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

[MLBrumby]

In that photo, the McKendree church appears to be in really bad shape. Is that the case? 

[Native]

It shows its age, but I think the building is still sound.

[Native]

Blue hood is gone as core has topped out.  Elbows on the rebar signal that the roof is about to be poured.

[CenterHill]

I noticed that work on the elevator core on the office tower stopped at the garage pedestal top level.   I wonder if the climbing elevator shaft equipment from the residential towers will be moved to the office tower and start rising there.     Offices typically having different elevator layouts than residential but just a thought.   

[rolly]

Interesting! So the 34-story tower is close to topping out. It certainly has been an impactful tower on the skyline.  I guess it has about 4 more floors to finish?  So with the glass and the extra floors, this one really stands out.

And we still have the office tower to watch. I guess it will be nearly as tall (only 26 floors, but taller floors)...

 

[OnePointEast]

42 minutes ago, rolly said:

Interesting! So the 34-story tower is close to topping out. It certainly has been an impactful tower on the skyline.  I guess it has about 4 more floors to finish?  So with the glass and the extra floors, this one really stands out.

And we still have the office tower to watch. I guess it will be nearly as tall (only 26 floors, but taller floors)...

 

The office tower will be about 45' shorter but shouldn't look much shorter since the office tower is on higher ground. They're going to look about the same height from some vantage points.

[deletethisaccount]

4 hours ago, OnePointEast said:

The office tower will be about 45' shorter but shouldn't look much shorter since the office tower is on higher ground. They're going to look about the same height from some vantage points.

How far off am I guys? 

[nashvylle]

^^^ I think that massing is accurate if the towers were at the same elevation. The office building is on higher ground as @OnePointEast stated, so I imagine they will be closer in height. 

[deletethisaccount]

27 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

^^^ I think that massing is accurate if the towers were at the same elevation. The office building is on higher ground as @OnePointEast stated, so I imagine they will be closer in height. 

[FromParkAveToTN]

6 hours ago, nativenashville said:

I don't like these new buildings.  Thy could have added windows or something.  Ugh!!!!

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, FromParkAveToTN said:

I don't like these new buildings.  Thy could have added windows or something.  Ugh!!!!

They’re using the all new “one big window” design. 

[markhollin]

Looking east from north side of Broadwest development at Hayes St. and 17th Ave. North:

Looking NE from intersection of 12th Ave. South and 11th Ave. South in The Gulch:

[markhollin]

National African American Music Museum (NAMM) receives another substantial gift, this time $6 million from the Convention Center Authority.

More at The Nashville Post here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/tourism/article/21077756/nmaan-to-receive-6m-in-funding-from-cca
 

[Craiger]

19 minutes ago, markhollin said:

National African American Music Museum (NAMM) receives another substantial gift, this time $6 million from the Convention Center Authority.

 

 

I'm hoping that when Apple goes public with the store, they drop a nice donation to NMAAM as well. I can't imagine they'd put a store in next to a Music Museum without being a visible partner in some way. 

Edited July 11, 2019 by Craiger

[nashvylle]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

National African American Music Museum (NAMM) receives another substantial gift, this time $6 million from the Convention Center Authority.

More at The Nashville Post here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/tourism/article/21077756/nmaan-to-receive-6m-in-funding-from-cca
 

I am as excited as anyone about the NAAMM getting more funding, but with budget shortfalls, I think everyone cent of the money from the CCA should go to metro employees. 

[smeagolsfree]

Separate funds that Metro cant touch.

[nashvylle]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

Separate funds that Metro cant touch.

But metro can receive a donation such as this for metro employee raises. 

 

[PaulChinetti]

10 hours ago, nashvylle said:

But metro can receive a donation such as this for metro employee raises. 

That wouldn't be a permanent solution at all. I think the permanent solution is making the businesses pay their way on property taxes. 

 

Apple does a lot of artist shows and things like that in their stores, hopefully they have a decent sized performance area in this store. It's 2 stories above ground it looks like now. But they are no strangers to going below grade to make their stores larger. 

[DDIG]

11 hours ago, nashvylle said:

But metro can receive a donation such as this for metro employee raises. 

 

Slippery slope there. A donation to the general fund and a special project here and there. You start earmarking Convention Center money for employee raises and show that is a possibility the wolves will come out.

[Jarno]

I was able to get this picture this morning.  

Edited July 12, 2019 by Jarno

[nashvylle]

1 hour ago, PaulChinetti said:

That wouldn't be a permanent solution at all. I think the permanent solution is making the businesses pay their way on property taxes. 

I agree it is not a permanent solution, but I don't think it's a problem if we promised COLA raises, and when revenues don't come in as high one year, we can ask for a one time donation to metro general fund. 

Anyways, I am getting everyone off topic. Back to this awesome development!

[Native]

  

Back to the awesome development, indeed.  They have poured the top of the parking level where the trees and grass will be.  And the roof of the residential tower is about to be formed.  Looks like the utility area will be almost 20 feet tall.

[markhollin]

Apartment Tower update: starting 34th floor now.

Looking east along Broadway from intersection with 8th Ave. South:

Looking north from Demonbreun, 1/2 block east of 7th Ave. South:

[Native]

 

 

Street shots of the residential tower (now topped out) and the office tower just beginning atop the parking deck.  Removal of the hydraulics on the core assembly has taken days.  This is an elegant building.

[markhollin]

Blancos Tacos and Tequila will be the theme restaurant that SamFox will bring to 5th & Broadway. Las fall it was announced he would bring one of his specialty eateries to the new development.  This will be the first Blancos Tacos east of the Mississippi.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/07/17/filing-reveals-phoenix-restaurateurs-concept.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline