Repurposed/revitalized historical buildings in Nashville

[markhollin]

1221 Lebanon Pike covers 7,641 sq. ft. over its single floor and was built in 1950.  It is now home to Lebanon Pike Wine & Spirits.

 

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The Liggett Building at 200 2nd Ave. South covers 18,000 s. ft. over its 3 floors and was built in 12920.  It is now home to the Nashville City Club, which just relocated there from the Service Source Tower.

On the first floor sits The Study Bar, named in honor of the Library Bar at the previous location. The Study Bar will allow the public to get a glimpse of what the Nashville City Club is all about. True to its name, The Study Bar is lined with old books, intimate booths and tables.  It will serve light bites influenced by French bistros, American cuisine, Spanish tapas, Italian and Latin flavors.

The 6,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom, located on the second floor, is equipped to host holiday gatherings, corporate events, weddings and rehearsals, and has breakout rooms for smaller-scale happenings.

The 6,000-square-foot third floor, The Member’s Floor, allows members to work, dine and network across various seating areas: a traditional dining room — which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner — a cocktail bar, leather sofas centered around a pop-up television, tables and enclosed work spaces.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/01/25/nashville-city-club-opens-liggett-building.html

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12 hours ago, markhollin said:

This image really screwed me up haha! The 222 Building that wraps around this one is shown as a surface lot and then what I believe used to be the Market Street Lofts (or some other apartment name) is shown where the Four Seasons is now standing.

[markhollin]

100 Taylor St. covers 45,000 sq. ft. over its 1 thru 3 stories, and was built in 1900.  It has become creative space for artisans, musicians, and small businesses.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/02/01/100-taylor-germantown-artist-community-photo-story.html

[markhollin]

Eastwood Village (converted church building from 1920) will. have another new tenant  with restaurant Butterlamp Bread & Beverage opening a 42 seat  wine bar.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/food-notes-las-vegas-company-taps-midtown-for-mexican-restaurant/article_fd59fb16-c450-11ee-90cf-5f42d557f8d9.html

[markhollin]

Union Station Hotel (circa 1900) is getting another update with conversion of a 3,100 sq. ft. patio to an event space. The new veranda, located on the third floor of the historic hotel, will offer space for up to 250 guests. Reneerign below.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/02/16/deal-dash-union-station-hotel-event-space.html
 

[markhollin]

Nashville Post interview with Tony Giarratana and Randy Rayburn about their plans to renivent the Gold Rush restaurant/bar/pool hall on Elliston Place:

How will the future building offer the "look and feel" of the former Gold Rush space? Like the previous iteration, will the space offer exposed  brick walls and paneling? Will it offer more than one bar? I understand you have salvaged and stored lots of the items of the business.

Tony: The goal would be to retain all the grit and glory of the original space.

Randy: Everything that can be re-created will be re-created. This is the same approach we took with Elliston Place Soda Shop (read here). It will be very similar with new infrastructure, floor plans and clean bathrooms.

In the evening, the Gold Rush will be — like the original version that opened in 1974 — dimly lit. It will offer the original chandelier that was in the Ritz Café and that occupied the space before the Gold Rush (and that was in the main room of the former space and to the left of the entrance).

The former Gold Rush has two bars on its main level. Will the future Gold Rush have two bars and, if so, will they be similar in size and configuration to the originals? Will the future space, like the original, be "quirky" in its layout?

Randy: Yes. There will be two bars and they will mimic the original bars as closely as possible.

Tony: I would love to have rollup doors that would open the space to the sidewalk. Metro Codes won't permit us to retain the old lumpy floors that changed elevation as you walk through the space. It’s not a bad thing to fix that.

What about the menu?

Tony: The menu will be in the hands of Randy and Craig Clifft, Randy’s protege since 1987 and general manner of the Elliston Place Soda Shop. Gold Rush was essentially Nashville's first Tex-Mex restaurant. And with Randy’s help from his friends who worked there, it will bring back the famous bean roll with chips, salsa and more. We can foresee patrons of Exit-In coming pre-show and post shows as well as other Rock Block businesses and venues. Gold Rush will be rebooted as another iconic star of Rock Block’s revival.

Will you seek any past employees to work at the future Gold Rush?

Randy: I know a few including Buster Depue, who was kitchen manager for many years until it closed. And we are in touch.

Will patrons be allowed to write names, phrases, etc. on the walls of the bathrooms? Could you even have a payphone (as with the original space) as a visual?

Randy: There will be opportunity for that activity but the bathrooms will start with a clean look. As to a payphone, I’m sure we can find one but realize it won’t be functional.

We will probably try to replicate the Nashville sign — from the Robert Altman film — in the small bar room and found in the doorway.

Will you need to acquire the naming rights from the previous owners?

Tony: Yes. We have acquired a trademark on the name. We did the same for Elliston Place Soda Shop.

What about critics who will contend that you are “manufacturing” a place as opposed to letting it grow organically? Some folks feel this might be disrespectful to Walter Harwood and Keith Josse, the founders and owners.

Randy:  We will make every good faith effort to recreate the sound and feel of the original Gold Rush. But to those who say ‘It can’t be done,’ would they rather see it be gone forever and not available to a new generation? I’ll never be in my 20s again. But I enjoy the memories of talking with my peers with whom I’ve spoken in the last two weeks and from when Gold Rush opened in 1974.

I knew Walter and Keith and have talked to several employees in the last two weeks — and throughout the years — who look forward to seeing what we are able to recreate.

