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Demo continues on former Beaman building. Looking SW from intersection of 14th Ave. South and McGavock St: Looking west from intersection of 13th Ave. South and McGavock St:

Equipment on site. Not sure if being stored for some other project, or for this one. Looking north from intersection of 9th Ave. South and Old Division St:

First building has been razed on site. Looking north from Lafayette St, 1/3 block SE of 6th Ave. South:

The Station by Alta (4 stories, 3012 units, ground level retail) update: nearing completion. Looking SE f rom Ellington Parkway, just south of East Trinity Lane overpass: Looking NE f rom Ellington Parkway, 1/2 block south of East Trinity Lane overpass:

44 TENN (3 stories, 38 townhomes) Phase III update: nearly finished. Couple angles from within development, 1/2 block west of 44th Ave. North, 1/2 block north of Albion St:

Chicago, LaSalle Street Initiative (converting office structures to residential and hotel spaces) update from YIMBY Chicago: 30 North LaSalle, 349 units: 79 West Monroe, 117 units: 111 Monroe, 105 units, 228 room hotel: 208 South LaSalle, 226 units:

5800 Centennial Blvd., Alta Union Apartments:

Courtesy of Nashville Drone Solutions:

Looking north from intersection of Commerce St. and Rosa L. Parks Blvd:

Looking west at The Emory from intersection of Commerce St. and Rosa L. Parks Blvd:

We had 11 in attendance and a several more online for this month's Meet-Up, including a visit from former regular-turned Chattanoogan Pete (MidTenn). Thanks, as always, to Ron (smeagolsfree) and Brian (predsboy18) for arriving early to reserve our space, and to Craig (Bos2Nash) for tech support. Our next Nashville Urban Planet Meet-Up will be Sat. June 1st, 10 AM to Noon at the Copper Branch in the Downtown Library.

I believe this is a rendering we haven't seen before for Wedgewood Village (the 12 acre AJ Capital project in WeHo):

Comfort Inn, Old Hickory Blvd. and I-40 West (5 stories, 104 rooms) update: exterior nearly complete. Looking south from Old Hickory Blvd., at Stonetree Rd: Looking NW from former Sonic site, 1/3 block south of Stonetree Rd:

The Haysboro (3 stories, 33 units) update: brickwork underway. Looking NE from Gallatin Pike, 1/2 block north of Richmond Dr: Looking SE from intersection of Gallatin Pike and Haysboro Ave:

Jackson, MS:

1522 Demonbreun, Dawg House Saloon:

Courtesy of Jason R:

Oh, there's definitely a plan by Hill Realty. They just tend to move slowly. 5th & Jefferson will be 4 & 3 stories, 110,000 sq. ft. of office space, 42,000 sq. ft. of retail (perhaps including a grocery store), apartments and townhomes, 568 parking spaces in garage and surface. $93.5 million price tag several years ago. Some renders:

One of the fiercest critics of Nashville's previous attempt at expanding mass transit will not oppose the plan Mayor Freddie O'Connell has crafted. Not only that, the organization actually had nice things to say. The Tennessee chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a group funded by the conservative billionaire Koch family, made its position on O'Connell's transit plan known on May 2. The group financed much of the opposition to a 2018 transit plan by then-Mayor Megan Barry and mounted a door-to-door voter outreach effort. That roughly $9 billion plan, which called for almost 30 miles of light rail and a tunnel under downtown, failed by a nearly two-to-one margin at the polls. By contrast, O'Connell's plan avoids rail entirely. His proposal would cost $3.1 billion to fully build today. It includes what's poised to be several dozen miles of rapid-bus service, with buses traveling in dedicated lanes, as well as extensive sidewalk construction, more bike lanes and upgrades to traffic lights. In a statement, Americans for Prosperity's state director, Tori Venable, took a hands-off posture, noting the "more reasonable" price tag of O'Connell's plan. The mayor will be asking voters to raise sales taxes by half a percentage point, to 9.75%, to supply the city's first-ever dedicated transit funding. "It's up to his office to make the case for a higher sales tax to fund more bus services, improved lights and better city crosswalks," Venable said. "Ultimately, Nashville will decide if the transit services and improvements are worth the tax hike." In an interview with the Nashville Banner, Venable went even further. "There’s a lot of actually good improvements in there," she said. The Banner reported that she specifically highlighted sidewalks, safety improvements and "a focus on buses rather than fixed-route trains." The Banner reported she was skeptical of a few pieces of the plan, including the potential dedicated lanes just for buses. Notably, Venable said O'Connell sought out a conversation about the plan — which she called "a pleasant surprise." More at NBJ here: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/05/03/koch-backed-americans-for-prosperity-transit-metro.html

The 27.8 acre undeveloped wooded site at 7315 Sonya Drive (SE corner of I-40 West and Old Hickory Blvd.) has changed hands again. It is now Crescent Communities that plans 175 townhomes, and made the purchase for $7,745,000. The sale also includes three parcels located at 616, 618 and 620 Old Hickory Blvd. No renderings yet for their plan. More behind the NashvillePost paywall here: https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/bellevue-area-site-eyed-for-townhomes/article_fa7c3032-0981-11ef-80c3-afaf0d41a244.html This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in blue at the center of the frame:

469 Chestnut (5 stories, 129 residential units, retail including Braxton Brewery, and internal garage) has now been scrapped by CIG Communities, and the .95 acre site is back up for sale. Too bad. I liked this concept. More behind the Nashville Post paywall here: https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/wedgewood-houston-property-eyed-for-project-now-for-sale/article_22e795a2-096e-11ef-b630-277917375f0d.html

More renders for 300 Jefferson. Looks to be 8 stories in sections. Me likey.

CityNowNext with coverage of the announcement: https://citynownext.com/2024/05/03/16-story-hotel-proposed-next-to-popular-fitness-center-in-the-nashville-gulch/#more-40995

Agreed. Makes one wonder if it might be for a grocery store, which is a definite need for that neighborhood.

Essex Development has finally purchased the tiny .13 acre lot at 304 Jefferson St. for $2.3 million that will now give them the full space needed for their projected 7 story mixed-use project (132 rental units, 108 rooms hotel, 4,650 sq. ft. ground level retail, and internal garage) with a primary address of 300 Jefferson. The previous owners of the tiny lot paid $1,275 for the raw land in 2008 (whew...what a profit margin. on that turnaround!). No word as to when Essex may get started on the full project yet, or if it will remain in the same configuration as stated several years ago. No renderings have ever been released. More behind the Nashville Post paywall here: https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/germantown-site-eyed-for-project-sells-for-2-3m/article_7ea75148-08d3-11ef-b1f1-6734f1556905.html The site just purchased: The rest of the Essex site as seen from the screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map: