More Accolades for Nashville

[nashvylle]

1 hour ago, Bos2Nash said:

I think that is actually a huge compliment to the design here in the city. There is alot of outside design talent involved in projects here, but there is also a TON of great talent here in the city.

Hopefully the talent here can convince developers to put a few crowns on some buildings. 

[CaptainJilliams]

Nashville Scored the #8 spot on Conde Nast Traveler's Top 10 Best Big Cities in the U.S. for 2020

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-cities-us?fbclid=IwAR2HndktuRdW5fX9DJrcNjhXa4k8srFYm_-aKX8txVE-2KPP3JoDwVWnm7g

 

From the article:

"A southern city with a small-town feel, you might find that a weekend isn’t enough to get all you can out of Nashville. Music City is known for its legendary honky tonks on Lower Broadway, but be sure to take time away from the buzz of the strip to explore the city’s shops and restaurants. You’ve likely heard of Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, but you’ll also want to check out Arnold’s Country Kitchen, a classic “meat and three” cafeteria with a James Beard Award. Stop into Hatch Show Print, which has been creating show posters for Nashville’s biggest venues for more than 140 years, to check out their vintage letterpress machinery and take home a piece of Nashville history."

[smeagolsfree]

I think the best of anything for 2020 is a little mute at this point in the game. Not to take anything away from the article but 2020 is a freaking disaster for any city and so are these list this year in particular.

 

Nothing against you Captain!

[Baronakim]

2 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

I think the best of anything for 2020 is a little mute at this point in the game. Not to take anything away from the article but 2020 is a freaking disaster for any city and so are these list this year in particular.

 

Nothing against you Captain!

2020...you need a happy pill Smeagol.  Any new 30-40 story building announcement will do.

[e-dub]

Mitsubishis!

[smeagolsfree]

This version of Sméagol is a realist. I like the sentiment you are stating, but this crap will not be over for  long while and we do not know what kind of fall out we are going to be looking at long term from this mess.

Yes, a lot of companies are bullish on Nashville and that is a great thing, but you can't just keep telling everyone nothing is wrong when the country is in a mess.

As for these list I have always found them to be very subjective and have seen so  many of them that I just laugh. The best city for desserts, for walking, for biking, the top bathrooms, the top ten cities to visit before they are gone, the best neighborhoods, the fastest growing, the slowest growing, the richest, the poorest, the most educated, and the list can go on and on.

It is either a blessing or a curse to be on one of these list. I feel like I am starting a Jim Gaffigan monolog here.

[ruraljuror]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

This version of Sméagol is a realist. I like the sentiment you are stating, but this crap will not be over for  long while and we do not know what kind of fall out we are going to be looking at long term from this mess.

Yes, a lot of companies are bullish on Nashville and that is a great thing, but you can't just keep telling everyone nothing is wrong when the country is in a mess.

As for these list I have always found them to be very subjective and have seen so  many of them that I just laugh. The best city for desserts, for walking, for biking, the top bathrooms, the top ten cities to visit before they are gone, the best neighborhoods, the fastest growing, the slowest growing, the richest, the poorest, the most educated, and the list can go on and on.

It is either a blessing or a curse to be on one of these list. I feel like I am starting a Jim Gaffigan monolog here.

Everything you write here is true Smeagols, but there's a significant difference between getting on some random internet site's hastily scraped together click-bait list for the best city for desserts, and Nashville getting a shout out from a revered publication like Conde Nast in a big category on a very short list. 

You're right of course that it's still very subjective and relatively meaningless outside of the publicity, but that's not to say that there isn't a lot of very legitimate value for Nashville from just the publicity itself. We live in a world where entire political careers can be built on tabloids and reality television notoriety, so the publicity even just for publicity's sake is nothing to scoff at - for better and for worse. 

[markhollin]

September area home sales were up 17% over Sept. of 2019.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-real-estate/article/21143813/nashville-sees-september-home-sales-rise-17

[markhollin]

Nashville ranked #12 out of the top 150 metro areas in the country in US News & World Report's "Best Places to Retire in the U.S. in 2020-21."

https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/best-places-to-retire?src=usn_pr

[markhollin]

For the second consecutive year, Nashville ranks #3 for real estate investment and development in the U.S. according to Urban Land Institute, ranking just behind Raleigh/Durham and Austin.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/10/14/uli-pwc-emerging-trends-real-estate-2021-survey.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline



 

[markhollin]

Leading Edje, a Columbus, OH-based tech company, is planning a Nashville office that will hire up to 100 people over the next 5 years.  The location has not been chosen yet.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/10/16/leading-edje-opens-nashville-office.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s

[markhollin]

The Presidential Debate scheduled for Belmont University next Thursday, Oct. 22nd from 8:00 to 9:30 PM,  will host 48 different television broadcasters. The broadcast will be aired in 40 countries. 200 person Media Tent will be recycled at least a dozen times per hour.  An undisclosed amount of media representatives will descend on the city.  For the 2008 debate there were 2,500. 

