West End Summit update

[nashvylle]

midtown too many pop ups are blocking the article, what is it stating?

[Midtown]

midtown too many pop ups are blocking the article, what is it stating?

[ATLBrain]

He is building a very large expansion to the FBI division in Denver, Colorado. It is over 200,000 sq.ft addition on a 10-acre campus. He's built several other rather large federal buildings, one stated is in San Francisco. So this whole thing with WES, he apparaently may have been tied up with these other projects, and finally getting his shat together for WES. I thought he was just a local builder, damn, was I dead, dead wrong!

[Richard Lawson]

I think that a lot of skepticsm directed toward WES came from many who thought Mr. Palmer was just some local yokel who decided to build a building. He has a rather impressive track record, and he goes back more than twenty years with successful projects. Of course, he's not one to take on a lot of projects all at the same time like it appears Mr. Giarratana is.

[Hankster]

Word is on another site that the height of the office tower will be 415 Ft and the height of the condo tower will be 360 Ft. These towers will sit on high ground and will be very prominent in the skyline. Also, there's a real possibility the cranes will arrive on site later this month.

[smeagolsfree]

Thanks for making the journey up today, Hank. I hope you were able to do a drive around.

[nashvylle]

great news!!!

[Rural King]

Looking forward to hearing, or possibly seeing if I am in town, cranes on the site and the project under way. Its been a long wait but we seen to be getting really close to this project getting off the ground finally!!

[highriser]

Looks like a big lake to me! I drove by and there must be 10 feet of water in there pouring in from the side.

[smeagolsfree]

Noticed the front bottom strip of the Tennessean yesterday that there was an ad feature the WES. I have no idea what is going on here. I keep getting mixed signals but from what I have heard AP is going ahead with the project.

[ATLBrain]

Our office has a subscription to the various Bizjournals in the region, including Nashville. And ads for WES have been running at least since October.

[SoundScan]

Drove by the WES site on the way home this afternoon and as far as I could tell there was not a single piece of contruction equipment on site. Probably not a great sign.

[titanhog]

Drove by the WES site on the way home this afternoon and as far as I could tell there was not a single piece of contruction equipment on site. Probably not a great sign.

[Rural King]

I think WES will probably go up sooner rather than later, I was getting the impression it was a lot closer to starting than what it may now appear to be. Siggy on the other hand, it appears to have many more hurdles than WES to get underway.

How ironic would if Siggy were to get green-lighted and started construction before WES?

[ATLBrain]

From what I've gathered here, it looks like there will be a race now to see who will get their towers out of the ground first, as Palmer has competition now for both the office (e.g. Eakin's office tower at 1201 Demonbreun) and the hotel (with Amerimar's project a block down). Of course, I don't know what a Hutton Hotel is like, and it may be nothing close to a Intercontinental. But it looks like there's going to be some competition for this project. I hope it doesn't sink the WES.

[jcoop]

Looks like a big lake to me! I drove by and there must be 10 feet of water in there pouring in from the side.

[smeagolsfree]

There is still water pouring into the hole. I suspect it is a underground spring instead of a broken water line. There should be a way to fix it fairly easily as this would not be the first time this has happened at a project.

[Richard Lawson]

someone sent me these photos.

[smeagolsfree]

I have seen then drain the water out of the most expensive swimming pool in town at least twice now. Maybe the third time will be the charm. This is starting to make me a little crazy. Sounds like a call is in store for ASP.

[Richard Lawson]

I have seen then drain the water out of the most expensive swimming pool in town at least twice now. Maybe the third time will be the charm. This is starting to make me a little crazy. Sounds like a call is in store for ASP.

[it's just dave]

I guess no one remembers the site of TPAC or the Convention Center. Those were both really large water-filled holes for a long time before construction began. We have had a lot of rain and there's really no place for it to go except down...into the hole. The low places in my driveway do the same thing.

[producer2]

Hopefully he'll call you back or somewhere there will. He's not fond of me. There's a little talk in the real estate circles that the InterContinental deal has expired. It's just talk, probably more along the lines of wondering if the deal has expired.

[Flowers]

^ this is true same as it is for palomar. as long as they're is even a very slim chance that these developers can find a way to get them built these co's are likely to hang in there and wait it out until the bitter end. 15-20 years of millions in risk free revenue with no upfront cost is one hell of a carrot.

[smeagolsfree]

I guess no one remembers the site of TPAC or the Convention Center. Those were both really large water-filled holes for a long time before construction began. We have had a lot of rain and there's really no place for it to go except down...into the hole. The low places in my driveway do the same thing.

[Richard Lawson]

Richard,

Unless InterContinental is looking to go somewhere else locally there would be no reason for them to pull out. The build out cost is on Palmer not the hotel.