honor of African American suffrage movement leader. New renderings released. It is currently u.c.
   
• Ludlow Flats (5 stories, 68 units) has new rendering for SW corner of 10th Ave. North and Scovel. Should break ground soon.
   
• Illume (4 & 5 stories, 77 condos, retail) on South Street just west of 8th Ave. South finally releases final renderings. Project is already underway.
   
• Olympic 1 (5 stories, 51 units)  off of 8th Ave.South and Olympic Ave. has a rough rendering.
   
• 1420 3rd Ave. South in WeHo has 1.46 acres including a bow-truss warehouse that is being reimagined for creative office space.  Renderings released.
   
• 27 Townhomes at Hamilton & Martin in WeHo underway soon.
   
• Also in WeHo the warehouses and land at 1287, 1400, &1414 3rd Ave. South to be repurposed by Brad Gulmi for creative retail and office space. He paid $4.75 million for the 1.6 acres. 
   
• Metro Schools is proposing affordable housing for teachers on 11 acre bus parking lot at 336 Woodycrest off of Nolensville Pike.  Want developer to partner in exchange for the land.
   
• The Tabernacle Baptist Property at 12th Ave. South near Acklen Ave. intersection has some renderings from a community meeting. 3 & 4 stories w/ retail, restaurant, day care, and small grocery on ground level. Office space on 2nd story, and condos of 3rd and 4th levels (perhaps 70 units?). Internal garage.
   
• 2028 12th Ave. South which is currently home to Southside Community Church is being eyed for a mixed-use development featuring 10 housing units.  No renderings yet, but a layout is available.
   
• 2814 12th Ave. South is for sale by Deutschmann for $5.5 million.  He bought it 25 years ago fro $150,000. Metro has approved potential 3 story mixed-use addition w/ a 52 capacity garage.
   
• David Lipscomb University announces $250 million fundraising goal by 2020.  Already have $186 million in.
   
• Vanderbilt purchases 118 20th Ave. South (Midtown Printing) and 115 Lyle Ave. (surface lot) for $9.8 million. Now own most of that block. Their purchases along Broadway for supposed Graduate Village have totaled $55 million in last 5 years.
• Boscabel III, another stage of the massive Envision Cayce rebuild, now has a rendering.  4 stories, with about 150 units.
   
• A rendering of the new Davidson County Sheriff's HQ on South 5th St next to Envision Cayce is now out.  2 stories.
   
• Industrial site at NW side of Ellington Parkway and Douglas Ave. has sold for $3.6 million.  Looks to be a couple of acres on triangular lot.
   
• Restauranteur Sean Brock is opening a 2 story eatery in 10,000 sq. ft. former space of a plumbing office at 908 Meridian in Cleveland Park.
   
• Residential townhome project may be coming to 900-910 N. 6th St. in Cleveland Park.  Sean Roberge paid $1.2 million for the 6 lots. Community is opposed to the potential short-term rental element.
   
• Village West has been approved for 5.3 acres at West Trinity Lane and Old Buena Vista Rd. Will feature 117 units, and 24,000 sq. ft. of commercial space.
   
• Montgomery Bell Academy on West End Ave. Master Plan for Phase III: New athletics building, new lacrosse field, remodeled football stadium, and new parking lot.  Renderings available.
   
• Mixed-use development planned with 250 units, 18,000 sq. ft. of retail set for 30 acres at Old Hickory Blvd. just south of I-40 West.
   
• 60 unit townhome development planned on 12 acres at Charlotte Pike and Sawyer Brown Rd.
   
• Fraport USA, the company tapped to oversee concessions at the revamped Nashville Airport, has announced the 90 restaurants/retailers that will be greeting travelers.
  
  
  NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT
   
• Airport set a new annual record for passengers in 2018: 15,996,194, up 13.2% from last year. 6th straight new annual record.  Now up to 14 airlines with average of 460 daily flights to 70+ destinations.
   
• JD Powers' 2018 North American Airport Satisfaction Study: Nashville #4 among large airports.
   
• One of "16  Most Passenger-Friendly Airports in the World" according to Cheapism.com.
   
