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On 1/14/2017 at 7:23 PM, NashRugger said:
Pittsburgh & Raleigh offered incentives, that other 4 have a pretty marked reason to have int'l service to Europe. Cincinnati being a Delta hub, New Orleans being a large international destination for tourism and energy industry, Austin because of all the tech there, and Oakland being cheaper in landing fees and more convenient to downtown San Francisco than SFO usually.
BNA does not need to incentivize airlines, it's coming, but it isn't always easy to get this kicked off. Patience pays off in the aviation industry and it'll come in time. I can strongly say that BNA is on the radar and the fact the airport is undertaking a total rehab of the A concourse to become an international section will likely be the domino that falls.
Side note, Southwest is buying 2 or 3 of Americans gates that they've not used in years. The airport has said "use them or lose them."
American doesn't "own" any gates and neither does Southwest. They are all owned by the airport and leased to the airlines now. American Airlines, and I know this first hand, has really deemphasized Nashville in recent years since the US Airways merger. This is due in part to the fact US Airways is running American Airlines and well, they aren't the best at figuring things out. Delta has replaced American Airlines as the second busiest carrier at BNA with 1.3 million passengers last year. AA had 1.1 million while Southwest was in another league with 6.7 million.
As for why other airports have the service and we don't, the airports and city leaders wanted it more. This airport authority is a true joke in that they are historically reactive and NOT proactive about service. They've always had this issue and there's a scathing report out about their lack of true vision and execution. That's due in part to miles of red tape and lots of micro-management. I don't think the British Airways service to New Orleans will be profitable long term. The city is a cesspool and it's not that big of a player on the business scene anymore. It's basically a place to get drunk, murdered, or raped and do it on the cheap. Kind of like Memphis with an ocean nearby.
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Not a dig at all. Neither city is growing so if that's what you want, move there.
As for this being my only response in here, not hardly. I stated my piece about this design being an offensive piece of suburban garbage.
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On 8/4/2016 at 10:47 AM, Ingram said:
MDHA wants that land developed. They believe the Hensler and Eakin projects are most likely to get FUNDED and BUILT. They can see those proposals have the best chance of happening.
MDHA does not want those lots to go undeveloped because the developer can't get funding. With a condo tower, five apartment towers, and two office towers in the works for downtown, a developer will find it even harder than it already is to get funding for any sort of tower from the banks. What are the odds the other proposed multi tower projects could get funding.
On top of that who knows if Nashville will still be the "I've got to move there" city next year, two years from now, etc. If another city replaces Nashville as the fad city before financing can occur then most likely those lots will sit empty for some time.
I'm glad the multi tower projects didn't get accepted. Nashville already has too many imbeciles moving to it in droves. Every tower that gets built makes the city look even more like a "happening place", which in turn brings even more morons to its confines.
I hear Memphis and Peoria are great places to live this time of the year. Ever thought about moving to either one?
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This expansion can't happen soon enough.
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This is insulting and highly offensive. Typical Eakins garbage.
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American doesn't own any gates anymore. The gates are owned by the airport and leased to the airlines at around $100,000 a year.
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Don't get me started on our baseball park. The "prison-like" condos and apartments they plan around it are insulting to look at.
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Raleigh has subsidized their Paris flight. It wouldn't be there without help otherwise.
Nashville has TONS of people flying to Europe daily. There's plenty of business there for it, but our airport authority is a joke. They literally are a joke.
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John,
My bad. It will be 385 feet. And I would much rather have this building with its striking design, strong street activation, distinctiveness, color scheme, night lighting, etc. than the much taller Snodgrass Tower.
WW
I agree. This is a 300+ footer that I can tolerate for the most part. While I love height, the trade off for me is the striking design!
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Cool! Beats a tire shop!
Just a question, though...isn't that a bit underutilized for that property? That's a PRIME Square lot and I doubt an upscale motel will take the whole block.
