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.

[Bos2Nash]

36 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Here is a list of the road closings in relation to the Grand Prix this weekend.  If you are coming in to downtown from the I-24 inner belt on the east side, you should be able to exit off of Main St. or Spring St., but Shelby Ave. will be closed.

 

For those of us that don't every street name by heart haha

[markhollin]

It's been a very busy month with numerous huge new projects announced, so there will be much to discuss at our next in-person Meet-Up this Saturday, Sept. 4th from 10 AM to noon Central Time.  Once again we will be 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. 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. 

If you have not been vaccinated for Covid-19, then please where a mask to the meeting.  Should we have to move the meeting indoors due to inclement weather, then everyone will need to wear a mask. 

I believe we will also have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well. Will have an answer in the next few days. If you would like to join in that way, please send me your e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, Sept. 3rd, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part in last few months' 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).

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

[markhollin]

NASHVILLE URBAN PLANET MEET-UP,  SEPT. 4, 2021

Here's an overview of what can be covered at the Dave Luna Urban Planet Meet-Up IN-PERSON this Saturday, Sept. 4th, from 10 AM to noon 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 (low 80s and partly cloudy) so we will meet on the patio outside.  But should it be inclement, we will meet inside, and everyone will need to wear a mask. If you would like to join online and you have never received an e-mail invitation with the log-in specs, please let me know your e-mail address by 5 PM by Friday night, and we will get the info to you to join us remotely.

• Get reports from anyone who traveled to other cities in the past month for quick overviews of what they experienced.
   
• Cranes up: The Moore
   
• Cranes down: none
   
• Total cranes currently up in Davidson County: 28. So far this year: 44

• Topped out:  19th & Broadway Residential Tower (26 stories); 1010 Music Row (5); Sterling Nashville West (4); Maverick Row (3); 808 @ Skyline Ridge (3); Highview Flats (3)
   
• Get a report from Kevin Stubblefield (UTgrad09) on breakdown and implications of the recently released 2020 Census and how it effects Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
  
  
  AGENDA:
   
• 500 2nd Ave. South will be a 3 building complex on the 3.4 acre Cumulus Radio block by Centrum Development featuring a 45 story residential tower, 23 story hotel, and another 16 story residential tower featuring ground level commercial space. Gentler out of San Fran is the architect. Will go before Metro Planning Commission on Sept. 9th for height variances. Renderings and diagrams available.
   
• Shades Hotel will be 24 stories, 277’, 237 rooms, 2,250 sq. ft. Restaurant space, 148 capacity garage at 701 8th Ave. South (SW corner of 8th Ave. South and Old Division St. on .32 acre former Jackalope Brewing site). Height modification for 10 floors being sought at Sept. 23 Metro Planning Commission meeting.  Renderings available.
   
• Elk Development expands footprint in SoBro paying $7.76 million the 0.51-acre property, located at 516 Rep. John Lewis Way (5th Ave. South) ELK also owns a two-parcel property at 522 and 526 Rep. John Lewis Way (5th Ave. South), having paid $6,794,025 for it in February The company focuses on the development of urban sites with apartment buildings.
   
• Society Nashville will be the name of the 16 story, 196’ project at 915 Division St. (just to the east of Terrazzo) to be undertaken by Property Markets Group. It will feature 472 luxury apartments, 8,220 sq. ft. of ground level retail, a 386 capacity garage, and a pool deck with southern exposure facing the inner belt.  Bake Barrios is the architect. Renderings and diagrams available.
   
• MarketStreet plot at 210 12th Ave. South seems to be working on a major development.  Initial massing plans from a few years ago showed a 26 story (260 residential units) and 16 story (434,000 sq. ft. office space) on a shared parking pedestal with some street-activated retail space. Currently 2 structures on site: FW Publishing (home to The Nashville Post, Nashville Scene, NFocus, and Williamson Home Page) and the empty former Cummings Signs building. There indeed was core drilling equipment in early August.
   
• McGavock Mixed-Use is the working moniker with an address of 1525 Broadway for the 8 acres of the Beaman site that faces Broadway between 14th Ave. South on the east and 16th Ave. South on the west, with McGavock St. on the south by an unknown developer.  This info has been gleaned from a Water & Sewer Services request. It will feature a trio of 9 story office structures with 200,000 sq. ft. of office space apiece over parking garage pedestals, as well as a 5 story residential building with 420 units over an 80,000 sq. ft. retail/parking pedestal.   No word on the sliver of the Beaman site that exists south of McGavock St.--it is not part of this plan. This is one of the least ambitious things I could have imagined for this prime site. It looks like some suburban campus in Cool Springs.  Quite disappointing. And how could it NOT have “Broadway" in name? No renderings yet. Just a basic diagram.
   
• Three properties that total 3.06 acres at 407 Lafayette and 833-835 4th Ave. South are up for sale as a whole for $22 million. A Sherwin-Williams Paint store and Domino's Pizza are the current tenants of the 1 story non-historic structures on site. 
   
• Tenn. Dept. of Transportation has a timeline for Broadway Viaduct replacement: 1) Construction manager RFP goes out Sept. 23rd; 2) Winner picked Dec. 12th; Construction contract awarded July, 2022; 4) New bridge opens July of 2024.
   
• Chartwell Residential will build an 11 story, 304 unit apartment building on the collective 1.52 acres at 1601-1623 State St. in Midtown. A two-story residential building at 1609 State St. will need to be demolished. Chartwell will need to acquire the properties from John A. Gupton College, which purchased them at various times from 1991 to 2018 for a collective approximately $2.66 million. The small college still operates a few blocks away on Church St.  No renderings available yet.
   
• The Malvern will be a 5 story, 70 ft. tall, 7 unit luxury condo building at 1030 17th Ave. South to be developed by Geoff Sernyak. The 2 story, 1938 era home that has been utilized as office space will be razed to make way once Sernyak has finalized the purchase of thin plot by mid-September. Work should be underway by the beginning of October. Centric architecture is in charge of design, and Sernyak's Geofferson and Co. construction firm will handle the build. Rendering available.
   
