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

[donNdonelson2]

Donelson and Hermitage are both rather large communities that are separated by zip codes AND a river. Not difficult to distinguish the two.

[grilled_cheese]

A really really REALLY bad picture of the dirt moving behind the Litton's Corner Market

 

[nashvillwill]

15 hours ago, grilled_cheese said:

A really really REALLY bad picture of the dirt moving behind the Litton's Corner Market

 

Has anyone told you that's a really bad picture?

[grilled_cheese]

New Brewery Profile:  East Nashville Beer Works

[MLBrumby]

On 3/19/2016 at 9:35 AM, nashvillwill said:

Has anyone told you that's a really bad picture?

Thanks for the pic.  At least it gives those of us who almost never go to E.N. an idea of what's going on. I do recall the last time I drove up Gallatin Avenue that it was not far from downtown when the road began to look seedy with those sorts of convenience stores, tire and pawn shops and fast food buildings.  That was probably 8-10 years ago, and apparently a lot has been built through there. And then there are the ubiquitous "pine tree" power lines that come to within inches of motorized traffic lanes.  My question:  What are the overall changes along Gallatin these days? Are those old gas station/convenience stores being replaced with more attractive establishments; or  is the new development mostly/all behind those old stores as the photo above shows?  

[bhibbs]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

Thanks for the pic.  At least it gives those of us who almost never go to E.N. an idea of what's going on. I do recall the last time I drove up Gallatin Avenue that it was not far from downtown when the road began to look seedy with those sorts of convenience stores, tire and pawn shops and fast food buildings.  That was probably 8-10 years ago, and apparently a lot has been built through there. And then there are the ubiquitous "pine tree" power lines that come to within inches of motorized traffic lanes.  My question:  What are the overall changes along Gallatin these days? Are those old gas station/convenience stores being replaced with more attractive establishments; or  is the new development mostly/all behind those old stores as the photo above shows?  

Little by little it is changing for the better. You still have your hair worlds and sketchy convenience stores, but, you also have new/great restaurants moving in, higher end bars, and many small independent shops.

It isnt what many want it to be just yet, but, it is leaps and bounds better than it was 10 years ago.

and....now there is a Cook Out! right where this photo was taken and that automatically makes it so much better IMO

[nashvillwill]

14 hours ago, grilled_cheese said:

New Brewery Profile:  East Nashville Beer Works

I'm very excited about this as this is stumbling distance to my house. A much needed addition to the neighborhood and hopefully a catylist for Trinity Ln. 

[dmillsphoto]

7 minutes ago, nashvillwill said:

I'm very excited about this as this is stumbling distance to my house. A much needed addition to the neighborhood and hopefully a catylist for Trinity Ln. 

I see what you did there.

[Bezoar]

Demo permits for the buildings at the Top Golf site on Cowan pulled.  

[Andrew_3289]

7 hours ago, Bezoar said:

Demo permits for the buildings at the Top Golf site on Cowan pulled.  

Thank god, I cant wait for Top Golf to get underway, really looking forward to it opening 

Edited March 23, 2016 by Andrew_3289

[smeagolsfree]

They have been moving dirt around over there for about a month.

[grilled_cheese]

They're about to start paving the parking lot at Riverwood/Gallatin

A nice hole someone left when they demo'd a house.  Curdwood/Burrus

[markhollin]

The PSC Metals issues continue to mutate.  Who knows…maybe these legal actions will start to open the door for the property to get developed in a much more beneficial way for the development of the East Bank.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/03/28/dispute-between-psc-metals-landlords-heads-back-mediation/82348082/



 

[MLBrumby]

I know a man who is in the scrap business, although not for PSC or Steiner Liff... and he says their scrap yard on the East Bank is highly inefficient because they are using rail, instead of barge.  I can't say that has any bearing, but he has long experience in that industry and has made millions and knows what he's talking about. He said he cannot understand why they aren't "downstream" (i.e. Ashland City) to yield access to yards along the Mississippi.  He is from New Orleans; so thus has no axe to grind with PSC remaining on the river. FWIW!!

Edited March 29, 2016 by MLBrumby

[PruneTracy]

44 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

He said he cannot understand why they aren't "downstream" (i.e. Ashland City) to yield access to yards along the Mississippi.

I'm pretty sure they run barges from their current location, but I can't speak to what proportion of their product enters and leaves by the river, or where exactly it goes.

If PSC is dependent on rail, they don't have many options downstream. The Cheatham County Industrial Park only has access through the Nashville and Western short line. In Clarksville, it would be RJ Corman (though they wouldn't have to go through the lock at Cheatham Dam there). And this is all notwithstanding the fact that the further they get away from the city center, the harder it is for them to convince people to bring them scrap metal.

It sounds like what Nashville needs is a dedicated port district with rail and highway access. Right now, the only areas easily accessible by road, rail, and river are along the downtown riverfront.

[Nathan_in_DC]

58 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

I know a man who is in the scrap business, although not for PSC or Steiner Liff... and he says their scrap yard on the East Bank is highly inefficient because they are using rail, instead of barge.  I can't say that has any bearing, but he has long experience in that industry and has made millions and knows what he's talking about. He said he cannot understand why they aren't "downstream" (i.e. Ashland City) to yield access to yards along the Mississippi.  He is from New Orleans; so thus has no axe to grind with PSC remaining on the river. FWIW!!

Makes sense...I mean, they aren't even on a spur that's easy to access. I'm rather certain that trains coming and going from the site are under restrictions on when they can move since they have to use the single line that goes in front of the stadium, and the single spur that goes into the main part of the plant looks like it'd be rather tricky to navigate, not to mention limited in how many cars can be pulled in at once.

[markhollin]

From Nashville Post: East Nashville-based Wagon Wheel Title is expanding, with the ownership entity targeting May to start work on a new structure to house the Five Points-area business. Currently, the business operates from 2,000 square feet from the building located at 202 S. 11th St. The new office will be housed at 204 S. 11th.

“We’ve simply outgrown our current space,” said Brandon Miller, Wagon Wheel Title and Escrow LLC co-founder. “It’s taken us quite a while, but after searching for a larger office space (a three- to four-year process) we had the opportunity to acquire the parcel next to our current office, and so we did,” Miller said. “We’ve been in East Nashville/Five Points right at 10 years now, so we really didn’t want to move as we are rather invested in the area and community at this point.

Building Ideas/David Baird Architect has designed the building (pictured) in which Wagon Wheel will move. Shaub Construction will be the general contractor for the project.

I really like this classic design from a century ago.  Cool beans.  

[Nashville Cliff]

Eastwood Village, the project by Oak Tree Partners at the old Hobson UMC site at Greenwood and Chapel, has a new web site up (Eastwood Village).  Brett Withers and I had a chance to review the landscape plan recently; it looks very promising.  I look forward to seeing this one under way.

[smeagolsfree]

Thanks for posting Cliff. I was wondering what the status of this project was.

[Nashville Cliff]

Adaptive reuse of old church on Shelby next to Family Dollar.  Office and residential

[markhollin]

The 3.27 acre mixed-use Eastwood Village development that will include repurposing the 165-year-old Hobson Chapel and it's adjoining 92-year-old building is moving forward:

http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/20493489/fall-start-eyed-for-east-nashville-mixeduse-project

 

The site is at the SE corner of Chapel and Greenwood in the center of this satellite map:

Edited April 13, 2016 by markhollin

[rookzie]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

The 3.27 acre mixed-use Eastwood Village development that will include repurposing the 165-year-old Hobson Chapel and it's adjoining 92-year-old building is moving forward:

http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/20493489/fall-start-eyed-for-east-nashville-mixeduse-project

 

The site is at the SE corner of Chapel and Greenwood in the center of this satellite map:

Hobson is one of Cliff's (and also one of my) crown jewels.  I'm relieved that it's preserved for adaptive reuse.

[Nashville Cliff]

Nearby Hobson, the new owner of the Howe Gardens Apartments has been doing a lot of cosmetic upgrades on the exteriors, and I hear, a lot of interior upgrades.

[Rockatansky]

26 minutes ago, Nashville Cliff said:

Nearby Hobson, the new owner of the Howe Gardens Apartments has been doing a lot of cosmetic upgrades on the exteriors, and I hear, a lot of interior upgrades.

Yeah, and jacking up rents by 100%. :|

[Vrtigo]

I just stumbled across the East Nashville Community Plan in a post on my neighborhood Facebook page with a couple interesting tidbits within. Not that a county "project" means instant progress or anything (this document is now a year old, after all), but these caught my eye and made me really hopeful that these have at least been identified as high-priority needs: