BROADWEST (former West End Summit), 36 story Conrad Hilton Hotel/condo tower, 22 story/510,000 sq. ft. office tower, 4 story/125,000 sq. ft. retail/office, 1 acre plaza, 2,500 car garage, $490 million

[Paramount747]

Nope, Centrepointe's hole is still there in downtown Lexington. At least there are two tower cranes erected to make it seem like something is going on. 

My bad, I thought they filled the hole. Maybe the photo I saw was what it would look like filled in. I read all of this off the Lexington forum.

[Paramount747]

Bump to the top just for a laugh since there are 30+ cranes in the city except for Palmer's site.

[UTgrad09]

Bump to the top just for a laugh since there are 30+ cranes in the city except for Palmer's site.

There are plenty of cranes on Palmer's site

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

....bathing in the lake.

[FromParkAveToTN]

Are there any updates on WES?

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, FromParkAveToTN said:

Are there any updates on WES?

Edited December 8, 2015 by BnaBreaker

[smeagolsfree]

I can almost say we will be asking that question five years from now.

[Pyramid Scheme]

Isn't Palmer getting a bit ridiculous with this? He has to continue paying property taxes that must be sky high on this site. Why doesn't he just sell it?

[Paramount747]

13 hours ago, FromParkAveToTN said:

Are there any updates on WES?

*yawn*     uh.....no.

Seriously. I remember this project from 1998 when the Las Vegas Wynn Style hotel twin tower project appeared on the internet. They were curvilinear and faced each other forming a "s' shape.

That was 17 years ago. Since then the City Of Nashville has exploded into an economic power. The city has seen upwards of 30 buildings of 125 feet or taller built in that same time period.

Some of which:

Cumberland

Viridan

Encore

Pinnacle

Sobro under construction

Bridgestone under construction

222 under construction

505 under construction

Icon

Terrazzo

1212

Suntrust

Hilton

222 Commerce

Eakin under construction

Gulch Crossings

Westin under construction

Hilton Garden Inn

Fairfield Inn

Hyatt Place

Aertson under construction

Adelicia

JW Marriott under construction

HCA

Sky House under construction

Lenar under construction

Element

Thompson under construction

 

That is 25 if (I counted right) projects over 125 feet. I cannot fathom why Alex Palmer cannot get financing for his towers when all these others did. That is why I consider this along with the Federal Courthouse, dead. Nashville City Center 2 could be on this list as well as projects that will never happen. He will never do anything. Never. The best he can do is sell the land and let a major retailer come in and build a 3-5 story urban mall complete with a Whole Foods on the ground level.

He missed the proverbial boat which has long sailed out into the abyss. The project would no longer have a career defining cache' it once did. It would no longer set off to the side and be bold and progressive like it once did. Now it would be just another couple of towers in Nashville's Gulch and Midtown display of high rise glass.

Edited December 8, 2015 by Paramount747

[titanhog]

^^Didn't the Federal Courthouse just get financial approval?

[smeagolsfree]

Congress has three days to pass a budget. If they pass a continuing spending bill, Court house will not be funded. They have to pass a budget and that has not happened in 6 years.

[Paramount747]

1 hour ago, titanhog said:

^^Didn't the Federal Courthouse just get financial approval?

I'll be happy to eat crow, but after 23 years this is not happening.

[FrankNash]

The budget will pass including a fully funded courthouse. Get ready to eat crow John.

[Paramount747]

12 hours ago, FrankNash said:

The budget will pass including a fully funded courthouse. Get ready to eat crow John.

As long as its vegetarian crow that is....

[markhollin]

Lake Palmer set to be drained.  Hmmmmmm.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2015/12/15/drainage-lake-palmer-may-mean-west-end-summit-start/77350528/

[Titans10]

12 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Lake Palmer set to be drained.  Hmmmmmm.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2015/12/15/drainage-lake-palmer-may-mean-west-end-summit-start/77350528/

I won't believe anything until people are moving into a completed building, until then I'll remain skeptical 

[dmillsphoto]

13 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Lake Palmer set to be drained.  Hmmmmmm.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2015/12/15/drainage-lake-palmer-may-mean-west-end-summit-start/77350528/

Yeah... here, let me start holding my breath.

It should probably be drained at least once a year anyway, to be considered "maintained" like you would a pool...

[smeagolsfree]

They may be draining it to see how many dead bodies are tied to concrete at the bottom.

[Paramount747]

It has been drained at least twice. I will be interested to see what the body count is.

[farm_boy]

Must be drained to prevent freezing and cracking during Winter .... hmmmm, yeah

[UTgrad09]

8 hours ago, Titans10 said:

I won't believe anything until people are moving into a completed building, until then I'll remain skeptical 

I won't believe anything until I step inside of said building. Otherwise, it could be an elaborate hologram. 

[bigeasy]

oh exciting!! Maybe they are going to do some more blasting and add in a deep scuba diving feature to the lake. 

[Titans10]

2 hours ago, bigeasy said:

oh exciting!! Maybe they are going to do some more blasting and add in a deep scuba diving feature to the lake. 

Instead of a blue hole like Belize, we could have a blue square 

 

http://i.imgur.com/JlMvtKAh.jpg  

Edited December 16, 2015 by Titans10

[titanhog]

Actually...once they drain the lake, we'll see West End Summit, fully built underground!  Ol' Alex fooled us and was building it under water this "hole" time!  He's a genius!

[MLBrumby]

2 hours ago, titanhog said:

Actually...once they drain the lake, we'll see West End Summit, fully built underground!  Ol' Alex fooled us and was building it under water this "hole" time!  He's a genius!

West End Plummet! 

[markhollin]

Sher is puuurdy….