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  • markhollin changed the title to The Dave Luna Urban Planet Forum Meet-Up (online, too), Sat. Oct. 1st, 10 AM to noon; The Copper Branch in Downtown Library

There will be a lot to discuss at our next in-person Meet-Up this Saturday, Oct. 1st, from 10 AM to noon Central Time at The Copper Branch in the NE corner of the Downtown Library Building (at SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.).   Three new towers, plus another adding more floors; specs on the large Lincoln Tech campus development; Cannery Row's renovations; and much more will be. on the agenda.

Parking is available in the Library Garage at $6.00 per hour--but if you bring your ticket in and have it stamped at the front desk at the Library you get 1.5 hours free. If the weather is good, we will meet on the patio outside; if not, then inside.  In either case, Ron (Smeagolsfree) will be arriving early to get tables and chairs set up. 

We should have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well. If you would like to join remotely, please send me your name and e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, Sept. 2nd, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part any previous virtual meet-ups, that you will be interested again this month...so no need to send your info again (we've  kept it from May of 2020 onward and will include you automatically for this upcoming meeting). Everyone on that list will be getting an e-mail this week with log-in info for remote access.

A full agenda of discussion items will be posted on this thread in a few days.   : )

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NASHVILLE URBAN PLANET MEET-UP AGENDA, OCT. 1, 2022

Here's an overview of what can be covered at the Dave Luna Urban Planet Meet-Up IN-PERSON this Saturday,  Oct. 1st, from 10 AM to noon at The Copper Branch inside the Downtown Library (on the SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.). The weather forecast appears to be good so we will meet on the patio outside.   Should it rain, we can meet inside. Bob (LA_TN) will be with us again to serve as our AV tech to get the proceedings  captured for anyone who wishes to attend via Zoom.  Please PM me by Friday evening at the latest if you would like to get the link to join us remotely.

INITIAL BUSINESS:

-   Meet any new folks in attendance.

  • Get reports from anyone who traveled to other cities in the past month for quick overviews of what they experienced.
     
  • Cranes up: 445 Park Commons at Fairgrounds (1); 900 at Cleveland Park (1); Station by Alta (1); Lofts at Marathon (1)
     
  • Cranes down: Metro Water Service (1)
     
  • Total cranes currently up in Davidson County: 47; total YTD: 73
  • Topped out: Alcove (34 stories); The Moore (16); Cambria Corkdorks (10);  Neuhoff Plant Black Four (10); The Maxwell (4); Liviano Trinity (4); Martha O’Bryan Center (3); Freedom Storage Smyrna (3); Chabat House (3); Oral Surgical Institute (3); Cliffdale Apts. (3); Woodspring Suites Hotel (3); The Lloyd (3); Crossroads Campus Residential (3);  Nashville Metro Water Plant Offices (3); Williams Station (3); 1201 Jefferson (3); Elliott Row Phase III (3)


    AGENDA:

     
  • 901 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. now has a rendering showing the structure at 33-34 stories (although design details are still not finalized). The tower's financing package could include a new local tax incentive designed to quickly create housing developments that offer a broader range of rents. Metro's mixed-income PILOT program simplifies the complex affordable-housing financing landscape. Nashville will forgo most of the property taxes on certain new residential developments for 15 years, provided they serve a mix of incomes and include a significant number of units priced below market rate. There is a $3 million annual cap on the discount. Metro would require that 40% of the building's apartments be rented to people who earn 75% of the area-median income.
     
  • Albion Music Row will be made up of two towers (29 stories/340'/452 units and 20 stories/250'/380 units) as well as ground level retail, 25,000 sq. ft. of multi-purpose green space, and an internal garage at 1503-1517 McGavock St. on a portion of the former Beaman Motors site. Albion has not purchased the 5 parcel site yet from Lee Beaman.  It sits on the SW corner of McGavock and 14th Ave. South, just west of the I-40/65 inner belt. They will seek a specific plan rezoning as the property slopes downward towards the east at a 30' drop. They also plan to widen the alley behind the property to allow for improved vehicular access. This will result in no curb cuts being needed on McGavock and the opportunity to add a bike lane along the property.  Albion will pursue a LEED Silver designation. Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture is designing the buildings. Renderings available.
     
  • 125 11th Ave. North has jumped-up 4 more stories to 30 now, with 393 units instead of previous 387.  Estimated height will now be at least 352', up from 322'.  There will be balconies offered on many of the units. Groundbreaking is planned for first quarter of 2023, with completion planned by early 2025.  New renderings available.
     
  • A 20 story residential tower featuring 300 units and internal garage, along with renovation/repurposing of a two 1-2 story existing structures at 914-916 4th Ave. South, 300 MCann St. and 914 3rd Ave. South is being proposed by The Mainland Companies.  This block is primarily known as the site where Crazy Horse strip club currently resides.  Hastings Architecture will handle the design of the tower and repurposing of the strip club.  Manuel Zeitlin Architects will be in charge of the redesign of the Quanset hut building structure that will become Mainland's new HQ. Mainland will go before Metro Board Zoning Appeals on Oct. 22nd for a special exception related to maximum height for the tower.  The tower will apparently face 4th Ave. South to the west and border the I-40 frontage road on the north. No specific rendering is available for the skyscraper yet.
     
  • 2400 Elliston Place will be a 16 story, 179' residential tower featuring 350 units, 12,500 sq. ft. of ground level retail, and an internal garage on the 1.24 acre site at the NE corner of Elliston Place and 24th Ave. North. The site is currently occupied by the Martin's Bar-B-Que, which rents a 1 story structure there. Lincoln Property Company is the developer; Smallwood Architects is overseeing design; Catalyst Design is in charge of engineering.  A specific plan rezoning is being petitioned  from the Metro Planning Commission, with no date set yet. Renderings available.
     
  • EVO Entertainment will operate the $20 million dine-in cinema complex with 12 screens, bowling lanes, gaming center, virtual reality experience, restaurant, bar, and more at Nashville Yards. This will augment the 4,500 capacity event venue that AEG will build and operate, along with other restaurants.
     
  • Cannery Hall will now be the name of the Cannery Row music complex (circa 1883) with 3 stages (The Mainstage w/ 1,200 capacity; The Mil w/ 625 capacity, and Row 1 w/ 325 capacity, and Amaranth even space w/ 380 capacity). Renovations to the space include a new lighting and sound system, better sightlines and flow, new bathrooms, parking, back-of-house upgrades, new dining/beverage offerings, improvements to the green room and backstage areas.
     
  • The Lincoln Tech site plan on the western side of the interchange at Gallatin Ave. and Strouse Ave. by Southern Land Company is getting a bit more definition. It will be a mixed-use project featuring about 35 structures ranging from 2 to 7 stories with office, ground level retail (the majority of which is not on Gallatin Ave.), green spaces, 3 internal parking garages, multi-family and single family residential components.  No word on square footage allotments, or how many residential units,  or what the moniker for the development, or what costs will be.  They are still having public meetings to fine-tune much of the concept. Block renderings and diagrams are available. 
     