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/retail/q-a-giarratana-rayburn-discuss-gold-rush-plan/article_73b0d144-cd12-11ee-b501-03cde1a433c3.html

[markhollin]

The Metro Council approved on third reading Tuesday night a bill approving a lease agreement between the Metropolitan Government and Friends of Shelby Park for the Naval Building and grounds in Shelby Park.

The bill, passed unanimously on consent, will yield the $10 million Shelby Commons, a combination of park space and an arts and cultural center sitting on a site on the Cumberland River and billed as a creative campus of sorts. The property is recognized for the long-vacant U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center in East Nashville’s Shelby Park.

Local nonprofits, Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms and the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville are collaborating on the effort.

The future 19,000-square-foot arts and cultural center will offer restaurant and retail space, theater space, art studios and outdoor recreation areas. The theater space will be able to accommodate community events and private rentals for 150-300 guests.

Metro previously committed $2.5 million to fund Shelby Commons as a component of then-Mayor John Cooper's capital spending plan from January 2023.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/metro/metro-council-oks-bill-for-east-side-creative-campus/article_6f0d3868-d0f4-11ee-ad7b-67c075d2af42.html
 

The site as it looks currently:

[markhollin]

The SoHo House Hotel inside the May Hosiery redevelopment (circa 1925):

[markhollin]

221 4th Ave. North (3 & 4 stories, 45,344 sq. ft., circa 1871) is up for sale.  It was previously purchased for $6.8 million 3 years ago. It is listed on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Register of Historic Places. It might be well-suited for a boutique hotel.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/historic-downtown-building-listed-for-sale/article_461fbb5e-d26d-11ee-bde1-07afe20981fa.html

[markhollin]

Germantown Village (renovation of two 1905-era homes into retail entities) update:

Looking SW from 2nd Ave. North, 1/2 block north of Monroe St:
 

[markhollin]

1010-B 4th Ave. North covers 6,000 sq. ft. on its single floor and was built in 1982. It is now home to Desano Pizza.
 

[markhollin]

1010-A 4th Ave. North covers 2,000 sq. ft. on its single floor and was built in 1982. It is now home to Barrel Proof Bar.

[markhollin]

1906 & 1908 Acklen Ave. cover a combined 10,770  sq. ft. in their 3 stories, and were built in 1920.  They are being converted into The Chloe Boutique Hotel.

[markhollin]

Carter Vintage Guitars has finished their move across the street into the 12,500 sq. ft. top floor Somera Roads' renovated Downtown Antique Mall Building (2 floors, 26,278 sq. ft., circa 1939), which is part of the Paseo South Gulch complex.

More at CityNowNext here:

https://citynownext.com/2024/03/03/carter-vintage-guitars-officially-opens-at-paseo-south-gulch-in-nashville/#more-39330


And at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/03/01/carter-vintage-guitars-opens-at-paseo-south-gulch.html
 

[markhollin]

2000 Belcourt covers 4,800 sq. ft. over its single floor and was built in 1925. It is now home to SupperClub on Belcourt.
 

[markhollin]

1910 Belcourt Ave. covers 2,692 sq. ft. over its single floor and was built in 1963.  It is now home to Bungalow 10 Dining.

 

[markhollin]

128 2nd Ave. North (4 stories, 42,520 sq. ft. circa 1900) will see the AVA Rooftop Bar open on tomorrow (March 8).

The rooftop bar is the latest step in a string of phases to revitalize Second Avenue's historic Hooper building, which was formerly home to the George Jones museum. Real estate development company, The Cordish Companies, announced their renovation plans in June of 2023 to turn the building into a massive, 50,000-square-foot, multi-level dining and entertainment experience called Nashville Live!

Nashville Live! spans vertically across five level and features a different concept on each floor. The venue is home to DraftKings Sports & Social, PBR Cowboy Bar, a speakeasy bar and a 10,000-square-foot private event space called The Gallery.

AVA Rooftop Bar is a Mediterranean-inspired space which will feature a small plate menu to match. The space will also include lush greenery, expansive lounge-style seating and a 25-foot tree at its centerpiece.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2024/03/07/nashville-live-opens-new-rooftop-bar-on-second-avenue-what-to-know/72852878007/
 

[markhollin]

2500 12th Ave South covers 5,668 sq. ft. over its single floor and was built in 1961. The conversion from Emory Steakhouse to Nashville Street Taco is nearly complete.

[markhollin]

2405 12th Ave.  South covers 2,464 sq. ft. over its 2 floors and was built in 1910.  Conversion to Playdate Funbar is nearing completion.

[markhollin]

2001 Warfield Drive covers 9,300 sq. ft. over its 2 floors and was built in 1958.  It is now home to Kirna Zabate clothiers.
 

[markhollin]

217 Louise Ave. covers 9,267 sq. ft. over its 2 floors and was originally built as a home in 1920.  It has been added-onto a few times as Jimmy Kelly's Steakhouse. Progress is being made on the latest addition:
 

[markhollin]

212 Louise Ave. covers 3,631sq. ft. over its two floors and was built in 1920.  It is now home to Greenhouse Comfort Spa.
 

[markhollin]

209 Louis Ave. covers 8,840 sq. ft. over its 3 floors and was built in 1910. It is currently home to Agri Sales Assoc. and Lash Salon.

[markhollin]

210 Louise Ave. covers 4,157 sq. ft. over its 2 floors and was built in 1920.  It is now home of Coco's Backstage, The Groom Room, and the Debbie Metzger Salon.