[Storyville Gardens]

3 minutes ago, go_outside said:

Storyville Gardens developers are targeting a property between Interstate 40 and U.S. highways 231 and 70 in Lebanon. From the Nashville Business Journal:

G.C. Hixson, executive director of the Joint Economic & Community Development Board of Wilson County, said Monday it's his understanding that developers are targeting a property dubbed "Cumberland Center" between Interstate 40 and U.S. highways 231 and 70.

LoopNet lists the land as being under contract. It's unclear if other sites or locations are also under consideration for the park.

The Cumberland Center land spans 132 acres and fronts I-40 for nearly a mile, according to the LoopNet listing. Steve Moor and Danny Hale, brokers at Hendersonville-based Halo Realty, are handling marketing efforts. Moor declined to comment for the story, and an attempt to reach Hale on Monday afternoon was not immediately successful. The site is listed for $12 million.

Wow that's like IN Lebanon, not just near it. My rough Google Maps-estimate says that's around 100 acres, about the same size as Disneyland. 

[Modera McGavock (formerly Hotel Broadway plan), 29 stories/325', 400 residential units, 16,000 sq. ft. restaurant/retail]

The whole thing should be flipped/mirrored in some way, in my opinion. Currently they have the terraces and retail lobby staring down 14 lanes of highway and frontage road. 

 

[Inner Loop - CBD, Downtown, East Bank, Germantown, Gulch, Rutledge]

5 hours ago, Brit_in_Gtown said:

Bottom line is that they are not going anywhere, no matter what is highest and best use for their land.

I can't decide my opinion on this, it feels like the classic "unstoppable force meets immovable object." Given the record-breaking deal this week at 10th and Lea that pushed $20MM/acre, and the Rescue Mission's campus being just over 5 acres, they could easily push $100MM+ for that lot, especially as the roundabout projects fill out. On the other hand, their mission relies on being close to the population they serve, who hang around downtown. Maybe they could cut some deal where they consolidate onto a site with a smaller footprint, I'm not sure. But it definitely feels like a 9-figure check could sway some opinions.

[More Accolades for Nashville]

28 minutes ago, Armacing said:

Yeah, I am right.  And you shouldn't let one financial difficulty cause you to throw up your hands in despair and embrace socialism.  There are a million things I would like to buy that I can't afford, but you don't see me saying "I'm done with the free market!  Let's take everyone's rights and property so that I can get what I want!".  ...Because I know where that train leads and it is not a beautiful utopia where I get more stuff, it's a dismal land of suffering where everyone (including me) has less.

In my opinion this relies on a misrepresentation of the real estate market - it really isn't much of a free market. The government, for a given lot, has said "you can't build this, you can't build that, we don't want anything like this, etc." That's inherently not a free market. I understand why we have these rules and regulations, there should definitely be some planning and direction for land use. But in my opinion the solution is to make the real estate market MORE of a free market. Allow developers to build taller, denser, higher-ROI projects that'll make their financers happy and provide more supply for the neighborhood. Their may be the occasional embarrassment *cough cough HAVEN cough* but I think the rewards far outweigh the risks.

[Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs]

1 hour ago, Native said:

Here are two shots taken while I was waiting at the light at 12th and Demonbreun yesterday.  This part of town is really changing fast.

Got curious so I looked at this on Google Streetview. Here's the first picture compared to April of '09. Pinnacle is still under construction in the background.

[PRIME/801 Church St. (38 stories, 456', 358 units, 2,654 sq. ft. retail, 511 capacity garage)]

View from 9th Ave N. Slowly but surely rising out of the pit. 

[Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs]

Prime, Alcove, Nashville Yards, 1010 Church Street, 1200 Broadway. 
 

This view was empty five years ago and will be a cornerstone of downtown five years from now. 

[Broadview at Vanderbilt/Vandy Graduate & Professional Student Village (10 and 7 stories, 615 beds, ground level retail, underground garage)]

10 hours ago, AdamWard said:

As far as taking a looking at as a private complex. It truly isn't awful in any way, this is a hard viewpoint to see what this does on a metropolitan scale. Truly it very https://www.rushessay.com/laboratory_report.php well may be taller for you stature aficionados), however, tallness doesn't approach metropolitan, particularly around the college that doesn't have a huge overflow of tallness outside the emergency clinic. I might want to see somewhat more material variety, however it is suggestive of West Village at Northeastern University and Harrison Ave in Boston's Ink Block region.