  • A 6 story, 550 condo development is being planned for 501 Crutcher Street (at the NE corner with South 5th St.) by land owner Tom Reeves, who purchased the the site in 1994 for $75,000.  The 6.8 acre site is currently utilized by a odiferous mulch yard. A Metro Water and Sewer Service permit is being sought to connect to the existing sewer main, and Specific Plan rezoning (which will exclude STR's) will be in order to change from industrial to mixed use. This development will be just to the SW of the massive Envision Cayce MDHA project. No renderings or diagrams are available yet. 
     
  • 1333 Dickerson Pike will be a 3 story, 25 townhome project being undertaken by Brandon Plunkett, Nick Alder, and Ashley Quinn. Work is already underway. Rendering available.
     
  • A 5 story mixed-use residential project of unknown units is being planned on the 6 parcel, 1.06 acre site at 1410 Jo Johnston Ave., just south of Marathon Village.  A vacant, non-historic funeral home currently sits on the site.  The developer is not known at this point, but they are seeking a rezoning of the property.  The land is under contract for a non-published price.  The current owners, Ronald and Sandra Smith, bought the land in 1997 for $100,000.  
     
  • ELK Development has purchased the combined .64 acre plots at 1804-1808 Patterson St. in Midtown for a total of $4.73 million. The guess is they will propose a mixed-use residential project.  Currently there are a couple of 1 & 2 story, non-historical structures on the site.
     
  • A 164 unit, 3 story townhome project is being planned for 11 acres at 2404 W. Heiman St. (a few blocks east of T.S.U.) according to Metro documents. FMBC Investments has been the owner of the site for 4 years. 15 of the units will accommodate low-income renters.  Metro Planning Commission will have a preliminary hearing on the project at their Oct. 13th meeting. 
     
  • Bradford Flats Condos (2 stories, 68 units) is a conversion of a couple of corporate business park office structures at 293-295 Plus Park Blvd. 44 of the units have already been sold.
     
  • Fetch Park, a potential dog park by Cotton Cos., is being planned for Buchanan S. and 9th Ave. North.  The site will also include a mixed-use structure. 
     
  • Stone Bridge Lofts will be a 4 story residential complex with 311 units and 11,200 sq. ft. of retail space by Holladay Ventures on 20 acres at 619 N. Main St. in Goodlettsville in the northern end of Davidson County. Single bedroom units will start below $1,000 per month. It is expected to be ready by summer of 2024. Renderings available.
     
  • Holladay Properties is seeking a location in the area--most likely suburban, for a Project ECHO Hotel, which is a Wyndham Hotels & Resorts brand.  Holladay is planning multiples of the brand in the Nashville area eventually. The prototype requires about two acres, with the buildings to offer approximately 50,000 square feet and 124 individual rooms with an average 300 square feet.
     
  • Williamson County: Spring Hill has a proposal for massive 213 acre Spring Hill Crossings off of Saturn Parkway which will include 1,500 residential units, retail, restaurants, hotels, parking garages, 120,000 sq. ft. fitness center, and a U.S. Tennis Assoc. facility that will include 12 indoor courts, 12 pickelball courts, and 25 outdoor courts. 


    NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:

     
  • Energybox, Inc. out of NYC is relocating its HQ here at the new 1030 Music Row with a pledge to have 250 jobs.
     
  • Dickson County: White Bluff will see TN Composites (a boat manufacturer) doubling its manufacturing plant with a $23.1 million investment creating 132 new jobs (doubling in size).
     
  • Boston Consulting Group, one of the world's three largest management consulting firms, has opened a 6,550 sq. ft. office at One Nashville (formerly One Nashville Place at 150 4th Ave. North) for 100 employees.
     
  • RevSprings will occupy 9,000 sq. ft. In the Nashville Warehouse office structure and employ 80 people. This will now be the new national HQ for the company with 800 employees nationwide that was formerly based in Detroit.
     
  • Tennessee is rated #9 among  Top 10 destinations for wealthy millennials, according to a new study from finance platform Smartasset. The state ranks 9th among states with the largest net gain in wealthy millennials between 2019 and 2020.
     
  • Nashville ranks 6th in the nation in the number of apartment units added in the downtown core since 2013 according to Storage Cafe website.
     
  • Two years after COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns began to decimate the hospitality industry, Nashville hotels are thriving. Since 2019, more than 6,500 hotel rooms have opened and about 4,000 more are under construction, according to the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp.
     
  • In the past year, a record $111.8 million was collected in downtown hotel taxes from the sale of 9.5 million hotel rooms, according to the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp's annual report.
     
  • Four Seasons Tower has now sold 68 condo units for a total of $300 million.  Only one unit is still available.
     
  • Locust at 2305 12th Ave. South has been named Food & Wine magazine’s Restaurant of the Year 2022.
     
  • Southwest Airlines is considering Nashville as a future pilot and flight attendant base where crew and aircrafts are stationed.
     
  • A new single-day record number of passengers departed from Nashville International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 11th: 35,742.
     
  • Radnor Lake State Park has been named “Park of the Year” by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. The 1,367 acre park was chosen among 56 state parks and received an additional award for its “performance in sustainability.”
     
  • Nashville is ranked #4 Most Polite City in the U.S. by Preply.

    Hope you can join us Saturday morning for fun, lively, informative discussion on all the development news in Music City!  : )
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  • markhollin changed the title to The Dave Luna Urban Planet Forum Meet-Up (online, too), Sat. Nov. 5th, 10 AM to noon; The Copper Branch in Downtown Library
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There will be a lot to discuss at our next in-person Meet-Up this Saturday, Nov. 5th, from 10 AM to noon Central Time at The Copper Branch in the NE corner of the Downtown Library Building (at SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.).   Several new towers,  the Titans new stadium proposal and renderings, a couple new large downtown apartment complexes, the Gateway Tower conversion to residential, the Driftwood District concepts, and much more will be on the agenda.

Parking is available in the Library Garage at $6.00 per hour--but if you bring your ticket in and have it stamped at the front desk at the Library you get 1.5 hours free. If the weather is good, we will meet on the patio outside; if not, then inside.  In either case, Ron (Smeagolsfree) will be arriving early to get tables and chairs set up. 

We should have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well. If you would like to join remotely, please send me your name and e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, Nov. 4th, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part any previous virtual meet-ups, that you will be interested again this month...so no need to send your info again (we've  kept it from May of 2020 onward and will include you automatically for this upcoming meeting). Everyone on that list will be getting an e-mail this week with log-in info for remote access.

