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

[East Side Urbanite]

No render yet for SCottages. The project should address both Seventh and Buchanan fairly well. I agree with BWithers1 about the importance of that.

 

WW

[East Side Urbanite]

A solid job of keeping things civil. 

 

Carry on.

 

WW

 

Save the Ben West Library Building

[East Side Urbanite]

Thank you, William!! Maybe my memory isn't as bad as I've suspected lately. Your description of the BGI brings it all back. I knew there was once a place back there, but I haven't lived in Nashville in such a long time (and not being the biggest bluegrass fan, I had been to Station Inn several times when there was absolutely nothing else in the Gulch) I couldn't be sure. I went there with some classmates probably 2-3 times, and remember having a good time, but it was certainly a "no frills" sort of place... like Jonesy's with live banjoes. But it had to be my first or second year at Vandy, given the time frame. Ahem, there must be a reason that's a bit "foggy"... LOL.

MLB,

 

I liked Jonesy's myself. 

 

WW

[Guest 5th & Main Urbanite]

I saw the rendering for the Eakin Tower. I walked by and it looks like construction may have started. Not sure. William said he would check on it.

[NashRugger]

See, I think something may be up on the Eakin side of the site as well because I truthfully don't believe they'd let Hensler push mounds of dirt onto their property for no reason, and I noticed this about 3 weeks back.

[smeagolsfree]

Looks as if the square footage has fallen to 300 thousand from 450 thousand. It would be great if both of these projects were being done together and make a little more since.

[Guest 5th & Main Urbanite]

Looks as if the square footage has fallen to 300 thousand from 450 thousand. It would be great if both of these projects were being done together and make a little more since.

Agreed, Ron.

[barakat]

Thought this $150,000 permit [page 3] for interior demolition at the former Federal Reserve building was interesting.  What's going on there?

 

http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Codes/docs/permits/kd130405.pdf

[Guest 5th & Main Urbanite]

Got a call from William this morning. Eakin says no construction yet. Just a sign for marketing purposes.

[ariesjow]

Eakin should pitch to Sony ATV if they already have not. It was said that Sony is looking for 50,000sf for expansion back in January. I also wonder if Sony ATV is considering the Gulch Crossing proposal. How many square feet of office space does that proposal contain? 

[smeagolsfree]

The Federal Reserve is moving into the AT&T building. The building close to the Capital is for sale. I do not recall the reasoning behind the move but they are moving.

[nashvillwill]

AT&T seems like an incredibly strange place for a federal reserve.

[Neigeville]

AT&T seems like an incredibly strange place for a federal reserve.

Our Register of Deeds is in the hockey stadium.

[nashvillwill]

Well, yeah, but a register of deeds doesn't carry piles of cash and have guards with assault rifles.

[NashRugger]

Read a piece in the NBJ that 4th & Monroe is converting back to condos

[captainwjm]

Well, yeah, but a register of deeds doesn't carry piles of cash and have guards with assault rifles.

 

There was an article about a year ago, when the Fed building went on the market, that all the operations w/ cash were being centralized - in Atlanta, I think - so there was no need for the secure facility.

[producer2]

New hotel project (full service) will be announced in the next week if not sooner......will have City participation.

[UTgrad09]

New hotel project (full service) will be announced in the next week if not sooner......will have City participation.

 

Interesting. Without giving too much away, is this related to the MCC (SoBro) or is it somewhere else?

[Guest 5th & Main Urbanite]

Tony? Swerdling? Peabody? Marriott? It should be interesting.

[Guest 5th & Main Urbanite]

I think it may be Swerdling. The site was already approved by Metro Council. The Pilliponis Building and the Richards and Richards Building are not in the Second Avenue overlay, They specialize in building hotels while Tony does not, they would be a new developer in town, Tony already has received TIF before, so maybe a new player in town gets the money. Who knows? Maybe it is Tony. Maybe Peabody finally gets the TIF money they have been asking for for a decade now.

 

I guess we will know soon enough.

[producer2]

Interesting. Without giving too much away, is this related to the MCC (SoBro) or is it somewhere else?

it's related...

[Guest 5th & Main Urbanite]

Well Curt is the man in the know, so he will let us know when possible. In any case, whoever it is, it will serve the need for another full service property to service the MCC, and the business community in general.

 

I hope we get something a bit better than utilitarian design. I hope we have some nice architectural elements without being too much of a box like The Omni. I would like to see something in the 300-400 foot range for change. We have not had any height in a while for a hotel, but then again we are looking at space considerations, and getting the most out of every dollar spent in construction.

[UTgrad09]

I'd like to see something a little taller than Omni. I don't know if that's what we're going to get...but I agree, something in the 300-400 foot range would look nice if it is close to the MCC.

[dmillsphoto]

Well, given P2's post a couple months back of simply "Hyatt" I also have my bets on the Swerdling property. Which makes me especially happy since the view coming off the pedestrian bridge and from the east will be killer.

[TheRaglander]

In your estimation, how tall would a hotel be to cover 300-400 rooms?