Welcome to the board Adam!

In my opinion, street level activation is much more important that height for projects like this, and I think this one will do a decent job of that. I totally agree about the material variety - I'm not sure if it's a hard and fast rule for Vandy but they sure do like to stick with the "collegiate looking" red brick with some neoclassical elements mixed in. I think one benefit this project will get is that it'll definitely look like a distinctly Vanderbilt building despite not directly being part of the campus, even if that is at the sacrifice of a more interesting exterior.

[New Titans Stadium (60,000 capacity dome, ground level retail, directly east of Nissan Stadium)]

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/mayor-cooper-says-titans-are-responsible-for-costs-of-new-stadium

"Mayor Cooper says Titans are responsible for costs of new stadium"

Seems like the deal is still being worked out but Cooper is at least publicly taking the stance that no taxpayer money will be used. Not sure if that covers issued bonds, though. 

[Davidson West: Bellevue, Bordeaux, Green Hills, MetroCenter, Nations, N Nashville]

9 minutes ago, ThunderOne said:

I was just thinking you'd have to have a death wish to parallel park directly in front of the stores on Charlotte Ave

On that note, I think this highlights how out of place this strip of shops is on Charlotte. You have front entranced, sidewalk accessible stores with zero setback attached to a major four lane thoroughfare. I really like the look and feel of these shops, and Charlotte was probably much less intimidating when they were built, but it seems like a bad fit now.

[New Titans Stadium (60,000 capacity dome, ground level retail, directly east of Nissan Stadium)]

https://mobile.twitter.com/fos/status/1503766975452835841?s=21

Tennessee Titans President Burke Nihill has informed Metro Sports Authority that the team wants to build a new stadium next to Nissan Stadium by 2026. "It’s aggressive, but we believe it’s in play.”

[Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, 40 stories, 542', $400 million]

47 minutes ago, Nash_12South said:

They appear to demoing the newly poured front drive. Woops....

I'd bet my lunch money that it was still curing during the mini cold snap/snow we just had. If I remember right from my concrete days, you ideally want it above 40F for a week after it's been poured, otherwise it will crack and spald more easily. Obviously there's a lot of flexibility to that depending on the location and the project, but I wouldn't be surprised if Four Seasons has some strict standards.

[New Titans Stadium (60,000 capacity dome, ground level retail, directly east of Nissan Stadium)]

26 minutes ago, NashRugger said:

We literally have Busch Stadium here abuting the double-decked I-64 in downtown St. Louis, and there are other stadiums in other sports close to and/or abuting highways. 

From your perspective, would you say this has had any effects on the fans' experience during Cardinals games?

[Harlowe, 908 Division, 16 stories, 180', 300 units, 411 car garage, Greystar Development]

13 minutes ago, Baronakim said:

Sorry but while the seeismic REQUIREMENTS are not high, but from my studies over the past five decades, IMO they are dangerously inadequate.  I have conferred  over the years with a top seimologist at Vanderbilt and also the heads of TEMA nad FEMA here in Tennessee and they agreed with the inadequacies.  Regretably these standards are legislatively controlled and do not  recognize conditions which are now 40 to 50 years MORE stressed than they were when I first started my practice as an architect.  It has now been over 200 years since the New Madrid movement on the southern end of the Reelfoot Rift, but MUCH longer since the northern end up through the Wabash River into Illinois and Indiana.  There lies our biggest threat to Nashville.  I definitely do not believe  that people today understand the gravity of the forces involved.  The New Madrid quakes were devastating more from liquification than from the actual forces in the bedrock.  Here in Nashville, the settlers wer knocked off their feet and could not stand for over a couple of minutes.  Only stone chimneys were collapsed for the most part and the interlocking log construction of small log cabins was adequate to allow movement.  Not so today.  On top of many structural systems that may perform questionably, there is the fact that all seismic studies for the gravity dams on our rivers were done back in the 1940s and 50s,  Virtually all of these werecalculated at much lower pool levels than the resevoirs are currently maintained. which endangers the earthen dikes adjacent to the concrete dams.  A quake of similar magnitude could have significant and immediate breaches, especially upstream of Nashville.  Do not place a great deal of faith in  government standards  we have today.