A full agenda of discussion items will be posted on this thread in a few days.   : )

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Here's an overview of what can be covered at the Dave Luna Urban Planet Meet-Up IN-PERSON this Saturday,  Nov. 5th, from 10 AM to noon at The Copper Branch inside the Downtown Library (on the SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.). The weather forecast appears to be good so we will meet on the patio outside.   Should it rain, we can meet inside. Bob (LA_TN) will be with us again to serve as our AV tech to get the proceedings  captured for anyone who wishes to attend via Zoom.  Please PM me by Friday evening at the latest if you would like to get the link to join us remotely.

INITIAL BUSINESS:

  • Meet any new folks in attendance.
     
  • Get reports from anyone who traveled to other cities in the past month for quick overviews of what they experienced.
     
  • Cranes up: 101 Factory Apts. (1); Lofts at Marathon (1)
     
  • Cranes down: Alcove (1)
     
  • Total cranes currently up in Davidson County: 47; total YTD: 75
     
  • Topped out:  Lofts at Marathon (6 stories); Odyssey at the Park (5); Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital (4); The Northern (4 & 3 stories); 1723 6th Ave. North (3); Harmony (3); 44TENN (3); Breeze Block (3 & 2); City View South (3); Fern Ave. Townhomes (3); World Baptist Townhomes (3) 

    AGENDA:
     
  • Mayor Cooper and the Titans announce a plan for the new 60,000 capacity, 1.7 million sq. ft. stadium with translucent permanent roof and artificial turf on the east bank (in the parking lot east of Nissan Stadium).  Cost will be $2.1 million.  Titans/NFL/ and PSLs will make up $840 million; State will provide $500 million; and $760 million will be funded by Metro Sports Authority via 1% hotel tax increase and stadium/campus sales/use taxes. Metro would reserve the right to "turn off" the hotel occupancy tax once debt service is paid. Renderings available.
     
  • The 40 acres one north and south sides of the proposed new stadium will be put up for developer lease bids once the stadium is approved by Metro Council. These would be built out at the same time as the new stadium to save on infrastructure costs. All will need to fit within the guidelines of the Envision East Bank plan.
     
  • 14th & Hynes will be a 1.28 acre, dual tower project of 40 stories, 480' (residential--unknown units), and 36 stories, 435', (hotel/condo with unknown rooms/units), sharing ground level retail, underground/structured parking.  The address is 207-225 14th Ave. North.  At one time this site was being considered for a 15 story Comfort Inn Hotel.  Roers Capital is the developer.  They are also planning the double 30 story tower project at 15th Ave. North and Church St.  just to the west.  Renderings and diagrams available.
     
  • 1401 Church (45, 35, 30, and 7 stories) released new renderings and diagrams with more information: 1) There will be between 1,150 and 1,350 residential units in two of the towers; 2) There will be 250 room hotel in one of the towers (no brand given); 3) Could be a collective 75,000 sq. ft. of restaurant and retail space between all 4 structures;  4) Tallest building could be as tall as 575’. 
     
  • Wheelock Street and Commonwealth Commercial Partners have announced even more changes to the Northcap campus that will include imploding the 7 story Court House Square, an office building at 300 James Robertson Parkway that opened in 1965 which Wheelock quietly purchased in June for $8.25 million. In its place they will create a 9 story, 166 unit curved residential structure that will hug James Robertson Parkway. This will be connected to the former Parkway Towers office building (21 stories), which will be converted to 192 residential units along with extensive exterior updating. Both buildings will share Parkway's existing parking deck, which holds 403 cars, and will also have a combine 12,413 sq. ft. of ground level retail between the two, as well as 7,723 sq. ft. of co-working space. There will be an internal auto courtyard between the two structures.  So, there will be a grand total of 358 residential units between the two buildings.  Renderings available.
     
  • 4th & Elm will be a 12 story, 176 unit residential complex with 11,844 sq. ft. of street level retail/restaurant space, and a 95 capacity internal garage to be developed by CA South.  The 4 parcel lot has a main address of 712 4th Ave. South, and currently has surface parking and a nondescript, non-historical commercial structure on the site that CA South will need to purchase.  Renderings available.
     
  • Second Avenue Gateway at 805 President Ronald Reagan Way (2nd Ave. South), and be 11 stories (145') and 8 stories tall, featuring 438 residential units, 8,000 sq. ft. ground level retail, and an underground garage with 518 spaces to be built by Woodfield Development. This will take up the entire block of a 1 story businesses, knows as Downtown Business Centers II (non-historic suburban-looking  corporate center, which includes the 3rd & Lindsley music club.  The half dozen businesses there will have their leases end in 2023.  No word on planned start/end dates. Renderings available.
     
  • 601 Lafayette will be known as VeLa Pie Town and looks like it will be 25-30 stories if renderings from the VeLa Development site for Raleigh, Charlotte, and Phoenix are any indication.  Rumors are still in the 300 range for residential units.
     
  • 531-533 Lafayette St. (home to Hermitage Design Center and Off the Wagon Tours) has been purchased for $22.75 million by EQT Exeter, a major real estate player based out of Philadelphia with over $30 billion in equity capital.   It feels like this is going to be a residential complex, but no details have been offered yet.
     
  • Driftwood District could be made up of multiple 20 +/- story towers, 1,636 residential units, 409 hotel rooms, 40,900 sq. ft. retail, and internal parking garages. For the past 5 years Nashville Capital Group developers have made loose proposals for a large mixed-use project on the far west end of the Railroad District along the Cumberland River,  just SE of downtown. The owners of the 9.4 acres site that sits at 407 Driftwood St. (just east and north of the I-24/40 split and just west of proposed connector bridge over the Cumberland River from South 5th St. to Fairfield  Ave.) are now formally seeking rezoning of the project to make way for a large scale development.  The team will go before Metro Planning Commission on Dec. 8th to request the new zoning and a community plan amendment. Rough renderings from several years ago to give an idea of massing are available.
     
  • Fat Bottom Brewery is expanding into the former Pancho & Lefty's location at 104 Rep. John Lewis Way South (5th Av,. South--just south of Broadway). A $660,000 permit  has been granted to MTLC Building Group for the build-out.   It will include the existing 2 floors of 1,700 sq. ft. (over 100 years old) and a new 203 sq. ft. rooftop deck.  
     
  • 607 Overton St. in The Gulch will add a 2nd story, 4,500 sq. ft. addition with a rooftop patio/bar  to help house The Iberian Pig restaurant. 
     
  • TDOT will begin the reconstruction of the Broadway Viaduct (current version built in 1948) by the end of this year, and are aiming for an Oct. 2023 completion.  It will be fully closed between July 5 and Sept. 1, 2023. Some superstructure work has already begun. The overall cost is $51.5 million.  The existing structure is approximately 700 feet long and 98 feet wide, and comprised of structural steel beams and support columns. The roadway consists of six 10-foot travel lanes (three in each direction) and one 12-foot center turn lane with one-foot shoulders, curb and gutter, and 10-foot sidewalks on both sides street. The replacement structure will remain on the same footprint (and seven lanes) and be comprised of steel girders and support columns. The sidewalks will be just under 10 feet. 
     
  • 1501 Broadway UDO has been approved by Metro Planning. The site will have 7 buildings, with 5 of them now allowed to go up to 25 stories, 1 up to 30 stories, and a final 1 up to 35 stories. The UDO essentially eliminates parking requirements. And if any parking is incorporated into the project, only the site’s future office towers would be allowed to have above-grade parking. Residential towers would feature parking (if any is used) underground.
     
  • West End Apartments will be a 15 story, 305 unit residential development being undertaken by a partnership of H.G. Hill Realty and Chartwell Residential.  It will also feature 5,000 sq. ft. of ground level retail and an internal garage on 1.5 acres at 2900 West End Ave.  (NW corner of West End and 29th Ave. North) Various grocery stores have operated in the 1 story structure on the site since 1950. No renderings yet.
     
  • 1904 Hayes (14 stories) will now be called LOCAL Midtown, and feature 307 residential units instead of 286. Work is underway.
     
  • Centennial Park's Phase 3 of revitalization will bring improvements to the Park Plaza side, including a new even pavilion on Lake Watauga, access points connecting the West End side to the Park Plaza side, a vehicle entrance on Park Plaza, and the repurposing of the historic Croquet Clubhouse into a cafe. 
     
  • 2401 21st Ave. South will be a 6 and 3 story residential development featuring 180 units, 1,500 sq. ft. of ground level retail, and an internal garage by Ridgehouse Capital.  Rendering available.
     
  • Barista Parlor is going to have its HQ located in the Vintage Millworks building at 525 Merritt Ave.  The 7,000 sq. ft. space of the large industrial building will include a small cafe in the front, as well as roasting production, green bean storage, a full-scale bakery (mainly a “croissantary”), training lab and a cupping lab.  Construction will begin at the turn of the year, with a cost of $850,000.  This is located on a 2.6 acre site by Somera Road Developers that eventually will be called The Mill at Wedgewood Houston.
     
  • Villa Maria Manor, a retirement home complex operated by the Catholic Church, is looking to expand with a new 214 unit structure (perhaps 6 - 8 stories) on their current site at 30 White Bridge Rd..  It would be in the space between the two existing 8 story buildings. Previously there had been a 1 story administration structure there that was razed last year.  No renderings yet.
     
  • Skyview Apartments ion 9.44 acres at 307 Susannah Court in Sylvan Park will be overhauled.  The existing 89 units (built in 1979) will be razed, and a total of 187 new units in 3 & 4 story structures will be built. Skyview Apartments LP/Trent Development Group is in charge.  Renderings available.
     
  • A mixed-use residential project is being planned on 4.67 acres at 910-920 Cherokee Ave. by Plainsman LLC. 
     
  • The Residences at Creative Way Village will build another 3 story, 19 unit apartment building that will serve as additional housing for Nossi College of Art  students.
     
  • The Hayden will be a 5 story, 74 unit apartment building with 7,000 sq. ft. ground level retail and internal parking for 129 cars on 1.57 acres at 625 West Trinity Lane being developed by Trinity LLC.   Renderings available.
     
  • BJ's Wholesale is planning a 103,000 sq. ft. store on land in/around Rivergate Mall next to the former Sears store.  The plan also calls for a fuel center that is within the jurisdiction of Metro Nashville Planning and Zoning. This will tie-in with another plan called Lofts at Rivergate (originally 6 stories, 476 units, but now reduced a bit to 384 units and no parking garage) that will incorporate some of the former Macy's store. This entire concept is still evolving.
     
  • Residence Inn by Marriott (9 stories, 135 rooms) is being planned to join the 9 story Four Points by Sheraton on the same 4.3 acre site on Old Hickory Blvd. near I-65 owned by Anil Patel of Eagle Hospitality Inc.  A new 4 story parking garage would be built to serve both hotels. No rendering yet. 
     
  • Nashville will spend $50 million in one-time federal funds in a multi-pronged approach to address homelessness. Metro Council approved the use of American Rescue Plan Funds for a four-part plan backed by Mayor John Cooper's administration. The funding includes:1) $25 million in low-cost loans for developers to bring units of deeply affordable housing online quickly; 2) $9 million to support temporary housing; 3) $9 million toward housing-first supportive services; 4) $7 million in competitive grants to incentivize landlords and developers to relax barriers to housing.
     
  • Brentwood's East Park in Maryland Farms will have an additional hotel (to be built/managed by Chartwell Hospitality--no brand listed yet), and additional retail spaces as part of the modernization of 1970s-era office park.
     
  • Cool Spring’s McEwen Northside development will see another office building called Block E (8 stories, 300,000 sq. ft.  office space, ground level retail, and an 8,000 sq. ft. restaurant, and connection to a parking garage). Developer Boyle Investment Company doesn't have any tenant leases signed, they have a number in discussion, proposal and pre-lease phases, including one "signature restaurant" that will be new to the Cool Springs market. The building is set to begin construction in 2023 and be completed in 2024.
     
  • Stonebridge Lofts (4 stories, 311 units, 11,200 sq. ft. of ground level retail) has broken ground on Dickerson Pike, north of Long Hollow Pike in Goodlettsville (northern Davidson County). Rendering available.
     
  • Clarksville is being explored by an anonymous company for a $3 BILLION project on 420 acres formerly known as Allensworth Farm near Hwy. 79 exit  of I-24.  This dollar amount that would rank as the second-largest economic development deal in Tennessee history behind Ford Motor's Blue Oval Plant east of Memphis. Montgomery County  spent $18 million buying the Allensworth site last year, about 45 miles northwest of Nashville, and made it part of its industrial park.
     
  • Sumner County: Hendersonville's Indian Lake Village Corporate Office Park (three 4 story structures with total of 300,000 sq. ft. of office space) will be built at intersection of Saundersville and Stop 30 Roads by Tenn Properties for an estimated $100 million. 
     
  • Wilson County: Mount Juliet will see a 5 story, 60,557 sq. ft. office development called Legacy  Pointe on 4.23 acres at Golden Bear Gateway at I-40.  Agilitas Property Development is in charge.


    NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:

     
  • Franklin's Landmark Recovery, a behavioral health care company that relocated from Phoenix 2 years ago, announced that it will expand by another 1,300 jobs at its Cool Springs HQ in the net 5 years.
     
  • Clarksville’s Microvast battery plant is expanding with 700 new jobs on top of the 287 that just started with the initial factory.
     
  • New Balance athletic shoes will create 150 new jobs at a $68 million, 350,000 sq. ft. facility in Wilson County’s Speedway Industrial Park.
     
