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

[markhollin]

Some fencing is up where some old homes/garages were razed a while back on this lot near the NE corner of Rosa Parks Blvd. and Garfield St. in Germantown:

 

[markhollin]

Fifth Ave. Storage (6 stories) update.  Foundational walls underway.

Looking south from intersection of Lafayette and Ash Street:

Looking SW from intersection of Lafayette and Ash Street:

[smeagolsfree]

Fencing has been up for a long time.

[markhollin]

Taquila Cowboy at 305 Broadway is adding a rooftop element:

Looking SE from Broadway, near intersection with 4th Ave:

 

Looking SW from intersection of Broadway and 3rd Ave:

 

Looking NE from parking lot on NE corner of 4th Ave. South and Symphony Place:

[markhollin]

LC Germantown (4 and 6 stories, 450 units, retail/restaurant) update.

Looking NE from intersection of 2nd Ave. North and Madison St:

 

Looking SE from 2nd Ave. North, 1/2 block south of Monroe St:

 

Looking north from Madison St., 1/2 block east of 2nd Ave. North:

 

Looking east from 2nd Ave. North, 1/2 block south of Monroe St:

 

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

[markhollin]

Hammer Mill (6 and 5 stories, 259 units, 3 restaurants) update.

Looking NE from intersection of Taylor and Adams:

 

Looking north from intersection of Taylor and Adams:

 

Looking north from riverfront:

Looking east from Taylor Street 1/2 block east of  Cumberland River Greenway:

Looking Se from intersection of Van Buren and Adams:

[markhollin]

915 Monroe (3 stories, 17 townhomes) update.

Looking SW from intersection of Monroe and 9th Ave. North:

[markhollin]

Hampton Inn SoBro addition (5 stories, 50 units, restaurant) update.

 

[markhollin]

City officials are making their final play for a long-desired, multimillion-dollar flood protection system for downtown ahead of this year's capital budget discussions.

This is the third and final time officials with Metro Water Services will make their case to Metro Council for the $125 million project, according to Scott Potter, the department's director. Last year, council members axed the plan from that budget.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/03/06/flood-watch-metro-readies-itself-for-final-flood.html

[DMilner]

On 3/4/2018 at 7:18 AM, markhollin said:

Taquila Cowboy at 305 Broadway is adding a rooftop element:

Looking SE from Broadway, near intersection with 4th Ave:

 

Looking SW from intersection of Broadway and 3rd Ave:

 

Looking NE from parking lot on NE corner of 4th Ave. South and Symphony Place:

I believe this is going to be called “Hick Town.”

[PaulChinetti]

42 minutes ago, markhollin said:

City officials are making their final play for a long-desired, multimillion-dollar flood protection system for downtown ahead of this year's capital budget discussions.

This is the third and final time officials with Metro Water Services will make their case to Metro Council for the $125 million project, according to Scott Potter, the department's director. Last year, council members axed the plan from that budget.

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/03/06/flood-watch-metro-readies-itself-for-final-flood.html

"The flood caused more than $2 billion in private property damage and $120 million in public infrastructure damage in Nashville. "

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2017/05/01/10-things-know-2010-nashville-flood/101039174/

I wonder how much of that could have been stopped with the wall and other mitigation efforts. I know there was mass flooding but it would be interesting to see a number that the wall would have stopped. Especially since walls/levees push the flooding to other areas. 

[markhollin]

In the fall, Rakesh Aggarwal sold land he owned in SoBro for five times the price he paid. Then he walked down the street and reinvested in that part of downtown Nashville once again.

Aggarwal paid $7.5 million on March 6 for 1.4 acres of land anchored at 407 Lafayette St. The property, part of which borders the downtown interstate loop, is a tenth of a mile from the land Aggarwal sold for $5.15 million to Nashville's Convention Center Authority.

Both sites are in the immediate vicinity of where Metro would locate one entrance to a tunnel proposed as part of a $5.4 billion transit expansion plan that faces a critical vote May 1st.  Aggarwal believes he is well-positioned to benefit from the wave of development sweeping through SoBro, which to this point has been headlined by a frenzy of hotel construction.

"We are just waiting for the mass-transit [vote]. If that goes through, we might develop this property in a couple of years," Aggarwal said in an interview. "In the meantime, the places are leased. We'll leave it as-is right now. We'll wait for the right time."

More behind NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2018/03/06/investor-snags-sobro-land-eyeing-transit-vote-and.html

 

[Rockatansky]

5 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

Especially since walls/levees push the flooding to other areas. 

A 1/4 inch in East Nashville. Dunno about elsewhere.

[PaulChinetti]

I tried to find the article but it's lost to me know, it was discussing how levees on the Mississippi push the flood waters to other areas, it was YEARS ago so maybe I'm remembering it incorrectly. 

I believe it was talking about when both sides of a river are blocked. 

[CenterHill]

20 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

I tried to find the article but it's lost to me know, it was discussing how levees on the Mississippi push the flood waters to other areas, it was YEARS ago so maybe I'm remembering it incorrectly. 

I believe it was talking about when both sides of a river are blocked. 

That's a very real impact of levee systems (simple hydrodynamics) and it has had a profound effect on what's left of the Mississippi River floodplain.    There have been many studies on it.   

 

[fishsticks176]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

 

 

Let's all join hands for a moment of silence in remembrance of The Muse.

Edited March 7, 2018 by fishsticks176

[grilled_cheese]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

 

 

Saw a lot of shows there when it was The Muse!

Edited March 7, 2018 by grilled_cheese

[e-dub]

my first deejaying gig when i moved to the area was the opening night of the muse.

[urbanplanet17]

21 hours ago, markhollin said:

Hampton Inn SoBro addition (5 stories, 50 units, restaurant) update.

 

I will admit, the Hampton Inn now seems somewhat less horrible with the addition. 

Edited March 7, 2018 by urbanplanet17

[markhollin]

3rd Ave. Storage (6 stories) update.

Looking SW from Lindsley Ave., 1/2 block west of 2nd Ave. South:

[TheRaglander]

Sorry for the image steal but does anyone know what’s going to be placed on the sites with the two yellow circles?   Seems to be PRIME MCC real estate.  Thanks!

[NashvilleObserver]

2 minutes ago, TheRaglander said:

Sorry for the image steal but does anyone know what’s going to be placed on the sites with the two yellow circles?   Seems to be PRIME MCC real estate.  Thanks!

Hey that's mine!!! Also... my thoughts exactly! Why have no details or sale attempts sprung-up with those properties? 

[PaulChinetti]

From the Dev map, the one on the left says...

"PLATINUM HOSPITALITY PROJECT
DETAILS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. TWO PLANS EMERGED WITH UP TO A 30 STORY BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION"

 

https://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/development-maps/nashville-development-map/

[bhibbs]

23 hours ago, fishsticks176 said:

 

Let's all join hands for a moment of silence in remembrance of The Muse.

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Saw a lot of shows there when it was The Muse!

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my first deejaying gig when i moved to the area was the opening night of the muse.

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I spent hundreds of nights in that building, RIP The Muse.

[grilled_cheese]

Here's The Muse's Yelp page, it has a couple photos too.  One thing that is really lacking in Nashville are all ages music venues.  One of the often bemoaned facts of New Nashville is that there's no where for artists to live but another fact that I think is almost as important is the lack of places for young people to express themselves and most importantly musically.  The Next Generation and The Muse left very big holes in the fabric of what made Nashville a great mid-sized city.  If I were a millionaire I would buy a warehouse and create a community led non-profit all ages music venue.