Nashville College & University Expansion

[markhollin]

The Jernigan Student Center (3 stories) at Travecca University is going thru a remodel that will feature a 450 capacity dining hall, cafe, marketplace, and various offices. It was originally built in 1985.  Cost is $12 million. R.C. Mathews in the contractor. ESa is the architect. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/education/trevecca-updating-student-center/article_65eeb710-e4bc-11eb-b9df-c33780c54d83.html
 

[smeagolsfree]

The story should be running today or tomorrow in the Post.

[markhollin]

TSU, Eppse Hall Dorm (6 stories, 700 beds) update: brick and stone work underway.

Looking NW from intersection of Albion St. and 34th Ave. North:

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[Bos2Nash]

On 7/17/2021 at 9:08 AM, markhollin said:

TSU, Eppse Hall Dorm (6 stories, 700 beds) update: brick and stone work underway.

Looking NW from intersection of Albion St. and 34th Ave. North:

Looking NE from Albion St. at intersection with 35th Ave. North:

Is it just me, or does this new building have a striking resemblance to the Carmichael Towers Vanderbilt is about to demolish?

[smeagolsfree]

Same black windows!

[James Owen]

11 hours ago, Bos2Nash said:

Is it just me, or does this new building have a striking resemblance to the Carmichael Towers Vanderbilt is about to demolish?

Not really. To me, the new residence hall under construction has some similarities to the Wilma Rudolph Center on the other side of campus.

[markhollin]

Belmont University Caldwell Hall Dorm (11 stories, 606 beds) update: starting 8th floor.

Looking SW from Caldwell Ave., 1/4 block east of 12th Ave. South:

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[markhollin]

Belmont Univ. Performing Arts Center ($141 million) update: steps, sidewalk, and curb being added to front entrance area.

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[markhollin]

Belmont University Thrailkill Garage (6 stories, 545 spaces) update: tower crane up and operational; foundation walls forming.

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[markhollin]

Nashville State University Madison Campus (2 stories) update: exterior nearing completion.

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[markhollin]

Belmont University Caldwell Hall Dorm (11 stories, 606 beds) update: 8th floor nearly complete.

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[markhollin]

Welcome corner to Belmont University campus update: nearing completion.

Looking SE from intersection of 12th Ave. South and Wedgwood Ave:
 

[markhollin]

Belmont University Frist Medical School (6 stories) update: more homes being razed and sewer work across the site.

Looking NE from 14th Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Acklen Ave:

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[smeagolsfree]

FYI, from D Tracker. Here is the Final site plan  View Scanned Plan

 

Application Submittal	7/27/2021
MPC Agenda Date	9/9/2021
Administrative Approval
Case #	2018IN-001-007
Ordinance #	Not applicable for this application type
Previous Ordinance #'s
Associated Case #
Associated Bond #
Reviewer	Jason Swaggart
Application Name	BELMONT UNIVERSITY - FRIST COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Application Type	Institutional (Final)
Application Scope	A request for final site plan approval for properties located at 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807 14th Avenue South and 1314, 1316, 1318, 1400, 1402, and 1404 Acklen Avenue, at the southwest corner of Wedgewood Avenue and 14th Avenue South, zoned RM20 and located within the Belmont University Institutional Overlay District (2.94 acres), to permit a six story academic building and parking garage, requested by Catalyst Design Group, applicant; Belmont University, owner.
Scanned Application	View Scanned Application
Scanned Plans	View Scanned Plan

[markhollin]

Belmont Univ. Performing Arts Center ($141 million) update: outdoor chandeliers installed on both sides of front entrance;  steps, sidewalks, and curbs nearly complete in front.

Looking NE from intersection of Belmont Blvd. and Compton Ave:

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[markhollin]

Belmont Univ. Frist Medical School (6 stories) has more diagrams:

 

[markhollin]

Belmont Univ. announces that student enrollment this fall will exceed 8,750, which will be a new record for the school.