  • Nashville is once again ranked Number 1 in the nation for overall real estate prospects by the Urban Land Institute. This is the first time in over a decade that a city has been chosen in the op spot two years running.
     
  • Cadre, a leading technology-driven real estate investment manager, today announced its annual selection of top U.S. Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment markets. Nashville came in Top 7 for Office; Top 9 for Industrial, and Top 15 for Multifamily. Overall, that makes Nashville one of the Top 3 in the nation.
     
  • Nashville ranked #7 in country in new apartment openings (34,600 units) since 2018.  This year is biggest yet with 9,620.
     
  • Tennessee is ranked #3 in the U.S. in "Best States to Succeed in Business" by Harrington Group International.
     
  • Mt. Juliet ranked the No. 1 city in the central U.S. in a report that rates cities as a potential destination for corporate headquarters according the The Boyd Company out of N.J.
     
  • Music City Center raked in about $150 million in tourism taxes during the fiscal year ending June 30. The money will replenish losses from the halt in business during the pandemic. "We're doing extremely well," Music City Center CEO Charles Starks said. "Demand is up, so hotel taxes continue to grow.”
     
  • Airport hit another record high with 38,622 departing passengers screened through the checkpoint on Sunday, Oct 9th. Also new monthly record of 1,884,000 passengers in Sept.
     
  • Nashville ranked #15 in the nation for “Best Cities to Start a Business” according to Clever’s website.
     
  • Bridgestone Arena wins the Arena of the Year award at the International Entertainment Buyers Association Conference yet again. The venue has taken home the honor five other times in the past, including 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, and 2019.
     
  • Brentwood was recognized as the fifth-best small city in the US on WalletHub’s recent ranking. It was the highest ranking for a Southern city. Franklin was also recognized, locking in spot No. 31. Brentwood performed well in affordability and economic health factors.
     
  • FanDuel Bracket City Live will take place from on Lower Broadway March 16-18, 2023,  during the early rounds of postseason college basketball. The three-day event will be free and have music performances and activations throughout Lower Broadway and the riverfront.  Global design firm Populous — which has designed over 34 Super Bowls — will produce the event, with support from the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. Sports-tech company FanDuel Group will serve as the title sponsor. 

    Hope you can join us Saturday morning for fun, lively, informative discussion on all the exciting development news in Music City!  : )
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  • markhollin changed the title to The Dave Luna Urban Planet Forum Meet-Up (online, too), Sat. Dec. 3rd, 10 AM to noon; The Copper Branch in Downtown Library
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There will be a lot to discuss at our next in-person Meet-Up this Saturday, Dec. 3rd, from 10 AM to noon Central Time at The Copper Branch in the NE corner of the Downtown Library Building (at SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.).   The massive $2 billion Station East project announcement,  updates on designs  (Sinclair, 500 Lafayette, Marriott at 7th North & Commerce, 17th & Patterson, etc.), the Fairgrounds Speedway negotiations, additional details on the proposed new Titans Stadium , and much more will be on the agenda.

Parking is available in the Library Garage at $6.00 per hour--but if you bring your ticket in and have it stamped at the front desk at the Library you get 1.5 hours free.  Predsboy18 (Brian) will be arriving early to get tables and chairs set up. 

We should have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well. If you would like to join remotely, please send me your name and e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, Dec. 2nd, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part any previous virtual meet-ups, that you will be interested again this month...so no need to send your info again (we've  kept it from May of 2020 onward and will include you automatically for this upcoming meeting). Everyone on that list will be getting an e-mail this week with log-in info for remote access.

A full agenda of discussion items will be posted on this thread in a few days.   : )

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NASHVILLE URBAN PLANET MEET-UP AGENDA, DEC. 3, 2022

Here's an overview of what can be covered at the Dave Luna Urban Planet Meet-Up IN-PERSON this Saturday,  Dec. 3rd, from 10 AM to noon at The Copper Branch inside the Downtown Library (on the SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.).  Brian (PredsBoy18) will arrive early to help get tables set up. Bob (LA_TN) will be with us again to serve as our AV tech to get the proceedings  captured for anyone who wishes to attend via Zoom.  Please PM me by Friday evening at the latest if you would like to get the link to join us remotely.


INITIAL BUSINESS:

  • Meet any new folks in attendance.
  • Get reports from anyone who traveled to other cities in the past month for quick overviews of what they experienced.
  • Cranes up: LOCAL Nashville (1); 1805 Church (1)
  • Cranes down: The Moore (1); Airport (1)
  • Total cranes currently up in Davidson County: 45
  • Topped out: Samaritan Recovery Center (4); Saint Thomas Midtown Expansion (4); Liviano Trinity (4); E3 West Trinity Lane (3); Legacy (3); Cato Cottages (3); Elvira & Keeling (3); Proximity Townhomes (3)


    AGENDA:

     
  • Station East will be the name of the 18 acre development on the East Bank of downtown Nashville where TravelCenters America Truck Stop is currently located, 2 blocks north of Nissan Stadium. This $1+ billion development will be made up of 8 towers ranging from 15-40 stories featuring 1,400 residential units, 1.2 million sq. ft. office, 600 hotel rooms, 225,000 sq. ft. of retail, 180,000 sq. ft. of terrace space, and 2.9 acres of green space. Will most likely be built-out in stages over the next decade. Renderings now available.
     
  • Dean Stratouly, CEO of The Congress Group (which built the just-opened Four Seasons Hotel/Condo building) has once again stated that Congress has another large five-star hotel project in the works "not far" from the Four Seasons site. He is being mum about the hotel brand. Five-star brands the city is missing include Auberge Resorts Collection, Regent Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts and others.
     
  • 500 Lafayette will now be 27 stories, 350 units according to updated renderings.
     
  • Marriott Nashville at SW corner of 7th Ave. North and Commerce St. (surface lot behind Hume Fogg HS) has released a new rendering and info stating that it will now be 23 stories (instead of 21), with 400 rooms, 16,000 sq. ft. of restaurant/retail, 25,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, and a 287 capacity internal garage. Still no word on start date.
     
  • The site at 34 Rutledge St. (former Scott Sales Company warehouse) is being considered for a culinary district featuring food/beverage concepts, a farmer's market,  and an artists' collective.  Essex Development, who bought the this and the adjoining vacant land at 35 Hermitage St. is behind the idea, which Pfeffer Torode will design.  No renderings yet.  They will go before Metro Planning Dept. Downtown Code Design Review Committee on Dec. 8th for site plan approval. The empty land to the east that faces Hermitage Ave. is still being earmarked for a potential 10-11 story mixed-use residential project by Essex.
     
