andywildman

I don't know how else to explain this but this post feels like "opposite day Argo"

Man I wish property rights were strong enough that what nearby residents think of the aesthetics of a couple new builds was unimportant.

There's no ban or prohibition on it. But it's not a priority for Amtrak's shorter routes (which include Nashville-to-Atlanta and Nashville-to-Memphis). Amtrak's long-distance studies are looking at those bigger routes that will require Nashville-to-Louisville connections. https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/fra-releases-long-distance-study-interim-report-invites-comments/

I know this is a huge departure from what's currently there, but this doesn't feel nearly ambitious enough.

Fewer skybridges make for a better city. They pull humans / humanity out of the streetscape, leading to less interaction with neighboring parcels & uses.

Real transit alternatives for the 47,000 daily commuters from Rutherford to Davidson and the 41,000 daily commuters from Williamson to Davidson. Commuter rail is a tough sell because those counties are so sprawled; park and rides would be a must in the burbs, but real commuter rail on CSX tracks to Franklin and Murfreesboro would go a long way.

Old-school billionaire exec just spouting off plans before they've been finalized, run through the company's expensive communications department, syncronized with local governments. Makes me think plans aren't close to finalized, still years out.

Don, you have a deal, with the condition that the State auctions off one parking lot parcel with 15+ story height allowances.

Man I love forums. Social media just doesn't deliver the years-long popcorn-ready back-and-forth that forums do. Also is 1010 Church the final name? It's a fun callback to 505 but feels a little uninspired for a new tallest.

lol Tennessean "Grand Rapids, Missouri"

I think this sentiment is the crux of the housing cost issue in hot cities like Nashville. Developers building cool new buildings is fine in downtowns and on corridors (and encouraged on a site like this!), but new and bigger buildings are verboten anywhere there are already single family homes. It's like an unspoken contract. This country has built that expectation in all of us since the FHA started building suburbia in the 1940s, and the voting power of the homeowner-class is larger than that of the renter-class in most cities, so politicians have little incentive to change the status quo, even as neighborhoods get pricier and pricier (lucky for me as a homeowner; lousy for the Gen Z 20-somethings I work with who can't break into the market). Meanwhile, family-sized homes and neighborhoods close to the city & nearby to jobs become ever more expensive due to limited supply and growing demand. Not saying we have to build Logan Circle townhomes everywhere in Nashville, but it's kinda BS that neighborhoods like Edgefield and Hillsboro are locked into detached luxury homes when they're less than 2 miles away from a booming downtown.

So by the end of April we could be into that roughly a story per week phase?

How much more parking podium on this one?

Darn, I was already firing up my "Save the historic 'Belle Meade - ish' Taco Bell" petition.

Sounds like the answer is "sleeping it off" then?

They're proposing BRT on West End, but only out to 31st Ave (just past Vanderbilt). The current West End bus route (the 3) is only the 6th busiest in the city, behind: Murfreesboro Pike (BRT proposed) Gallatin Pike (BRT proposed) Nolensville Pike (BRT proposed) Dickerson Pike (BRT proposed) and Charlotte Pike ("Transit Priority Corridor" which I interpret to mean "Bus Lanes where there's enough right-of-way width for them, mostly inside 440).

AJ and Tony have a personal connection to Nashville (maybe an emotional connection too?). But if a developer has either a build and hold strategy or more influence over their investors than average, building through a downturn can make a lot of sense.

I always think of St Elmo when I see these garages!!

This is what sidewalks on Broadway should look like - yes or no?

I love this. No reason we shouldn't be allowing this kind of height and density in nodes all around Nashville (BMP, Green Hills as positive examples vs the low-rise redevelopment of Bellevue Center and the 3-to-5 story proposals for Hickory Hollow)

The Federal Railroad Administration released a study last month with several long-distance routes that Amtrak is looking at restoring to service. This is in addition to the short-haul routes that have been announced, studying Nashville to Memphis and Nashville to Atlanta via Chattanooga. Major routes through Nashville include Chicago-to-Miami (restoring the Floridian train service) and Detroit-to-New-Orleans, an extension of the Humming Bird route that ran from Cincinnati to New Orleans.

Huge! Hope SLC will rethink the Gallatin Road frontage to be more interactive with the street, as it will be a lot more pedestrian-friendly pending future BRT post-referendum.

Not to mention the gravitational pull of a couple thousand residences, hundreds of jobs, and a bunch of commercial space. That stretch of I-40/65 is going to continue to be a nightmare though... if I'm Williamson County, it's time to start agitating for commuter rail from Franklin & Cool Springs into the Gulch.

Somebody get Paul a cut of that sweet Mortenson money for site selection!

Still so much surface parking (and 5 story garages) that can be developed inside the downtown loop! Can't wait to see 2034's skyline