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I think the process is moving just as it should. These buildings need to be closely looked at in order to protect other people's property. Zoning is the law and it is what potential owners use to ensure their property value is what it is. The last thing Nashville needs is existing or potential property owners questioning the long term value of their property because the adjacent property owner has too much freedom in what is out there. The same laws that limit height, setbacks, etc are also the same laws that prevent someone from building a residential single family home in the Gulch.
I am all for the tall Buckingham project but adjacent property owners must have an outlet to voice objections and concerns to the city. After all, this is a democracy, the city is built for its residents primarily, and those residents pay the bulk of property taxes that fund the city.
As with all things, balance is the key, and right now the balance is where it should be, in my opinion.
I agree (for the most part), but this is their (Buckingham) property. A shadow cast on a midrise residential building next door should be expected, not dissected to the point of exhaustion just because some women a 1/4 mile away hates the proposal. Yes, it's a "democracy", but some of this is just silly.
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Even if it was approved at the first BZA meeting, this building probably doesn't break ground until next summer I am guessing. I mean, the Buckingham project was 1.5 to 2 years from announcement to groundbreaking
Still not my point.
I probably had missed your point because of indirect association of you disgust with the gist of the article itself ─ the abnormally high sentiment for the skinny, taller version. I wholeheartedly agree, while previously abstaining from direct opinion for a developer having to sell itself to the public and to a commission and appeals board who predicate decisions on popularity and often on what frequently has suspiciously appeared as special interests.
So after qualification of the implicit, I now do see you point, in regard to the stupidity and ever-mounting frustration with these agencies trying to cater to too many conflicting interests, to the usual extents such that doing so impedes progress measurably and predictably. Some processes of evaluation and methodical assessment are necessary, of course, especially in cases of egregiously conceived and senseless proposals for outlandish site locations, while no single review of any proposal is elastic enough to fit all.
-==-Thank you. That's exactly my point.
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You guys missed my point.
While I did read the article, I still have to wonder why does it have to take so long? I'm with John on this.
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This is so silly. No wonder large (tall) projects don't happen here.
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I need to vent.
I hate Nashville traffic.
Our interstates are inadequate and we have NO transit options on the table.
Rush hour starts at 2:30 and goes until 7pm for crying out loud. Ugh!
Okay, I'm better now.
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I have spoken with him several times on the Federal Courthouse and each time he ha stated "we are working on it..." I saw him recently at a political function prior to the recent election and he was talkative, but not very interested in anything but shaking hands. He seems nice. His brother was running for council, so I assume he was only there for that.
I helped at a wedding he was at this summer and yes, he was very quiet. Not talkative at all.
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Let's get that Virgin Hotel built and see if we can parlay that into a Virgin direct to London.
Is it going to be built? LOL!!
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Whatever happened with the flight to London?
Still waiting.
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I'm not a fan of the L&C nor am I a fan of "protecting its sight lines" like everyone else over 60 years old in this town.
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Another article in the Tennessean on the deferral.
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"Last month Metro Council passed an ordinance that would make it more difficult to get a special exception for height in areas within the Downtown Code district, including Buckingham's proposed Gulch project site"
This is first I have heard of this. I can't believe they are actually making it harder to build taller downtown. Could we be anymore backward?
You have got to be kidding me.
This city is going to choke its growth and cap it unlike everybody else. What a stupid idea.
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They wanted more data over a longer period because there was a different one done by another company.
Roger that.
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They just want to see a light and shadow study from 5/15-9/15 to see any issues. The times of day they want to see is 12, w, and4.One with no building, one with a 24 story, and one with the 38 story.
I thought they had that already?
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Virgin originally was at DFW but moved closer in to compete directly with Southwest and also be closer into their market, which is geared more towards the younger crowd. One look at their cabin interiors give that away. Plus Dallas is a big aviation city and a good connection city being in the middle of the continent.
yeah, but their business plan is point-to-point, not connecting. They also tend to focus on chic destinations. The whole Dallas fascination with airlines is confounding to me. I get the obvious reasons why, but whatever.
Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, 40 stories, 542', $400 million
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Agreed!!