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  1. NashWellington11
    Probably those BEAUTIFUL (but likely very tindery and dry) wood support columns and beams... If so, it is going to take a lot of $$$$ to make the building structurally sound again. Hopefully not too much $$$$ that it kills the profitability of the development.
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    So the reward for the developers of SunTrust Plaza for paying the extra to bury its parking and building a more modestly scaled building in deference to the Ryman is... Now your tenants can all stare at a GIANT parking garage that is as tall as your office "tower".
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    But of course any crown is better than the rusty steel beams on top of the Polk state office building. For the first 5 years I lived here I thought it was under construction. You can imagine my shock and disappointment when I found out it was completed in 1981 and it was designed that way.
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    Why not? Millions of dollars are spent to build and widen roads to save car commuters 5-10 minutes all the time. Also, as I already mentioned above, I think the bridge would actually be used more by people in SoBro heading to the Gulch instead of the other way around. You're right that the Gulch is one of the few truly urban neighborhoods, and as other areas like SoBro grow with residents, they will need to access the Gulch's amenities until their own neighborhoods are fully developed with retail, full service restaurants, gyms, etc. instead of being geared to the 9-5 business crowd and/or convention-goers/tourists/special events. As for the number of people it will service, that can be a slippery slope. I can assure you more people will use this than some of the roads are used in the outer areas of the county.
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    While I agree that the Pinnacle has its handsome moments, my opinion of it has actually declined over the years. Generally, its massing and lighting look a bit off. It seems short and squatty for how grand and high-end of a look they were going for with the materials and the taper up to the crown. It would look great if it were about 100ft taller and then had that taper and crown. Also, the way they light it is... weird. The crown is lit (very brightly) from within, but the accent lighting on the rest of the exterior is very dim or non-existent. As a result, you lose the grand taper effect at night and the crown just looks like a giant floating glowing box in the sky .
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    Here is the Vandy website re: the Greenway: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/futurevu/framework/greenway/
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    Started pouring the deck of the 9th floor this morning and interior framing has started on lower floors. Once they finish 9th floor slab, just have 9th floor columns and roof left to be topped out and done with concrete.
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    Thanks for the update! While there is no full rendering yet, the developer has submitted two drawings showing the elevations with a rough idea of what this will look like:
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    Some updates from my walk along 2nd Ave S. this AM:
  10. NashWellington11
    Some pics from Demonbreun this evening. Glass curtain wall on the residential tower is progressing with 11-ish floors to go. Steel frame for the office tower is now two floors up on top of the parking pedestal.
  11. NashWellington11
    Agreed. It is such a prominent intersection and will be one of the first things people see when they are heading downtown. It is made even more unfortunate in that it is going to be VERY visible for the foreseeable future. If it was on a blank wall abutting an undeveloped site that could later cover it or at a less prominent intersection, I would be less outraged. We will all be staring at this hideous thing for decades!
  12. NashWellington11
    OMG! How did I miss this? That mural is hideous! Someone please tell me Metro had the good sense to send them back to the drawing board. Via the Nashville Post: Update: Unfortunately (but unsurprisingly) the powers that be at Metro have no taste (or eyes for that matter) and allowed it. See approval here.
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    There was a Fuddruckers on the corner and also a thai restaurant called Salathai in a seperate building with parking between them. They were both torn down to build the current strip and TGI Fridays was the original occupant of that corner store front where DGX is now.
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    With the way the areas have developed in the past 5 years I think if the pedestrian bridge is built it would be used more by people in SoBro heading to the Gulch instead of for its original purpose of linking residents in the Gulch to SoBro. As someone who works in and also lives near SoBro, I go to the Gulch far more often to meet up with friends who live there or clients who work there, than they come to me in SoBro. The Gulch is a much more established and fully fleshed-out neighborhood, especially for residents (retail, full service restaurants, gyms, etc.), while SoBro is heavily catered to the 9-5 business crowd and/or convention-goers/tourists/special events.