  • The Depot will be a 7 story (4 along Division St.) mixed-use project on the .9 acre triangular site at 600 Division St. It will feature retail space along Division St., some limited underground parking,  and possibly some outdoor patios. The developers are Jim and Candace Higgins, who bought the land for $650,000 in 2021.  This steep hillside slopes down to the CSX tracks, and is directly north from The Haven, and NE of Albion. Chisel Workshop will be the architect. The team will go before Metro Planning Commission on Jan. 12, 2023 for approval. No formal renderings yet.
     
  • Manica Architecture shares thoughts on Titans Stadium design. 1) Upper bowl will be 30 feet closer to the field than Nissan. 2) The decision behind a box shape, though 90 degree corners are slightly less expensive than fluid corners, was not made because it’s cheaper but because it optimized space on the site the stadium will sit on. 3) The facades of the stadium will be built with durable, accessible materials that will last a long time and utilize repetition. 4) Fans can take in views of downtown Nashville, including a large window in the seating bowl as well as the open-air wrap around porches. The concourses … open to these big front porches that have these sweeping panoramic views of downtown.  The team is thinking that the terraces could be open and enjoyed by the public on non-game days. 5) There are areas within the building that can be added or changed over time and allow for new ideas to be brought into the stadium later if needed. 6) The seating bowl environment can also shift, flexing up and down with different capacities, as expectations change in the market, Manica said. There is flexibility for an increase, but that number has not yet been quantified. 7) The design team are experimenting with a design that allows for temporary concert stages behind the field, allowing more room for field level seating and having less of the building be black out.
     
  • 5th & Broadway sold for $715 million—a new recored for any real estate deal in Nashville history—to Northwood Investors via Brookfield Properties/OliverMcMillan Spectrum Emery. Estimated cost to build the 3 year old complex was $425 million.
     
  • The Sinclair is now going to be 315' instead of 375', although the floor count will remain at 27 and units will still be 334.  They are simply going to make the distance between floors shorter. No reasons have been given. This will now make it essentially the same height as the Vanderbilt University Tower (310'), which is directly across West End Avenue to the south.
     
  • 17th & Patterson will now be 14 stories (instead of 15) with 175 units (instead of 139), with 205 capacity garage, and ground level retail. New diagrams and renderings available.
     
  • One year after Nashville Mayor John Cooper agreed to a preliminary deal with Bristol Motor Speedway to renovate the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, the NASCAR-to-Nashville dream inched closer to becoming a reality. The Mayor’s Office and BMS President and General Manager Jerry Chadwell presented a proposal to the Metro Fair Board that reportedly includes a 30-year lease agreement that will make BMS solely responsible to “renovate, operate, and maintain” the speedway. The deal is subject to approval from the Metro Council, the Metro Nashville Sports Authority and the Board of Fair Commissioners, who are expected to hold a formal vote in January 2023. As part of the deal, NASCAR has agreed to hold Cup Series races at the track at least every other year for the duration of BMS’ lease with the city. In addition, NASCAR it will cover any deficits in revenue to ensure bond payments are met if a race is canceled or not held for any reason. A $17 million grant from the State of Tennessee plus a $17 million payment from the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. (NCVC) would fund the track renovations, which include additional grandstand seating with a capacity up to 30,000, a state-of-the-art sound system, new driver safety features. Revenue streams for the speedway will be comprised of Metro Sports Authority-issued revenue bonds, $1 million annual rent from BMS, $650,000 annual rent from the NCVC, ticket tax revenue, a facility sponsorship payment of up to $600,000 annually and 10 percent of revenue from the facility naming rights.
     
  • 1300 Pennock Ave. will be a 3 story, 11 condo project with 2,400 sq. ft. of ground level retail in the Cleveland Park neighborhood.  Smith Gee Studio is the architect, and Dale & Assoc. is in charge of engineering and land planning. The lot is currently empty. Rendering available.
     
  • Madison’s Ewing Heights (3 stories, 180 units at 334 Ewing Drive) and Birchstone Village (3 stories, 228 units at 616 North Dupont Ave.) will both offer affordable housing that will benefit from MDHA's tax programs incentivizing construction of more affordable housing.
     
  • Lockwood Neill will be a 3 story, 24 townhome project at 121 Neill Ave. work is underway on Phase I.  Harpeth Valley Homes is the developer. No renderings yet.
     
  • Harding Town Center is a large mixed-use project in the works in the NW area of the White Bridge Rd./Harding Pike intersection. This is the site that formerly had the 11 story Imperial House apartment building on it, which was razed in 2017. It will be a pedestrian friendly project, probably featuring 4-7 story structures of residential, office, and retail with internal parking. It appears that HG Hill Realty and Saint Thomas Hospital are involved in the development.  A community meeting is planned for Dec. 5th to get input.
     
  • Justin Timberlake is planning a 362 acre, 18 hole golf course at 3666 Knight Drive in the Whites Creek area in northern Davidson County.


    NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:

     
  • LG Chem will be the massive 420 acre, $3.2 billon complex in Clarksville that will imply between 1,000-2,000 people to process cathode (the positive side of a lithium ion battery that is used in electric vehicles). The plan is to be open by the end of 2025.
     
  • Microvast Holdings is going to add another 65,000 sq. ft. Factory for electric vehicle batteries in Clarksville that will bring at least 250 more jobs.
     
  • Nashville set a new record of over 900,000 hotel rooms sold in in a single month in August.
     
  • Nearly one-third of new hotels expected to open nationally by year’s end fall in seven markets, and Nashville is one of them, according to a Lodging Econometrics. Others include New York City, Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Detroit and California’s Inland Empire.
     
  • Nashville metro is actually seeing wage growth outpace inflation, rated #10  Metro in U.S. in this category, according to Gusto. National inflation rate is currently 8.2%, and Nashville's average wage gain is up 10.4%.
     
  • Airport surpassed 2 million passengers (2,046,638 to be exact) for the first time in October.
     
  • Nashville ranks sixth in the nation for the number of apartment units adapted from old office buildings during 2020-21, according to a study from RentCafe.

    Hope you can join us this Sat. morning for informative, fun, and lively discussion about all of the development going on in and around Music City!
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  • markhollin changed the title to The Dave Luna Urban Planet Forum Meet-Up (online, too), Sat. Jan. 7th, 10 AM to noon; The Copper Branch in Downtown Library

There will be a lot to discuss at our next in-person Meet-Up this Saturday, Jan. 7th, from 10 AM to noon Central Time at The Copper Branch in the NE corner of the Downtown Library Building (at SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.).   We will do an overview of 2022; look ahead to what this new year promises; look at several new towers that have been announced; and much more will be on the agenda.

Parking is available in the Library Garage at $6.00 per hour--but if you bring your ticket in and have it stamped at the front desk at the Library you get 1.5 hours free.  Smeagolsfree (Ron) and Predsboy18 (Brian) will be arriving early to get tables and chairs set up. 

