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

[donNdonelson2]

On May 10 there is an event to benefit the Nashville Public Library Foundation (for the Donelson Branch)-a design and architecture tour. It’s a $100 ticket, but should be a very interesting evening.

[markhollin]

The Northern will now be known as The Northerly (4 stories, 297 units). Exterior is nearly complete.

Looking west from Due West Ave., 1/8 block west of Lentz Drive:

Looking NW from Due West Ave., 1/4 block west of Lentz Drive:




A couple angles from the east side of the site, 1/2 block north of Due West Ave:

[KJHburg]

Okay I walked from Opry Mills over to the Opryland Hotel (and believe me it is not the best walk through parking lots and so forth) but I did as I have not seen the Opryland Hotel in years.  This 2888-room hotel the largest in the state and the largest I hear non-casino hotel in the country is truly amazing.  I got my steps in for sure and I still missed the waterpark.  I was getting hot in those atriums as all that water and sun inside the glass atrium made it hot I did feel like I was on the Gulf coast. 

anyway an amazing hotel that really gets the convention business and there was a large on there today.   The only hotel this side of Vegas that needs a huge map and app to guide you around.  I never saw the check-in area as I came into the convention center and worked my way around.  This is like an Embassy Suites on steriods and nicer public spaces than my normal Hampton Inns.  

I liked the history of WSM and how Nashville became Music City and who coined it.  Charlotte before Nashville was a center of country music with our 50,000 watt station WBT  but WSM could broadcast to more of the country given its location and took the mantle away from Charlotte.  And the rest as they say is history.   By the way the largest hotel in NC is the Harrahs Cherokee  Hotel with 1800 rooms.  

Edited April 25 by KJHburg

[CandyAisles]

Nice pics, @KJHburg.  Fun fact about the glass atriums...initially pitched with the glass conservatories, the ownership doubted they could afford the steel and glass it would take to construct it.  Earl Swensson sold them on the fact that the interior rooms as opposed to the exterior rooms would garner the higher room rate.  He was right.  That additional projected revenue from the higher room rates substantiated the additional costs.  Then...in future phases, Opryland sought to make more INTERIOR facing rooms.

[KJHburg]

2 minutes ago, CandyAisles said:

Nice pics, @KJHburg.  Fun fact about the glass atriums...initially pitched with the glass conservatories, the ownership doubted they could afford the steel and glass it would take to construct it.  Earl Swensson sold them on the fact that the interior rooms as opposed to the exterior rooms would garner the higher room rate.  He was right.  That additional projected revenue from the higher room rates substantiated the additional costs.  Then...in future phases, Opryland sought to make more INTERIOR facing rooms.

thanks that is interesting about which rooms were more profitable.  Because this is only 6-7 stories there would not be much of a view anyway. 

[KJHburg]

Walked around Opry Mills too and I saw Paula Deen opened a restaurant here and elevated it since it right by the river.  It is still hard to believe that 10 feet of floodwaters were in this mall.  Couple new stores opening there too.    Lots of tourists in the mall and the Grand Ole Opry next door.  

[markhollin]

Envision Cayce Dew & 7th Apartments (5 stories? 600 units? update: more prep on site.

Looking NE from Dew St., 1/2 block east of South 6th St:

[markhollin]

Samaritan Recovery House (4 & 5 stories, 475 units, internal garage) Phase I update: complete and open.

Looking NW from intersection of Shelby Ave. and South 5th St:

Looking north from intersection of Shelby Ave. and South 4th St:

Looking SE from South 4th St., 1/2 block north of Shelby Ave:

Looking SW from South 5th St., 1/2 block north of Shelby Ave:

[markhollin]

Birchstone (3 stories, 228 affordable units) update:exteriors nearing completion.

Looking west from. North Dupont Ave., 1/2 block east of May Drive:

Looking south from North Dupont Ave., 1/3 block west of May Drive:

[markhollin]

1036/1042 East Trinity (3 stories, 24 townhomes) update: excavation underway.

Looking SW at 1036 site from intersection of East Trinity Lane and Dozier Place:

Looking SE at 1042 site from intersection of East Trinity Lane and Dozier Place:

[markhollin]

Chapstick will be a new 1,500 sq. ft. female-oriented sports bar added onto the back of Lipstick Lounge at 1400 Woodland St. 

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/04/29/lipstick-lounge-sports-bar-east-nashville.html
 

[markhollin]

McAlpine Townhomes (2 & 3 stories, 34 units?) update: exterior nearing completion.

Looking NE from Gallatin Pike, just north of McAlpine Ave:

Looking SE from intersection of Gallatin Pike at Greenland Ave:

[markhollin]

Conceptual plans for the proposed mixed-used development at the vacant Macy's building at Rivergate Mall have been released. The project would demolish the existing 3-story Macy’s store and redevelop the property and parking lot into a new, vibrant mixed-use community. The plan is on first reading on the May 6, 2024  Goodlettsville Planning Commission meeting at 5:00 pm.
 

The project consists of 17,000 sq. ft. of retail or restaurant space, a 120 room, 4-story hotel, and up to 340 residential units, including a pool courtyard and a central gathering space. The project, if approved, is expected to break ground in 2025 and be completed in 2026/2027. This plan only pertains to the Macy's building and the surrounding parking lot that they own.

