[Inside 440 - Berry Hill, Midtown, Vanderbilt, 12S, WeHo, Fairgrounds, etc.]

On 9/20/2022 at 1:10 PM, smeagolsfree said:

I hope you are being funny!  Again if developers do not have to put parking in, they will not do it.

Do you mean this from a financial perspective or from parking mandates? It still seems like developers are extremely hesitant to not provide ample parking with their projects even in the areas where they are not mandated to do so. 

[Inside 440 - Berry Hill, Midtown, Vanderbilt, 12S, WeHo, Fairgrounds, etc.]

20 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

Hmm the info I see doesn’t say how much parking. Is it egregious or something?

Parking on the project is 108 spots (3 are zip car spaces) for 129 homes. There were originally more homes and they didn't reduce the parking all that much when they took away the extra two floors of height. When we had a community meeting on it we also got them to use some of the first floor parking area for flex space and retail which felt like a win. 

Here is Colby's letter to Planning Commission on that project - 

 

"Planning Commissioners,

 

Thank you for your service. I ask that you disapprove 2021SP-097-001, as its use and location do not justify additional height under the Wedgewood-Houston/Chestnut Hill Study Plan. Further, it is absurdly overparked for a parcel that qualifies for no parking minimums.

 

I am strongly opposed to this application and have told the applicant this for the better part of two years, and yet they have made no significant modifications. I will be out of town for this hearing next week, so I will not be able to attend, but please use this email as my position.

 

Thanks,

 

Colby"

[801 Monroe (10, 5, & 4 stories, 206 residential units, w/ ground level retail and internal garage)]

2 hours ago, downtownresident said:

You can thank the neighborhood for this one. 

It would help if planning heard more comments from people to support projects like this. 

[Nashville Yards, 15 acres/4 million sq. ft./ $1 billion, Phase I: Grand Hyatt Hotel (25 stories), Phase II: Amazon (26 & 22 stories), Phase III: AEG District (4 K theater, 34 & 35 story apts); Phase IV: Pinnacle Tower (35 stories), Amazon 3 (43)]

2 hours ago, samsonh said:

Great buildings but SO MUCH PARKING!

Agree. Wonder how much of this is needed vs how much of this is using the bonus height program 

[Inside 440 - Berry Hill, Midtown, Vanderbilt, 12S, WeHo, Fairgrounds, etc.]

On 1/25/2022 at 5:27 PM, downtownresident said:

He’s definitely been very effective on the legislative side, just wish he would take a more pragmatic tone when discussing development. “Kick rocks” is certainly counter-productive if the goal is to sit down and negotiate with someone. I feel as though Freddie O’Connell strikes a nice balance with these sorts of things. 

I think it's ok to not take twitter so serious and it is a good thing for a CM to publicly show support for their constituents. Freddie does a great job as well. Hope to see them both continue on in city leadership after their terms. 

[Inside 440 - Berry Hill, Midtown, Vanderbilt, 12S, WeHo, Fairgrounds, etc.]

4 hours ago, downtownresident said:

Colby is positioning himself for a county wide election, imo. 

Was able to get bills to remove parking minimums on multimodal corridors, upzoned most of the neighborhood via a UDO, doubled the funding going to affordable housing via ARP funds. Would be very happy if he ended up at-large. 

[Inside 440 - Berry Hill, Midtown, Vanderbilt, 12S, WeHo, Fairgrounds, etc.]

15 hours ago, Bos2Nash said:

The WeHo-Chestnut Hill Overlay hits the mobile home parcel as well so that will certainly play a factor.  The parcel falls in the Merritt Southgate district of the Overlay which allows 3 floors at 45' by right and an additional 4th floor by special exception. You can see other bulk standard criteria below.

I think this came up a few times during the overlay process. It felt very much like we know this is going to get developed but we want this to be as contiguous as possible for now and when a new owner comes in they can request the SP. The study before starting the UDO also talked about activating intersections which did not fully make it into the rest of the UDO. This will be a chance to meet that intent I am sure. 

[North Edgehill Gardens (8 & 6 stories), 550 residential units, 200 hotel rooms, 390,000 sq. ft. office space, 15,000 sq. ft. retail/restaurant space, 6.8 acres, Beaman Motors Hawkins St. site]

15 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

It past with these stipulations 

Conditions:

 

8 stories if no grocery store or urban retailer  is not found Bldgs A & B 

 

9 stories if grocery stores lease is found bldgs A & B

 

18,000 sq ft  or better at 12th & Hawkins (bldg E) retailer must go in this building.

 

All parking under ground

 

Vote 1 no vote

I didn't know we had height bonuses for grocery stores but I'm ok with that precedent. :-) 

[North Edgehill Gardens (8 & 6 stories), 550 residential units, 200 hotel rooms, 390,000 sq. ft. office space, 15,000 sq. ft. retail/restaurant space, 6.8 acres, Beaman Motors Hawkins St. site]

3 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

my complaint is the facade is ugly. 

We are in a growing city with big affordability/gentrification issues... Nashville will never be affordable and you will be priced out of your neighborhood if you are denying 9 story buildings over height/traffic concerns. 

I think some of the loudest people on this one that I have experienced are not the ones with any concern on being priced out of the neighborhood. 

[North Edgehill Gardens (8 & 6 stories), 550 residential units, 200 hotel rooms, 390,000 sq. ft. office space, 15,000 sq. ft. retail/restaurant space, 6.8 acres, Beaman Motors Hawkins St. site]

5 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

I have no idea why this project has so much public backlash. 

It is a mixture of the usual NIMBY concerns -Planning Commission Opposition Comments in regards to height and development in general and then concerns around not having affordability targets in the SP. 

[North Edgehill Gardens (8 & 6 stories), 550 residential units, 200 hotel rooms, 390,000 sq. ft. office space, 15,000 sq. ft. retail/restaurant space, 6.8 acres, Beaman Motors Hawkins St. site]

Anybody get a chance to see the planning commission discussion last night? They were presenting on either an 8 story or 9 story option. 

[Davidson Southeast: Antioch, Century Farms, East of Brentwood]

7 hours ago, geoephemera said:

I have wondered what is next for the row of houses demolished on the 1600 block of Martin Street, but I haven't seen what may be coming next in that area. I was hoping they would build up close to the street, create an alley on the backside of the lots,  avoid roadside ditch parking like on the northwest corner of Martin & Moore, & add sidewalks. I'm hoping the neighborhood doesn't get problems like on Carvell Avenue or the roadside ditch parking along Martin Street. Martin has been too busy for vehicles sitting partially in the street, especially now that truck traffic keeps increasing to deliver materials to the bigger developments in Wedgewood Houston. That area could handle curbside parking spaces like at Hamilton + Martin or around the Finery, just not vehicles straddling the ditch & road.

 

The maps available with Metro seem to indicate that the house plans have already been determined. I know it is a smaller project & may be separate developers on each lot. Does anyone know more about what is being built there?

At the last SNAP meeting the board mentioned that the developers were looking to start working with the community and soliciting input on it.