We should have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well, that will be administered by LA_TN (Bob). If you would like to join remotely, please send me your name and e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, Jan. 6th, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part any previous virtual meet-ups, that you will be interested again this month...so no need to send your info again (we've  kept it from May of 2020 onward and will include you automatically for this upcoming meeting). Everyone on that list will be getting an e-mail this week with log-in info for remote access.

A full agenda of discussion items will be posted on this thread in a few days.   : )

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  • markhollin changed the title to The Dave Luna Urban Planet Forum Meet-Up (online, too), Sat. Feb. 4th, 10 AM to noon; The Copper Branch in Downtown Library
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Our next in-person Meet-Up will be this Saturday, Feb. 4th, from 10 AM to noon Central Time at The Copper Branch in the NE corner of the Downtown Library Building (at SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.).   

Parking is available in the Library Garage at $6.00 per hour--but if you bring your ticket in and have it stamped at the front desk at the Library you get 1.5 hours free.  Smeagolsfree (Ron) and Predsboy18 (Brian) will be arriving early to get tables and chairs set up. 

We should have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well, that will be administered by LA_TN (Bob). If you would like to join remotely, please send me your name and e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, Feb. 3rd, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part any previous virtual meet-ups, that you will be interested again this month...so no need to send your info again (we've  kept it from May of 2020 onward and will include you automatically for this upcoming meeting). Everyone on that list will be getting an e-mail this week with log-in info for remote access.

A full agenda of discussion items will be posted on this thread in a few days.   : )

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NASHVILLE URBAN PLANET MEET-UP AGENDA, FEB 4th, 2023

Here's an overview of what can be covered at the Dave Luna Urban Planet Meet-Up IN-PERSON this Saturday,  Feb 4th, from 10 AM to noon at The Copper Branch inside the Downtown Library (on the SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.).  Smeagolsfree (Ron) and Brian (PredsBoy18) will arrive early to help get tables set up. Bob (LA_TN) will be with us again to serve as our AV tech to get the proceedings  captured for anyone who wishes to attend via Zoom.  Please PM me by Friday evening at the latest if you would like to get the link to join us remotely.

INITIAL BUSINESS:

  • Meet any new folks in attendance.
  • Get reports from anyone who traveled to other cities in the past month for quick overviews of what they experienced.
  • Cranes up: Ballpark Village (2 of 2)
  • Cranes down: none
  • Total cranes currently up in Davidson County: 46
  • Topped out:  Tempo Hotel (16 stories); Airport Hilton (14), 3800 Charlotte (6); Holiday Inn Airport (6); T3 WeHo (6); The Neo (4); Donelson Plaza Apts. (4); Ontario Phase II (3); Cliffdale Apts. (3); Woodspring Suites Hotel Hermitage (3)

    AGENDA:
     
  • StreetLights Residential has finalized the purchase of the .71 acre former NES substation lot at 210 10th Ave. North (directly east of Amazon Tower Two,  directly north of 1010 Church) for $17 million. No word as to when they will be moving forward with plans for a residential tower.  The site is zoned for 30 stories. 
     
  • 1401 Church has some updated info from the Final SP for Phase One on Development Tracker: 1) Tower One will be 30 stories/382' with 312 units (part of Phase One); 2) Tower Two will be between 32 stories/392' and 35 stories/402' with either 344 or 380 units (part of Phase One); 3) Tower Three will be 40 stories instead of 45 (probably about 490’), with between 658 and 692 units (Phase Two). Some new renderings/diagrams are available.
     
  • 900 Division St.  (6 & 7 stories, 90', 22 STR units operated by AvantStay, 3,400 sq. ft. ground level retail, underground garage) will be getting underway in April. There is a $40,500 demo permit that has been issued to take down the 2 story structure currently on the .4 acre lot in the next few weeks.  New rendering available.
     
  • Carter Vintage Guitars at 625 8th Ave. South is going to relocate across the street into Somera Roads’ Paseo South Gulch development, specifically 13,000 sq. ft. in the updated historic Antiques Building.  There is apparently some sort of deal in place for Carter to then sell their current building to Somera Road.  That will give the latter the land between Old Division St. and the Nashville Boot Store (a little over an acre) along that stretch of 8th Ave. South, and a very nice complimentary piece of property directly across from their 4 tower Paseo South project that also includes the Antique and Vorhees Buildings.
     
  • Apex Riverstone (4 stories? 350 units, internal garage?) will be undertaken by Alpha Residential on 4.96 acres at 230 Cumberland Bend in MetroCenter facing the Cumberland River to the east.  The developers paid $11 million for the site a little over a year ago. Currently, the Paddock Building (non-historic 1 & 2 story warehouse/industrial) is on the site.  No renderings yet.  
     
  • The Delphi will be the name of the 7 story/80' residential project on 1 acre at 1003-1013 Dickerson Pike by Richland Building Parnters. No word yet on the amount of units.  It does appear from the renderings that there is ground level retail and internal parking.  
     
  • The .55 acre tract at 2 Ligon Ave. just to the west of Dickerson Pike has been offered for sale at an undisclosed price.  Ligon Skyline LLC purchased it in 2019 for $1.2 million. The property is zoned mixed-use general, which allows for a multitude of uses (office, retail and residential), with the site able to accommodate a building of up to 7 floors and 70,000 square feet. Sources say the sales figure could be upwards of $6 million.
     
  • Multiple East Nashville parcels located near the intersection of Whites Creek Pike and Dickerson Pike have sold in three transactions for a collective $5.96 million, with the two buyers connected to the hotel industry and seemingly affiliated in some manner. Krishna Hospitality Partnership paid $600,000 for 1108 Dickerson. Hariohm Partnership paid $4.76 million for 1009-1011-1013 Whites Creek Pike, and paid $600,000 for 1106 Dickerson Pike. None of the just-sold parcels appears to offer any buildings or businesses of major note. 
     
  • Porter & Cahal will feature numerous 2, 3, 4, and 5 story buildings with 800 residential units, 10,000 sq. ft. of restaurant space, and 25,000 sq. ft. of office/retail space, along with internal garages on 20 acres. First Cumberland Properties and Trent Development are the primary stakeholders.  New renderings and diagrams available.
     
  • The new Metro Juvenile Justice Campus on 14 acres at the former Al Menah Shrine Temple site on Brick Church Pike (a block south of West Trinity Lane) will have a first phase costing $92 million.  When fully-realized, the entire site will cost $230 million. Some of the structures will be 4 stories tall.  The finished campus will feature 7 buildings, including a 3 level parking garage with a total of 286,000 sq. ft., compared to the 95,600 at t he current facility next to Nissan Stadium that was built in 1994. Diagrams available.
     
  • Vanderbilt Univ. has purchased 4 more properties totaling .9 acre along 29th and 30th Avenues South.  Currently there are small, non-historic 2 story office buildings on the sites of 114-116 30th Ave. South and 113-115 29th Ave. South.  No word on the price paid, nor any indication of the university's long-term plans for the site.
     