 

[MLBrumby]

Can't hurt to turn those vast acres of asphalt into other uses! 

My last trip to our lake lot in Gallatin, wife and I stayed at Rivergate (just to the NW of that mall) at the Country Inn and Suites at that exit. Not knowing anything about that mall, I went inside the JC Penney looking for a sweatshirt. OMG... that mall was the saddest place I've ever seen.  Food court had some interesting ethnic options, but sparse. JCP looked like it was giving their best effort to hang on. I think another anchor (Dillards?) was still in business at one end. Against my wife's advice, I ventured into the mall... dark. but more populated than I expected with places like massage and nail shops, a wig shop, t-shirts, some off-brand electronics stores, a couple of rando kiosks that looked like they were "fronts" for other types of businesses. I think the opposite end of the mall (where this plan refers to) was dark and maybe closed. I didn't go any farther than what looked like the center of the mall. It was dingy and creepy, but not dilapidated. Malls are sad places, but then we think about how they decimated downtowns everywhere. So I think we're more "sad" for the past in our own lives that is gone. 

Edited Wednesday at 01:00 AM by MLBrumby

[markhollin]

Greystar's 1401 Gallatin (3 stories?  300 units) update: retaining walls up along west side of site.

Looking NW from Gallatin Pike North, 1/3 block south of Old Dry Creek Rd:

Looking SW from Gallatin Pike North, 1/3 block south of Old Dry Creek Rd:

[andywildman]

12 hours ago, markhollin said:

The project consists of 17,000 sq. ft. of retail or restaurant space, a 120 room, 4-story hotel, and up to 340 residential units, including a pool courtyard and a central gathering space.

I know this is a huge departure from what's currently there, but this doesn't feel nearly ambitious enough.

[smeagolsfree]

It is still very suburban in nature with all of the parking and not out of the box thinking at all. Very short-sighted IMO. 

[Baronakim]

24 minutes ago, andywildman said:

I know this is a huge departure from what's currently there, but this doesn't feel nearly ambitious enough.

I'm not impressed much either.  I have a personal connection to this particular site.  When I was 15, I used to go rabbit hunting  in the pasture and woodland right there.  Still too damn much asphalt  surface parking here IMO.

[Bos2Nash]

That 200' wide TVA easement takes away any chance of utilizing the existing street. The market is very suburban, so putting structure parking here is probably a hard sell from a financing standpoint. 

Also, this is being handled by Goodlettsville. The red line below is the demarcation between Nashville and Goodlettsville and the blue line is the development property. I think this is going to be pretty rich for Goodlettsville's planning chops. 

Honestly, the whole mall complex would be another candidate for the Global Mall redo with a more heavy handed solution. Or possibly just a CM that works to put a solid UDO together. Being at the terminus of the 39 could create  great opportunity for TOD, but Metro isn't a land developer, so it should essentially be something like the East Bank. This is an ideal place for a generous "Park and Ride" tied into residential units and a slew of other uses. Then again, it seems like that demarcation line above could hamper those lofty ideas.

[BnaBreaker]

8 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

It is still very suburban in nature with all of the parking and not out of the box thinking at all. Very short-sighted IMO. 

Agreed completely.  I'm the laughing reaction guy, and the renderings did actually make me laugh because I saw the first couple and thought to myself, 'hmm, this actually looks pretty good!'  Then I scrolled some more and got to the diagram showing that it's basically just a couple hundred feet of 'urban' (using that term very loosely) style development surrounded by a sea of asphalt, and my mood immediately turned to 'why on earth did I expect anything different.'  

[markhollin]

Six O Nine (4 stories, 122 units) update: continued clearing of brush/trees and excavation.

Looking south from Creative Way, 2/3 block west of Inspiration Blvd:

[markhollin]

1043 East Trinity Lane has site cleared.  Perhaps another residential project?

 

[iTim314]

It looks like there's finally some movement on 2814 Gallatin Pike, the old abandoned gas station between McDonald's and O'Reiley's that has sat vacant for years. Lighthouse Gallatin Partners, LLC — who purchased the land in 2018 — applied for a zoning variance for the rear setback and landscaping requirements. I do not know the results of their request, which was heard last night. 

The notice I received said they're building "an office space." 

Edited 17 hours ago by iTim314

[Bos2Nash]

2 hours ago, iTim314 said:

It looks like there's finally some movement on 2814 Gallatin Pike, the old abandoned gas station between McDonald's and O'Reiley's that has sat vacant for years. Lighthouse Gallatin Partners, LLC — who purchased the land in 2018 — applied for a zoning variance for the rear setback and landscaping requirements. I do not know the results of their request, which was heard last night. 

The notice I received said they're building "an office space." 

The variance request is for a leasing outbuilding that is tied into the already built development in the back

BZA approved the variance. It appears that the ownership has some preliminary thoughts on a future phase, but nothing has been submitted. Below is a preliminary sketch that popped in one of the BZA documents.

[markhollin]

The Haysboro (3 stories, 33 units) update: brickwork underway.

Looking NE from Gallatin Pike, 1/2 block north of Richmond Dr:

Looking SE from intersection of Gallatin Pike and Haysboro Ave: