5th & Broadway | 501 Commerce | NMAAM | 34 story apt, 26 story office, + 183,000 sq. ft. of Retail

[markhollin]

I can't recall if we have seen this rendering from this angle of the office tower with Alliance Bernstein signage:
 

[rolly]

So they're sticking with the name 'The Place'.  Quite a Place indeed!
That pool deck overlooking Broadway should be quite the party place. 

 

Edited October 30, 2019 by rolly
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[e-dub]

I wonder how long it'll be before the first instance of a resident at "The Place" complaining about the noise hits...

[Bos2Nash]

19 hours ago, markhollin said:

Some new renderings of The Place at 5th & Broadway.  Units will range from 500 sq. ft. studios to penthouse suites exceeding 2,000 sq. ft.  Amenities will include an outdoor pool and deck, lounge areas, co-working space, a recording studio, and high-end trainer-driven workout facilities.

Interior treatments do so much in these images. When I did a site walk a couple months back the exposed concrete ceilings and concrete columns seemed a bit off, but it starts to gel in these images. Specifically the second image

[CenterHill]

On 10/30/2019 at 9:23 AM, rolly said:

So they're sticking with the name 'The Place'.  Quite a Place indeed!
That pool deck overlooking Broadway should be quite the party place. 

 

Will the Apple Store still have that rooftop venue? 

[henburg]

5 minutes ago, CenterHill said:

Will the Apple Store still have that rooftop venue? 

I seriously doubt it. It would ruin the minimalist aesthetic of the store.

[donNdonelson2]

I thought I had heard that the rooftop of that part of the project was for use by the National Museum of African American Music.

[DDIG]

24 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

I thought I had heard that the rooftop of that part of the project was for use by the National Museum of African American Music.

There won't be any rooftop activation on top of the Apple store. I'm pretty sure the min-roof top music venue will be run by the food hall folks. I think they manage the whole roof.

[downtownresident]

Office tower crane is being jumped up today. 

[Sean blackdog]

Today this evening. 

Edited November 4, 2019 by Sean blackdog

[CenterHill]

1 hour ago, Sean blackdog said:

 

 

Enjoying your drive around pics, @Sean blackdog    

Two observations about the Apple Store pic.     One is it would appear the second floor 5th&Broad spaces may have an interior view into the Apple Store.  

Second is geez that roof seems like a massive load being carried by two small steel columns.    Add a random TN ice storm on top that, and, well, I’m sure some engineer has run the numbers, but... 

[markhollin]

Office Tower (25 stories, 385,000 sq. ft., garage) update. Up to 20th floor now. Glass climbing NE corner of garage. 

Looking SW from intersection of 5th Ave. North and Commerce St:

Looking east from intersection of Commerce St. and 6th Ave. North:

Looking north from intersection of 5th Ave. and Broadway:

[Craiger]

Apple space looks much bigger now that it’s wide open. 

[DDIG]

18 minutes ago, Craiger said:

Apple space looks much bigger now that it’s wide open. 

Oh wow. Big roof, two tiny pillars.

[Craiger]

Also forgot to mention. You can barely see in the left side of the photo that they've removed the plywood from the windows of the NMAAM. Hopefully we will get some nice windows there soon. 

[PruneTracy]

12 hours ago, CenterHill said:

Second is geez that roof seems like a massive load being carried by two small steel columns.    Add a random TN ice storm on top that, and, well, I’m sure some engineer has run the numbers, but... 

8 minutes ago, DDIG said:

Oh wow. Big roof, two tiny pillars.

I'm not a structural engineer but it looks like there is a cantilever component to the roof from the more substantial columns adjacent to the main building. The roof beams themselves are way too stout for simply supporting the roof.

Unless they are expecting to support a roof load that isn't simply water/snow/ice...

 

[MidTenn1]

21 minutes ago, DDIG said:

Oh wow. Big roof, two tiny pillars.

But they're I-Pillars!

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, DDIG said:

Oh wow. Big roof, two tiny pillars.

Yep.  Not sure I want to go inside a store where the roof is held up by magic. 

[Armacing]

Is it just me, or does it seem to anyone else like the glass cladding of the apartment tower has stalled out?  I have been waiting for those last two floors to get glass for the past month it seems like and nothing is changing.  Does anyone have any insight into what they might be doing?

[PaulChinetti]

They love tiny pillars holding up their roofs.

https://www.apple.com/retail/michiganavenue/

[Armacing]

2 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

They love tiny pillars holding up their roofs.

https://www.apple.com/retail/michiganavenue/

That architecture... I must say it perfectly represents the culture of Apple in particular, but also silicon valley in general.

[Native]

On 11/4/2019 at 10:15 AM, Armacing said:

Is it just me, or does it seem to anyone else like the glass cladding of the apartment tower has stalled out?  I have been waiting for those last two floors to get glass for the past month it seems like and nothing is changing.  Does anyone have any insight into what they might be doing?

Glass going in on the east side of the 33rd floor.   Won't be long now.

 

[bnacincy]

50 minutes ago, Native said:

Glass going in on the east side of the 33rd floor.   Won't be long now.

 

Any idea when they might finish putting the bollards up on Lower Broad? That temporary fencing looks really tacky and not terribly safe either.

[Craiger]

10 hours ago, bnacincy said:

Any idea when they might finish putting the bollards up on Lower Broad? That temporary fencing looks really tacky and not terribly safe either.

Amen

[CenterHill]

13 hours ago, bnacincy said:

Any idea when they might finish putting the bollards up on Lower Broad? That temporary fencing looks really tacky and not terribly safe either.

 

Yeah, I agree the fencing is a bad look, not to mention the hazard of pedestrians stumbling over the curbs.      The bollard project on the north side of Broad is a better look, but it's also a significant project that widened the sidewalks and added new concrete curbs  and expanded pedestrian bulbs at the corners.      In other words, in a city with no money in the budget, we'll probably have the cattle fencing for a while.