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

[MLBrumby]

That's a lot of residential going into the Nations. Question: Are the developers (or Metro) putting in sidewalks?  I recall seeing at distinct lack of them when I last drove through that area about 3-4 years ago. 

[markhollin]

1104 Buchanan (3 stories, 4 townhomes) Phase II update.

Looking NE from Buchanan St., 1/2 block east of Cephas St:

[samsonh]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

1104 Buchanan (3 stories, 4 townhomes) Phase II update.

Looking NE from Buchanan St., 1/2 block east of Cephas St:

Mark,

 

any chance you could summarize the Post article about the 107 hone residential development near the Nations?

[markhollin]

7 minutes ago, samsonh said:

Mark,

any chance you could summarize the Post article about the 107 hone residential development near the Nations?

Here's the full article:

Preliminary site work is now underway related to a multi-building residential project being undertaken east of The Nations.

To sit at 4105 Clifton Ave. and 4020 Indiana Ave. on 4.9 acres, the project will offer 107 residences (previously 151 were eyed). Fort Washington, Penn.-based homebuilding giant Toll Brothers is serving as developer, with the company having paid $5.75 million in February 2022 for what had been a six-parcel site, Metro records show.

Toll Brothers is calling the project The Nations, which will offer 107 conventional three-story townhomes and some two-story stacked townhomes (sometimes called “two-over-two” and “maisonette”). Each will include three bedrooms and 2.5 baths.

Vehicular access will be offered from both Clifton and Indiana avenues, with 41st Avenue being extended to connect the two streets.

A September 2021 construction start had been eyed (with the change seemingly caused, in part, by the pandemic), with pricing not yet finalized.

Jordan Hartigan, Toll Brothers’ division president in the Nashville area (the company has a office in Franklin) said the first residences are expected to deliver in spring 2024. Renderings will soon be released.

“Each will be built with the outstanding commitment to quality, value and craftsmanship for which Toll Brothers is known,” Hartigan emailed the Post.

Toll Brothers has enlisted the Nashville office of Raleigh-based engineering and land-planning company Kimley-Horn and Vienna, Va.-based Lessard Design and KTGY Architecture of Chicago for design work.

The Nations development will sit in what is sometimes called Tomorrow’s Hope or Southwest/Clifton. Within walking distance are Fat Bottom Brewing, Hill Center Sylvan Heights, L&L Market and Pennington Distilling Company.

Toll Brothers annually ranks among the United States’ 10 or so largest homebuilding companies based on revenue, according to multiple sources.

[markhollin]

Watts Townhomes (2 stories, 81 units) Phase I update: nearly complete.

Looking SW from Watts Lane at Neighborly Drive:

[GregH]

On 4/20/2023 at 2:57 PM, MLBrumby said:

That's a lot of residential going into the Nations. Question: Are the developers (or Metro) putting in sidewalks?  I recall seeing at distinct lack of them when I last drove through that area about 3-4 years ago. 

The bigger projects are getting them but it seems like some of the tall skinnys are paying the fee instead, plus a huge chunk of the "new" houses were built before the requirement. There's a good long stretch complete on Centennial now though!

[markhollin]

6124 Robertson Ave. (3 stories? 15 townhomes) update.

Looking NE from Robertson Ave., 1/2 block east of Waco Drive:

[markhollin]

Sterling at Nashville West (3, 4 & 5 stories, 260 units) update: all portions are complete and open.

Looking west from Charlotte Pike, 1/4 block west of River Rd:

Various shots from within the complex:

[markhollin]

Clay Street Commons (2 buildings of 3 stories each with 61 total units) update: Phase II up to first level; Phase I nearly complete.

Looking SW from intersection of Clay St. and 9th Ave. North:

Looking SE from intersection of Clay St. and 9th Ave. North:

[markhollin]

Foundation work is underway on what appears to be a residential project on the west side of 24th Ave. North near the intersection with Simpkins St.  Jackson Builders is listed on signage at the site.
 

[markhollin]

The Liviano Nations (3 & 5 stories, 319 units, ground level retail) update: retaining walls along entrance side are rising.

Looking north from Dr. Walter S. Davis Blvd, 1/3 block east of 40th Ave. North:

Looking north from Dr. Walter S. Davis Blvd, 1/2 block east of 40th Ave. North:

[markhollin]

5623 Lenox (3 stories, 14 townhomes) update: nearly complete.

Looking SE from intersection of Lenox Ave. and Oceola Ave:

Looking SW from Lenox Ave., 1/2 block east of Oceola Ave:

[GregH]

Looks like erosion fencing is up and a demo permit is issued for the property at 600 51st Ave N (corner of 51st and Delaware). Appears to be a 5-townhome project.

[markhollin]

701 40th Ave. North (3 stories, 38 units) update:  land has been cleared for a few months now.

Looking NW from intersection of 40th Ave. North and Indiana Ave:

[markhollin]

More details are coming out now about 3900 Charlotte (5 - 7 stories, 249 apartments, 42,600 sq. ft. grocery, internal garage) on the NE corner of Charlotte Ave. and 40th Ave. North.  CHM Development is now partnering with Chartwell Residential on the project.   CHM currently owns about 90% of the land, and hopes to close on the remaining amount by the end of summer. Non nondescript/non-historic structures including Southern Roofing of Tennessee will be razed to make way.

It appears that the grocery will be a Publix, as CHM has ties to that retailer, having built the Publix on 8th Ave. South a few years ago. 

The architect is Cooper Carry; Thomas & Hutton will be in charge of engineering. 

A specific plan that includes rezoning will be presented, but no word on the timetable yet.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/grocery-project-planned-for-west-side-progresses/article_0479f3f8-e467-11ed-8884-e7da167f2ce8.html


And at CityNowNext here:

https://citynownext.com/2023/05/01/grocery-residences-slated-for-charlotte-pike-in-west-nashville/#respond

This screen shot from Smeagolsfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame:

[Nash_12South]

Interesting that Publix thinks it can support 3 stores, fairly close to each other, 4 if you include Belle Meade.

[BnaBreaker]

It's funny that we've gone from the center of the city being somewhat of a food desert to being almost oversaturated with grocery store options.

[markhollin]

The strip center at Charlotte Pike & Sommerly  is complete and open.
 

[andywildman]

Love to see grocery stores on frequent bus routes.

[Luvemtall]

I lived in Florida for 19 years , before moving here in 2006. That was my first experience with Publix. Down there they have one in almost every neighborhood, and they all do great. It’s basically the only grocery store we go to, although we are supposed to be getting a new 169,000 sq ft Hy-Vee here in the Boro down the street from our home. That will be on the list to check out.

[ThunderOne]

On 4/21/2023 at 7:50 PM, GregH said:

The bigger projects are getting them but it seems like some of the tall skinnys are paying the fee instead, plus a huge chunk of the "new" houses were built before the requirement. There's a good long stretch complete on Centennial now though!

if they pay the fee, does that mean we have to open a sidewalk request on Hub and hope the city puts a sidewalk in?  Because stuff like this is just ... silly.

 

 

[markhollin]

Urban View West (3 stories? 22 units) update: all previous structures completely raked away.

Looking NE from Charlotte Ave.,  1/3 block east of 35th Ave. North:

[gannman]

18 hours ago, ThunderOne said:

if they pay the fee, does that mean we have to open a sidewalk request on Hub and hope the city puts a sidewalk in?  Because stuff like this is just ... silly.

 

 

Unfortunately the fees go into a general fund that already has its own priorities.

[markhollin]

Demoss Townhomes (3 stories, 12 units) update: now complete.

Looking SE from Demoss Rd. 1/2 block south of Maudina Ave:

[PruneTracy]

On 4/28/2023 at 3:04 PM, ThunderOne said:

if they pay the fee, does that mean we have to open a sidewalk request on Hub and hope the city puts a sidewalk in?  Because stuff like this is just ... silly.

On 4/29/2023 at 10:00 AM, gannman said:

Unfortunately the fees go into a general fund that already has its own priorities.

The sidewalk prioritization program does take connectivity/gaps into account, but usually at a larger scale than from one property to the next, or even from one block to the next.

What's doubly bad is that the sidewalk projects taken on by Metro often end up with different typical sections and updated stormwater requirements, meaning the existing sidewalk gets taken out.