• 800 Main St., which is currently a 3 story commercial/office building with large surface lot on about 3 acres, is going to add 3 more floors of residential on top of the existing structure, and build a new 6 story structure (including an internal garage with capacity for 338 cars) on the eastern side of the lot. The total amount of residential units will be 149. There will also be 16,420 sq. ft. of new retail at ground level along Main St.  Existing landlord Adam Leibowitz will be undertaking the additions. No word on architect, contractor, or start/finish projections. Renderings available.
   
• The Martha O'Bryan Center at 711 South 7th St. will have construction of a new 3 story additional building and renovations to the existing structure as part of Envision Cayce. Renderings available.
   
• A mixed-use development is being considered by the owner (Alternative Energy Products—“The Mulch Yard”) on several acres at the NE corner of South 5th St. and Crutcher St., just east of Envision Cayce. Will most likely be a couple years down the road.
   
• 612 Vision is the plan by Forbes/Plunkett & Core Development to convert the former Due West Towers site (18 acres) that will reuse of existing form hospital buildings into office/residential space, plus several new structures  featuring more office space, residential, retail village, restaurants, parking garages, community green space, fitness trail, nature area, and event plaza.  Diagram available.
   
• A 6 story mixed-use building that will feature an unknown amount of residential units, with some ground level retail, and an internal garage is being planned by St. Joseph Properties in conjunction with Richland Building Partners for the SW corner of Dickerson and Fern Ave. They will go before Metro Board of Zoning on Oct. 7th to request a height variance. Smith Gee Studio is the architect. 
  No renderings available yet. 
   
• 1414 4th Ave. South (4 & 5 stories, 346 units, 17 live/work units, 23,000 sq. ft. commercial space, and 360 capacity garage) in WeHo has new renderings.
   
• Alto Apts. (5 stories, 102 units, ground level retail) on 1.6 acres at 447-451 Murfreesboro Pike, at the intersection with Fesslers Lane. Not sure who the developer is yet.  Architect is Southeast Venture.  It will go before Metro Board of Zoning on Oct. 7th to request a height allowance. Renderings available.
   
• WeHo Nashville will now be the name of the residential complex originally to be called Wedgewood Lofts on 1.22 acres at 661 Wedgewood Ave.  It will be be 6 stories tall and feature 150 units, 3,000 sq. ft. ground level retail, a rooftop swimming pool, courtyard, and an internal garage.  The Arden group is the developer, having just paid $2.72 million for the property.  Ridgehouse Capital will also be a developing partner. A foundation and construction permit have been applied for, so work should begin shortly. Renderings available.
   
• Nashville Zoo announces it will expand by another 40 acres with an African Safari that will feature a 12 minute boat ride to hippos, cranes, storks, hyenas, cheetahs, and more. The expansion will bring the Nashville Zoo's size to 188 acres, making it the 9th largest in the country. There will be 5 phases of construction, and could take as long as 10 years to complete, based on fund raising.  Cost could be in the $200 million range. First phase could be ready by spring of 2023.
   
• The Ferrari dealership at 2300 Knights of Columbus Blvd on the NW side of the airport at I-40. Will build a 2 story modernistic showroom/garage.
   
• Rocketown will expand its youth services with the $4.75 million purchase  of a 44,000 sq. ft. warehouse ion 4.5 acres in Antioch at 5255 Hickory Hollow Parkway.
   
• Century Farms announcements: a) 4 apartments, 1,300 units total (Vintage Century Farms, Vintage 1857, Oxford with two); b) first Oxford will be feature 22,000 sq. ft. retail at street level; c) Food Hall with up to 10 restaurants, like Hunter Station, except bigger; d) 4 hotels, 2 start late spring 2022; e) First Watch and Chipotle restaurants, plus one more confirmed; f) 32 acre Tanger Nashville will be an upscaled offering, not just an outlet mall. Renderings are said to be much more impressive than expected. Tenant leasing is going well. Expecting to start late spring 2022; g) 2 convenience stores; h) 15 acre Nashville SC training center will have 2 office buildings and 3 soccer fields.
   
• KIPP is looking at buying and converting the former Macy’s at Hickory Hollow into a private High School.  Manuel Zeitlin is architect. Renderings and diagram available.
   
• Skyline Ridge will be a 5 & 6 story, 240 unit residential development geared towards creative professionals at 0 Skyline Ridge Drive (formerly Old Due West Ave.) just east of Dickerson Pike near TriStar Skyline Medical Center. Holladay Ventures is the developer and has the property under contract for and undisclosed price. Sankofa Design Group and Design Group A are the architects; Hawkins Partners is handling landscape design; and Barge Cauthen is in charge of civil engineering. Rendering available.
   
• Ariza Bellevue will be a 417 unit, 7 building, 4 story residential development by Cypressbrook Company on 44 acres at 1084 Morton Mill Rd. in Bellevue.  Wallace Wilson is the architect, and Ragan-Smith is handling land planning. Diagram available.
   
• Charlotte View West is a  4 story structure with 44 residential units, plus two 3 story segments of 13 townhomes is being proposed by an unknown developer on the thin strip of land separating Charlotte Pike and Old Charlotte Pike  in Bellevue.  No renderings, but a diagram is available. 
  
  
  
  NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:
   
• The Nashville metro area's population jumped 21% in a decade and seized the lion's share of Tennessee's growth, according to newly released data from the 2020 U.S. Census. Greater Nashville's growth, an average net gain of almost 95 people every day, pushed the metro area's population to the brink of hitting the 2 million mark. The data also show that nine of Tennessee's ten fastest-growing counties are in Greater Nashville, including all of the top-7.  Nashville metro area's growth ranked as the 19th biggest percent increase of any U.S. metro. (The Austin metro area's population leaped 33% in the decade, growth second only to The Villages, Florida.)  Williamson County's population soared 35.2% — the 25th largest jump of any county in the U.S. and the second-biggest in Tennessee, behind Trousdale County's 47.6% increase (which was the eighth-biggest percent increase nationwide). Davidson County's headcount grew the most of Tennessee's 95 counties, rising by 89,203 people to a total of 715,884. That amounts to 14.2% growth over the decade. Davidson accounts for 15% of growth statewide. Rutherford County posted growth of 30% in the decade, drawing within 25,000 residents of leapfrogging Hamilton County (home to Chattanooga) as the state's fourth-most-populous county. Wilson, Montgomery, Maury and Sumner counties followed Rutherford among the counties with the largest percent gains in population.
   
