Nashville Bits and Pieces

[UTgrad09]

Approval for the HH/Global Mall at the Crossings hockey rinks and redevelopment is approved.

 

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130716/NEWS/307160118/Two-hockey-rinks-approved-former-Hickory-Hollow-Mall-

 

On the green roof tour of the Westview, the company that installed that mentioned that there will be a good-sized green roof involved in the Global Mall projects. I believe he said a good bit of the old JC Penney would have a green roof as well.

[smeagolsfree]

News from this past week: Hope I didn't repeat anything

 

Passenger traffic at BNA tops 10 million. From the NBJ

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2013/07/nashville-international-airport-hits.html

 

 

404 Hotel in the gulch article. From the NBJ

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2013/07/19/404-hotel-and-kitchen-in-gulch-offers.html

 

Drive in slated for the Boro. From the NBJ

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/morning_call/2013/07/drive-in-theater-slated-for-murfreesboro.html

 

Square D is still looking to consolidate space in MD TN. Considering the old Regions building. Right now Square D has 200,000 sq ft scattered in the area. From the NBJ

 

 

Bank of America Plaza sells. From the NBJ

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/morning_call/2013/07/drive-in-theater-slated-for-murfreesboro.html

 

 

Cheatham lowers development taxes. About time is all I can say. The good ole boys system at its worst IMO.  From the NBJ

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2013/07/cheatham-county-lowers-development-taxes.html

 

 

Red Rooster's McKee planning five bars, restaurants: From the NBJ

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2013/07/17/mckee-brings-five-bars-restaurants-to.html

 

 

From the Post

 

New York Life acquires The Cumberland for undisclosed sum behind pay wall, but this just shows how hot real estates is in Nashville right now

 

Future One City tenant anticipates groundbreaking within 60 days behind pay wall but the headline speaks for itself

 

Great article from WW about new hotel rooms coming to Nashville.

Questions remain regarding possible excess of full-service hotels

 

Groundbreaking set for $48M traditional neighborhood development  Behind pay wall. At least the development is in Davidson County

[UTgrad09]

Very nice update, Ron. The Gulch hotel is an intriguing project to say the least. At least now I have a better grasp of their concept.

BNA topping 10 million was basically inevitable. You could see very steady increases over the past 3 or so years.

You accidentally copied & pasted the link for the drive-in twice...you put it again where you meant to put the BoA article link.

[smeagolsfree]

For some reason I am having issues editing.

 

Here is that article. Thanks Kevin

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2013/07/downtowns-bank-of-america-plaza-sells.html

[UTgrad09]

For some reason I am having issues editing.

 

Here is that article. Thanks Kevin

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2013/07/downtowns-bank-of-america-plaza-sells.html

Yeah...I have had a bit of trouble from everything from editing to quoting to even responding. Some days seem to be worse than others.

[Guest 5th & Main Urbanite]

Lots of real estate for sale. It's a good time to invest in REIT'S.

Edited July 21, 2013 by 5th & Main Urbanite

[timmay143]

Passenger traffic at BNA tops 10 million. From the NBJ

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2013/07/nashville-international-airport-hits.html

 

Was at a conference last week in San Jose, CA.  Left last Sunday and the airport was packed!  I don't think I had to ever wait that long before since the new security renovations.  Missed my flight, but luckily I was flying SW and was able to get another flight out only an hr after.

 

Got some (ok, lots!) pics to post and thoughts to go with them if I get the chance.

[barakat]

Article in Ebony about the African-American music museum.

 

http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/bringing-the-national-museum-of-african-american-music-to-life-490#ixzz2ZtU8nSi0

[Justiceham]

Article in Ebony about the African-American music museum.

 

http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/bringing-the-national-museum-of-african-american-music-to-life-490#ixzz2ZtU8nSi0

Great Find! I really hope this comes to fruition.

[UTgrad09]

Article in Ebony about the African-American music museum.

 

http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/bringing-the-national-museum-of-african-american-music-to-life-490#ixzz2ZtU8nSi0

 

Very interesting. I'm glad to see that there is a clear vision for this project -- not just a vague concept. That gives me a lot more hope for this coming through.

 

He mentions that they plan to start construction early next year, and be open in early 2015. That makes me think that the old convention center site almost surely has to be location.

[dxfret]

The City Paper is folding.  A sad day for local journalism.  