• Nashville set a new record for tourism (15.2 million, up 5%) and $23 million in direct spending, up 3%) in 2018. 
   
• Hotel room growth: now 30,590 rooms up from 26,175 5 years ago (up 4,415, +17%). 5,014 rooms u.c., and another 8,995 in the pipeline, for total of 14,009.
   
• 23,898 hotel rooms sold for New Year's Eve, up 545 from last year, and up 2,964 from 6 years ago.
   
• 20 hotels will open in 2019. 15 opened in 2018, 9 opened in 2017. 5 opened in 2016.
   
• NFL Draft on April 25-27 is set-up for Lower Broadway from Riverfront to 5th Ave. Crowd could swell to 100,000.  Also Draft Village set-up around Nissan Stadium. 2 huge music stages with A-list artists. Largest footprint in NFL Draft history.  Live coverage of first 3 rounds on ABC, ESPN, and NFL Network, with TV audience in the millions.
   
• NASCAR's Annual Awards Banquet (and national broadcast) will, indeed, move to Nashville starting next Nov. after a decade in Las Vegas. Millions of dollars poured into the local economy each fall.
   
• Schermerhorn Symphony Hall ranked #21 Most Spectacular Theater/Concert/Opera House in U.S. by Curbed Magazine.
   
• New Yorker Magazine has a big feature on Nashville Hot Chicken in this month's edition.
   
• Tennessee continues to grow in auto manufacturing/supply sector while others are in decline.  Up to 135,000 workers and growing statewide.
   
• Nashville has the lowest unemployment rate of any major city in the U.S. at 2.3% as of December.
•  Nashville ranked #8 out of "19 Cities to Move to in 2019" by Cubesmart.
   
• Nashville ranked #4 in Surge Cities by INC. in "50 Best Places toStart a Business."
   
• Jump Crew Media Marketing hired 100 new employees in last 100 days of 2018.  Now up to 300 from 30 when they started here in late 2016. Plan on another 125 hires in 2019.
   
• Downtown Partnership published a new report showing Central Business District job growth of 25% since 2015 (now up to 72,000 working downtown).  By comparison, Austin was 13% during the same span.
   
• Retail vacancy rates are at just 3%.  A 20% increase over 2017 according to Avison Young.  "Mixed-use construction is growing exponentially in Nashville as well as suburbs."
   
• 2019 should still be very strong in commercial real estate sectors in/around Nashville according to Avison Young.
   
• 2.7 million sq. ft. of new industrial space used in 4th quarter of '18. Another 4.1 million sq. ft. u.c.
   
• Franklin construction was still very robust in 2018, staying in the$750 million range again for 3rd straight year.
   
• 133 restaurants/bars opened in 2018,  113 in 2017. 90 in 2016.  Already 60 have been announced/expected to open in 2019.
   
• There are over 5,000 homes (free standing, apts., condos) u.c.or in pipeline for Hendersonville and Gallatin
  
  Hope you can join us Saturday morning for fun and lively discussion about all the growth in our fair city!

[smeagolsfree]

Heads up to all coming to the meet. Cheerleading  event at Municipal Auditorium . Park in the Courthouse lot across the street or in one of the state lots or on the street north of the RR  tracks.

[markhollin]

Great discussion at our February Meet-Up this morning.  18 in attendance (several had to leave before we could snap our our photo).  Next meeting will be Sat. March 2nd from 10 AM to noon at Luna Llena Taqueria (300 James Robertson Parkway, at the NW corner of JRP and 3rd Avenue North).

[volsfanwill]

I'll make it again one of these days.

[markhollin]

Our next Urban Planet Nashville Meet-Up will be this coming Saturday, March 2nd, from 10 AM to noon at Luna Llena Taqueria (300 James Robertson Parkway, at the NW corner of JRP and 3rd Avenue North).   Some of the stories that we will be discussing include:  New renderings/diagrams for Amazon/Nashville Yards, Ditto Condo Tower in Midtown,  Airport terminal expansion plans,  $100 million 8th South/I-65/40 development, Novel Edgehill's altered design, several new projects for WeHo District, and much more.  A full agenda will be posted on this thread in the next few days.

There is a cheerleading event at Municipal Auditorium this Saturday, so the parking directly behind the restaurant may be limited. However, there should be plenty of spaces in the garages within a block or two,  and free street parking to the north as well as in the State Employee lots.

Looking forward to another great meeting.  Hope to see you there!   : )

[Bos2Nash]

On 2/24/2019 at 1:51 AM, markhollin said:

$100 million 8th South/I-65/40 development

Wait, what did I miss?? Link to this discussion?

[markhollin]

44 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

Wait, what did I miss?? Link to this discussion?

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21046099/large-project-eyed-for-site-near-downtown

[markhollin]

February continues a busy beginning of the year in Nashville development,  so plenty to discuss at our Nashville Meet-Up at Luna Llena Taqueria (300 James Robertson Parkway, at the NW corner of JRP and 3rd Avenue North), from 10 AM to noon this Sat., March 2nd.  There is a cheerleading event at Municipal Auditorium that morning, so the lot immediately behind the restaurant may be full. But there is plenty of parking at area garages, and even some free spots along streets and in the state employee lots to the north.

AGENDA:

- Meet any new folks in attendance.

- Get reports from anyone who traveled to other cities in the past few months for quick overviews of what they experienced.

- Topped Out:   Holiday Inn Select (6 stories), Inglewood Lofts (4), 14th Ave. South Townhomes (3), Westwood Drive Townhomes (3)

- Just underway:  TownePlace Suites (Gay Street),  Oakwood Apts.     

- Crane up: Gulch Union (second), Water Tower Condos (total of 27 up in Davidson County)

- Cranes Down: none      

- Core Drilling: Amazon, LaQuinta, Embassy Suites/Curio, TownePlace Suites


DISCUSSION TOPICS:

• Ditto Residential planning a 19 story, 131 condo structure at 15 Music Square South (17th Ave. South), immediately south of Virgin Hotel.  A rough rendering was released.
   
• Some updated renderings, layouts and diagrams made available for Amazon towers. South tower (along Church Street) will be 25 stories above ground.  North Tower will be 28 stories above ground. Upper 10th Ave. (bi-level) looks to continue for the block north of Church St.
   
• Hilton has agreed to reserve one of its luxury brands (probably a Waldorf Astoria or Conrad) as the hotel portion of Broadwest.  The approximately 250 room hotel will be in the 34 story tower that will also include 220 luxury condos. Champalimaud Design out of NYC has been hired to do the interior design for the hotel.  It appears that it will cost more than $500,000 per room, accounting for about $125 million of the project's overall price tag, making it one of the most expensive build outs in Nashville's hospitality history.
   
• AEG section of Nashville Yards with some renderings finally released—but over a year old.  May be modifications coming.  Hotel is 18 stories, second tower is also 18 stories, AEG Live Theater (4,000 seats) is equivalent of 8 stories.
   
• 805 Lea (30 stories, 320’, 375 units) released a modified render with the latest iteration.
   
• Tru/Hampton Inn dual brand hotel for Gulch will be 8 stories, 214 rooms, 164 car internal garage, 650 sq. ft. Of meeting space, fitness center and pool. On .9 acre at 602  9th Ave. South in Gulch (warehouse to be torn down).  MDHA approved.  No timetable announced. Rendering available.
   
• Sixth South Apartments (10 & 9 stories, 297 units, 5,000 sq. ft. of ground level retail, internal garage, club room, fitness center, and rooftop pool) will finally get underway this spring after several years of stalling.
   
• First Baptist Church expansion plans ($34 million, 3 stories) that would include a coffeehouse on Broadway, new fellowship hall, contemporary worship space, counseling center, recovery group spaces, etc. for the SW corner of Broadway and 6th Ave. South. There will also be updates made to the main sanctuary. R.C. Matthews will be the contractor. New renderings available.
   
• TownePlace Suites (7 stories, 156 rooms) on Gay Street has two new renderings.
   
• Moxy Hotel SoBro (6 & 4 stories, 168 units, 2 meeting rooms, 2 or 3 bars/clubs) should be open by May.  Maintaining architectural elements of original Richards Records Storage with brick, large metal fire doors, exposed ceilings, etc.
   
• Morris Memorial Building (National Baptist Convention) at 600 Church Street is being purchased by Metro Government for $12.7 million. Could end up being part of the Giarratana Church St. Park purchase/land swap permutations.
   
• 200 Broadway (5 stories, 19,000 sq. ft., circa 1905), currently home to Cotton Eyed Joe, is being sold to Ardent out of Atlanta for undisclosed sum.  They have already invested at least $66 million around Lower Broadway since 2014. No word on their plans yet, but most of the time they have done music themed bars/clubs.
   
• Johnny Cash’s Kitchen and Saloon will open later this spring at 121 3rd Ave. South, in what was going to be the slot for a Merle Haggard Museum and themed restaurant.  Bill Miller is developing.  No word on if the Haggard concept will be carried out at another one of Miller’s other 3 undeveloped properties downtown.  BTW, there is demo going on in the interior of one of those, The Southern Turf Building.
   
• Airport has released diagrams for long-range plans like potential Terminal 2, new runways, and  expansion of current terminal.
   
• A nearly $100 million mixed-us development featuring two 7 story buildings and 3 story garage is slated for 3.1 acres at 910 8th Ave. South (at SW curve of inner belt & I-65).  An unarmed hotel brand, office, and retail/restaurant space will be featured. Renderings available.
   
• Novel Edgehill will now be 5 & 4 stories, 270 units, retail, and internal garage on 2.7 acre site of Park Center Mental Health Clinic at NW corner of 12th AVe. South and Hawkins St.  Metro Planning zone change meeting on Feb. 28th. New renderings available.
   
• 901 12th Ave. South (1 story low level office) purchased by Treg Warner.  He now owns the entire block (1.3 acres) at SW corner of 12th Ave. South and South St.  Mixed use project in the works.
   
• Maverick Row (3 stories, 11 townhomes) is under construction at NE corner of 13th Ave. South and Sigler St..  Rendering available.
   
• The Tabernacle Baptist Church site at 2206-2220 12th AVe. South (about 1.5 acres) now has renderings for a 3 & 4 story mixed-use project that will include condos, retail (including a 20,000 sq. ft. Neighborhood grocery), office, restaurant, and internal garage.
   
• Belmont University is working on plans for a massive parking garage taking up the better part of a block to the SE of the new Performing Arts Center u.c.  Would face Delmar St. Many houses would come down.  No word about street activation.  No rendering yet.
   
• Large mixed-use project featuring 300 residential units is being planted on 3 acre lot at 640 Merritt St. in WeHo by Nathan Hysmith.  He paid $8.95 million for the lot. Diagram provided.
   
• WeHo Flats at 461 Humphreys will be 152 micro apartments (200 sq. Ft.) and 1405 sq. ft. Of commercial space on .17 acre. Bert Matthews and Eagle Rock are partners on the project.  Purchased land for $3.95 million!  It was sold in 2014 for$162,000. 
   
• Finery Phase II will feature two buildings in the 5-7 storage range, and a parking garage for office/retail, all with street level activation. Will include an open plaza in the middle of the campus.  Core Development and Hines Development are partnering. No renderings yet.
   
• David Byerly’s hotel project at 209 22nd Ave. North (just north Ellliston Place) will be 7 stories, 168 rooms, and feature a 10,000 sq. ft. restaurant on main floor.  No brand or renderings yet.
   
• HV Urban is starting two 4 story, 12 unit condo buildings at 119 Acklen Park Dr. In West End Park.
   
• 3800 Charlotte Ave. (4.4 acres featuring salt barns) has been sold by the city for $7.45 million to Price Development, sho has plans for a residential project on the site.
   
• 405 40th Ave. North (just south of I-40 West) off Charlotte Ave. is moving forward with a mixed-use project.  Goes before Metro Planning Commission for reviews on March 14th before final plans released to public.
   