Oh man. I already have to make an effort to not stress about the Wolf Creek, Dale Hollow, Center Hill, Cordell Hull, Old Hickory, or Percy Priest Dams failing, now there's this to think about too. Not to sound like an alarmist but we really seem overdue for something serious.

[Reed District: 8 towers ranging from 8 to 44 stories (500'?), 1.5 million sq. ft. office space; 1,000 residential units; 150K sq. ft. retail space; 250 room hotel on 12 acres at NE corner of Broadway and 16th Ave. North]

41 minutes ago, markhollin said:

$875,000 purchase for a tiny .05 acre property

$17.5 million/acre, that's crazy.

[Sentral SoBro/Sixth South Apts., 11 & 12 stories , 299 units, 5,700 sq. ft. of retail, internal garage]

16 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Iconiq

 

16 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Sentral

Is anyone else fed up with companies intentionally misspelling words to try to be unique?

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

3 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22951092/land-tax-housing-crisis

Interesting article. I've never heard of the idea before.

I assume, closer to the core, and around say exits on the interstate, etc, the land tax would be higher. 

I've always been interested in the idea of a Land Value Tax in Nashville. If you're curious you should look up Georgism - it's an entire economic philosophy built on Henry George's ideas, mainly the LVT. 

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

1 hour ago, nashvylle said:

can you share any renderings or plans of the greenway you are referring to? 

The following is from the "Plan to Play" Masterplan adopted in March of 2017.

 

[The Riverside, Ewing West Trinity Lane, 65 acres, 5 million sq. ft. mixed-use, $2.5 billion]

46 minutes ago, Logan McCoy said:

Is this project moving forward?

Welcome to the board Logan!

This project is definitely less concrete than most in Nashville right now. Some of the more informed board members may have more info, but as of now I don't think there's much traction. Personally I saw the press release a few months ago as more of an advertisement, trying to earn attention from an Oracle or Amazon type client to move in. Without a major tenant I don't see it happening at the scope described.

[Davidson East: East Nashville, Inglewood, Madison, Donelson, Hermitage, Old Hickory]

26 minutes ago, fishsticks176 said:

"Corp of Engineers Plans To Develop Nashville Lake Recreation Area"

https://tennesseelookout.com/2022/02/14/corps-of-engineers-seeks-to-develop-nashville-lake-recreation-area/

So there's been a very active group of people, The Friends of Cook Recreation Area, that have been petitioning and speaking up to keep this from happening. I'm on their email list and they sent something out an hour ago saying the Corp of Engineers has reversed the decision to develop. Goes to show that grouping together and making your voice heard can have a big impact on the community.
 

 

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

10 minutes ago, andywildman said:

Thank you for this - great point about blending in - all of those first 5 states are either in the South or Texas...

I hear in real life "transplants from California" all the time, but really we're pulling in folks from all over the place.

Thanks! I felt like visualizing it so I threw this together on my lunch break. Hopefully the census bureau gets caught up soon - I'd be really curious to see current data vs. pre-pandemic.

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

According to the most recent data from the Census Bureau (2019), just under 200k Americans moved to TN in that year. California was the sixth biggest source at just under 12k (around 6% of transplants). The top 5 were Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi. I do think Californian transplants are more visible for a few reasons, mainly being more affluent on average and concentrating in Tennessee's urban areas. I think a lot of it is cultural/political as well. I've worked with a guy for several months and just recently learned he moved here from NC less than a year ago, but he blends right in.

If you're interested in looking at the data yourself, you can download it here: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/geographic-mobility/state-to-state-migration.html

[Nashville Bits and Pieces]

Here's a list of over 100 photos of Nashville from the '30s and '40s:

https://www.bygonely.com/nashville-1940s/

And here's some of my favorites from the list:

 

This last one is a picture of a Navy submarine chaser built and launched in Nashville:

[Hillsboro Town Centre (22 stories, 270', 264 units, 11,555 sq. ft. retail space, 485 capacity garage)]

Normally I'd say this has no chance of getting off the ground, but that's exactly what I said about Vertis Green Hills and it sprang right up.

[James K. Polk Building/site lease from State]

The Nashville Post is reporting that the State will sell Citizens Plaza to Metro, and the State is also looking to sell the James K. Polk building, likely to be demolished in the face of enormous repair and upkeep costs.

 

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/state-nears-sale-of-downtown-tower-preps-to-lease-other/article_c052cda6-8b6d-11ec-a826-8b773c8ec82b.html