 

The Tennessean is pathetic, so very typical of Gannett.  The once excellent Tennessean (decades ago under John Seigenthaler) it now has to rank among the worst major newspapers in the country.  There is little news in the Tennessean and zero investigative reporting. Newspapers everywhere are in steep decline, and Nashville is no exception.  Clearly that's why Gannett is looking to cash in on their valuable property in The Gulch.  

 

The Nashville Business Journal is also cookie cutter, cut and paste reporting, but has some decent local reporting.  

 

I'll miss The City Paper. 

[nashvillwill]

That's extremely dissapointing. It's a tough pill for the employee's of the paper (a very close friend of mine), and a big disappointment for those of us who follow the paper.

[UTgrad09]

I'm amazed the City Paper lasted as long as it did. I'll miss it as well. Solid reporting, and some very interesting stories.

[MLBrumby]

OK... trying to post a chart here.  I don't know how it will go.  Before I try this, I want to mention that it appears the Nashville metro area has grown by 137,000 in the two years from 2010 to 2012 (If I'm reading this correctly). Granted these are estimates, but usually estimates are just a continuation of recent year growth rates prior to the decennial census.  All of this made this appear quite interesting... and I don't think any counties have been added in that time.  Entertaining the idea of a continuation of the same growth for the next seven years, then the metro population would be around 2.3 million in 2020.  Of course, I think that might be a tad faster than we'll actually see, but I think it's realistic that the population will be nudging 2.1 million.

 

Anyway, here's my attempt at pasting a chart...

 

                                                                                           2012                        2010                   2000                1990                  1980                   1970                  1960                    1950

Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin            1,726,693               1,589,934           1,311,789            985,026             850,505            541,108              399,743               321,758

Cannon County                                                                   13,811                    13,801               12,826              10,467*               10,234*             8,467*                 8,537*                  9,174*

Cheatham County                                                               39,271                    39,105               35,912              27,140                 21,616            13,199*                 9,428*                  9,167*

Davidson County                                                            648,295                  626,681              569,891            510,784               477,811          448,003               399,743               321,758

Dickson County                                                                  50,381                    49,666                43,156               35,061                30,037             21,977*               18,839*                18,805*

Hickman County                                                                 24,170                    24,690                22,295              16,754*               15,151*            12,096*               11,862*                13,353*

Macon County                                                                    22,498                    22,248                20,386              15,906*               15,700*            12,315*               12,197*                13,599*

Maury County                                                                     81,990                   80,956*               69,498*             54,812*               51,095*            43,376*               41,699*                40,368*

Robertson County                                                              66,931                    66,283                54,433              41,494                37,021              29,102*               27,335*                27,024*

Rutherford County                                                         274,454                  262,604              182,023            118,570                84,058              59,428*               52,368*                40,696*

Smith County                                                                     19,102                    19,166                17,712               14,143*              14,935*             12,509*               12,059*                14,098*

Sumner County                                                                166,123                  160,645              130,449             103,281               85,790               56,106                36,217*                33,533*

Trousdale County                                                                7,795                      7,870                  7,259                 5,920*                6,137*                5,155*                4,914*                   5,520*

Williamson County                                                           192,911                  183,182              126,638               81,021               58,108               34,330*               25,267*                24,307*

Wilson County                                                                  118,961                  113,993               88,809               67,675                56,064               36,999                27,668*                26,318*

*County not included in 2010 Metro population

 

Am I reading these estimates correctly?   Granted, these are from Wikipedia.org, but I understand that this info is taken from the US Census.  Insight?

Edited July 24, 2013 by MLBrumby

[UTgrad09]

OK... trying to post a chart here.  I don't know how it will go.  Before I try this, I want to mention that it appears the Nashville metro area has grown by 137,000 in the two years from 2010 to 2012 (If I'm reading this correctly). Granted these are estimates, but usually estimates are just a continuation of recent year growth rates prior to the decennial census.  All of this made this appear quite interesting... and I don't think any counties have been added in that time.  Entertaining the idea of a continuation of the same growth for the next seven years, then the metro population would be around 2.3 million in 2020.  Of course, I think that might be a tad faster than we'll actually see, but I think it's realistic that the population will be nudging 2.1 million.

 

Anyway, here's my attempt at pasting a chart...

