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

[markhollin]

Fogg Street Lawn Club (expansion to 2nd floor above Bad Axe Throwing) at 648 Fogg St. update: foundational work underway.

Looking NE from Fogg St. at 7th Ave. South:

[markhollin]

Arcade entrances update.

Looking SW from 4th Ave. North,  1/4 block south of Union St:

Looking NE from Rep. John Lewis Way North (5th Ave. North), 1/3 block south of Union St:

[markhollin]

Surface lot at the SE corner of Charlotte Ave. & Rosa Parks now has an asphalt layer, after being gravel for the past decade or more. 
 

[markhollin]

405 Broadway (5 story, 30,000 sq. ft.  entertainment bar) update.

LookingSE from Broadway, 1/3 block west of 4th Ave:

[Argo]

I guess Merchants is permanently closed.

[donNdonelson2]

23 minutes ago, Argo said:

I guess Merchants is permanently closed.

From their website (for what it’s worth)

[smeagolsfree]

I think they had a fire and must have decided to remodel the entire place while they were closed.

16 hours ago, Argo said:

I guess Merchants is permanently closed.

 

16 hours ago, Argo said:

I guess Merchants is permanently closed.

You are one pessimistic basket case,

[Argo]

58 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

I think they had a fire and must have decided to remodel the entire place while they were closed.

 

You are one pessimistic basket case,

I know. I mean I can't help it. It's just where I'm from it makes you pessimistic. 

PS. I'm from North Carolina. The Charlotte area to be exact.

[smeagolsfree]

1 hour ago, Argo said:

I know. I mean I can't help it. It's just where I'm from it makes you pessimistic. 

PS. I'm from North Carolina. The Charlotte area to be exact.

Well that certainly explains a lot.

[Argo]

1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

Well that certainly explains a lot.

Indeed. Once you become pessimistic, even a change of location doesn't help.

[Argo]

If Merchants doesn't come back then I think they should put a Sir Pizza there. Failing that, bring back Billy's.

[markhollin]

State government launched 'Project Tetris' to consolidate office space downtown as more government employees working from home now. 

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/19/tennessee-shifting-work-habits-changing-states-real-estate-footprint-saving-millions/71147248007/

[Luvemtall]

Wonder if this will lead to the State selling off all those surface parking lots around JRP and Rosa Parks

[Baronakim]

1 hour ago, Luvemtall said:

Wonder if this will lead to the State selling off all those surface parking lots around JRP and Rosa Parks

Don't hold your breath!

[andywildman]

17 hours ago, Luvemtall said:

Wonder if this will lead to the State selling off all those surface parking lots around JRP and Rosa Parks

Nah, just an opportunity to turn the Polk building into another surface lot in a couple years when TPAC moves.

[Luvemtall]

25 minutes ago, andywildman said:

Nah, just an opportunity to turn the Polk building into another surface lot in a couple years when TPAC moves.

Oh no, please don’t go there! 

[smeagolsfree]

This is not breaking news as the Tennessean states as this was announced back in April.

 

Hank Williams Jr. to open new bar on Nashville's Lower Broadway (tennessean.com)

[Bos2Nash]

19 hours ago, Luvemtall said:

Wonder if this will lead to the State selling off all those surface parking lots around JRP and Rosa Parks

18 hours ago, Baronakim said:

Don't hold your breath!

I agree with Baronakim on this one. As much as I really want those surface lots to go away. With the State owning them and the zoning regulations around the State capital (specifically the height ones) I don't see the State getting the asking price that they would ultimately want to ask for those properties. I believe the height limitations have been discussed on the board somewhere, but those are buried somewhere in the bellows of the board. Essentially, the height regulations limit height not in stories here, but rather elevation above sea level. This is based on the actual elevation of the State Capital and thus preserving views around the capital. This is actually a very common thing as it is utilized in many states and I personally have seen it in MA and RI. 

As a revision, I would like to see the height regs around the capital revised to really focus those sightlines on the capital from Bi-Centennial Mall/Park.  There is alot of opportunity in the parcels surrounding the capital to bring great, added density along with new business opportunities. 

 

[Luvemtall]

Yeah, it’s definitely a different situation than other parcels. Just such a waste of valuable land to just be parking lots. Even using them to build a new TPAC with maybe perhaps a parking garage above a couple floors of commercial/ retail with a transit station ( thinking positive ) would make for a much better option.

[bnacincy]

What the State needs to do is consolidate all its office space just adjacent to the Music City Central so everyone that needs to come into Downtown for work can catch a bus and have their office within walking distance.

So I would keep the old Citizens Bank Tower and sell off the Polk and the Snodgrass Tower-the Polk Bldg. would need extensive reworking whether it would stay office space-such as a bank-or become a hotel-possibly adding additional load bearing structures-to this day it kinda scares me even to just look at it-and the Snodgrass Tower could be renovated in order to attract a major company to make it its HQ-I seem to remember back in the Haslam administration this idea was floated.

[Luvemtall]

I would think that the Polk’s days are numbered. Once TPAC is done there, if anything happens maybe a hotel as mentioned. But I would think that it would come down in favor of a new structure.

[markhollin]

107 4th Ave. North (6 story entertainment bar) update: steel supports rising, with 2nd story installed above street level.

Looking west from 4th Ave. North, 1/4 block north of Broadway:

[markhollin]

The Blue Parrot (3 story bar) update: outline of logo can be made out on western wall facing 3rd Ave. South.

Looking east from 3rd Ave. South at Molloy St:

Looking SW from Molloy St., 1/2 block east of 3rd Ave. South:

[Bos2Nash]

6 hours ago, markhollin said:

The Blue Parrot (3 story bar) update: outline of logo can be made out on western wall facing 3rd Ave. South.

Looking east from 3rd Ave. South at Molloy St:

Looking SW from Molloy St., 1/2 block east of 3rd Ave. South:

You know it is taking a long time to build when the brick veneer is already stained and the building isn't even open haha

[BnaBreaker]

15 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:

You know it is taking a long time to build when the brick veneer is already stained and the building isn't even open haha

Lol!  I think at this point Mark will have it on the historic/repurposed Nashville thread before it ever opens.