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

[markhollin]

Miranda Lambert's Casa Rosa will be the next celebrity restaurant/bar on Lower Broadway, and the first with a female entertainer's name attached to it. TC Restaurant Group will run the business at 308 Broadway (most recently home to Crazy Town Bar). 

A Metro permit pulled Wednesday shows that the building is undergoing interior renovations to the existing restaurant/bar space. That includes adding a mezzanine and two restrooms to the second floor, and upgrading the “bar areas and finishes” for the 17,400-square-foot building.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/03/03/breaking-broadway-to-have-first-woman-branded-bar.html

 

[Bos2Nash]

About damn time, surprised it took so long. Doesn't really surprise me that Miranda is the first female artist down here.

[BnaBreaker]

While I am happy to see continued development on Broadway, I do hope that it doesn't get to the point that it's entirely made up of giant celebrity-backed megabars.  A few of them is fine to provide a bit of variety, but in my opinion they aren't exactly in the spirit of what Broadway is all about.  

[Bos2Nash]

I agree, but i think in the day of social media and a desire for instant recognition the big names are what gonna pull folks into the doors. I think the exception will be the places with more history like a Tootsies. The money machine of Steve Smith and Ryman are chugging along and it may be very difficult to slow that down. I do really enjoy the dive bars. Bootleggers Inn for instance is a good place to relax and just have a beer, it doesn't need to be a big barn party every damn second of the day.

[Luvemtall]

Sometimes things tend to get overwhelming. 
they ( developers/ investors..etc) need to bring more family friendly venues and non- alcoholic activities/ shows to the area. Not every tourist or locals are here to just get drunk! Some just would like to experience Nashville for its music and other offerings 

[smeagolsfree]

All I can say is Yuck to all of these Celebrity Bars. Nashville’s soul is no longer it’s own. Nashville is no different than Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach or Gatlinburg. It is just the generic crap you can get anywhere. Nothing unique here any longer.

[Flatrock]

Thankfully, Nashville is much bigger, more culturally diverse and ultimately rewarding than Lower Broadway. We have so much more to offer citizens and tourists alike. Numerous excellent restaurants, museums, alternative genres of music in local spots outside downtown, great parks, cool surrounding neighborhoods with unique charm, shopping, nearby satellite towns with their own history, culture and appeal. So much to offer. Gatlinburg, Vegas and Myrtle Beach are not Nashville.

[PaulChinetti]

As someone who sees the entire city all the time, it's a weird idea that the city has lost it's soul because one street in one neighborhood has changed.

It's soul is still there trust me. 

I was talking with someone that had visited recently and they were blown away how much live music there was EVERYWHERE, and this was during covid.

When it's not covid, our city has so much live music it's mind boggling. It's way beyond the one street that is lower broad. It just caters to a different clientele now.

[titanhog]

You guys afraid that Nashville is losing its soul by having current country stars (and some from the past) opening bars IS the soul of Music City.  It’s what Lower Broad is meant to be.  There’s still a ton of other stores / bars / restaurants…and once 2nd Avenue is back at full strength, it will provide something different.  Not to mention Bridgestone Arena, the NMAAM and 5th + B.  Plus…when they one day implement my Paris-style cafe district along 1st Avenue (oh…it’s GONNA happen one day!)…that will be another “non-country music” thing happening down there.

Don’t panic…yet. 

[markhollin]

There are lots of cool live venues that have opened recently (Listening Room, Cambria Hotel, Brooklyn Bowl,  TopGolf Music Hall,  First Horizon Ballpark,  Ascend Amphitheater, Rudy's Jazz Room, Bobby's Idle Hour, Musician's Corner at Centennial Park, Travecca University's School of Music, Riverside Revival, etc.) or will open soon (Gibson at Cummins Station, AEG in Nashville Yards,  701 Ewing, Heaven's Door,  Neuhoff,  Hotel Broadway, First Baptist Coffeehouse, Federal Reserve Hotel, Music City Roots Barn,  Roxy Theater, Belmont Performing Arts Center, Brian Paul Hotel,  etc.) that are further cementing our moniker of Music City. 

All of our pocket neighborhoods (12 South, Five Points, Elliston Place,  Hillsboro Village, The Gulch, Germantown, WeHo, etc.) will be thriving again when the pandemic slows down.  And newer/refurbished neighborhoods like The Nations, Fairgrounds, Buchanan Street,  etc. are developing their own pulse and uniqueness. 

And despite the hits of the pandemic, I think our foodie scene is going to rebound in a big way, continuing to draw top flight chefs and distinct eateries all around town, which adds greatly to "the soul" of any place.

[BnaBreaker]

4 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

All I can say is Yuck to all of these Celebrity Bars. Nashville’s soul is no longer it’s own. Nashville is no different than Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach or Gatlinburg. It is just the generic crap you can get anywhere. Nothing unique here any longer.