 

                                                                                           2012                        2010                   2000                1990                  1980                   1970                  1960                    1950

Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin            1,726,693               1,589,934           1,311,789            985,026             850,505            541,108              399,743               321,758

Cannon County                                                                   13,811                    13,801               12,826              10,467*               10,234*             8,467*                 8,537*                  9,174*

Cheatham County                                                               39,271                    39,105               35,912              27,140                 21,616            13,199*                 9,428*                  9,167*

Davidson County                                                            648,295                  626,681              569,891            510,784               477,811          448,003               399,743               321,758

Dickson County                                                                  50,381                    49,666                43,156               35,061                30,037             21,977*               18,839*                18,805*

Hickman County                                                                 24,170                    24,690                22,295              16,754*               15,151*            12,096*               11,862*                13,353*

Macon County                                                                    22,498                    22,248                20,386              15,906*               15,700*            12,315*               12,197*                13,599*

Maury County                                                                     81,990                   80,956*               69,498*             54,812*               51,095*            43,376*               41,699*                40,368*

Robertson County                                                              66,931                    66,283                54,433              41,494                37,021              29,102*               27,335*                27,024*

Rutherford County                                                         274,454                  262,604              182,023            118,570                84,058              59,428*               52,368*                40,696*

Smith County                                                                     19,102                    19,166                17,712               14,143*              14,935*             12,509*               12,059*                14,098*

Sumner County                                                                166,123                  160,645              130,449             103,281               85,790               56,106                36,217*                33,533*

Trousdale County                                                                7,795                      7,870                  7,259                 5,920*                6,137*                5,155*                4,914*                   5,520*

Williamson County                                                           192,911                  183,182              126,638               81,021               58,108               34,330*               25,267*                24,307*

Wilson County                                                                  118,961                  113,993               88,809               67,675                56,064               36,999                27,668*                26,318*

*County not included in 2010 Metro population

 

Am I reading these estimates correctly?   Granted, these are from Wikipedia.org, but I understand that this info is taken from the US Census.  Insight?

 

Nashville's metro grew by about 56,000 between 2010-2012. The extra 80,000 comes from the addition of Maury County to the MSA.

 

At the ~28,000 yearly growth level, we would end up with about 1.95 million by 2020. If we grow at around the same percentage as we did from 2000-2010 (~21%), we would end up with about 2.02 million. 

 

Here's a thread with some of the numbers:

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php/topic/115960-nashville-area-population-trends-1950-2012/

 

I've done some Excel sheets with different growth possibilities (purely numerical based)...most point to around 2 million (with Maury included).

Edited July 24, 2013 by UTgrad09

[MLBrumby]

Ah... thank you!!!   That's why I posted.  I see the asterisk for Maury in the 2010 column, but I assumed those totals were accounted for in the 2010 figure (an apples-to-apples) comparison between 2010 and 2012.  Apparently not!

Edited July 25, 2013 by MLBrumby

[East Side Urbanite]

I'm amazed the City Paper lasted as long as it did. I'll miss it as well. Solid reporting, and some very interesting stories.

 

Thanks to all who posted nice words about TCP.

 

I'll miss working for the paper but remain with sister pub Nashville Post.

 

WW

[BnaBreaker]

Thanks to all who posted nice words about TCP.

 

I'll miss working for the paper but remain with sister pub Nashville Post.

 

WW

 

I will miss the City Paper, for sure.  I checked it religiously, every single day.  However, it is easier to swallow knowing that your brilliant reporting will continue on with a different publication!

[chris holman]

Isn't WW a writer for the city paper, does that mean he will be writing for the tennessean now?

[dmillsphoto]

Isn't WW a writer for the city paper, does that mean he will be writing for the tennessean now?

 

He writes primarily for the Post

[bhibbs]

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130725/BUSINESS/307250103/Hilton-Nashville-tackling-25M-renovations

Hilton is about start a $25m renovation.

[smeagolsfree]

Isn't WW a writer for the city paper, does that mean he will be writing for the tennessean now?

William is a staff writer at South Comm. South Comm owns the CP, Nashville Post, The Nashville Scene, and a number of other publication in Nashville and across the South and Midwest. Their HQ is in Nashville.

 

http://www.southcomm.com/

 

The Tennessean is owned by Gannet, same folks that own USA Today

[barakat]

Some old "breaking news" from stringsnashville.com:

STRINGS Development Partners is seeking a high end, full service hotel to anchor the Project. The proposed development site will be within close proximity to the new Music City Center which is scheduled to open in May 2013.

and from their blog:

Strings Development Partners has narrowed their search to three potential sites for the Project. All sites are located in The Gulch and SoBro areas of Nashville. Stay tuned for more information.

[BnaBreaker]

I refuse to believe that this whole "Strings Nashville" thing is anything more than some sort of bizarre college project. 

[UTgrad09]

Just enlarge the guitar and make Strings the base for the Four Seasons project. 60 story guitar. Awesome.