More behind the paywall at The Nashville Post here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/education/of-note-4-august-2021/article_e225962c-f494-11eb-b16e-8bf65d56bbee.html

[titanhog]

If anyone is interested in donating to help save the historic Boyd House on the campus of Fisk University, here’s the link:

https://www.theboydhouse.org/?utm_campaign=usat_network&utm_medium=display&utm_source=localiq

[markhollin]

T.S.U. is planning on renting out the entire Best Western Hotel (3 stories, 159 rooms) at Brick Church Pike and Trinity Lane for student housing. 

Frank Stevenson, associate vice president and dean of students at TSU, told the building commission that the housing crunch is due to an especially high number of freshmen and “an unprecedented surge in requests for housing.” The school is also setting aside on-campus rooms for students who have to be isolated due to COVID-19, further restricting available housing at the school.

According to TSU officials, the hotel recently underwent a $12 million renovation, and hotel staff will be on hand to manage the space. The lease is expected to last for just the fall semester.

The new 700 bed, 6 story tall  Eppse Hall Dorm will be ready by early 2022.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/education/strapped-for-housing-tsu-looks-to-rent-out-hotel/article_71c7414a-fb9d-11eb-97a4-3b2537ae3d1d.html

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

T.S.U. is planning on renting out the entire Best Western Hotel (3 stories, 159 rooms) at Brick Church Pike and Trinity Lane for student housing. 

Frank Stevenson, associate vice president and dean of students at TSU, told the building commission that the housing crunch is due to an especially high number of freshmen and “an unprecedented surge in requests for housing.” The school is also setting aside on-campus rooms for students who have to be isolated due to COVID-19, further restricting available housing at the school.

According to TSU officials, the hotel recently underwent a $12 million renovation, and hotel staff will be on hand to manage the space. The lease is expected to last for just the fall semester.

The new 700 bed, 6 story tall  Eppse Hall Dorm will be ready by early 2022.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/education/strapped-for-housing-tsu-looks-to-rent-out-hotel/article_71c7414a-fb9d-11eb-97a4-3b2537ae3d1d.html

Best Western staff - August 2021: “Yes…we can handle 300 sex-crazed college-aged students for a semester."

Best Western staff - January 1, 2022: “Never again.  OMG.” 

[vizgeek]

Belmont University Performing Arts Center chandeliers and art glass in lobby.

 

[vizgeek]

Belmont University Performing arts Center - day two of acoustical tuning of the hall with the help of a local quintet.  The sound quality is absolutely superb; the acoustical engineer is ecstatic!

Belmont University Performing arts Center - Movable orchestra shell towers backstage.

[markhollin]

Belmont University Caldwell Hall Dorm (11 stories, 606 beds) update: starting 10th floor on east end.

Looking SW from Caldwell Ave., 1/4 block east of 12th Ave. South:

Looking SE from Caldwell Ave., 1/2 block east of 15th Ave. South:

[markhollin]

Belmont University will invest $60 million over the next 5 years to expose students across all majors to data science, in a new effort to meet rising demand for tech skills.
 
Charlie Apilgian, a longtime local leader in tech education has been picked to run the program He had been at Middle Tennessee State University for 19 years and founded its Data Science Institute. MTSU also now offers a bachelor's or graduate certificate in data science. Similar Belmont degree programs could stem from the work Apigian will be doing in the years ahead.

Much of the $60 million will go toward hiring faculty and staff as well as creating a home for the program, which would occupy one-third to half of a forthcoming building about 125,000 square feet in size.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/08/16/belmont-data-collaborative-apigian.html

[markhollin]

Belmont Univ. Performing Arts Center (1,700 seats, $141 million) update: More sidewalk trim, foliage, fountain installation, street lamps, and steps along Belmont Blvd.

Looking NE from Compton Ave., 1/4 block east of Belmont Blvd:

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