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

[TNinVB]

Had a wonderful time back home but unfortunately I didn't get to snap as many pics as I'd have liked. I spent most of my time taking my ex wife around to different antique stores. We did enjoy the New Years Eve celebration downtown. It's was crazy packed and you could barely move. With that being said, one thing that I really noticed was that people were still very kind and polite as everyone was trying to push through the crowds. True Nashville style in my opinion. Also, I was blown away at all the changes in just a year. My ex wife was speechless when she was downtown considering the last time she was there was December of 2000. She couldn't believe how much has changed. I look forward to coming back home in the summer. The only complaint that I have is that there was A LOT of trash along the interstates. I think the inmates need to be put to work. Here's a nice picture of downtown I snapped yesterday heading out of town back to Va Beach. The Westin is really going to make a presence in the skyline. Can't wait to see the JW, Bridgestone, and SoBro when they are complete. 

Edited January 5, 2016 by TNinVB

[smeagolsfree]

Glad you enjoyed your time back in the Ville.

[CenterHill]

45 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Entertainment and hospitality offerings of Gulch to be focus of signage.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/01/04/directories-planned-nashvilles-gulch/78271038/

 

Good idea, but Market Street will need to update them every few months at the rate things are changing.   

[Nathan_in_DC]

21 hours ago, markhollin said:

Entertainment and hospitality offerings of Gulch to be focus of signage.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/01/04/directories-planned-nashvilles-gulch/78271038/

 

That sort of thing could be awesome for a number of neighborhoods, as long as they stay updated. Having businesses pay a small subscription fee to have their location featured (using, say, a logo instead of just a text name), could fund them as well.

[titanhog]

If it were an LED computer-type screen with graphics, then you could just program any changes.  Yes...I realize that's way more expensive...so I'm just dreaming. 

[MLBrumby]

From the Post this morning.  Jim Creason is renovating an old house to convert it into a 6-guestroom inn.  This has potential to be a cool project, and if Mr. Creason is the person (I believe) who has already built many old-style new townhouses, then it's a safe bet that this will be well executed. 

http://nashvillepost.com/news/2016/1/6/inn_slated_for_historic_germantown_building

[markhollin]

North Gulch Antique Store site sold for $3 million. 114 George L. Davis Boulevard faces I-65/40 (west side of the inner belt) is wrapped on two sides (east and south) by the Endeavor site (former Mazda dealership), and bordered on the north by the Pollack Shores apartment/retail complex.  Will be interesting to see if the new owner,  Paul Huddleston of Please Be Seated (a Nashville-based boutique event rental company), plans to retool the site as an event space, or might ultimately be part of the Endeavor plans for that whole block.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2016/01/05/north-gulch-antique-auction-business-site-sold-3-million/78326856/

 

[MLBrumby]

Gulch and Midtown development over the past 7 years.

Test the first link too.  It's something I found on the online Tennessean archives in a feature on imagined future development in The Gulch. I hope you can see the drawing attached.  

Rendering of Gulch 1974.docx

Photos, credit Newschannel 5 WLAC-Skycam 

October 2008

January 2014

January 2016

Edited January 6, 2016 by MLBrumby

[CenterHill]

Snapped a quick cellphone pic of activity at the Division St. connector site this morning.   This is the corner of Ash and Ewing with TN Brew Works in the foreground on the right. 

Hope some of those power lines come down as part of the project.   

 

[smeagolsfree]

This will be a great addition to the area and a great use of an old home.

On a  different note, there is now equipment on the LC site at 2nd and Madison.

[MidTenn1]

Eight story office building proposed for Third Avenue at Lea Avenue in SoBro.

From the Tennessean...

Quote; The nearly 1-acre property is owned by Nashville-based Barge Waggoner Sumner Cannon, which plans to consolidate its two corporate offices with roughly 130 employees at the new location. Plans call for four floors of office space and four levels of parking.

 

[titanhog]

54 minutes ago, PHofKS said:

Eight story office building proposed for Third Avenue at Lea Avenue in SoBro.

From the Tennessean...

Quote; The nearly 1-acre property is owned by Nashville-based Barge Waggoner Sumner Cannon, which plans to consolidate its two corporate offices with roughly 130 employees at the new location. Plans call for four floors of office space and four levels of parking.

 

Uggh...well...at least it's not 7 levels of parking and one level of office space. 

[Paramount747]

2 minutes ago, titanhog said:

Uggh...well...at least it's not 7 levels of parking and one level of office space. 