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    Agreed. The car dealerships plus this hole in the ground have made this very well-traveled part of Broadway/West End feel dead for so long. Seeing this area activated will be very exciting. Between this and Endeavor, these tall buildings are filling in parts of a huge gap between downtown and midtown.
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    That wall is not affected by the construction of the dorms replacing Carmichael Towers and there is nothing in Vanderbilt's College Halls plan to suggest it is going anywhere.
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    You are right as to these particular lines. I assume the city's strategy is to wait for that area to be more developed before forking over the money to bury them and/or waiting for a developer to bury them. Otherwise, they risk having to dig them up to be moved again. Also, these being on new metal poles look much better than most of the above ground lines around the city.
  18. NashWellington11
    No need to apologize for the power lines... Nashville has come a long way but those power lines blocking the view are just a reminder that one of these days the city will need to focus on less glamorous basic infrastructure like burying these power lines, fixing roads, and repairing/installing sidewalks. I know KVB has an unusual amount of heavy truck traffic right now because of all of the construction but even so the pavement and sidewalks are in embarrassing shape on some parts. You would never know the whole street is as new as it is. I hope this flyover looks better in 10 years than KVB does right now. I just keep thinking if Nashville can't get its act together to prioritize basics like fixing and filling in gaps in its infrastructure, paying its teachers and first responders, etc. during a boom time like this, then when (if ever) are those things going to be a priority? During a recession? Not likely. (Note: This is not meant to be political or to get into a policy debate AT ALL. So please do not take it the wrong way.)
  19. NashWellington11
    Looks like they may have some glazing issues with a few of their windows. Two of the more recently installed ones look noticeably different from the rest. I checked them from different angles at different times of day to make sure I wasn't going crazy. They look off no matter how or when you look at them. Since this is such a well designed building for a luxury hotel brand, I assume they will catch it (if they haven't already) and fix it. If it were any of the other generic infill hotels on this block I wouldn't have the same confidence. .
  20. NashWellington11
    Agreed. Once the Tower 1 core gets going a bit more, this thing is going to go up quick. Steel goes up pretty fast. And office is inherently faster because there are fewer interior walls and there aren't hundreds of bathrooms and kitchens to rough in like there are in hotel/residential. This may not catch up and top out before the Grand Hyatt, but I expect they will open a lot closer to each other than most would expect. Here is the core this morning. Working on 2nd floor.
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    Took this today. Still not 100% sure what they are doing on the upper portion. I keep thinking each step of siding/insulation/stucco is the finished product but I have been wrong too many times to count at this point.
  22. NashWellington11
    Taken this afternoon. They have one floor to go facing KVB (which will be tall like the floor below it) so overall, this should end up being roughly the same height as the tri-branded hotel next door.
  23. NashWellington11
    At a minimum I would hope they make them keep the front facade. Even if that is the wall that is structurally unsound, it can be stabilized and integrated into the new building. They can even move the facade over a bit to one side or the other to maximize the building they are putting up. They have done a lot of this in DC in many of the areas with old historic row houses and old warehouses much like the Trail West building. Here's one recent DC example at 655 New York Ave. The historic buildings were dispersed throughout the block. On some they saved the whole buildings but on others only the facade was salvageable. They picked up and moved a few of them to group them together in certain parts of the block. Before: During: After:
  24. NashWellington11
    True. But the number of stories is only one of many factors that affect how much a building costs to construct. Floor plate size, steel/reinforced concrete, underground parking, site specific factors, etc. all play a role. Just because Amazon is spending $75 million more than the Gulch Union tower and both are the same height does not mean Amazon is being extravagant, it just means that they are spending more money. There could be any number of reasons why. In Amazon's case, they are building the base for Tower 2 (parking garage) at the same time as they are building Tower 1. The $175 million loan most likely covers both Tower 1 and the base for Tower 2.
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    $175 million is about right. It is certainly not anything over the top for a building like this. Asurion's new HQ is estimated to cost $285 million. [Source] Pinnacle at Symphony Place sold in 2013 for $152 million. [Source] Fifth Third Center sold in 2017 for $120 million. [Source]
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