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  1. andywildman
    The building here is being built on a property zoned "SCR", described below in the Parcel Viewer - same as the 18-story Vertis mixed-use tower. SHOPPING CENTER REGIONAL, INTENDED FOR HIGH INTENSITY RETAIL, OFFICE, AND CONSUMER SERVICE USES FOR A REGIONAL MARKET AREA. Could any of the other "SCR" zoned properties highlighted in red in the screenshot below be built up to 18-22 stories? Or is there some contextual component to the height/density allowed on these parcels? (I'd love to see Nolensville pike get some 20-story mixed-use towers at Harding & at Old Hickory.)
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    Nah, just an opportunity to turn the Polk building into another surface lot in a couple years when TPAC moves.
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    Hundreds of people, maybe a dozen non-police cars, and yet 3x the space for vehicles than people.
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    Good points, @Luvemtall... I think that if growth is the priority, consolidation is clearly better, as it enables the more cohesive partnership. If preservation of the status quo is the priority, then having a more fractured government structure feels like an advantage. The folks in Lebanon don't have to let those meddling Mt. Juliet newcomers intrude in their traditional way of life haha.
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    Went to Hunter's Station on Sunday. There's just three tenants, Hugh Baby's, Vui's, and a new Acai Bowl place. Comments in the East Nashville facebook page and the Nashville subreddit indicate that Hunter's Station owners recently jacked up rents to their tenants.
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    Forget using their massive lobbying arm to upzone Nashville, let's just subsidize demand.
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    The LC concepts are really impressive - probably the only apartment brand that actually carries any cache in my mind (unlike Haven, which has negative cred). With their on-site restaurants, they're technically mixed use - adding in a hotel next to the apartments is a logical next step in that mixed-use concept...
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    Nobody tell this guy how much the state and local governments spend on asphalt for public roads.
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    This has to be the foundation for any conversation on transit in Nashville. The demand for living in downtown/midtown/east Nashville is sky high, as evidenced by high rise apartments and sky-high rents. Successful transit requires a high density of jobs and people to be worthwhile, which means that we'd need meaningful upzoning around any light rail (and around BRT stations) to further build a ridership base. That's part of why I think the Metro plans for Hickory Hollow are so underwhelming, if we want the Crossings to be a regional center with a transit hub.
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    The biking connection for the pedestrian bridge into the east bank as illustrated here is pretty bad. A person bicycling east over the river headed towards Shelby Park would be stuck looping under the bridge pointed north, around a switch-back, and then back under the bridge headed south towards what's currently Davidson.
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    Free streetcars (for tourists & downtown residents alike) have been a boon for Cincinnati's and Kansas City's downtowns. A Broadway streetcar from the Parthenon to the Cumberland would immediately be bigger than KC's 4k/day ridership, and it would connect the East Bank (Titans) Lower Broad the CBD the Gulch Nashville Yards Midtown dealerships Vandy Centennial Park and the hospital district. Plug that into a future Murfreesboro Pike light rail, and airport tourists can do downtown Nashville without ever needing a car.
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    Has Metro or WeGo yet announced public transportation plans in the Century Farms area?
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    They're thinking too small - this area should be a hub, a major draw with significantly more housing and height, and less surface parking.
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    How much does the incoming District 5 CM know or care about this expiration and the UDO? Feels like a situation that the entirety of East Nashville would benefit from some experienced guidance.
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    Big fan of the aesthetic - mass timber with its big openings allows for a really cool neo-industrial look combining brick and big windows.
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    For the zoning/planning gurus (and councilmember) on this board, between the UDO, UZO, and MDHA that all apply to the lots, what tools does the city have to make sure this hotel development turns out more like Waymore (formerly Fieldhouse Jones) and less like 941 Main (building formerly known as Bridal Suites)?
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    Doing an annual SEC kickoff game in Nashville makes a lot of sense, and doesn't take away from conference contracts with Atlanta.
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    Yoooo that climbing tower is COOL!
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    Honestly, what a great problem to have here on this board and in this city!
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    The mountains make this far more expensive than would ever be feasible with Tennessee's relative auto dependency, but "higher speed" rail (like the ~110mph that Amtrak runs in Illinois now) would be the killer ingredient for Nashville as a train destination to Louisville, Indy, Cincy to the north, Memphis & St. Louis to the West, Birmingham & Atlanta to the South, and Chattanooga and Knoxville to the East.
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    What is March even working on these days? Feels like he's just land-banking all over East Nashville.
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    This is the best thing that the NashvilleNext general plan did for the city: it concentrated growth in downtown and midtown, building out a couple urban neighborhood or two. Still plenty of room for future projects across midtown, SoBro, East Bank. Still need a pike or two to be meaningfully upzoned to drive some mass-transit-worthy density.
  24. andywildman
    Big fan of the massing along the street at Rosa Parks. Just a straight wall up, with a handful of materials to keep it interesting.
  25. andywildman
    It's pretty, but it's clearly putting form over function (and it's a critical function: pedestrian & bicycle access over the river on the north side of downtown to East Nashville). It's a shame that pedestrian paths and bridges get these long, looping, indirect routes... Can you imagine building a car bridge with excess and unnecessary distance?
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