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 Saw construction activity at the old family wash, I believe it is 2038 Greenwood.   Did not see any recent permits pulled or change in ownership though 

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Large tire shop 811 Gallatin has for lease sign 

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All I can gather from them sponsoring local events is something has happened that makes the developer confident enough in the administrative Approvals to formally name the business and start promoting it and marketing it

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I kinda like the name. It's descriptive and to the point. It leaves you with no doubt about what they offer. I hate it when they give places names like "Riverview Tea and Spirits Grill @ The Historic Edgefield Cottages upon Fatherland".

I randomly stumbled across it on Facebook and confirmed with the person posting. Wife and I agreed it sounded overly plain vanilla, bland and boring. 'Inn and Grill' makes me think of a Super 8 with an Applebees next to it

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And looks like new construction request @ 1521 Fatherland got denied http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/MHZC/docs/2015 Meetings/10 October/SR 1521 Fatherland St_final.pdf

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So the botique hotel / restaurant @ 17th & Fatherland apparently has a name...Fatherland Inn & Grill? http://www.myvlink.org/lockelandpto/act/act_getform.php?ID=5467

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I went into the northernmost store once and it smelled like someone microwaved a used diaper.

MMmmmm....used diapers....Speaking of used diapers, is Solo East going to be 4 stories? Is it fair to say it will be very visible from Gallatin towering over Litton market? Am I right in assuming a completed Solo East makes the land Litton Market is on worth more? 

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Noticed a few things while driving around recently... the black cinderblock building @ 918 Main had the block windows cut out I believe yesterday, permit says Two Sons Fashion and separately Two Sons Coffee...the 'moat houses' around 14th and Shelby are popping up out of the gully, and the 3rd story is level with Shelby as expected...The Derryberrys are fencing off their recently sold double-lot @ 16th and Fatherland, I can't find out who bought that land, I believe it was 2 separate lots...the 3 commercial buildings at I believe 10th & Fatherland are almost done being framed up, 2 stories, popping up quickly!

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The prominent black cinder block building at corner of Main and McFerrin appears to have started reno today, dumpster by the side with debris removal...918 Main St...Two Sons Fashion looks like? 

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Wow looks like the old Turnip Truck is getting some major changes: 

Description

Prime Retail space in the heart of the Five Points District in East Nashville. Project features a renovation of The Turnip Truck space combined with 4966 SF of Newly constructed ground level retail space.

Nashville Municipality

 

http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=19294123&SRID=6141064576&StepID=101

 

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Holt is closing, 1003 Gallatin

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A few weeks ago there was a fsbo sign in the vacant double lot at the corner of Fatherland and 16th, I Think its 1521. Heard it sold that day and its zoned for 2 units? I Believe its the Derryberrys

[Davidson East: East Nashville, Inglewood, Madison, Donelson, Hermitage, Old Hickory]

I believe the botique hotel Holiday Jones 805 Main went for review yesterday, anyone know if it was ok'd?

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The recently cleared building between Bongo Java and Eastside Cycles appears to have been prepped, either for a new project or maybe just temp for tomato fest? Also across the street 3 crow bar just got a fresh coat of paint

 

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Another 'co-working' environment coming to corner of Gallatin/E. Trinity, the grey one story where Logue's Emporium was previously http://nashville.craigslist.org/off/5156794591.html

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Yes, I think it is by the same owners as that project at 1100 Fatherland with the new buildings being similar aesthetically... There are sketches of that project on this forum somewhere, 2 or 3 -  1 story  commercial bldgs is all I remember

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Phase 2 I believe of the Thrive/AMOT/Local Taco development

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So these are being built 'in the gully' fronting Shelby and 14th? If they're street level, they'll have to be pretty tall, 3 stories with a 1st story garage? Looks interesting https://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2015/6/18/start_looms_on_boutique_residential_project_in_east_nashville

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Permanent signs are up at the new Pepperfire/Nomzilla location.

 

There is a temp sign up at the Oasis market, couldn't read what is said but I thought I saw the word tower on there?

Name of deli from the owner

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Can someone help decipher the Cayce article in layman's terms? I've been following the project and reading all of the articles but only have a high level grasp of what's going on. There're going to build 68 units somewhere in EN pretty soon? They theyre going to move 68 families from the old Shelby housing units to the new ones and then demo the old building they moved from? Two entities swapped some land and/or reclassified something to allow something? I like the fancy illustrations and everyone seems to favor how this project is playing out. Seems like its a 3-5 year project? Will the old brick buildings on the right of Shelby going East be replaced with the new units from the illustration from the Tennessean article today?

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10th and Fatherland commercial project has officially began

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I expect your question is in part rhetorical, but the short answer is almost certainly your zoning.    I'm not sure which part of Fatherland you live on, but I'm guessing the houses you describe in your neighborhood are either within the Edgefield Historic Preservation District (adopted in 1978) or the Lockland Springs-East End Conservation District (adopted in 1985).   So the result that you lament (not being able to tear down old properties and build nicer new ones) is possible because the owners of properties in those neighborhoods at the time collectively decided the "old" properties were worth preserving and protecting against free market forces.     You weren't around in 1978, but the "market forces" on Fatherland and East Nashville generally at that time were quite different than they are today, and are what led to the push for the overlay as a means to retain property values.      

 

Zoning, of course, does not force anyone to maintain their properties, so the flipside is that some old properties can simply continue to sit and get older.   

Yes sir it's the zoning. And my intent was definitely not to be inconsiderate, my lament above was really to highlight my previous naivety prior to joining this group (and potential naivety of other youngish peers) regarding housing affordability, and the cheering on of bigger, newer, more expensive houses at any cost, human or monetary.