• Nashville’s total housing units — occupied and unoccupied houses, condos, apartments, and mobile homes — increased 15.6%, from 283,978 to almost 328,309.
   
• Nashville area average home sale prices jumped 20% in July over  that same month in 2020.  Average is now $441,000. However, transactions were slightly down, due to a shortage in housing inventory. New home construction has been cut in half because of supply issues, primarily lumber.
   
• Franklin’s 37067 zip code is the 10th hottest sip in the nation during the first half of 2021 according to Realtorcom website. Average price there is now $847,000.
   
• In July Nashville had the highest real estate bidding war rate (agent receiving at least one competing bid) in the nation behind Fort Collins, CO and Orlando, FL according to Redfin.
   
• So far this year in greater Nashville more than 1.5 million square feet of new office space has opened, creating a grand total of 60.6 million square feet of office inventory in Greater Nashville, according to Colliers. Another million square feet is expected to open by January 2022.
   
• Amazon will build its 10 mid-state fulfillment hub in Clarksville.  The structure will cover 1 million sq. ft. and employ 500 people. No word on the exact location.
   
• Airport continues to be quite busy despite all the construction and issues with the pandemic.  1.7 million passengers in July, up 174% from 2020, and up 1.3% from 2019.
   
• Nashville’s tech scene is booming, landing the city in the top 10 fastest growing US cities for tech job postings. Nashville saw a 32% increase in tech industry job openings between April and June of this year, according to the Dice Tech Jobs Report.
   
• Tennessee quarterly growth in new business filings has grown 42%, 33%, 54%, and 61% over previous year. In the previous 9 years, the average quarterly growth was 10%.
   
• Tennessee is 2nd leading state for corporate relocations from California since the beginning of 2018 with 25.  Texas leads with 113. 
   
• Nashville Grand Prix was considered a big success with 110,000 total attendance over the 3 days.  1.2 million cable audience on NBCSN (largest Indy Car Cable Race in 23 years). Terrific international television audience as well.
   
• WNBA is working behind the scenes researching Nashville as possible city for expansion franchise. No ownership group identified. 17 game home schedule from May thru Sept.
  
  Hope you can join us this Saturday morning for fun, lively, and informative discussion on all that's going on in Music City!  : )

[markhollin]

We had a fun and informative Meet-Up today at The Copper Branch next to the Downtown Library with 18 in attendance (15 in person and 3 online).  Special thanks to Kevin (UTgrad09) for the deep dive on population stats for the area from the 2020 U.S. Census, as well as to Bob (LA_TN) for handling all the details with the internet feed.  

Our next gathering will be Sat. Oct. 2nd...same time, same station.  : )

[downtownresident]

Wish I could’ve made it this month! 

[markhollin]

Our next in-person Meet-Up this Saturday, Oct. 2nd from 10 AM to noon Central Time.  Once again we will be 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. 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. 

If you have not been vaccinated for Covid-19, then please where a mask to the meeting.  Should we have to move the meeting indoors due to inclement weather, then everyone will need to wear a mask. 

We should have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well. If you would like to join in that way, please send me your e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, Oct. 1st, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part in last few months' 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).

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

[markhollin]

NASHVILLE URBAN PLANET MEET-UP,  OCT. 2, 2021

Here's an overview of what can be covered at the Dave Luna Urban Planet Meet-Up IN-PERSON this Saturday, Oct, 2nd, from 10 AM to noon The Copper Branch inside the Downtown Library (on the SW corner of 6th Ave. North and Church St.). The weather forecast is low 80s with 50% chance of rain, so, if it's dry we will meet on the patio outside.  But should it be inclement, we will meet inside, and everyone will need to wear a mask. If you would like to join online and you have never received an e-mail invitation with the log-in specs, please let me know your e-mail address by 5 PM by Friday night, and we will get the info to you to join us remotely.

• 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: Gibson Residences (2); Cambria Corkdorks Hotel (1); Neuhoff Plant (1)
   
• Cranes down: Novel Edgehill; The Haven; Four Seasons; 19th & Broadway; Vandy Tower (1 of 2); TSU Eppse Dorm
   
• Total cranes currently up in Davidson County: 26. So far this year: 49

• Topped out:  Belmont Univ. Caldwell Hall (11 stories); Parke West western tower (9); 1501 Herman (4); MetroCenter Flats (4); Silo Bend Condos (4); 3220 Charlotte Townhomes (3); Demoss Townhomes (3); Green Hills Station (3); 807 West Townhomes (3)
  
  AGENDA:
   
• Nashville Yards update from Southwest Value Partners (SWVP): 1) There will be 8 residential towers on the site, twice as many as originally planned; 2) Two of the residential towers will be underway in the first quarter of 2022; 3) The railroad park will run under Broadway and be accessible from Union Station Hotel (which SWVP now owns), and feature some musical elements, but not performance spaces; 4)  AEG portion (4,000 seat theater, cinema complex, etc.) should also be breaking ground in early 2022; 5) The parking garage element of the Pinnacle Tower is being engineered currently and final designs completed soon.  Opening is scheduled for 2025; 6) 2025 is also the year they hope to see most of the construction complete on the entire campus; SWVP is actively evaluating other possible development projects in Nashville once Nashville Yards is starting to wrap up. 
   
• The 3.9 acre site at 825 South 6th Ave. will apparently have a two tower project (perhaps each in 20-25 story range) featuring 710 residential units, and around a 700 capacity garage according to a water/sewer permit application.  No office, hotel, commercial, or retail will be involved. Probably a lot of landscaping. No word on who the developer is.  No renderings yet.
   
• Proposals for replacing 170-176 2nd Ave. North that were heavily damaged from the Christmas bombing have been released.  Would feature new brick and stone structures that maintain the same facades and overall look as the historic structures, and utilizing 30,000 of the original bricks, artifacts, and other trim elements that have been salvaged.  Would be 6 stories tall on 2nd Ave. side, 7 stories on 1st Ave. side (and fully activating that riverfront view side).  Would include a pedestrian mall that connects both avenues that would feature restaurants and retail.  Also included would be rooftop patios. Renderings available.
   
• The Woolworth Theater at 221 Rep. John Lewis Way (5th Ave. North) is moving forward. It will be an 850 capacity entertainment venue in the locale of the famous inaugural 1960 civil rights sit-ins of which John Lewis was participant. It had been Woolworths on 5th restaurant for several years until it had to close due to lack of business during the pandemic.
   
• The 5 story, 19,000 sq. ft. circa-1900 brick structure at 200 Broadway is being designed for whiskey bar, artist's den, and rooftop bar. The Ardent Company (TAC), which bought the property over 2 years ago, may be the developer, or perhaps have someone else involved. STG Design is overseeing architecture updates, which will include closing the corner entrance, reactivating the long-closed Broadway entrance, and opening windows along Broadway that have been bricked-over for decades.  Rendering available.
   
• Bill Miller will be adding two rooftop bars to his complex at 119-121 3rd Ave. South that features the Johnny Cash Museum.  No word on the name(s) of the attractions.  Metro Historic Zoning Commission has approved the concept plan, which is being designed by Remick Architecture.  No start date has been announced. Rendering available.
   
• The East Bank Study is considering a new major north-south spine street running from I-24 on the south to River North. Diagram available.
   
• After some delays, the River North Landings Phase I (two 7 story residential structures with 650 units, 200,000 sq. ft. of office/restaurant/retail, and internal garages) is set to break ground in the next few weeks.  A $160 million construction loan has been secured.  Total cost will be about $260 million for Phase I.
   
• 501 Crutcher will be a 550 condo development of unknown height on 6.8 acres just SW of Envision Cayce on what is now a mulch yard.
   
• A 6 story residential project of unknown units featuring ground level retail and internal parking garage is being proposed for the block at 1302-1308 Dickerson Pike between Ligdon and Fern Avenues. A request for height setback variances from current zoning is being requested by Smith Gee Studio architects in prep for an Oct. 7th hearing. A portion of the site had been cleared for a potential project a few years ago, but has been sitting dormant. Diagram available.
   
• The nearly 1 acre site at 829-835 Dickerson Rd. seems to finally be moving forward with what appears to be a 4 story project featuring a hotel, with some restaurant and retail space according to water and sewer permit requests. The new developer is 829-D, which is headed up by. Aaron Armstrong of Armstrong Real Estate Group, which is based on Dickerson Pike. They paid $1.13 million for the site in 2019.  Originally a mixed-use residential project had been planned there.  No renderings of the new hotel. 
   
• The Wash at U.S. 41 will be a 5 building (4 which already exist), 18,184 sq. ft. retail/restaurant campus with public green space on 2.3 acres at 2801 Dickerson Pike being developed by Tyler Cauble and Keith Leman.  It will also feature 93 spaces in surface parking. Work should begin in December, and be complete by late 2022. Diagram available.
   
• ZMX is planning a 4 structure (2, 3, 4, and 5 stories, 162 units, 39,000 sq. ft.  of office/retail, and surface parking on NE corner of Elmington Parkway/East Trinity Lane interchange. Diagram available.
   
• Ground breaking happened this month for Nashville International Airport Hilton Terminal Hotel. It will be 14 stories (10 on top of 4 levels of additional short-term garage space) structure and feature 292 rooms, a grand plaza w/ open-air dining, grand lobby, fitness center, a grand ballroom, glass SkyBar Lounge and SkyPool on the rooftop.  Chartwell is the developer. It should be open by mid-2023. New renderings available.
   
• LIV at 819 West Trinity Lane will be a series of 3 story structures encompassing 325 apartments on 12.5 acres of currently undeveloped, wooded land. Birmingham-based LIV is the developer, and has paid a total of $5.06 million for the two tracts of land. Nequette Architecture is in charge of design, and Kimley Horn is handling engineering/land planning. A rendering is available.
   
• A 5 story, 340 unit apartment complex is being planned for 1354 Brick Church Pike on the site currently housing the Al Menah Shrine Temple.  No word on the developer, time table, or rendering.
   
• R2 Companies has purchased the former Fountain Square Mall at 2222 Rosa L. Parks Blvd from the United Methodist Publishing House for $24.5 million. The UMPH had purchased it for $9.25 million 7 years ago.  R2 plans to redevelop the 145,000 sq. ft. into a horizontal office campus a la Silicon Valley which will include revamping the outdoor areas along the lake.
   
• Alta Rochelle will be a 5 story, 370 unit residential project on 4.5 acres at 1020 Southside Ct. (the SE corner of 12th Ave. South and South Street). It will be developed by Wood Partners, with Dynamik Design handling architecture and Kimley-Horn overseeing land-planning and civil engineering.  A rezoning to accommodate the project will be needed, with a Thursday, Oct. 28, Metro Planning Commission meeting scheduled. No renderings supplied yet.
   
• 970 Murfreesboro Pike will be the site for an apartment complex of unknown height that will feature 145 units and 4,000 sq. ft. of ground level retail. No rendering yet.
   
• Breeze Block is being developed by Vintage South in Charlotte Park at 6100 Robertson Ave. We have had some info on this over the past few years, but now we know more specifics and have renderings.  It will feature 24 three-story townhomes, 39,000 sq. ft. of office/retail/restaurant space. It will incorporate the former Proctor Marble & Granite Building  on the site. Renderings available.
   
• Ford Motor Company will build a massive $6 billion electric truck and battery plant 50 miles east of Memphis that will employ close to 6,000 people. Additionally, they are building 2 more electric battery plants south of Louisville for $5 billion that will employ another 5,000.  Nashville will be just 167 miles away from the west TN plants, and 126 miles from the Kentucky plants.  With GM’s substantial commitment to electric vehicles and batteries in Spring Hill, this portions Nashville very strongly in the whole supply chain in the region.
  
  
  NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:
   
• Nashville comes in a #4 in rankings of Top Metro Labor Markets by Think Why. Only Dallas, Phoenix, and Austin were higher out of the Top 150 U.S. markets analyzed. Nashville has ranked in the Top 10 four consecutive months, up from #46 a year ago.
   
• Nashville comes in at #1 composite score of economic growth rate for the 51 largest U.S. metros according to Stessa analytics firm.
   
• Nashville ranked #10 out of "Top 30 Metros Where Jobs Are Roaring Back" by The Business Journals.
   
