North Gulch Gateway, (Tennessean site) Phase II: Gulch Central (41 story residential/hotel, 28 story office, 6 story mixed-use); Phase I: Asurion HQ (10 & 11 stories)

[rolly]

Could someone clarify the plans here.

I see the construction underway for the asurion 10 story and 11 story buildings.

But what's the use for the Tennessean  site? 

[CityHeart]

39 minutes ago, rolly said:

Could someone clarify the plans here.

I see the construction underway for the asurion 10 story and 11 story buildings.

But what's the use for the Tennessean  site? 

To the best of my knowledge specific plans for the site have not been disclosed. 

[Sean blackdog]

First Tower crane add going up. 

[smeagolsfree]

19 hours ago, rolly said:

Could someone clarify the plans here.

I see the construction underway for the asurion 10 story and 11 story buildings.

But what's the use for the Tennessean  site? 

We have heard 2 buildings in the 20 to 30 story range. We also know architectural work is being done on those buildings.

[e-dub]

#SCOPE

[markhollin]

Tennessean demo continues.  Appears to be about 30% down.

Looking south from Porter St., 1/2 block east of 12th Ave. North:

Looking SW from intersection of 11th Ave. North and Porter St:

[markhollin]

Asurion Campus (10 & 11 stories, 551,000 sq. ft. of office, 1,900 capacity garage) update. 2nd level of north end garage complete. Pillars being placed for south end.

Looking south from Church Street Viaduct where it crosses over 11th Ave. North:

Looking east from Church Street Viaduct where it crosses over 11th Ave. North:




Looking west from Church Street Viaduct where it crosses over 10th Ave. North:

Looking north from intersection of 11th Ave. North and  Grundy St:

[markhollin]

Tennessean demo update.  Starting to come down along Broadway.

Looking NW from Broadway, 1/2 block east of 12th Ave:

Looking north from Broadway, 1/2 block east of 12th Ave:

[Native]

I have mixed feelings about that shot.  On the one hand it was the home of some great journalists and for decades a faithful record of the city was churned out by two papers competing for readers and working to get the scoop.  But the current product is so pitiful I almost am glad to see the buildings go so the ghosts of Seigenthaler and others will not have to watch what became of Nashville newspapering.  Definitely the end of an era.

 

[nashvylle]

I wish the demolition happened just prior to new construction. I am afraid we could have vacant land on Broadway for a while...

 

[smeagolsfree]

They are getting ready to demo the stair from the Gulch to Church Street too. This makes it very hard for pedestrians now as the sidewalk is closed on the otherside and there are signs on both sides directing pedestrians to cross a very busy street with no crosswalk. Hello law law suit Metro. What bonehead figured out this move.

[Ingram]

43 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

I wish the demolition happened just prior to new construction. I am afraid we could have vacant land on Broadway for a while...

 

Highwoods is a very prominent development company. They shouldn't have problems getting financing or tenants. It wouldn't surprise me if they already have tenants.

Edited September 13, 2019 by Ingram

[CenterHill]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

They are getting ready to demo the stair from the Gulch to Church Street too. This makes it very hard for pedestrians now as the sidewalk is closed on the otherside and there are signs on both sides directing pedestrians to cross a very busy street with no crosswalk. Hello law law suit Metro. What bonehead figured out this move.

I wonder why they would demo the Church St. viaduct stair.   The stair doesn’t seem to be in the construction footprint, at least for now.   

Agree that rerouted  pedestrian crossing of 11th under the viaduct is a frogger nightmare.     Pedestrians are hidden behind the construction barrier until they peek out to cross and then, look out!    They really need to address that.    There are way too many pedestrians, cyclists and scooters trying to use what’s left of the Gulch Greenway.    

[LA_TN]

While I agree, it's not THAT big of a deal. Just use the stairs by NES at 12th. It's one block away

[smeagolsfree]

Thats the problem Bob, they have the sidewalk closed on that side of the street, so you have to cross Church with no crosswalk , like the drivers stop for you anyway, but its dangerous as heck trying to cross the street.

North side of Church sidewalk closed.

South side of Church stairs closed.

Both sides of Church Morons in charge of closing pedestrian access.

My question is what are they going to do when they take down the rest of the Tennessean building close to 11th as that is really close to the stret and the sidewalk is barely open through there now. I guess Metro will not want people walking from the North Gulch to the South Gulch.

 

[LA_TN]

That's right, forgot they completely closed the north sidewalk (the south sidewalk is barely open). Also, under Church there is 'basically' no sidewalk on either side between 11th and 12th

[chris holman]

Does anyone know what this structure  Represents

[MLBrumby]

I've seen similar around major building sites. I believe it shows the materials and how they fit together. A model for the overall building. There's one at the Vandy dorms site. 

[BnaBreaker]

Didn't you hear?  There was a height reduction.  That is the finished product.  

[downtownresident]

The night shot gives me hope that this will have an impressive lighting scheme.

[chris holman]

2 hours ago, downtownresident said:

The night shot gives me hope that this will have an impressive lighting scheme.

Hope so as well

[titanhog]

2 hours ago, BnaBreaker said:

Didn't you hear?  There was a height reduction.  That is the finished product.  

And instead of 1000 employees...now it's just 1. 

[markhollin]

Asurion HQ (10 & 11 stories, 550,000 sq. ft.) update.

Looking south from underneath Church Street Viaduct:

[markhollin]

The former structure for The Tennessean continues to come down.

Looking NW from Broadway, just west of where it crosses over 11th Ave. North:

Looking NE from Broadway, just west of where it crosses over 11th Ave. North:

Looking south from Porter St., 1/2 block east of 12th Ave. South:

Looking SW from intersection of Porter and 11th Ave. North:

[Bos2Nash]

On 9/19/2019 at 8:37 PM, chris holman said:

Does anyone know what this structure  Represents

On 9/19/2019 at 8:51 PM, MLBrumby said:

I've seen similar around major building sites. I believe it shows the materials and how they fit together. A model for the overall building. There's one at the Vandy dorms site. 

Correct, @MLBrumby. This is a wall mockup. this highlights the materials (or other custom items such as lighting) used on the exterior of the building to do a number of things. 1) it helps the design team communicate a realistic look of the materials chosen (beyond a nice render), 2) It allows material representatives be on site to teach the contractor how to install either a new product or maybe a complicated project. 3) Intricate detailing (like integrating lighting into a facade) can be tested out to ensure the contractor is aware of design intent and understand what the final product is supposed to look like.

These mockups are essential, but unfortunately cost money and considered un-sustainable. While the information is very valuable, many times the mockups are trashed at the end of construction. Also, depending on the project, a mock up could be very very expensive (I've had a contractor mention a $1 million mockup before).