  • The 1.03 acre site that includes a strip mall at 4012 Hillsboro Pike has sold for $8.5 million to  Stoltz Real Estate Partners.  The Morehead family has owned to site since 1945. The property is zoned for mixed-use of up to 15 stories. Several years ago, Lincoln Properties had a contract on the site for a proposed 15 story structure that would have featured 300 residential units, 50 hotel rooms, 6,000 sq. ft.  of retail, 36,000 sq. ft. of office space, and an internal garage but withdrew because of complications with the community.  Stoltz has won a lawsuit about rezoning the site for residential mixed-use from previously being just commercial/retail. 
     
  • Tennessee State Univ. announces $250 million in renovations/upgrades to campus facilities. Includes substantial upgrades to Boswell Hall, Davis Humanities Bldg, Elliot Hall, Harold Love Bldg, Jackson Hall, and McCord Hall.
     
  • Urban Dog Park is being planned for the thin triangular 1.04 acre site at 5701 Centennial Blvd. in The Nations by Rebeca and Austin Gauthier. An existing 1 story structure from the previous auto industry-related business on the site will be renovated.  Several other buildings have been recently razed.   Urban Dog Bar will included nearly 5,000 square feet of indoor space and a 15,500-square-foot outdoor space for dog exercise/play, shaded picnic tables and large-scale outdoor television screens. A small menu of preprepared food items will be offered. The business is expected to employ about 40 people and be operational seven days per week. Renderings available.
     
  • 115 Duluth Ave. will be a 6 story, 300. unit residential complex with 2,500 sq. ft. of ground level retail and an internal 363 capacity garage on 3 acres in Charlotte Park. Abiete Real Estate is the developer, having bought the property for $5.12 million a year ago.  Currently, a 1 story, non-historic structure is on the site that is home to Brantley Sound Assoc. Renderings available.
     
  • The 9.07 acre undeveloped lot at 8033 Highway 100 has sold for $2 million to Equitable Property Company, which plans to create a retail campus. The wooded land is zoned commercial. This site is sandwiched between The Church at Harpeth Heights to the west and Temple Road to the east. 
     
  • Cypressbrook Company, the developer behind Ariza Bellevue (3 & 4 stories, 417 units), will raise and widen 2,900 ft. of Morton Mill Rd. above 2010 flood levels, as well as building a new bridge across the Harpeth River.  The 12-18 month project will cost $12 million. Other elements of the  $100 + million development include: 1) Donating around 20 acres of the larger 44-acre project site to Metro Parks and Recreation, adding to a nearby 51-acre park area donated by The Dorothy Cate and Thomas F. Frist Foundation in 2019. The new 20 acres could hold anything from an expanded soccer facility to baseball fields or other sports-centric uses; 2) Creating a 500-foot bridge which will accommodate pedestrians, cyclists and cars over the Harpeth River, in turn connecting the development site to Coley Davis Road, which runs parallel to Interstate 40; 3) Creating a Coley Davis Road bike trail; 4) Extending the Harpeth River Greenway south; 5) Creating a pedestrian tunnel under the railroad just south of the project site; 6) Providing vehicle access to the existing 51-acre park adjacent to the development land.
     
  • Amtrak is considering new passenger rail routes connecting Nashville to Cincinnati, Chicago and Louisville have been submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration, another step in significantly expanding the region’s anemic Amtrak offerings. In addition to service running north of Music City, Amtrak is exploring a line connecting Nashville with Atlanta and Chattanooga. The state is also exploring a passenger rail line that would link Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis. The proposal would use an Amtrak line.
     
  • The new airport terminal, Grand Lobby, and TSA Security Lines opened on Jan. 24th.  All seem to be working well, and reviews have been glowing so far.


    NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:

     
  • In-N-Out Burger is going open a regional HQ in 100,000 sq. ft. In Franklin by late 2024 that will employ 275 people. No word on the specific location, yet.  They also plan to open several restaurants in the Nashville area as well.
     
  • Franklin will see another corporate HQ, this time via Saxco International LLC, which provides logistics for the craft brewery industry. It will create 100 jobs specializing in finance, accounting, customer service and purchasing 3401 Mallory Lane.  Saxco has 250 other employees scattered around the country.
     
  • Nashville area is ranked the 5th hottest housing market for 2023 in the nation according to Zillow.
     
  • Commercial real estate investors rank Nashville #5 for new investment for 2023 according to CBRE.
     
  • Airport crossed the 20 million passenger mark for a single year for the first time at 20,045,685 in 2022. Might have been at least 200,000 higher if not for the Southwest Meltdown at the end of December.
     
  • Nashville set another annual tourism record in 2022 with 9.5 million hotel room nights sold, with October having the highest single month at 935,778.  Oct. was also the highest hotel tax collections in a month at $12.86 million, up from the previous record $12.17 million in June.
     
  • Around 14.4 million visitors came to Nashville in 2022, up 13% over 2021, and generated a record $8.8 billion in visitor spending.
     
  • Hotel demand in 2023 is expected to grow 10% over 2022, according to STR and Tourism Economics, with 15 million projected visitors. Visitor spending is expected to be up 5% over 2022, at $9.3 billion.
     
  • Nashville has a full hotel development pipeline, with 15 hotels and 2,567 rooms to open by the end of 2024 and 43 more planned hotels.
     
  • Projections indicate Nashville tourism will grow as a market in 2023. Hotel demand is forecasted to grow annually by 10% compared to 2022. Nashville expects to welcome 15 million visitors outside 50 miles of the city in 2023. The large majority of visitors are projected to be domestic travelers. Visitor spending is projected to be about $9.3 billion in 2023, up 5% from 2022.

    Hope you can join us this Saturday morning for fun, lively, informative discussion on all of the development in and around Music City!  : )
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  • markhollin changed the title to The Dave Luna Urban Planet Forum Meet-Up (online, too), Sat. March 4th, 10 AM to noon; The Copper Branch in Downtown Library
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Our next in-person Meet-Up will be this Saturday, March 4th, from 10 AM to noon Central Time at The Copper Branch in the NE corner of the Downtown Library Building (at SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.).   

Parking is available in the Library Garage at $6.00 per hour--but if you bring your ticket in and have it stamped at the front desk at the Library you get 1.5 hours free.  Smeagolsfree (Ron) and Predsboy18 (Brian) will be arriving early to get tables and chairs set up. 

We should have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well, that will be administered by LA_TN (Bob). If you would like to join remotely, please send me your name and e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, March 3rd, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part any previous virtual meet-ups, that you will be interested again this month...so no need to send your info again (we've  kept it from May of 2020 onward and will include you automatically for this upcoming meeting). Everyone on that list will be getting an e-mail this week with log-in info for remote access.

A full agenda of discussion items will be posted on this thread in a few days.   : )

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