Nashville College & University Expansion

[Urban_Legend]

4 minutes ago, Mr_Bond said:

Welcome to Nashville, @Urban_Legend.  I visit the Orlando boards occasionally.  Are you there much?

I recently moved here from Florida (I used to post on the Miami/Orlando/Jacksonville boards WAYYY back in the day). Thanks for the welcome...Nashville is great!

[smeagolsfree]

10 hours ago, Urban_Legend said:

https://news.belmont.edu/belmont-announces-plans-for-new-parking-garage-tennis-courts/

This new garage will be located in between Compton and Delmar, just south of the new Performing Arts Center. It looks like it'll be connected to the Curb garage with the new road they're constructing in between Bernard and Compton. 

Thanks for the great post! There is so much happening here and so many websites to follow now we miss stuff now. Use to be it was a one man job. Now there can be a 100 of us looking and we still miss stuff. 

Thanks for looking out for us.

Please feel free to join us at a meetup, details listed here:  

 

[markhollin]

TSU Health Sciences Building (4 stories) update. 3rd and 4th elevator shafts/stairwells nearly topped out. 

Looking NE:

[PillowTalk4]

This is the latest (5/2/19) from the TSU Health & Science Bldg webcam.  Floors are starting to go in.   

Webcam Site:  TSU Health & Sciences Building - Construction

I'm trying to find out if the construction of the new dorm and a visitors/alumni center has started.  I'm pretty certain the visitors/alumni center has not because TSU recently had an event I believe to introduce the final plans to alumni and to show appreciation to the two alum that are financing the center.  I thought the construction on the dorm was supposed to start around the same time as the Health & Sciences Building, but I could be wrong.  I know the ground breaking took place at the same time during TSU's homecoming week in October of 2018.

[markhollin]

Belmont University parking garage (3 stories, 830 spaces, 6 tennis courts on roof) update. Demo of homes and core drilling underway.

Looking SE from Compton Ave., 1/2 block east of Belmont Blvd:

[Urban_Legend]

The new Bernard Avenue extension is open (sidewalk brick pavers still being added). It runs North-South to Compton Avenue. At the end of this street will be the entrance to the new Parking/Tennis garage.

[markhollin]

Belmont Univ. Performing Arts Center (1,700 seats, parking garage) update.  The hole keeps getting deeper Must be 80 feet in depth now from eastern edge of property.

Looking NE from Compton Ave., 1/2 block east of Belmont Blvd:

Looking west from new road at top of the hill on the eastern edge of the site:

Looking NW  from new road at top of the hill on the eastern edge of the site:




Looking SW from new road at top of the hill on the eastern edge of the site:




Looking east from Compton Ave., 1/2 block east of Belmont Blvd:

[MLBrumby]

More on Vandy's Graduate Village. A grocery store and various retail spaces could be included. Sounds like their plans are not yet firm on this development. 

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21070295/notes-vu-building-could-offer-grocery-space

[markhollin]

Vol State Community College is looking to construct  a 10 acre satellite campus in Wilson County on East Division St. 

More at TheTennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2019/06/04/dollar-general-vol-state-and-townhome-plans-go-forward-mt-juliet/1333976001/

[markhollin]

Belmont Univ. Performing Arts Center (1,700 seats, parking garage) update.  Foundation wall going up on south side, some pillars for underground garage starting to form.

Looking SW from roof of Curb Events Center garage:

[Bos2Nash]

One thing that this image really highlights is just how much those front parcels will have to do with the streetscape. It appears that the front of the hole will be the front of the building foundation, so those front parcels (which are 140'-0" deep) can be dedicated to gathering space, formal entries and be a sense of grandeur.

[markhollin]

The Shinn Center at Lipscomb Univ. (2 stories, 33,000 sq. ft.) update. Exterior complete.

Looking NE from intersection of Belmont Blvd. and Green Hills Dr:

Looking NW from Green Hills Drive, 1/2 block east of Belmont Blvd:

[markhollin]

Belmont University is adding a Hospitality and Tourism Management major to its Jack C. Massey School of Business.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/07/08/studying-the-boom-belmont-to-offer-hospitality-and.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[dxfret]

Without a doubt, Lipscomb University has some of ugliest buildings ever built.  I would hate to think they might someday start a degree program in architecture!  

Edited July 8, 2019 by dxfret

[MLBrumby]

Agreed. But I don't expect Architecture at Lipscomb ever to happen. 

[memphian]

Good deal for Belmont. I wonder how private school students will react to starting at the bottom of the food chain within all these hotels upon graduation? College hospitality graduates are woefully unprepared for the workforce and they can sometimes also overestimate their worth. The expectation is that they should walk into a new career with a senior leadership role but reality means the gross majority of them will be working shifts at the front desk to learn what really happens in the industry. Putting it in the biz school is a good choice though because today's hospitality industry is more business than anything. It will be interesting to review their curriculum. As of right now, there are no professors listed with a bio which includes hospitality (they do have the program listed as an option).

I am also curious about how this will impact TSU's hospitality degree program which is also in the college of business. My first concern is with learning partnerships within the local industry. Will potential industry partners choose Belmont over TSU because it is a private school and carries with it a bit of local name branding? Two similar degrees competing in one city might be an interesting dance to watch.

 

[smeagolsfree]

If Belmont does this right, they will build a hotel on campus and let the students in theprogram run it. Many Universities do this as a way for students to get hands on training and it goes a long way to help with a successful program.

[Nash_12South]

18 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

If Belmont does this right, they will build a hotel on campus and let the students in theprogram run it. Many Universities do this as a way for students to get hands on training and it goes a long way to help with a successful program.

Great idea. The land they own on 12 South would be a great location.

[UTgrad09]

9 hours ago, Nash_12South said:

Great idea. The land they own on 12 South would be a great location.

And they already have a great hotel name: The Belmont.

[markhollin]

The White House at Aquinas College (nothing new, but just a beautiful old structure):

[markhollin]

Belmont University Performing Arts Center (1,700 seats) update. Foundation walls of the auditorium and stage area beginning to take shape. More pillars being placed. 

Looking west from several vantage points along the alley between Compton and Bernard Avenues, 1 block east of Belmont Blvd:

[markhollin]

Belmont University Garage (4 levels above grade, 2 below, 830 spaces, tennis courts on roof) update. Blasting and digging.

Looking south from Compton Ave., 1/2 block east of Belmont Blvd:

Looking SE from Compton Ave., 1/2 block east of Belmont Blvd:

[markhollin]

Work has begun on a 2 & 3 story, $20 million satellite campus for Nashville State University at 1520 Gallatin Pike in Madison. The architect is Nashville-based Gilbert McLaughlin Casella Architects, with the local office of Birmingham-based Hoar Construction serving as the general contractor.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/education/higher-education/colleges-universities/article/21080334/nashville-state-eyes-2021-opening-in-madison
 

This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in red at the center of the. frame:

[smeagolsfree]

When I drove by this last Saturday I noticed the property was fenced and I had forgotten about this one. The last time anyone had reported was in 2016. The demo was done last August and was bought by the state the previous August and it just slipped through the cracks.

[markhollin]

T.S.U. Health Sciences Building (4 stories) update.  Topped out.

Looking NE from above intersection of John. L. Driver Ave. and 38th Ave. North: