Inner Loop - CBD, Downtown, East Bank, Germantown, Gulch, Rutledge

[fishsticks176]

I may be alone in this, but I think Sticks will play really well against a backdrop once KVB Circle fills in. 

It doesn’t stand well on its own but it’ll add some great dynamics seeing all the buildings through it as you drive around.

[HGMIII]

Atlas, CL Germantown, Ludlow Row are 3 good looking developments. 

[markhollin]

Good news!  

The Firestone Complete Auto Care property of .58 acre at 1221 Broadway is up for sale.  Initial bids are due June 28th.  With Endeavor's 1200 Broadway directly across the street, Jim Caden's Gulch Gateway (11 acres of Tennessean properties on either side of Broadway) just to the east,  a proposed 16 story boutique hotel just to the south, and Endeavor's new Gulch Union project just 1 block further south, this will create a ton of speculation and interest.  Will it end up being combined with one of these other developments, or will someone new enter to race for a A-1 project on this prime piece of Broadway real estate right next to the interstate inner loop?

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21010501/firestone-property-in-gulch-now-for-sale

 

[Guest]

I love this! Their initial plan to make it a 2-story showcase Firestone was not the best use for the property. I think they will make a bank.

 

it is us too bad the McDonalds was just rebuilt....missed opportunity for sure.

Edited June 21, 2018 by Guest

[FromParkAveToTN]

1 hour ago, nashville_bound said:

I love this! Their initial plan to make it a 2-story showcase Firestone was not the best use for the property. I think they will make a bank.

 

it is us too bad the McDonalds was just rebuilt....missed opportunity for sure.

Definitely a missed opportunity.  I wish it was a McDowell's instead.

[BnaBreaker]

18 minutes ago, FromParkAveToTN said:

Definitely a missed opportunity.  I wish it was a McDowell's instead.

I was hoping for a WacArnold's

[Pdt2f]

43 minutes ago, FromParkAveToTN said:

Definitely a missed opportunity.  I wish it was a McDowell's instead.

 

[e-dub]

2 hours ago, FromParkAveToTN said:

Definitely a missed opportunity.  I wish it was a McDowell's instead.

The triumphant return of ParkAve. 

[NashvilleObserver]

21 hours ago, fishsticks176 said:

I may be alone in this, but I think Sticks will play really well against a backdrop once KVB Circle fills in. 

It doesn’t stand well on its own but it’ll add some great dynamics seeing all the buildings through it as you drive around.

I hate to say it... but I might agree. I was driving up KVB this morning and noticed that sticks actually looked sort of interesting with all the buildings around it. Of course, up close, it is much different. (Pic from Google Maps)

Edited June 22, 2018 by NashvilleObserver

[markhollin]

Atlanta-based restaurateur and chef Ford Fry is looking to put one of his Tex-Mex Superica restaurants in the one-story cinder block building at 601 Overtone St. in the Gulch. The building will get a thorough remodeling. Rumors are that there may be  a second restaurant in the structure eventually as well.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/food-business/article/21010472/noted-atlanta-chef-eyes-texmex-eatery-for-gulch

[Jamie Hall]

38 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Atlanta-based restaurateur and chef Ford Fry is looking to put one of his Tex-Mex Superica restaurants in the one-story cinder block building at 601 Overtone St. in the Gulch. The building will get a thorough remodeling. Rumors are that there may be  a second restaurant in the structure eventually as well.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/food-business/article/21010472/noted-atlanta-chef-eyes-texmex-eatery-for-gulch

I love seeing that area of the Gulch keep growing, but on a related note, I really hope something high-profile takes the place of the Yahoo Brewery and ReStore sites -- the "back" area of the Gulch never seems to get the foot traffic as the newer Urban Outfitters-Thompson Hotel-Bar Louie side seems to draw.  Not sure what the solution is to fix that. Maybe better signage/maps/branding around the neighborhood to make the area feel cohesive?

[Pdt2f]

18 minutes ago, Jamie Hall said:

I love seeing that area of the Gulch keep growing, but on a related note, I really hope something high-profile takes the place of the Yahoo Brewery and ReStore sites -- the "back" area of the Gulch never seems to get the foot traffic as the newer Urban Outfitters-Thompson Hotel-Bar Louie side seems to draw.  Not sure what the solution is to fix that. Maybe better signage/maps/branding around the neighborhood to make the area feel cohesive?

If something substantial gets built on the RJ Young property it could help move some of that action east, as well. 

[CenterHill]

1 hour ago, Jamie Hall said:

I love seeing that area of the Gulch keep growing, but on a related note, I really hope something high-profile takes the place of the Yahoo Brewery and ReStore sites -- the "back" area of the Gulch never seems to get the foot traffic as the newer Urban Outfitters-Thompson Hotel-Bar Louie side seems to draw.  Not sure what the solution is to fix that. Maybe better signage/maps/branding around the neighborhood to make the area feel cohesive?

