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

[archilove]

2 hours ago, titanhog said:

^^Yeah...he have a bit of the "wild west" going on downtown.   The last thing we want is for that area to turn into Panama City Beach on Spring Break, where traffic is at a standstill 24/7and locals want to be anywhere but their hometown.  

My idea of a fun and relaxing day in Nashville: Drive to the Bellevue Park and Ride and catch the #5 bus to Music City Central, enjoying along the way the attractive urban thoroughfare that is West End Ave. Walk to Varallo's just outside the Arcade on 4th Ave. and have a three veggie lunch. Then proceed through the Arcade to the Planter's Peanut Shop and buy a bag of hot-roasted pecans (or whatever) and take them through the alley to the plaza in front of the Fifth-Third Bank Building, sit down and eat them while quietly enjoying the people parade. Then down the hill to have a cup of coffee on the Panera veranda and watch the construction across the street. Again, down the hill through the Walk of Fame Park to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center to sit on a bench under a shade tree by the fountain and quietly enjoy the passing scene ( tourists on scooters, bachelorettes on pedal taverns. etc. ), all having the time of their lives. Then catch a free circulator bus back to Music City Central by way of the Gulch or maybe the Farmer's Market, and on home to sit on my patio with a glass of Cabernet and watch the sun descend slowly and peacefully beyond the distant hills.

[markhollin]

The Gossett at Church St. and George L. Davis Blvd. has sold by Pollock Shores (the developer) for $101.5 million.  It opened just a little over 2 years ago, and cost $80 million to build.  The buyer has not been revealed yet. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/commercial-real-estate/article/21074388/downtown-mixeduse-building-sells-for-101m

 

[Mr_Bond]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

The Gossett at Church St. and George L. Davis Blvd. has sold by Pollock Shores (the developer) for $101.5 million.  It opened just a little over 2 years ago, and cost $80 million to build.  The buyer has not been revealed yet. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/commercial-real-estate/article/21074388/downtown-mixeduse-building-sells-for-101m

 

The wife and I walked up 12th Ave S to the corner where this picture was taken, then to 11th and back to Terrazzo (corner of 12th and Division).  That area is undergoing massive changes - 1200 Broadway, Pins, Asurion, Flank Hotel, Highlands at The Tennessean.

[markhollin]

85 Van Buren (1 story, 8,000 sq. ft., commercial space) update.  The O-Ku sushi restaurant is now open, and the Shed Fitness health club is about to open.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2019/06/20/see-inside-new-upscale-sushi-restaurant-o-ku-germantown/1478145001/

Looking NW from Adams St., 1/2 block south of Van Buren:

Looking west from Adams St., 1/2 block south of Van Buren:

Looking SW from Adams St., 1/2 block south of Van Buren:

Looking SE from Van Buren near intersection with Cumberland River Greenway:

Interior shots of O-Ku:

 

[markhollin]

2nd Ave. Townhomes (3 stories, 22 units) update. Brickwork and cladding complete.

Looking SW from intersection of 2nd Ave. North and Taylor St:

Looking NW from 2nd Ave. North, 1/2 block south of Taylor St:

Looking east along Taylor St. from intersection with 3rd Ave. North:

[titanhog]

Man was beaten to death at 2nd and Commerce at 3am by a crowd of people.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/06/23/downtown-nashville-fight-man-dies-police-search/1540845001/

[smeagolsfree]

I hope the catch these thugs and they get charged and convicted of murder and not man slaughter or murder in the 2nd. When you beat someone already out and on the ground that is intent. We dont know what the fight was about but with the Pride fest in town it could very well be hate related too.

[titanhog]

17 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

I hope the catch these thugs and they get charged and convicted of murder and not man slaughter or murder in the 2nd. When you beat someone already out and on the ground that is intent. We dont know what the fight was about but with the Pride fest in town it could very well be hate related too.

I sure hope it was nothing like that.  I mean, either way, it’s disgusting....but really hoping it’s not also some type of hate crime.

[markhollin]

Some of the modernist homes going up along Fern Ave., 1/2 block west of Brick Church Pike:

[dmillsphoto]

1 hour ago, markhollin said:

Some of the modernist homes going up along Fern Ave., 1/2 block west of Brick Church Pike:

There's a certain hockey player that owns one of those homes in that image. He doesn't play for the Preds*.

 

*Yet. Hopefully.

[titanhog]

On 6/23/2019 at 12:40 PM, smeagolsfree said:

I hope the catch these thugs and they get charged and convicted of murder and not man slaughter or murder in the 2nd. When you beat someone already out and on the ground that is intent. We dont know what the fight was about but with the Pride fest in town it could very well be hate related too.