• Stocking 51’s Silo Expansion has new rendering.  75,000 sq. ft. of office/retail.
   
• Highland Yards  will be adaptive reuse of 39,000 sq. ft. Vaughn Manufacturing plant (1920’s) at 747 Douglas Ave. off of Ellington Expressway.
   
• Ryman/Lincoln Property massive 130 acre mixed-use project NE of Opryland at Briley Parkway and McGavock Pike is coming into focus. 940 apts., array of office buildings with 1.5 million sq. ft. of space, 210,000 sq. ft. of retail including a grocery store and some restaurants.  They want potential to attract a regional or corporate HQ. Metro will review infrastructure plans at Mar. 28 meeting. 
   
• ZMX to build 4 story, 71 condo building at site of Stratos Phase II at 1041 East Trinity Lane.
   
• Sean Brocks’ 2 story restaurant in Cleveland Park has a rendering out.
   
• Three new residential developments announced in Donelson: 1) 121 Donelson (4 stories, 199 units; 2) 2303 Lebanon Pike (4 stories, 140 condos); and 3) 2841 Lebanon Pike (4 stories, 188 workforce housing units).
   
• Trinity Lane Apartments (three 5 story buildings, 375 units) announced for 1/2 mile west of Whites Creek Pike.
   
• Graystone Quarry Amphitheater (7,500 capacity) is moving forward near I-65/I-840.  133 acre site. Live Nation has signed-on to book talent.
   

NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:

 

• Nashville named “Strongest Metro Economy in U.S.” by BusinessFacilities.com
   
• Nashville’s per capita GDP was 5th highest growing in the nation among all metros of 1 million + between 2015-2017 at $5,874 according to City-Data.com
   
• Nashville sets new commercial real estate sales record of $3.1 billion in 2018, which was $1 billion higher than previous record in 2017.
   
• Nashville had greatest number of new business filings in state during 4th quarter of 2018, a 9.4% growth over 2017. Overall, the state is up 10%, 4th quarter over 10% up. 29 consecutive quarters with positive growth statewide (7+ years).
   
• Nashville has 10 of “The Top 15 Hotels in Tennessee” according to U.S. News & World Report.
   
• Allegiant Air announces 6 new cities with non-stop service to/from Nashville: Cleveland, Allentown, Cedar Rapids, Orlando, Bentonville (AR), and Harrisburg.
   
• Wood Partners out of Atlanta—the 3rd largest apartment developer in the nation—is opening an office in Nashville.  They plan several large projects in next 12-14 months.  They started 5,000 units nationwide in 2017 alone.
   
• IQ Talent decides to permanently move it HQ from SiliconValley to Nashville.  Has grown to 150 employees in last year.  Plans to add more in ’19.  Doubling size of its footprint at 4th & Church Building to 24,000 sq. ft.
   
• The 1 hour “Flip or Flop Nashville” TV show has just begun its 2nd season at 9 PM Thursdays on HGTV.
   
• Nashville celebrity chef Sean Brock will be featured in the Netflix series, “Chef’s Table,” starting this week.
   
• Bridgestone Arena nominated for American Country Music Association’s “Large Capacity Venue of the Year for 2018.”  Won the award previously in 2013 and 2016.
  
  Hope you can join us this Saturday morning for fun and informative conversation about all of the positive growth in Music City.  

[Predsboy18]

Just Googled the Municipal Auditorium, and while on the site it shows nothing for today, Google is showing another cheerleading competition this morning, so plan accordingly. 

[smeagolsfree]

There is a cheerleading fiasco happening and theee are a fewspots out here.

Also we have a little surprise for those of you attending, otherwise you have to wait till monday.

[OnePointEast]

2 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

There is a cheerleading fiasco happening and theee are a fewspots out here.

Also we have a little surprise for those of you attending, otherwise you have to wait till monday.

It sucks I work every Saturday.  Can't wait until Monday!

[LA_TN]

[jkc2j]

Was great meeting everyone at the meet today. Lots of great stuff happening. Exciting times for sure!

-Jeremy

Edited March 2, 2019 by jkc2j