[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

Are any of you guys Supercross fans? I was watching the race in Nashville last night and they showed this outdated drone footage followed by a more up to date image. 

https://youtu.be/Gmmm-pfFTx8?si=JV_3ATb7moXi9LjA

[Huntsville Projects]

When you drive through Huntsville nowadays, it feels like you're driving through a pretty big city. It feels larger than Knoxville. Heck, it feels larger and more modern than Louisville or Indianapolis. At least, until you hit downtown coming from Decatur.

[Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs]

1947 Nashville looks a lot like modern day Clarksville. I like to see either Clarksville, Murfreesboro, or Franklin get a high rise.

[1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million]

This hole, you guys. The anticipation is killing me. When will the tower ever begin?

[Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries]

Hey Kevin, you posted those pics in the correct thread. Sorry, bud.

But I'm really interested in people's thoughts on the question Ron asked about who will benefit from Blue Oval. Maybe Ron can move the question to another thread where the question can't get derailed as easily? 

[Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries]

Before this thread was hi-jacked and for some random reason we had statistics about durham shoved into our faces, we were talking about who benefits the most from Blue Oval City. I'd like to hear other's opinions. Please and Thank You!

[Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries]

I think the distance to both cities is a bit of a stretch. When you look at Toyota in Georgetown, ky. It definitely benefited Lexington which is 18 miles from the plant. But Scott county which Georgetown resides, was a nothing county before the plant and now is the fastest growing county in the state. Jackson is 44 miles, and Memphis is 55 miles away from Blue oval. Arlington is only 24, so it'll see benefit from the plant, but I think the real winner will be Brownsville. It's county is around the same size as Scott county, ky was before Toyota. I believe given enough time, Brownsville may grow larger than Jackson. Jackson should see some benefit and grow itself but nowhere near the rate of Brownsville.

[Travel observations and new developments of other cities and countries]

14 hours ago, Binbin98 said:

Yes, my dad and I work for a travel company and I’m a representative for them at conferences. The company is based in the UK and I’m living and working there now.

 

However I’m also visiting my cousin who lives in australia as well as some close friends here.

 Hey Binbin, you gotta get us in on this deal. I do public speaking all the time. We all here will do public speaking for a trip to London or Australia.

[1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million]

I'm really confused, has this one officially started or what is happening here? Seems like they've been clearing this spot for centuries.

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

Am I overlooking it or is four seasons not in the list?

[ST. REGIS HOTEL, 39 STORIES, 177 ROOMS, 111 CONDOS (next to JW Marriott)]

Two more photos and then I stop, I promise.

I just wanted to see what they'd look like...

[ST. REGIS HOTEL, 39 STORIES, 177 ROOMS, 111 CONDOS (next to JW Marriott)]

[ST. REGIS HOTEL, 39 STORIES, 177 ROOMS, 111 CONDOS (next to JW Marriott)]

PillowTalk, here you go:

Ha! Oops. I didn't notice before that it was leaning.

[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

• Kimball (Just because that whole region around Nickajack Lake (Kimball, South Pittsburgh, Jasper, New Hope, and Haletown) is beautiful and deserves to be discovered and this could help promote growth in the gorgeous region)

• Chattanooga

• East Ridge

• Ringgold

• Dalton

• Calhoun

• Cartersville

• Kennesaw

• Marietta

• Atlanta 

[More Accolades for Nashville]

58 minutes ago, Flatrock said:

Nashville: becoming an influential, national economic "powerhouse".

https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2023/11/14/nashville-national-economic-powerhouse-barrons?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=ORBITS%2Fmagazine%2FNashville

Positive article. Here's the negative section from the article:

Zoom in: The booming economic growth has created a quandary for Metro as the city's transportation and housing infrastructure have failed to keep up.

Thanks for representing TDOT

[1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million]

Isn't the official start of this tower supposed to be this month?

[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

Would you happily 'take the last train to Clarksville'?

[More Accolades for Nashville]

On 10/17/2023 at 8:38 AM, markhollin said:

I'm glad Tampla made the list:

 

 

[More Accolades for Nashville]

On 9/26/2023 at 10:48 AM, BnaBreaker said:

I think they'll do it justice (unlike KFC)... Hardee's/Carl's Jr. generally does pretty solid work for a drive-in fast food joint in my opinion.

I had the Nashville hot chicken biscuit from Hardee's yesterday. It obviously isn't going to compare to Hattie B's or Prince's. But I dare say it was the best chicken biscuit from a fast food chain I've ever had. And that's saying something because I really like Bojangles' chicken biscuit.  I have to state that my biscuit was pretty fresh. I imagine if you get one that's been sitting under the heat lamps a while, your experience may differ.

[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

Tdot!!! 

Can all the decision makers in tdot just be fired and replaced with people that at least graduated high school? Can that happen? Please!!!

[The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread]

That's not a turn lane. TDOT would never waste tax payer dollars on a turn lane that goes no where. They're professionals. They know what they're doing. It's a bike lane for adrenaline junkies 

[Park Place Nashville (2nd & Peabody), 36 story/433' and 32 story/375' residential towers; 18 story/234' hotel]

3 hours ago, nashville born said:

I understand this one is still caught up in legal wrangling.  So why is this demo happening?

Wait! I thought all the City Lights

was over? Or is it a different legal issue?

[New Census Definitions for 2023]

I don't know why Cleveland isn't in Chattanooga's MSA. 

I did like looking at the county numbers. Madison county is so close to 100,000 and so is Sevier county. They'll definitely be over that mark when the next census rolls around. I think Putnam county might cross it by then as well. Robertson might? make it too.

[PRIME/801 Church St. (38 stories, 456', 358 units, 2,654 sq. ft. retail, 511 capacity garage)]

42 and not 38? Does that mean the height might actually be taller than 456'? Maybe closer to 500'?

[1010 Church Street (60 story/750', 500 unit residential tower, 7 story/60,000 sq. ft. YMCA addition), $350 million]

22 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Curious about a couple things:

1. Are the big projects like Reed, Beaman and Station East being marketed in any particular way, such as offices for tech, health, HQ relocation?

2. Do you know Mr. Giarratana well enough to have a sense if he ever intends to build a version of Signature Tower? 

Caught a bit of SEC Media Days on ESPN last night. [sigh] They were showing 3-year-old video of the skyline. No Assembly Food hall and the two towers at 5+Broad. No Four Seasons! 

I LOVED! Siggy's design. It had a shorter height design at the beginning, which actually would be doable today. I'd love to see that iteration rise up.