Right now, it's probably a function of the tenant mix in the "back area".     Unless you're going to Peg Leg's or Barista Parlor or Arnold's, there are very few retail destinations of the type that generate foot traffic.     If more of the industrial buildings are converted to restaurant/retail like the above, it could become more of a walking destination.      But with the property values being where they are and a large percentage of each parcel currently used as surface parking, I think the economics will drive future development toward assembling parcels and wholesale redevelopment. 

[markhollin]

The small one story brick warehouse at SW corner of Church and 9th Ave. North is coming down.  At one point, this was not part of the Nashville Yards property, but I believe they may have scooped it up after the large transaction with LifeWay was completed on all the adjoining property.

Looking NW from intersection of 9th Ave. North, 1/2 block south of Church St:

[CenterHill]

I think the pizza place next door was still open for business as of a couple weeks ago, but it may have closed by now.   I assume the wrecking ball is coming for it, as well.     

[Hey_Hey]

A Tesla Supercharger received permits to be installed in the Gulch Crossings parking garage on the first level.  It will be a total of 12 bays and should be a fairly high use destination given its location at the intersection of three interstates.  There aren’t a ton of truly urban Superchargers in this part of the US, and I suspect it will quickly become a favorite for Tesla owners given all the amenities around it. 

[smeagolsfree]

I will say there is a second rest. in that building and not sure what it is. There is also something up with 2 other properties in that area, one being the Yazoo site and I have heard the brand that is rumored. There is another property close and that something is percolating.

[smeagolsfree]

When I walked by there Wednesday the pizza place was still open. There were about to demo the buildings adjacent to it. Go figure. People from across the street were going in for lunch.

 

As far as I know Mark this is part of Nashville Yards.

[japan]

13 hours ago, Jamie Hall said:

I love seeing that area of the Gulch keep growing, but on a related note, I really hope something high-profile takes the place of the Yahoo Brewery and ReStore sites -- the "back" area of the Gulch never seems to get the foot traffic as the newer Urban Outfitters-Thompson Hotel-Bar Louie side seems to draw.  Not sure what the solution is to fix that. Maybe better signage/maps/branding around the neighborhood to make the area feel cohesive?

From what I have heard, it's supposed to be a Hilton property that takes the Yazoo site.

[smeagolsfree]

Thats what I am hearing. As to which one, who knows.

[bmkTN]

18 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

There is also something up with 2 other properties in that area, one being the Yazoo site and I have heard the brand that is rumored. There is another property close and that something is percolating.

I'm hoping the other property you're referring to is the RJ Young site.  That one's got a TON of potential being on both sides of Division.  And I hope whoever does the Yazoo site also buys and incorporates the Habitat site as well.  

[bmkTN]

On ‎6‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 4:22 PM, nashville_bound said:

it is us too bad the McDonalds was just rebuilt....missed opportunity for sure.

McDonald's corporate bought the property in the last year I think.  I bet at some point they'll work with a developer to build something bigger on it and keep an urban McDonalds at the bottom.  Prob a while off though.

[Pyramid Scheme]

On 6/23/2018 at 1:06 PM, bmkTN said:

McDonald's corporate bought the property in the last year I think.  I bet at some point they'll work with a developer to build something bigger on it and keep an urban McDonalds at the bottom.  Prob a while off though.

I've said that before although drive-through would be too difficult with an urban style, and folks ain't having none of that. I think they were probably right.

I have no idea what happened to my font....I somehow fixed it.

Edited June 24, 2018 by Philip

[KJHburg]

On 6/22/2018 at 9:12 AM, markhollin said:

Atlanta-based restaurateur and chef Ford Fry is looking to put one of his Tex-Mex Superica restaurants in the one-story cinder block building at 601 Overtone St. in the Gulch. The building will get a thorough remodeling. Rumors are that there may be  a second restaurant in the structure eventually as well.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/food-business/article/21010472/noted-atlanta-chef-eyes-texmex-eatery-for-gulch

 

Superica just opened a few weeks ago here in Charlotte and it has been met with great admiration and very received.   The place is packing them in for lunch and dinner and Sunday's brunch are hard to get into too.  The only complaint I have heard is the wait!   It is our South End area in a building called the Design Center of the Carolinas that was basically office space but since Asana Partners bought it they are bringing in restaurants of various types and keeping the offices to the 2nd floor.    Anyway Nashville you will love it.  True Tex-Mex and the salsas are great. 

[Guest]

The pizza restaurant has a lease, but they developers want them out and are trying everything in the book to make life hell so they give up the lease. Yes, it is Nashville yards.