Rlooper

January 27

10 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

Morning all, remember this is very early in the stages of the game. Really nothing to get upset or excited over yet. We have no idea what it will look like or function like.

During the meeting Mendes did note that if they were going to approve it today this is what it would look like. I’d be surprised to see them beef the MCM back up, it would increase the cost significantly.

October 23, 2023

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

CityNowNext has a feature on Prima Tower that includes some updated construction pics and renderings:

https://citynownext.com/2023/10/23/progress-at-prima-the-16-story-apartment-tower-in-the-nashville-gulch/

Had to update the renderings, the office tower is shorter.

October 18, 2023

On 10/6/2023 at 3:48 PM, CandyAisles said:

Pool is tiled and has water in it…some of these pics are from weeks ago it would appear.

Yea, I took the photos but they wanted to wait for the furniture install to be completed. They aren’t more than a month off.

July 13, 2023

5 hours ago, markhollin said:

The build-out is underway for the four Penthouses on the 32nd and 33rd floors at Broadwest's Conrad Hilton Hotel and Condos. The largest at 3,455 sq. ft. will have a $5.9 million price tag.

More at CityNowNext here:

https://citynownext.com/2023/07/13/5-9-million-new-construction-penthouse-coming-to-market-at-broadwest-in-nashville/#more-33695

Here are some renderings and a diagram:

$5.9 Million is for the featured unit. I didn't list the price for the other units (by request). However they anticipate the largest will go for $7.6 Million.

June 15, 2023

10 hours ago, markhollin said:

11N will be a 3 tower residential development of 47 stories (525'), 28 stories (313'), and 29 stories (311') featuring 1,475 total units, plus 40,000 sq. ft. of retail and 41,600 sq. ft. of greenway/park space. Internal garages will hold 1,870 cars. The total land space is 5.14 acres bordered by Church Street Viaduct on the south, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (Charlotte Ave.) on the north, 11 North Apartment complex on the west, and the CSX tracks on the east. The current site is all surface parking and undeveloped space.

The Greenway space will also include a large plaza underneath the Church Street Viaduct.

Of note: the largest tower will actually be 567' above grade, as there is a 42' section from ground level before reaching the Church Street Viaduct official entrance level.

It is a partnership development by Portman Holdings and National Real Estate Advisors. Hastings Architecture is in charge of design; Barge Civil Assoc. is overseeing engineering/land planning; Hawkins Partners is landscape architect.

The project may have a total of ten years to roll out in phases.

There is a possibility of a 16 story office structure going on the Grainger site--but it is only hinted at in one of the diagrams.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/north-gulch-site-eyed-for-three-high-rises/article_1b35e116-0af4-11ee-b950-b7813891e2bd.html

I'm about 75% getting through the details, will publish tomorrow. Its a great project I applaud them switching up the architecture for the towers although one looks like a sideways peabody plaza. However, I like Hastings' design language I'm sure it will be a stunner in person. There is some "artistic licensing" ( making it work in the picture) on the renderings which dont quite fit in real life but I did the best I could lol, especially given its a scan.

May 9, 2023

22 hours ago, GregH said:

I stayed at Citizen M in Manhattan last summer. The room was indeed quite small but it did have a king taking up the whole room width up against the window. I think they're trying to provide a boutique-y experience at a slightly lower cost in expensive markets.

I stayed there as well, it caught me off guard initially but it was one of the nicest and most comfortable I've stayed in. Felt like I was in a bed fort lol but it was a really cool experience. Nothing cheap about it.

March 18, 2023

4 hours ago, UrbanWes03 said:

I mean honestly you're right it's not like it takes hours to post these things lol

And thanks for passing things along to RL. I look forward to talking with you more Rob! If you have any questions about anything Knoxville related just lmk and I'll be glad to help figure it out.

Since Nashville has essentially come to a temporary halt I have had time to research other municipality databases; I appreciate that Knoxville is trying to make it more accessible. Let's talk, I need to build my Knoxville projects page and could use an extra person. The Zoning Page is pretty easy to work through, their new permit page keeps crashing.

March 18, 2023

23 hours ago, UrbanWes03 said:

Subtext Living is planning Verve Knoxville, a 151 ft, 14 story, 128 unit/508 bed student living building at 1915 Lake Ave. There will be 9 levels of residential over a 6 level parking garage, with walk out units along Lake Ave. "There will also be 11,700 sf of interior leasing and amenities, as well as 6,600 sf of outdoor amenities including a pool located on the top of the podium." Dynamik Design is the architect.

Board of Zoning Appeals Packet: https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_109478/File/Boards/zoningappeals/packets/2023/1G23VA.pdf

Images Courtesy of the Board of Zoning Appeals:

Massing of the Verve, Hub on Campus (CORE), and Union (Greystar) apartment projects when fully built out. These google earth images don't include recently completed apartment projects, so Cumberland Ave. will be even denser than these images display!

Great job Wes!

March 6, 2023

40 minutes ago, markhollin said:

CityNowNext has coverage of the announcement:

https://citynownext.com/2023/03/06/14-story-hotel-proposed-on-lafayette-street-in-downtown-nashville/

I updated my article confirming the hotel brand as Element Hotels and also was able to snag the Hi-res renderings.

March 1, 2023

13 hours ago, citywatcher said:

Great Article; however, they didn't mention much about the West End, Church Street area. Every building mentioned was on the eastern side of the 65/40 loop.

I initially wanted to do both but it would have been way to long. As soon as I get a scoop (new renderings) on Reed or Beaman, I'll do the midtown feature!

February 2, 2023

5 hours ago, Argo said:

On the blue areas of the diagram labeled retail their is a word that underneath the number of square feet of the space. The word is difficult to make out because of its small print. Does that mean that those areas are consolidated for a particular stores or that they can be broken down so that multiple stores can occupy each of those sections?

In the article I zoom in on both the blue and red areas. The blue areas are demisable which means that one retailer can take the whole thing or multiple retailers can have smaller spaces based on the number of retail areas shown.

February 1, 2023

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

Based on what I am seeing here, the idea of a REI flagship store is not in the cards. Those stores are around 100k Sq Ft. Nothing near that here. So, we can continue to dream on about any type of big box or flagship store at this location.

At some point the developers of these large Nashville projects are going to have to think outside the box and plan on large retailers somewhere in the downtown area. We may have to wait for the Eastbank to develop for that to happen. Right now, we have not seen a developer yet that has had the fortitude or the gonads to take the chance. They are all focused on small boutique retail space.

Yea I believe they are targeting clothing stores and restaurants.

January 26, 2023

On 1/24/2023 at 1:40 PM, markhollin said:

Keep up the tremendous work, Robert. Will see you tonight at the kick-off. : )

Thanks Mark, it was so great to have you there!

19 hours ago, UrbanWes03 said:

Congrats, especially with that shoutout from the mayor!!! Your work is some of the best and I love those sliders and the way you show how a project will look in the real world! I know that’s hard work but it’s payed off and we’re forever grateful for it! And who knows, maybe one day you can start a Knoxville Now Next for us Knoxvilians haha. Again, congratulations!

I have a couple of Knoxville projects I'm following, if you know of more please share and we'll grow the market!

11 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

There seemed to be between 200 & 250 folks at the kickoff event for City Now Next last night. A very strong showing for Robert, with Me, Mark, Craig, Coleman, William all attending with a lot of UP lurkers I found it seems. Many Heavy hitters in the industry there along with folks from Somera Road Meg Epstein with CA South, Ray Hensler, Reps from Mainland, Clark Construction, numerous architecture firms, reps from Huntsville, and the folks with Urban Story Ventures doing The Bend Project in Chattanooga were there as well. That is a huge 120-acre project on the river there. Chattanooga Puts The Southeast On Notice With 120+Acre Megaproject – The Bend. – Nashville Now Next

I was very pleased with the turn out and was blown away when they said that was the most engaged article they've ever had.

January 26, 2023

9 hours ago, BNAfan said:

Congratulations, Robert! So glad you are seeing success from all your quality work! Cheers!!

Thanks!

On 1/24/2023 at 12:38 PM, smeagolsfree said:

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that tonight is a special night for Robert Looper & Nashville Now Next as he is kicking off his City Now Next event. Lots of folks from the development and real-estate industry will be at this RSVP event and we all just want to wish Robert the best of luck and well wishes on this new venture.

I just wanted to start a new thread as a way to wish him luck and encouragement and to let him know that if he needs anything from any of us that I think the feeling is mutual to call on us and we will be here for him!!!!!!!!!!!

I do know he is kicking off Chattanooga Now Next and Huntsville Now Next as well. I think as a matter of support we need to post his info on those UP pages and also encourage readership on those pages as well.

I am very excited for Robert as I know all of you are too. If you have never met Robert, come to the meets and you will meet an amazing person.

Good Luck Robert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Ron, this means so much and made me so happy to see you and some of the crew their to support me as you have since I started.

On 1/24/2023 at 12:44 PM, donNdonelson2 said:

Robert, I’ve enjoyed your work on Nashville Now Next and send best regards for continued success as your business model expands to other markets!

Thank you and working on a business model that can incentivize folks to contribute to the site with their content and knowledge.

January 14, 2023

On 1/12/2023 at 3:53 PM, MLBrumby said:

I'll take this oppty to mention that Robert Looper does an excellent job with his NNN site. Lots of good stuff there, and they make the effort to give a full situational explanation about the projects they highlight. https://nashvillenownext.com/

Thank you so much for that! I truly appreciate it.

January 4, 2023

1 hour ago, bnacincy said:

Perhaps they ought to tear down the little office buildings across Harding Rd from Belle Meade Plaza and put the Kroger there. Then the folks in the new development and in the apartments behind could just walk to Kroger.

Parking I think there would be a lot easier too.

I spoke with a couple of older residents at the Starbucks this morning, apparently Kroger has a new location they missed the community meeting but heard from others.

November 14, 2022

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

NashvilleNowNext's coverage of the Station East announcement:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2022/11/14/developer-moves-forward-with-massive-east-bank-development-in-nashville/

I updated the map EB Map. The correct version didn't upload properly for some reason.

November 14, 2022

20 minutes ago, UrbanWes03 said:

Such a great job with this one@Rlooper! The way you cut out the backgrounds in those perspective shots to show how the new dev will look with the current skyline looks incredible! Well done as always

Thanks and much appreciated. My fingertips damn near fell off yesterday getting the footage lol; I am really enjoying the evolution of the sliders personally.

October 17, 2022

34 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Robert, I see Nashville as being in a unique situation at a very unique time in history, much like Dallas in the late 1970s.

I've been to every large and midsize northeastern and midwestern city. Some are doing very well. Some are just living off the fumes of their very large size and historical legacy while many are really hitting hard times. Growth-wise, the majority are standing still. I see that as a result of several things that Nashville has a unique opportunity to capitalize on.

1. Nashville at this time is at a "sweet spot" that Richard Florida describes at around 2-2.5 million in metro area population with a strong legacy core.

2. Nashville has a central location which is beneficial to logistics, which has been elevated in importance now after the pandemic.

3. Nashville is not close to any other major metro area (over 3 million) and for that reason is being granted by default the leadership "hub" recognition of a region that has recently been discovered and is now seeing high growth.

4. Nashville has a legacy creative community (by virtue of its music and publishing industry), and with its 80,000 college students. The new economy is largely dependent on a creative population.

5. Nashville has had several boomlets over the past 40 years that were arrested by some larger (usually national economy) force. Now the city has a critical mass, and while it may be slowed a bit by national forces, it will be one of the metro areas that will withstand national downturns.

6. Nashville has benefited, and will continue to do so, from wealth fleeing other mismanaged states, which the pandemic highlighted with the glaring comparisons between those states shut-down completely and those that were opened fully or partially.

7. Nashville is an extremely attractive city in an extremely attractive region. People who visit there are taken aback at the beauty and the thriving clean city they see. The airport numbers show the sharp rise in pax over the past few years. That will continue indefinitely.

That's my take at a glance... from the Goodyear blimp.

Thats a good observation and I agree about the boomlets over the years, which can also be seen in the architecture, and honestly may not be the worse way to grow in some regards. I think one factor that's relatively new is the regulation (or lack there of) around STRs. I think there is a place for them, however in Nashville its a Haven. While in DC, the great development boom thats still happening, resulted in new people in and around the downtown core.
The wealth thats fleeing other places is being invested in Nashville which is different than large swaths of people migrating here and activating the central core outside of tourism. Those who are migrating are heading to Franklin, Wilco, Murfreesboro & Antioch ( not in that order). I believe a lot of it is contributed to the type of multifamily product we have Downtown; and of course the obvious is mass transit. At this rate we are going to end up creating clear and obvious boundaries of wealth and working class if we are only looking at WeGo bus service to tie it all together. So I guess all im trying to say is a mix of building types downtown will provide greater access for more people given the circumstance.

October 17, 2022

I now look at the entire Nashville Region objectively. There really isnt a comparison based on the unique conditions(or lack there of) of this area and in this state. As a bourgeoning insider I hope we don't neglect "the middle" that other cities have during their eras of growth. In the midst of a boom like this, you gotta have something that is eventually attainable by your citizens.

August 18, 2022

On 8/17/2022 at 10:15 AM, nashville born said:

@Rlooperexcellent work, as per usual! And this one right here got me SO hyped. I need every one of those projects. It would be like the old Maxwell House commercials said, good to the last drop!

Thanks, much appreciated!

June 6, 2022

Lol hey for what its worth I had slides planned, however, my photo angles were off and only had one time to capture the footage. Also if you look closely at the picture of the top of the building, you can see a reflection of Moscow in the windows. The rendering wasnt really to scale for Nashville, thats why they redrew the surrounding buildings from scratch.

Well it looks like it could be Moscow but it sure isn't Nashville lol.

April 18, 2022

For an area that was basically industrial, & commercial & only recently branded as neighborhood, not sure we can really draw hard lines lol. I don't even think the initial developer/owners expected this lol.

March 11, 2022

That is a very large and conspicuous location to operate without permits...

November 3, 2021

@smeagolsfreeyou are correct. The overlay is due to market conditions... contingencies on real estate transactions for the time to rezone are becoming more slim; going with a wholesale overlay vs multiple SPs will allow a developer(s) to close a lot quicker although its more expensive. We can trade info. Although you may know more than me.

And... developers know Media in Nash is sophisticated and "on the prowl" they want to engage with the community before we find it and release to the public. I'm on a board so I've been told plans but try to respect their wishes and not share prematurely.

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