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

[bwithers1]

On 6/15/2022 at 9:19 AM, Mr_Bond said:

You have greatly summed this up.  I live in The Gulch and love the vibrancy and fun of the tourists in our neighborhood.

Items 1-3 could be addressed by adding a Business Improvement District to Lower Broadway.  The Gulch Business Improvement District pays for a daily cleaning crew, extra trash pickups several times a week, and 'ambassadors' that walk and segway around to address the homeless and add security to the streets late at night.

Downtown and Lower Broad in particular have a Business Improvement District, which is how the Nashville Downtown Partnership pays for the extra garbage collections, the crews who clean the area continuously and other services that are in addition to the basic service levels that are provided to the entire Urban Services District. The Central Precinct provides police patrol services at a much greater rate of saturation downtown than at other areas of town. Even the Fire Department has purchased special smaller-sized vehicles to respond to ambulance and other emergency calls since regular fire engines and ambulances struggle to move around downtown’s narrow and densely crowded streets safely.

The fact that the BID-funded special services cannot seem to keep up with the activity downtown in recent years speaks to the level of the problems that downtown business owners and residents are raising to Metro Government and in particular to the Mayor’s Office.

[markhollin]

Update on Ballpark Village (8 stories, 359 units, 16,000 sq. ft. of ground level retail, 474 capacity internal garage) at NashvilleNowNext:

https://nashvillenownext.com/2022/06/16/ballpark-village-to-bring-outfield-apartments-to-first-horizon-park-in-nashville/
 

[markhollin]

Artist Lofts (7 stories, 210 units, ground level retail, internal garage) update: tower crane up and operational.

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

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

[smeagolsfree]

So that gets us up to 53 now Mark??????

[markhollin]

28 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

So that gets us up to 53 now Mark??????

Yes: 53 currently up.  60 YTD.   : )

[markhollin]

Sonic Audi (1 acre car dealership at 15-21 Lindsley Ave.) update: equipment on site to begin conversion of former warehouse.

Looking SW from Lindsley Ave., 1/4 block west of University Court:

 

[markhollin]

Blue Parrot (3 story bar) update.|

Looking SW from intersection of Molloy St. and Almond St:

Looking SE from intersection of 4th Ave. South and Molloy St:

[smeagolsfree]

You know I think we will have a subway system before this one is done!

[Bos2Nash]

The UBS Tower’s new ownership is moving forward with a “refresh” of the exterior. Looks like we are getting a green/gray perimeter and light gray accents.

 

[donNdonelson2]

Way Back Wednesday (disclaimer: I may have posted this before)

Back to a time when cowboys ruled Broadway, not bachelorettes! (For those of you who were not around in the 90s, these guys were made from trash/junk and inhabited a vacant lot between 4th & 5th on the north side of the street.)

[titanhog]

1 hour ago, Bos2Nash said:

The UBS Tower’s new ownership is moving forward with a “refresh” of the exterior. Looks like we are getting a green/gray perimeter and light gray accents.

 

Looks like the entire building may be that “silver” color…with those dark gray outlines.  Will be interesting to see what the final look is.   Frosted silver windows.

[CandyAisles]

4 hours ago, Bos2Nash said:

The UBS Tower’s new ownership is moving forward with a “refresh” of the exterior. Looks like we are getting a green/gray perimeter and light gray accents.

 

[markhollin]

Modera Germantown (5 stories, 800 units, internal garage) Phase I update.

Looking NE from Adams St.,  1/4 block north of Van Buren St:

[Bos2Nash]

 Not sure what this means for the stalled expansion, but the signage on the Hotel Indigo has changed to be “Countrypolitan”. The signage up high is complete and they are working on the marquee today.

 

[Rick Dalton]

Countrypolitan? Oh dear god

[titanhog]

[BnaBreaker]

Sounds like a defunct 80's magazine you'd see in the waiting room of a dentist office.

[titanhog]

4 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

Sounds like a defunct 80's magazine you'd see in the waiting room of a dentist office.

I can just hear Boss Hog on Dukes of Hazard saying, “Yee haw, we’s goin’ to stay at the Countrypolitan in Naaaashveeeel” 

[East Side Urbanite]

I don't post often. But on occasion I am compelled to do so.

The "Countrypolitan" moniker ...

... and I thought we were all but finished with such nonsense in this city.

 

[donNdonelson2]

1 hour ago, East Side Urbanite said:

I don't post often. But on occasion I am compelled to do so.

The "Countrypolitan" moniker ...

... and I thought we were all but finished with such nonsense in this city.

 

Transportation services for Countrypolitan Hotel provided by “Hee-Hawlin’!”

(one of the little golf cart shuttles around town really is called Hee-Hawlin’!)

 

Edited June 23, 2022 by donNdonelson2
Corrected business name from Hee-Hawlers to Hee-Hawlin’

[markhollin]

12 hours ago, donNdonelson2 said:

Transportation services for Countrypolitan Hotel provided by “Hee-Hawlin’!”

(one of the little golf cart shuttles around town really is called Hee-Hawlin’!)

 

You better copyright that, Don.  I can guarantee some dumb ass will run  with it. 

[markhollin]

A bit more detail on the $2.5 million in UBS Tower upgrades:

- the tower's exterior concrete will be given a gray exterior.

- the metal column wraps at the main entry will be expanded to give a “better sense of presence.”

- a new lobby coffee bar

- bike room

- garage mural

- an updated sundries space and

- a dog recreation area, a release notes. 

- Changes to the current four retail spaces are also planned, with space modifications coming (which could yield up to seven retail spaces).

More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/development/ubs-tower-sees-start-of-2-5m-upgrade/article_e7345896-f32c-11ec-88f3-2bbd8d25adf2.html

[donNdonelson2]

3 hours ago, markhollin said:

You better copyright that, Don.  I can guarantee some dumb ass will run  with it. 

Oh, it is already a thing! (Although Yelp indicates they’ve closed down now.) 

Here’s my Facebook post from 2015 when I first spotted one of their carts downtown.

[markhollin]

405 Broadway (5 stories, 30,000 sq. ft. restaurant/bar) update:  fencing up.

Looking south from Broadway, 1/8 block west of 4th Ave. South:

Looking NW from 4th Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Symphony Place:

[titanhog]

58 minutes ago, markhollin said:

405 Broadway (5 stories, 30,000 sq. ft. restaurant/bar) update:  fencing up.

Looking south from Broadway, 1/8 block west of 4th Ave. South:

Looking NW from 4th Ave. South, 1/2 block north of Symphony Place:

Gonna be nice to have another 1800’s-looking building fill in that gapped tooth.