• Thermo Fisher, a Massachusetts-based life sciences company, plans to build a $100 million factory in Lebanon that will employ 1,400 people.  No word on the location or timeline. 
   
• Shinhung Global USA, a South Korean logistics company that already has their only U.S. plant at 191 Stone Container Drive in Clarksville, will expand further via a $10 million investment that will produce 83 more jobs. 
   
• The health care industry in Nashville is now generating nearly $67 billion per year in economic impact for the area, and increase of 59% in last 5 years according to Nashville Health Care Council.
   
• With 30 venture capital firms having a presence in Nashville, it makes Music City the 3rd highest presence among the 10 southeastern U.S. states.
   
• Nashville is tied with Cincinnati for #1 fastest-selling housing market out of 53 metros in the U.S. during August by Re/Max National Housing Report. Homes in Nashville are selling 2.4 times faster than the national average. Jeff Checko, director of relocation for Re/Max Advantage, predicts a record housing market in Nashville this fall and winter.
   
• 3 Nashville area communities ranked in theTop 50  "Best Places to Live for 2021" according to Money Magazine:  Franklin at #3, Hendersonville at #16, and LaVerne at #26. 
   
• "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash," a five-hour primetime concert special will air on CBS and Paramount+ from 7 PM to Midnight.  It will feature Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and more.  
   
• Travel + Leisure's latest "Top 15 Cities to Visit in the United States" ranking has Nashville at #11.
   
• Vanderbilt is once again ranked #14 among the "Best Colleges and Universities in America" (same as last year) by U.S. News and World Report.
   
• Parnassus Books in Green Hills is chosen as one of "30 Cool Indie Bookstores Across the Country That You'll Want to Check Out" by USA Today.
   
• Union Station Hotel rated #1 "Best Haunted Hotel for 2021" by USAToday.
  
  Hope you can join us Saturday morning for lively and informative conversation about all the great development news in Music City.  : )

[Skyscrapergeek]

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it this month. Skyscrapergeek Jr. has a futbol  game. Mark me down with my usual, traveled to Miami, complained about a lack of height/stupid height restrictions and needling Ron and William for info.  Have a great meet!

[markhollin]

Another fun Dave Luna Urban Planet Nashville Meet-Up in the books this morning with 10 in-person and 3 more online attending. Thanks to everyone for their contributions, especially Ron (smeagolsfree) for early arrival/set-up, Bob (LA_TN) for tech/Zoom administration, and Craig (Bos2Nash) for e-mail invitations.

Our next gathering will be Sat. Nov. 6th at The Copper Branch at the Downtown Library from 10 AM to noon.



 

[markhollin]

Our next in-person Meet-Up this Saturday, Nov. 6th, from 10 AM to noon Central Time.  Once again we will be 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. 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. 

If you have not been vaccinated for Covid-19, then please where a mask to the meeting.  Should we have to move the meeting indoors due to inclement weather, then everyone will need to wear a mask. 

We should have things set up for folks to participate online via Zoom as well. If you would like to join in that way, please send me your e-mail address via private message by Friday evening, Nov. 5th, and we will get you the particulars for logging on.   We will presume that if you took part in last few months' 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).

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

[smeagolsfree]

We may be inside this time Mark as it will be a bit cool. It will only be 36 at 8:30 and 42 at 10:00. 50 by noon! I will do what you guys want to do.

We can bundle up and stay outside or go inside. Give me an idea and some feedback here, Please????

[smeagolsfree]

I will have a few things to share if William does not get them on The Post this week. I am keep his shotgun loaded with potential stories with the help of Taylor. Found a whole boatload of items over the weekend. I am not going to be putting these things on the map now as some of these things could put some of the boys on here in heart failure.

[smeagolsfree]

It will be nice but cool, so do you guys want to stay outside or go inside?????????????????????

[downtownresident]

19 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

It will be nice but cool, so do you guys want to stay outside or go inside?????????????????????

I’m ok either way. 

[markhollin]

NASHVILLE URBAN PLANET MEET-UP, NOV. 6, 2021.

Here's an overview of what can be covered at the Dave Luna Urban Planet Meet-Up IN-PERSON this Saturday, Nov. 6th, 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 is clear skies and low 60s, so we'll shoot for meeting outside.  But should it be too cool, we will meet inside, and everyone will need to wear a mask. If you would like to join online and you have never received an e-mail invitation with the log-in specs, please let me know your e-mail address by 5 PM by Friday night, and we will get the info to you to join us remotely.

• 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: Modera Germantown (1); Neuhoff Plant (1); Travecca Univ. Dorm (1); Woodfield Residential (1).
   
• Cranes down: None
   
• Total cranes currently up in Davidson County: 28; so far this year: 51
   
• Topped out: ONE22ONE (25 stories); 17th & Grand (7); Belmont Univ. Thrailkill Garage (6); Vandy Owen Business Grad School (5); Capitol Hotel Addition (5); Saint Thomas Midtown Surgery & Critical Care Tower (5); Shepherd Hills Apts. (4); Berry Hill (4); Eastwood Village (3); 12th & Bate (3); 1818 Offices (3).
  
  
  AGENDA OF TOPICS:

• 1000 Church St. will be a partnership between Tony Giarratana and the Downtown YMCA that will feature a 60 story, approx. 750' residential tower (Nashville's new tallest) of 500 units, and a 7 story, 60,000 sq. ft. addition to the downtown health club facility.  Older portions of the existing Y will be demolished to make way for the new elements on the .9 acre site. The YMCA addition that was built in 2008 on the north side of the complex will remain and be open during construction.  There will be 360 for-rent apts., and 140 condos above them in the tower. Goettsch Partners out of Chicago will be the architects. Work is set to get underway in January of 2023. The YMCA portion will be complete by June of 2024. The residential tower should be partially open by July of 2025.  Renderings available.
   
• Tishman Speyer, a leading global real estate conglomerate based in Rockefeller Center (which they own) in NYC, is now pursing the property on the SW corner of 1st Ave. South and KVB for a major development now that Swerdling is out.  Rumors are that it will still be a 49 story, 680’ tower. No direct plans have been filed with Metro yet. They have 43 million sq. ft. of real estate in North America (including Yankee Stadium) and 35 million in other countries like China, India, Brazil, and across Europe. 
   
• Muse at 1705 Hayes will be a 30 story, 333' tall, 342 unit residential project with a 351 capacity garage (9 levels with 2 below grade) on the 5 acre lot immediately to the east of the proposed Avalon Midtown, and 1/4 block west of Broadwest. Renderings and diagrams available.
   
• A 15 story residential tower featuring ground level restaurant/retail is being planned for the .8 acre lot at 310 17th Ave. North (SE corner of Patterson St. and 17th Ave. North) by Patterson Street Partners (consisting of Brad Bars of Creative Investments, Tim Morris of M2, Steve Armistead, and Jared Bradley).  No word on how many units, or who is involved with design, engineering, etc. The two parcels that make up the site have been purchased by the team for $6.25 million. A summer of 2022 start is planned. No renderings yet. 
   
• GBT Realty is planning as many as 3 towers that could reach as high as 38 stories (according to zoning) on 3.7 acres of the River North area between the Oracle campus on the east, River North Landings on the west, and Top Golf on the south.  The address is 0 Waterside Drive (a new street being built for the area). They finalized purchase of the land on Oct 27 for $60 million—the highest per acre price in city’s history at $16.21 million per acre. No renderings yet.
   
• The 3.9 acre block at 825 6th Ave. South is under contract to be sold by Green & Little Real Estate for an undisclosed price to an unknown developer.  A water/sewer application shows 715 residential units (365 one bedroom, 326 two bedroom, and 24 three bedroom). Dependent on layout (and there is plenty of land on the site) a couple of towers could be anywhere from 20 to 30 stories when you factor-in parking garages. There is no mention of retail, commercial, office, or hotel on the application....just residential.   Several things to consider: 1) If it is just a couple of structures, there could be a large amount of landscaped leisure area as an amenity for the residents; 2) Perhaps this is only Phase I of a project that could include retail, office, hotel, etc. in Phase II; 3) Maybe this will be more spread out with half a dozen 10 story structures. Conjecture is that the sale price for the land on the low end would be at least $25 million.  It was last purchased in 1993 for $1.2 million. No renderings or diagrams available yet.
   
• 500 2nd Ave. South (Cumulus site) has altered their specs on development tracker to 39 story residential (down from 45), 29 story hotel (up from 23), and another residential tower to 32 stories (up from 16).  New renderings and diagrams available.
   
• Hyatt Caption Hotel will be 12 stories, with  an unknown amount of rooms, and underground parking on 1.1 acres at 118 12th Ave. South (SE corner of McGavock St. and 12th Ave. South) on site where Whiskey Kitchen currently resides.  A C.B. Ragland-affiliated entity is the developer, with Hastings Architecture is in charge of design. Renderings available.
   
• Gulch Central by Highlands on the former Tennessean newspaper site at Broadway and 12th Ave. North has released more specs: office tower will be  444’, residential/hotel tower will be 476’, 26,455 sq. ft. of retail, 1,986 parking spaces in garage. A few new renderings, and many diagrams available.
   
• Pinnacle Tower in Nashville Yards (37 stories, 680,000 sq. ft. office space) has landed Bass, Berry & Sims law firm to lease the top 8 floors (about 180,000 sq. ft.). They will be moving from The Pinnacle at Symphony Place.
   
• The 5.93 acres at 900-1000 2nd Ave. North has been purchased from the state by Proffitt Dixon Partners for $32.9 million. They will most likely build a two phase, three structure mixed-use project.  No word yet on how many floors, square footage, etc.  The state had bought the land in 1994 for $5 million. The government structures that were built there were heavily damaged by the March 2020 tornado. 
   
• Plans for rebuilding 2nd and 1st Ave. North after the Christmas bombing of 2020 are starting to be narrowed down. Though final plans have yet to be solidified, a few themes are clear: the riverfront block will prioritize pedestrian traffic and preserve as much of its historic character as possible. People do not want this to be like Broadway," Michelle Scopel, a project manager with architecture firm Gobbell Hays Partners, said at a community meeting Wednesday. "People want Second Avenue to be a neighborhood and have that feel, and be a space for local folks.|Proposals include: Illliminating on-street parking, narrowing travel lanes and expanding sidewalks; Creating loading zones allowing continued access for drop-offs and valet services, or multi-use flex lanes; incorporating the ability to close Second Avenue to vehicle traffic on a temporary basis for events, including designing sidewalks and streets with no curbs or sloped curbs to be more pedestrian friendly; Preserving and expanding the tree canopy; Curving the street slightly to to create a plaza in the middle block of Second Avenue; and widening the Riverfront Park promenade.
   
• The historic Starr Piano Building (circa 1889) at 240 Rep. John Lewis Way (5th Ave. North) is going to undergo a major renovation that will eventually feature retail, office, residential/hotel space.  Jarman Development--who paid $5 million for the building--will oversee the project, with STG Architects in charge of design. Three options are being explored: 1) retail on the first floor with office condo spaces on the top three levels; 2) retail on the first floor with residential spaces on the top three levels; and 3) a boutique hotel. A roof-top skylight will be added. They are dedicated to preserving the original architecture, protecting the history of this beautiful building while restoring features of the historic fabric that have been lost over time.
   
• TSU Avon Campus: A rendering has surfaced from the Nashville Civic Design Center of a proposal someone had put together for expanding the Avon Campus just north of Amazon Towers One and Two in Nashville Yards.  It shows a 24 story and 9 story towers, plus substantial green space (perhaps with underground parking beneath). Would certainly be exciting if something like this could eventually come to pass.
   
• Recess will be the name of the live entertainment component of the Heaven's Door Distillery, to be located on .75 acre at 625 4th Ave. South.  Originally a boutique hotel was being planned, but Covid changed that idea. Surrounded by 3 to 5 stories of shipping containers (about 60' tall at highest point), the event space will have a capacity of 2,000 people.  Patrons will be able to sit inside the containers which will have openings facing the central courtyard that will serve as cabanas and terraces. There will be multiple food and drink options from local operators, and a stage in the courtyard for live performances.  Cost will be at least $7 million. Rendering available.
   