I guess they could have gone 10-15 and leased some extra space, but this is better than a 1 acre surface lot.

[titanhog]

11 minutes ago, Paramount747 said:

I guess they could have gone 10-15 and leased some extra space, but this is better than a 1 acre surface lot.

I'm just talking about building an 8 story building with half of it being parking.  Most anything is better than a surface lot...but I'm just commenting on the half office / half parking building.  Just strikes me funny.

[wmaddbb2018]

14 minutes ago, Paramount747 said:

I guess they could have gone 10-15 and leased some extra space, but this is better than a 1 acre surface lot.

Seems like a waste of space for that location.  4 actual floors not including parking?

[markhollin]

I'm wondering if this site which is 3 blocks south of KVB has zoning that might now allow any more than 8 stories.  Smeagolsfree might know. If I'm not mistaken, this will be the next block south of the Olmstead apartments which will be 7 stories at their tallest  point. Along with several other TBA residential projects within a block or two of this, there is some really nice urban massing starting to fill-in that area.  

 

Edited January 7, 2016 by markhollin

[nashwatcher]

29 minutes ago, markhollin said:

I'm wondering if this site which is 3 blocks south of KVB has zoning that might now allow any more than 8 stories.  Smeagolsfree might know. If I'm not mistaken, this will be the next block south of the Olmstead apartments which will be 7 stories at their tallest  point. Along with several other TBA residential projects within a block or two of this, there is sue really nice urban massing starting to fill-in that area.  

 

The writings on the wall for this area of SoBro. Its going to be dense in a few years. With City Lights, Olmsted, Lifestyle Communities, One Nashville, and all the TBA projects that developers across the country are in the works of creating, it would probably have been wise to try to add a couple of more floors of office or ground floor retail. Get some special certification for the building and get a variance for a couple of additional floors (this is going to house an architecture and real estate firm! ). That being said, they should throw out the eight floor maximum height. This area has too much potential.

[titanhog]

Eventually, you have to believe metro will remove some of these height limitations within the "loop."  Just doesn't make sense in today's building climate.

[markhollin]

Dierks Bentley to open a large bar/club on Broadway in former Gruhn Guitars building.  4 stories tall, with 3 stages, and rooftop bar. Building is about 120 years old.   

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2016/01/country-musics-dierks-bentley-opening-a-bar-on.html

 

Edited January 8, 2016 by markhollin

[titanhog]

11 minutes ago, markhollin said:

Dierks Bentley to open a large bar/club on Broadway in former Gruhn Guitars building.  4 stories tall, with 3 stages, and rooftop bar. Building is about 120 years old.   

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2016/01/country-musics-dierks-bentley-opening-a-bar-on.html

 

Great location!

[dmillsphoto]

2 hours ago, wreynol4 said:

Seems like a waste of space for that location.  4 actual floors not including parking?

Nah, that location I am okay with being 90-100' tall. I'm all for preserving a bit of the view from the south loop for now...

[nashwatcher]

27 minutes ago, dmillsphoto said:

Nah, that location I am okay with being 90-100' tall. I'm all for preserving a bit of the view from the south loop for now...

With all the big pocketed developers trying to get into the Nashville market, we have a very real opportunity to have some serious density and incredible buildings built in our downtown. This area of SoBro is a blank slate and is begging for some serious development. I think in the long term it's in downtown's best interest to have a dense, vibrant area created with dynamic buildings. Getting rid of the height limit here would allow this. Much more important than the view someone has cruising on a portion of the interstate.

[donNdonelson2]

I'm fine with mid-rise in much of SoBro, as long as we can get some "big boys" in the revamped landscape of the Lifeway campus! I want to see us break the 50 floor barrier on the west side of Rosa Parks.

Edited January 8, 2016 by donNdonelson2
Clarification

[Pyramid Scheme]

7 hours ago, dmillsphoto said:

Nah, that location I am okay with being 90-100' tall. I'm all for preserving a bit of the view from the south loop for now...

It seems to me like the south loop may be lined with tall buildings if Buckingham and Crescendo are going to set a trend. What if it becomes part of the view itself?

[wmaddbb2018]

 Between the old Mazda site on Broadway, the Lifeway Campus and the 2nd St block long sale (Or working towards it) to the group I believe from Michigan which one will be the next to get things going?  I'm surprised we haven't heard more out of the possible plans for the Mazda site yet.