Police are saying the victim was homeless...according to his past arrest records.

[smeagolsfree]

Sure does not make it any less tragic. 

[donNdonelson2]

I would consider any murder a hate crime. These guys certainly did NOT kill him with kindness.

[markhollin]

Third Ave. North Germantown Storage (6 stories, 96,500 sq. ft., ground level retail) update. Brick work 75% complete. 

Looking SE from intersection of 3rd Ave. North and Monroe St:

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

[Rockatansky]

On 6/21/2019 at 8:45 AM, titanhog said:

^^So...what happens in one of these "extremely high end" social clubs?  

Have you seen Eyes Wide Shut?

[markhollin]

The 5 story, 14,350 sq. ft. structure at 131 2nd Ave. North (built in 1900) has been purchased by Mark Bloom and Larry Papel fro $6.29 million. It currently has no tenants, and was renovated in 2017.  It last sold  for $1.7 million in 2007.  Plans will be announced in July. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/commercial-real-estate/article/21074929/investors-pay-63m-for-second-avenue-building

 

[markhollin]

516 5th Ave. South (.5 acre) is for sale, but no asking price revealed.  The one story nondescript brick structure built in 1960 on the sight covers 4,750 sq. ft. and is currently home to Sprocket Rocket, a pedal tavern business, and a small surface lot.  The neighborhood is being developed quickly with 8 hotels either built or planned within a block in any direction.  The owners, Stephen Snasu and Shine Stephen, paid $300,000 for the site in 2005.  Should fetch a very handsome profit for this now.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/commercial-real-estate/article/21074958/sobro-site-home-to-pedal-pub-business-for-sale
 

[WebberThomas4]

Sorry if this was already posted, but this is my first time seeing these renderings of what could become of the Vorhees building on 8th. 

[markhollin]

^ ^ ^ Thanks, WebberThomas4.  For those unable to access that link, here are some of the new renderings for the refurbished Voorhees Building at 700 8th Ave. South . By adding a 5th floor, it will now be 48,000 creative office workspace. They will also add a 2 level garage at the back of the 1.2 acre site:
 

[NashvilleObserver]

On 6/21/2019 at 9:28 AM, Nash_12South said:

It might do well. There is a lack of non-touristy places to take a client or business associate to have a quite talk. 

It WILL do well. People are hungry for a new private place since "The Spot" above Paradise Park closed. 

[smeagolsfree]

I am thinking those may be several years old. That was the original plan I think before the entity out of NY bought it.

They may have rsurected those plans .

[markhollin]

The Griff (5 & 6 stories, 259 units, 2 restaurants) update. Rehab of old factory for restaurant space coming along.

Looking SE from intersection of Adams St. and Van Buren St:

[markhollin]

The city's plan to purchase the historic Morris Memorial building for $13 million and converting a substantial portion of it to affordable housing has been delayed.  Mayor Briley's  statement said the city will instead use the portion of the already-existing bond dollars that are earmarked for affordable housing for "a different significant affordable housing project that is also in the urban core. Details about that project will be released very soon." 

In the meantime, the Morris Building purchase could still happen down the road. A committee that had been assembled to study its potential uses stated this about other alternatives few days ago:

• Creating a workforce development hub.
• Building a civic center to emphasize the building's history, as well as the importance of black businesses in Nashville.
• Creating a gallery for local artists, along with an artist-in-residence program.
• Converting the building into Metro office space for city functions like the Metro Arts Commission, the Business Assistance Office and the recently formed Community Oversight Board.

"While we concluded that the Morris Memorial building is not feasible as affordable housing, we feel very strongly that the city seek to preserve it for one of the uses above or via a combination of expressed uses," the committee writes. "We strongly advocate for it to be used for its original purpose — as an opportunity to highlight and honor the black business district and the original Morris Memorial Building itself."

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/06/27/briley-delays-13-million-deal-for-historic.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline#i/10999099

[Rockatansky]

21 hours ago, WebberThomas4 said:

Sorry if this was already posted, but this is my first time seeing these renderings of what could become of the Vorhees building on 8th. 

What exactly is notorious about 8th Ave S?

[markhollin]

The Blue Parrot has landed a$3.5 million loan from Tennessee Bank and Trust to build a 3 story restaurant/bar on the sliver 1/10 acre site at 300 4th Ave. South.  Bendure Harder Architecture will handle design.  No start date announced yet.

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/commercial-real-estate/article/21075325/loan-set-for-bar-project-in-sobro