• Reed District (6 towers, 19-37 stories) news: Hines Development now appears to have the property rites to the site to the portion currently housing Downtown Subaru (Martin Holdings). They will buy out Martin’s first right of refusal, and should start moving forward with plans soon.  Hines has purchased 21 of the 32 parcels for over $32 million.  The remaining 11 front Broadway and will probably cost in the $70 million range.
   
• The 7 parcel .9 acre site with the main address of 301 15th Ave. North has sold for $5 million to Q&A Holdings for a residential development that could potentially be 7 and 15 stories tall (unknown amount of units) according to a zoning request. 
   
• 801 Monroe will be a three building development of 10, 5, and 4 stories at 801 Monroe St. in Buena Vista that will also have an address of 1217-1223 Rosa Parks Blvd.  This is the former site of the O'Reilly Auto Parts store that was destroyed in the March, 2020 tornado.  The 10 story structure would face Rosa Parks, the 5 story will face Monroe, and the 4 story will face 9th Ave. North. No renderings or diagrams yet.
   
• 1301 2nd Ave. North will be a 6 story boutique hotel (no word on number of units) with street level retail on the NW corner of Monroe St. and 2nd Ave. North in Germantown.  The .38 acre lot currently features a nondescript, non-historical 1 story structure where Urban Roots Market currently resides. Renderings available.
   
• Lofts at Marathon at 806 16th Ave. North (immediately north of Marathon Village) has a bit of new info: It will now be 4 & 5 stories with 320 units, as opposed to 6 stories with 416 units that was announced 14 months ago. RangeWater Real Estate will now be the developer.  Groundbreaking is set for this month. A rendering is available.
   
• Ewing’s West Trinity proposal is now calling this The Riverside.  65 acres, 5 million sq. ft. of office, residential and retail. 25 acres committed to 3 parks. $2.5 billion cost.  They have lined-up Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for design. Unless they land some major corporate relocation, this is still a pipe dream. Renderings available.
   
• Ben Allen Green will be a 7 structure,  3 & 4 story, 245 unit complex of affordable/workforce housing on 10.7 acres west of Maplewood Heights subdivision near Ellington Parkway.  Renderings available.
   
• Hill Realty seems to be planning a 301 unit residential complex with 6,000 sq. ft. of ground level retail on 1.5 acres at 2900 West End Ave. (NW corner of West End at 29th Ave. North where Piggly Wiggly Grocery is now).  No word on height, but best guess would be around 6-10 stories based on the size of the lot/amount of units. It is already zoned for mixed-use, so not requests for changes will need to be made. Originally Hill Realty was looking at a hotel on the site, but the pandemic caused them to reevaluate. No timeline, architect, or renderings available yet.
   
• Belmont Univ. is planning a 6 story, 133,000 sq. ft. 3-D Building for its new data science initiative and entrepreneurship hub. It will be located on 15th Ave. South between the College of Law and the Johnson Center Dining Hall.  Construction will begin in 2022. Rendering available.
   
• More details coming out for the 6 story mixed-use project being eyed for 467 Chestnut St. in WeHo. It will feature 151 residential units, with Braxton Brewing Company out of Cincinnati anchoring 4,500 sq. ft. the ground level retail elements, plus a 3,500 rooftop bar.  New rendering available.
   
• 2809 12th Ave. South (home of 21st Century Christian Publishing on .95 acre) has sold for $10.6 million to Titan Development. The existing structure covers 23,000 sq. ft., but my guess is that nondescript/non-historical building will be razed for a larger mixed-use project.
   
• Evergreen Real Estate is planning a 4 story condo project featuring 169 units for the Silo Bend area on 8.1 acres at 0 54th Ave. North in The Nations. The development will overlook the Cumberland River to the north. No groundbreaking date set.  Renderings available.
   
• The Preserve will be a two structure, 4 & 5 story residential project with 196 units and internal garage on 5.6 acres off Perimeter Place Drive in the Century City area north of the airport. Renderings available.
   
• Tanger Outlets is planning to break ground on its Tanger Outlet Center in Century Farms the first quarter of 2022.  It will include 6 buildings with 303,500 sq. ft. of retail space.
   
• The Jackson will be two 4 story buildings w/199 units on 8.5 acres at 4042 Shurgard Way in Hermitage area.
   
• Hendersonville will be the home for a $100 million, 47 acre media campus known as Music City Studios. It will feature 200,000 sq. ft. of soundstage space, and 500,000 sq. ft. of film service, live music, broadcast, and media production space.  It will be located on Molly Walton Drive, but no specific address is given. Ultimately, it could create up to 800 jobs. Construction is set to be complete by first quarter of 2023, with the Sound Stages (for live music) ready by 2024. Rendering available.
   
• Glenbrook Village will be a 23 acre mixed-use project including 6 story structures in Hendersonville next door to the existing Glenbrook Shopping Center. Will feature 73,000 sq. ft. of commercial space, and 97 residential units, Being developed by Vastland Communities.
   
• McCain's Station will be a 131 acre mixed-use development at Big Station Camp and Vietnam Vets Blvd. with 112 single family homes, 195 townhomes, and 377 apartments. Will also feature a hotel, retail, office space, nursing home, and green spaces.
   
• An unnamed 2 structure, 4 story, 247 unit apartment complex by Al. Neyer LLC is slated for 8.8 acres at 259B Saundersville Rd. at Indian Lake Village in Hendersonville. Work is set to begin in May of 2022, and be complete 2 years thereafter.  Renderings available. 
   
• Village at Pleasant Grove will be a mixed-use project featuring 4 story structures, 275 residential units,  and over 11,000 sq. ft. for office, retail, and restaurants on 21 acres that is being sold by the Church at Pleasant Grove. Rendering available.
   
• Highwoods Properties has finished the purchase of 34.4 acres of the 77.7 acre Ovation site in Cool Springs. Highwoods intends to reimagine the area’s master plan as a high-density mixed-use development, which is likely to include more than a million square feet of office space. Ovation is currently home to the U.S. headquarters of Mars Petcare, which is housed in an office building that Highwoods built on the site in 2019. 
   
• Williamson Medical Center is planning an expansion (60 new beds, expand ER capacity, add behavioral health pod,  including additional floors on the West Tower) to begin in spring of 2022 that will cost $189 million.  Should be complete by 2024. Rendering available.
   
• Fairview Town Center will feature over 600 homes (combo of condos, townhomes, and single-family houses) as well as unspecified amount of office and retail space. It will be similar to Berry Farms or Lenox Village. It will be located adjacent to the 700 acre Bowie Nature Park along Hwy. 100. Rendering available.
  
  
  NASHVILLE REMAINS HOT:
   
• Nashville ranked #10 "Best Large City in the U.S." by Conde Nast Traveler.
   
• Brentwood chosen #3 in "Best Small Cities in America" list by WalletHub.
   
• Nashville Airport ranked “9th Best Airport in the U.S.” by Conde Naste Traveler.
   
• Nashville ranked  #10 on “The Best Cities to Visit in the U.S.” by Thrillist.
   
• British Airways will resume its Nashville/London service in December.
   
• Flair Airlines will be bringing non-stop International service between Nashville and Canada with twice weekly flights to Toronto and Edmonton starting in April of 2022.
   
• Nashville homes are the fastest-selling in the U.S. with an average of less than 10 days on the market, down from 20 days a year ago. The national average is 25 days.  This from RE/MAX Advantage National Housing Report.
   
• Nashville ranked #1 overall real estate market in the U.S. in this year's "Emerging Trends in Real Estate," report by the Urban Land Institute and Price Waterhouse Coopers.  Our market is deemed a “supernova.”
   
• Capgemini, an international info tech, consulting firm based in Paris, announced their new Nashville hub that will have 1000 employees located at the Broadwest office tower.
   
• REI plans distribution hub in Lebanon that will employ 288.
   
• Faurecia, an auto parts manufacturer, will spend $18 million to expand its Spring Hill plant by 100,000 sq. ft.,that will create 171 new jobs.
   
• Seattle-based Slalom LLC, a multinational business and tech consulting firm, will be opening an office in Nashville.  Initially they will build out space in the Gulch Crossing building as temporary housing for 150 employees, but it appears they are wanting a permanent home with 7,000 sq. ft. in one of the soon-to-be-built office towers at Nashville Yards. The company chose Nashville upon seeing tech talent moving here in droves with the advent of Amazon, Oracle and others.
   
• A flurry of apartment complexes being bought-up in October.  The most significant is The Knox (eleven 4 story buildings, 300 units more than 90% leased) in MetroCenter, which was just opened earlier this year.  G.W. Williams Co. has purchased it for $119.9 million, which works out to $372,000 per unit---the highest ever recorded for the Nashville area. 
   
• Sales of Nashville area apartment complexes have exceed $2.4 billion in the first 3 quarters of 2021, already setting a new record for a year. “2019 was a record-breaking year for deal volume and sales price appreciation in the multifamily, but those records have been eclipsed,” said CBRE multifamily broker Russ Oldham. For reference, in the first three quarters of 2019 the sales volume was $1.6 billion — $800 million less than the first three quarters of 2021 — with 44 transactions.
   
• Industrial rental rates have reached a record high in Nashville. Within the sector, the average triple-net asking lease rate in Q3 was $6.16 per square foot — a 12-percent increase year-over-year, according to CBRE. Additionally, more than 7.6 million square feet of industrial product (warehouse, manufacturing and flex space) has already been added to the Nashville market in 2021, an all-time record high for the market.
   
• Nashville chosen as 1 of "5 Spectacular Places to Retire on $6,000 a Month" by Synchronybank.
   
• Nashville chosen one of "5 Up-and-Coming Cities Perfect for Retirement" by Discoverer.
   
• 5th & Broadway declares they have had more than 5 million visitors since opening in the spring.
   
• The Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio show in history, celebrated its 5,000 broadcast on Oct. 30th.
   
• NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt will be broadcast live from Nashville this Thursday, Nov. 4th as part of his "Across America" series. 
  
  Hope you can join us Saturday morning for fun, informative, and lively discussion about all the development going on in/around Music City!   : )

[smeagolsfree]

I will set up on the patio since I have no objections. Also for any newcomers that cannot join us, we are still doing the Zoom live from the meet and if you want to sign up, send a PM to Bos2Nash and he will send you a link.

Free parking by the Capitol building on the weekends, just a short 4 minute walk away.

I will be computerless again. Its going back to the shop. Many issues from my service not transferring all my data, on top of Microsoft doing screwy things like hard starts in the middle of the day, and AT&T slowing my internet service down to 2mbs. They are all demons messing with my mind!

[smeagolsfree]

We are lightweights, so are indoors in the back corner!

[UrbanWes03]

I wish I could come but my Saturday is booked up today unfortunately 

I'll try and catch you all next time! Have a great meet!

[smeagolsfree]

Join us on Zoom anytime!

[markhollin]

Had 16 in attendance today (3 online) for fun discussion, and lotsa goodies that can't be shared on the board as of yet.  Several had to leave just before we were able to snap our pic. 

Appreciate Smeagolsfree (Ron) for arriving early to set things up, and LA_TN (Bob) for all his work on the internet connections. Looking forward to our next gathering on Sat., Dec. 4th at the Cooper Branch and online again.  
 

[smeagolsfree]

Predsboy (Brian)always arrives early to help out too.

[Skyscrapergeek]

What an incredible forum meet today! I left with my head spinning. I think we’re going to have to make a  rule that we don’t “waste” time discussing anything under 25 stories, less than 200 mil or fewer than three towers (unless over 600’). As a matter of fact, with all the insider info that the Magic 8 Ball drop today, the infill currently under construction is a snooze fest in comparison. Honestly, it was getting a little embarrassing listening to Ron, Taylor and William go ON and ON and ON  about this huge development and that new tallest and this other huge investment group…their detective skills are truly impressive. 

How I miss the good old days when a single 10 story stucco shorty kept us riveted to UP for weeks. 
 

I can only say…It’s all Tony’s fault. 
 

In all seriousness though , for those who couldn’t make it today, there wasn’t really anything new revealed. You know everything…

[smeagolsfree]

Yep, and I am thinking the ride is just now starting…………hope no one gets sick on the ride!

[Bos2Nash]

On 11/6/2021 at 1:16 PM, markhollin said:

Damnit, Brian wore a Bruins jersey and I wasn't there to truly enjoy it!

[smeagolsfree]

“Its all your fault” Craig