Mr_Bond

A pano from Whole Foods yesterday while eating lunch. You can see Union Station Hotel to the left. I just noticed that the photo sort of cuts my wife's head in two. Sorry about that, dear.

Your dreams have come true, @smeagolsfree. I've created a new thread where we can ask questions, express opinions, and report research on how economic conditions anywhere in the world could affect the development scene here in Music City.

This thread is for all discussion as to how global and/or national economic conditions could affect or are affecting the Nashville development scene.

The idea that a land tax should be the only source of government revenue is called Georgism. From Wikipedia: "Economists since Adam Smith and David Ricardo have observed that a public levy on land value does not cause economic inefficiency, unlike other taxes.[8][9] A land value tax also has progressive tax effects.[10][11] Advocates of land value taxes argue that they would reduce economic inequality, increase economic efficiency, remove incentives to underutilize urban land and reduce property speculation.[12] The philosophical basis of Georgism dates back to several early thinkers such as John Locke,[13] Baruch Spinoza[14] and Thomas Paine,[15] but the concept of gaining public revenues mainly from land and natural resource privileges was widely popularized by Henry George and his first book Progress and Poverty (1879). "Georgist ideas were popular and influential during the late 19th and early 20th century.[16] Political parties, institutions and communities were founded based on Georgist principles during that time. Early devotees of Henry George's economic philosophy were often termed Single Taxers for their political goal of raising public revenue mainly from a land value tax, although Georgists endorsed multiple forms of rent capture (e.g. seigniorage) as legitimate.[17] The term Georgism was invented later and some prefer the term geoism to distinguish their beliefs from those of Henry George.[18][19]" BTW, the city of Fairhope, Alabama, was founded as a Georgist "single-tax" colony in 1894. Again from Wikipedia, "The Fairhope Single-Tax Corporation still operates, with 1,800 leaseholds covering more than 4,000 acres (16 km2) in and around the current city of Fairhope. Despite the ideals of the corporation, the town has transitioned from utopian experiment to artists' and intellectuals' colony to boutique resort and affluent suburb of Mobile.[7]"

Was it White Mountain Creamery? Seems like that rings a bell from my days at Owen.

I drove by here twice last week and can confirm that it is imposing because of its proximity to the street. It makes OneCity feel more like a corporate campus.

Those two excavators next to the RJ Young buildings last week must have ended up here. Do I count eight onsite?

The fun part of beating Atlanta on this list is that we did it with their help!

A friend whose daughter was in town for a Preview weekend at Belmont told me that this building will be the largest performing arts center building on a college campus in the U.S.

@Sean blackdog, the two excavators I referred to earlier were parked right next to this building in the middle of this photograph. Now, they're not there! Do you see them nearby? I'm in Orlando and can't check until Saturday.

@Sean blackdog, thanks for the updated pics in all the threads.

What does 'final' rendering mean? If a developer is this close to completion, why would they do 'final' renderings? Just trying to learn the process here.

This development will do a lot to connect The Gulch with the various Edgehill buildings. Many visitors stay in STRs in the Edgehill area and walk into The Gulch. Having long-term renters in this building will make the area just over the I-40 bridge seem like it's vibrant.

This kind of fencing was around the Embassy Suites lot for a long time before any activity began. Just sayin'.

@ThreatLevelMidnight, like many others on UP, I've been hearing the same thing. A glance at Smeagolsfree's Excellent Development Map will show the level of activity. Once one of these of decent size kicks off, the rest could follow in short order. We've seen the same thing in The Gulch in the last 3 months.

As a longtime user of A+ Storage, I can tell you it's been there since 2010. I think it was completed when Icon and Terrazzo opened around 2009 or so. It is a typical two-story storage building. This building will keep the sun from shining in my bedroom window for a few hours each morning, but that is not enough for me to form a 'citizens' group to contest it or a lawsuit to block it. I'm just grateful I don't have to drive Division Street during rush hour! It's already much busier since the city added the bike lanes and reduced cars from four lanes to two with a middle turning lane. Walking or riding a bike is becoming a viable alternative if you live downtown.

Welcome to the forum, @Xanitus13. As I was looking at your pics, I was thinking, "Wow! The river is high!" Too much rain.

That was a fun trip, @Sean blackdog!

These look like excavators with hammers on the front, not core drillers. I didn't get a pic and am in Tampa so I can't get back there until Friday or Saturday.

There are two excavators parked right up next to one of these buildings. Are they there with purpose? Will we see activity here in a few days?

I saw the face of Gollum and thought to myself, "That face looks familiar. I think I know that guy."

From 9.0M in 2009 to 18.3M in 2018 - more than doubling in 9 years. If we did that for the next 9, we'll have 36.5M. That should move us up the rankings!

@PruneTracy, that post from a few weeks ago made me cry I was laughing so hard. Thanks much.

This is one reason living in The Gulch is so good: proximity to downtown and easy access to the interstate.

Me, too.