Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, 40 stories, 542', $400 million

[markhollin]

This complex will be on the full city block with the address of 151 First Avenue South.  It will be bordered on the east by First Avenue, on the north by the McGavock/Siegenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, on the west by Second Avenue (which will serve as the primary entrance), and on the south by Demonbreun Street. Currently the land is occupied by theMarket Street Apartments and a surface lot. In the proposed layout, the entire block will be covered with a 7-story pedestal that will include a massive parking garage, restaurants, clubs, and other retail. A U-shaped trio of towers will sit on top of that. The south tower will be the tallest at about 40 additional stories (according to the initial renderings) and projected height of 485 feet. The north tower looks to be 35 additional stories and about 400 feet. The west connector appears to be about 9 additional stories, and about 190 feet. It would appear that an amenities deck of some sort (pool, recreation, outdoor dining, etc.) will be located on the roof of the primary pedestal (around 80 feet above the street) and surround by the U-shaped three towers. It is initially unclear which elements will be in which buildings: 225-room 5-star-rated hotel,  220 luxury apartments, and 200 high-end condos. 

The $325 million project is being undertaken by Second Avenue Partners, which is a group of investors made up of Northern Capital (from Grand Rapids, MI) and The Congress Group (from Boston, MA). No dates have been set yet on ground-breaking or completion.

 

 

 

[bigeasy]

Well there goes the views in the neighborhood!!!!

 

(Sarcasm)    

 

I like it!! Atleast they are trying to make the glass box somewhat appealing.

Edited May 27, 2016 by bigeasy

[titanhog]

It definitely has a big-city, urban, metropolitan feel to it.  Like it...a lot!

[whatwhat]

The Pinnacle building just had a tall dude stand in front of him at the concert.  Sorry Bro'.

Edited May 28, 2016 by whatwhat

[chris holman]

This one thing I do love about Nashville it builds density in its downtown the buildings are right next to each other the Viridian is right next to the l&c Tower there's a lot more examples of that

[wmaddbb2018]

I can't explain how excited I am for this to get going! Any ideas for when ground breaking occurs?

[markhollin]

I just added some more images that were released this morning into the opening post of this thread.

[TheRaglander]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

I just added some more images that were released this morning into the opening post of this thread.

Looks like the girl in the red is thinking "Wait, what?"

[dmillsphoto]

5 hours ago, TheRaglander said:

Looks like the girl in the red is thinking "Wait, what?"

As is the face most people who unexpectedly show up in renders have...

[Hey_Hey]

This will be quite the addition to the Skyline in 3 years.

A couple of the overhead drawings have a building as being built over the listening room Cafe and Molloy. Is there a proposal out there for a building to be built there or is that just speculation?

[MidTenn1]

A few caps from the planning commission documents.

This one clarifies the two 40 story tower labeling even though they are different heights.

 

Some architectural details up close.

 

[kc8501]

Guess I'm going to be an outlier here, I honestly think this whole design is pretty ugly. Two tall, square boxes with a square box in the middle with a lot of glass. It was an opportunity to do something really different and instead it is just... boring. <returns to lurking>

[smeagolsfree]

On 6/1/2016 at 1:15 PM, TheRaglander said:

Looks like the girl in the red is thinking "Wait, what?"

She was just caught off guard that it was her x boyfriend with his arm wrapped around another x boyfriend.

[TheRaglander]

39 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

She was just caught off guard that it was her x boyfriend with his arm wrapped around another x boyfriend.

Finally!  Someone got what I was saying!  ;-)

[smeagolsfree]

I was hoping someone other that's myself would post it, but I couldn't take it any longer.

[fieldmarshaldj]

10 hours ago, kc8501 said:

Guess I'm going to be an outlier here, I honestly think this whole design is pretty ugly. Two tall, square boxes with a square box in the middle with a lot of glass. It was an opportunity to do something really different and instead it is just... boring. <returns to lurking>

Vhat ? You dont lika da boxes ? Are you cvazy ? It's all boxes nowadays.

[markhollin]

Second Avenue Partners receive an extension until end of August to buy the the Market Street Apartments property:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/06/24/deal-land-350m-sobro-project-extended/86350002/

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

Second Avenue Partners receive an extension until end of August to buy the the Market Street Apartments property:

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/06/24/deal-land-350m-sobro-project-extended/86350002/

Hmmm...starting to sound a bit iffy, just based on those remarks.  Seems if they pay that purchase price, they'll really have to hit one out of the park to get their money back.

[fieldmarshaldj]

^I wish they could find a way to build atop the apartments instead rather than demolishing a nice brick structure that addresses the street well.

[NashRugger]

12 hours ago, titanhog said:

Hmmm...starting to sound a bit iffy, just based on those remarks.  Seems if they pay that purchase price, they'll really have to hit one out of the park to get their money back.

That's a ton of capital to be had as well, so it's probably taking longer to execute than normal.

This is top tier city pricing right here for this project.

[Guest]

^I wish they could find a way to build atop the apartments instead rather than demolishing a nice brick structure that addresses the street well.

I'm not crazy about the structure itself. It doesn't have any street activation. Looks like a cheap old brick apartment building to me.

[arkitekte]

57 minutes ago, NoChesterHester said:

I'm not crazy about the structure itself. It doesn't have any street activation. Looks like a cheap old brick apartment building to me.

I wouldn't call a brick structure that's 100+ years old "cheap", but that's me. 

It lacks street activation because it was once a warehouse, is now residential and lacks ground floor retail space. Neither of those uses warrant street level activation for their overall success. 

Someone should stipulate that the existing brick be salvaged and incorporated into the new construction. 

[markhollin]

Legal fight over .12 acre sliver on the site will slow down this development:

http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/20830999/massive-sobro-project-faces-legal-concerns

[Neigeville2]

54 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Legal fight over .12 acre sliver on the site will slow down this development:

http://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/20830999/massive-sobro-project-faces-legal-concerns

I wonder how much their little sliver is worth if the development just builds around it?  From google it looks like they can still connect to the bridge without this lot, if I'm reading it right.  This must be the 20 spaces facing 2nd.  I hate to see this development held up.

[smeagolsfree]

My thought is they will settle out of court and the project will move forward. That's what expensive lawyers are for.

The problem , the way I see it is that they set a closing date too early on the small parcel of land. Once the time period is up for appeals, it should move forward as well.