More details at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/10/16/stage-set-final-trump-biden-showdown-nashville/3680723001/
 

[markhollin]

Tennessee is ranked #8 for economic growth outlook and #9 for economic performance out of all 50 states according to ALEC-Laffer's annual State Economic Competitiveness Rankings.

More behind the NashvillePost paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/music-business/article/21144029/of-note-21-october-2020

[markhollin]

Greater Nashville ranks 3rd in U.S. for fastest-selling homes according to RE/Max National Housing Report. The average home in sells in the area in 21 days.

More  at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/10/21/cincinnati-among-fastest-selling-home-markets.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=1#cxrecs_s

[markhollin]

Tennessee rolls ahead as leading electric car-making state:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2020/10/22/gm-spring-hill-plant-lyriq-tennessee-leads-electric-car-manufacturing/5990596002/

[markhollin]

The New York Times is opening a Nashville bureau, with Rick Rojas, an Atlanta-based NYT correspondent, to oversee as chief. The Times did not note in a company announcement if the Nashville bureau will have a bricks-and-mortar office and how many staffers will be involved. “This highlights the growing impact of Tennessee and the Southeast region on the entire country, particularly as a hub for economic development," Van Tucker, interim CEO of LaunchTN, said. "Tennessee has tremendous innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, and it’s exciting that businesses and organizations like NYT are recognizing the vast potential of our statewide community. More and more businesses will be flocking to the area as they realize the collaborative and creative network of people and resources here.”

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/parking/article/21144154/of-note-28-october-2020

And at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/10/27/the-new-york-times-to-open-nashville-bureau.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=6#cxrecs_s

[markhollin]

Nashville ranked #2 most popular target for investment in 2021 in international law firm DLA Piper's annual commercial real estate survey. 43% of the 120 national red estate professional respondents named Nashville, almost double from last year. 

 

[markhollin]

From NBJ:  Online residential real estate brokerage Redfin reports that a record number of its users looked to move to a different metro area during the third quarter. Nashville ranked as the 7th most popular potential destination, based on net inflow (the number of people looking to move to the area minus the number of people looking to leave).

[markhollin]

CBRE's latest Tech-30 Report ranks Nashville as one of the fastest-growing tech markets in the U.S., with an 11.2% increase in tech job base in 2018-2019. “Nashville continues to gain momentum as being a fast growing tech market with 9.2 percent of office rent growth in the past two years. Tech office demand has also remained strong due to the city’s large tech talent pool and more companies setting down roots in the market. We expect to Nashville to continue to grow in the office-tech space in the future."

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/11/02/tech-bytes-brentwood-tech-firm-buys-chicago-firm.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=3#cxrecs_s

[markhollin]

Nashville area home sales rose 17% again in October, compared to the same. month in 2019. September did likewise. Average home sale was $349,000 (up 10%), and average condo sale was $245,000 (up 5%).
 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-real-estate/article/21144374/nashville-sees-home-sales-rise-17

[markhollin]

Music Row will be featured in episode two of the new CNBC series, "Streets of Dreams," on Jan, 4, 2021 at 9 PM Central Time.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/11/19/music-row-to-be-featured-in-new-cnbc-series.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=1#cxrecs_s

[markhollin]

Franklin picked as #4 place to retire in the U.S. in 2021 according to Money Magazine.

https://money.com/best-places-to-retire-2020/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=money_moneymagazine

 

[markhollin]

SmartAsset's "Best Places for Female Entrepreneurs" list ranks Nashville 15th out of the country's biggest regions. 

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/12/08/nashville-a-top-place-for-female-entrepreneurs.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=4#cxrecs_s

[markhollin]

Nashville's Maneet Chauhan will be one of 4 celebrity chefs featured in a new Food Network documentary, "Restaurant Hustle 2020: All on the Line",  Dec. 27th at 8 pm Central Time.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/12/07/maneet-chauhan-morph-hospitality-food-network-guy.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=5#cxrecs_s

[markhollin]

Area home sales rose 14% in November over same month in 2019 (Sept. and Oct. were up 17% apiece).

The median price for a single-family home in November was $350,000, up 8.5 percent from the same month of last year. For a condominium, the median price was $244,990, an increase compared to the $242,900 figure of October 2019.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/residential-real-estate/article/21144883/area-home-sales-rise-14

And at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2020/12/11/greater-nashville-home-sales-nov-2020.html?cx_testId=40&cx_testVariant=cx_34&cx_artPos=3#cxrecs_s