Ron, with respect my man, I have to completely disagree with ya there.  I'm with you on the giant celebrity bars on Broadway as I mentioned previously, but only because in my opinion the smaller more intimate bars where you can get a two dollar beer and watch dream-filled, aspiring singer/songwriters get up and show the world what they've got is more in line with what the spirit of Broadway is (again, just one man's opinion.)  That being said though, I still think Nashville is an authentic working city that has character and soul "out the wazoo," as my grandpa would say, and is filled with more unique local offerings than all three of the tourist trap towns you mentioned put together and then some.  

Edited March 4, 2021 by BnaBreaker

[markhollin]

The building on a .21 acre site at 901 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (Charlotte Ave.) immediately next to the TSU Avon Campus has sold for $2.4 million.  7G Realty out of NYC is the new owner.  That lot is zoned for 30 stories., with bonus unlimited height available.  No word on 7G's intentions, but it must be something substantial to pay that much for such a relatively small lot. 

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/article/21146358/building-near-downtown-tsu-campus-sells-for-24m
 

This screen shot from Smeagolfree's excellent development map shows the site highlighted in teal at the center of the frame:

[PaulChinetti]

What a strange little building, I've never noticed that before. Blends in really well from street level.

[titanhog]

.21 acre??  So…we may get a tall skinny there, huh?  What’s the smallest plot of land where a skyscraper was built in Nashville?

[downtownresident]

I’m kind of surprised that this lot is zoned for 30 stories, in a good way. I figured there would be an issue with the proximity to the state capitol building. 

[Armacing]

Maybe they plan to transfer the "building rights" to another parcel to build tall somewhere else.  Hasn't the planning commission (or whatever the name of that bureaucracy is) been allowing developers to transfer un-built height from one location to another for bonus height? 

[MLBrumby]

4 minutes ago, Armacing said:

Maybe they plan to transfer the "building rights" to another parcel to build tall somewhere else.  Hasn't the planning commission (or whatever the name of that bureaucracy is) been allowing developers to transfer un-built height from one location to another for bonus height? 

You beat me to this... and it's likely.  I just don't know if this firm owns other parcles downtown.  BTW: I've been thinking that this policy of 'bonus height' should be applied to historic structures if it hasn't been already. 

[downtownresident]

4 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

You beat me to this... and it's likely.  I just don't know if this firm owns other parcles downtown.  BTW: I've been thinking that this policy of 'bonus height' should be applied to historic structures if it hasn't been already. 

It has been applied to Historic structures. Historic Preservation is one of the bonus height categories. Tony is preserving the Cohen building on Church, and is transferring the development rights for that parcel to 801/900 Church. 

Edited March 5, 2021 by downtownresident

[LA_TN]

4 hours ago, titanhog said:

.21 acre??  So…we may get a tall skinny there, huh?  What’s the smallest plot of land where a skyscraper was built in Nashville?

505 sits on .18 acres

[titanhog]

20 minutes ago, LA_TN said:

505 sits on .18 acres

With the garage?  Or just 505?  Either way…that’s impressive.  I can’t imagine what size the lot must be for some of the tall skinnies in NYC.

[LA_TN]

Just now, titanhog said:

With the garage?  Or just 505?  Either way…that’s impressive.  I can’t imagine what size the lot must be for some of the tall skinnies in NYC.

Just the tower 

[markhollin]

9th Ave. Homes (2 stories, 9 units) update: Complete and open.

Looking east from 9th Ave. North, 1/4 block south of Dominican Drive:

Looking SW from DominicanDrive, 1/2 block east of 9th Ave. North:

[markhollin]

Sonder Hotel (conversion of 7 story office building to 45 unit hotel) update: exterior appears complete.

Looking NE from intersection of Church St. and 9th Ave. North:

[markhollin]

More details from the new Downtown Partnership Annual Report:
 

• There are 9,511 apartments, condominiums and single-family homes downtown.
• Housing occupancy rates downtown ended the year with a comfortable 93.4% filled rental units, and continued rising home values through 2020.  
• New residential units increased 12.5% last year. 
• Two-thirds of downtown household report earning more than $100,000 a year.
• The two most populous generations of downtown residents are age groups 39 to 54 and 55 to 73.
• Downtown residents are 58% female. 
• 38% of residents moved from another state and 18% came from another county.
• Nine dense housing developments will bring 2,300 new units by the end of next year.
• There are only 309 specified affordable units, accounting for 4.4% of the rental market. Affordable housing is designed to not exceed 30% of household income. 
  
  More at TheTennessean here:
  
  https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2021/03/05/downtown-nashville-development-cant-stop-wont-stop-report-says/4580022001/

[smeagolsfree]

Here is the report if you want to see.

Annual Residential Report 2020 (2).pdf