The Westin Music City - 27 Floors/320', 452 Rooms

[bigeasy]

Yeah they do have a lot to do. Don't know how they are going to replace all the glass with something that looks good by then. 

 

Side note: Are there any other buildings around town where it is this easy to see inside? Talk about zero privacy. I like to have the blinds open to let natural light in, but i would never do that at this place. 

Edited June 24, 2016 by bigeasy

[TNinVB]

I honestly don't see them putting any film on the windows since curtains are already going up. The concrete wall visible in the center look horrendous.  

[smeagolsfree]

I think I saw a glass coating company truck parked at the site. I figure that may be what they are doing...not sure.

[titanhog]

I keep zooming in and trying to figure out what they're going to do to make this look ok.  The only thing I can think of is they will have to do a coating from the outside...especially with the elevator shaft or whatever that concrete wall is near the middle.

 

[nashwatcher]

Agree. What is the Westin going to do?

Aesthetically this building is terrible right now, IMO. The patterns and colors make no sense to my eyes. There's got to be a solution. It's an expensive building and it would be worth making an investment to correct this current look.

[TNinVB]

It really looks bad. When I come home this weekend I might have to ask someone at the site...that's if I can get close enough. 

[fieldmarshaldj]

I love that greenish-blue wrapping the lower part of the building. You'd have to go to grandma's bathroom to see a shade so unabashedly tacky.

[TNinVB]

Thank goodness that won't be seen for much longer. 

[markhollin]

Westin to hold job fair to fill 200 more positions at hotel:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/life/2016/08/01/westin-nashville-holds-job-fair-fill-200-open-jobs/87909912/

[TheRaglander]

Installing window designs on back side. 

[TNinVB]

But the question is, are they going to anything about the tint? Maybe it's the last thing to be done.

[evansnathan]

Really nice Shot from D.F. Chase website  that i hadn't seen. (Also Aerial Innovations is really great)  

I hate that "windowgate" has taken away from the impact of this building. I find it hard to judge anything too critically when it is still under construction.  

[markhollin]

I'm quite suspicious of Westin's opening date of sometime in September.  Even if it is the end of next month, I'm dubious that they can have everything ready.  Hardly anything has been built-out in the primary meeting spaces (the section that faces the corner of 8th Ave. South and Clark St.), and from outward appearances, there is still much to be done elsewhere.  I hope I'm wrong.

Looking in from intersection of 8th Ave. South and Clark Street:

 

Looking west along Clark Street toward the main entrance:

 

BTW, the argyle x-pattern on the window tinting is finally becoming visible from certain angles...

 

Not so much from other perspectives...

[chris holman]

The Westin sign is now illuminated at night I noticed it lastnight

[arkitekte]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

I'm quite suspicious of Westin's opening date of sometime in September.  Even if it is the end of next month, I'm dubious that they can have everything ready.  Hardly anything has been built-out in the primary meeting spaces (the section that faces the corner of 8th Ave. South and Clark St.), and from outward appearances, there is still much to be done elsewhere.  I hope I'm wrong.

A project this size will have many certificates of occupancy, so in reality, they probably will be able to have some rooms or a portion of the hotel open at the end of September. I've previously worked on projects where we were working on construction documents for interior spaces months after the first COO was issued. 

[PruneTracy]

12 minutes ago, arkitekte said:

A project this size will have many certificates of occupancy, so in reality, they probably will be able to have some rooms or a portion of the hotel open at the end of September. I've previously worked on projects where we were working on construction documents for interior spaces months after the first COO was issued. 

Adding to this, it makes sense that Westin (or any similar hotel) would want to get the hotel rooms online even if the exhibition space was still under construction. To say that rooms downtown are scarce is an understatement, and the booking time for hotel guests is much less than that for conferences.

[TNinVB]

According to their website, they are now bookable for stays starting October 15th. Gives them a little more time. I suppose a lot could still happen in two months. 

[titanhog]

From today...

 

[bigeasy]

Yep....I want to stay at this hotel.....

 

[TNinVB]

Looking at the pics of the other side of the Westin, I really believe that tint will be added to the windows before all is said and done.

[TNinVB]

You can tell that the three columns of windows going up the right side are tinted and not transparent like the rest. These were the last windows installed because of the exterior elevator. I'm not sure why the others were not installed the same way. Only time will tell I guess. 

[RonCamp]

On 8/19/2016 at 2:42 PM, TNinVB said:

You can tell that the three columns of windows going up the right side are tinted and not transparent like the rest. These were the last windows installed because of the exterior elevator. I'm not sure why the others were not installed the same way. Only time will tell I guess. 

[pics removed]

I've noticed this as well and have been wondering (hoping?) that the rest of the windows would have film installed to match.

Otherwise this will look even worse than it already does!

[SoundScan]

I believe the lack of transparency is not from tinting but that what's behind those windows is not a hotel room but an enclosed mechanical riser space. Notice on the the right side of the building in the top photo that there are black ventilation grates directly adjacent to that space.

Edited August 23, 2016 by SoundScan

[titanhog]

There's just no way they leave it looking like this.  There is no one crazy enough to spend this much money and leave the windows looking like a tornado came through and blew some of the windows out.  Something is going to be done to make it look better. 

[Nashville Cliff]

I'll wait till it's done to render judgment.  If it looks like the rendering (pun intended), I think it will be kind of cool.