Nashville Bits and Pieces

[dragonfly]

13 hours ago, nashmoney said:

- Overall everyone enjoyed their visit to Nashville. Only complaints I heard was that downtown didn't seem as diverse as other cities they have visited.

I'm presuming they were very disappointed in the lack regarding skin tones of the tourists that come from all over, given that there was no elaboration and given the weird state of the culture. You could turn that around and given the historical demographic of the people who bought the records produced in Nashville over the last 70 years, Elvis' included, maybe wonder at the lack of  imagination on the part of the complainants. Imagination could on the other hand run wild, like imagine people transported in time back to renaissance Europe, or Viking times Scandinavia or revolutionary industrial England and what disappointment awaits them there regarding "diverse" or whatever.

Edited May 3 by dragonfly

[smeagolsfree]

Well, if that is what they were talking about, they would not expect to find that in DT Nashville given the music scene period.  

[Luvemtall]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

Not diverse in what ways? I have a good idea what they were talking about, but I want to hear it from their POV. My guess is that the DT shopping sort of sucks. No large, big box stores like you would find in a traditional large downtown. Downtown also lacks a diversity of other types of services type stores to fill the needs of the residents downtown. That will have to come sooner or later.

 

 

I think you’re on the right track. People I bring downtown, all kinda say that same things. Not much shopping, but a lot of bars! And all redneck country folks where’s the diversity? Just passing on what I always hear from folks not from here.

[nashmoney]

12 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

Not diverse in what ways? I have a good idea what they were talking about, but I want to hear it from their POV. My guess is that the DT shopping sort of sucks. No large, big box stores like you would find in a traditional large downtown. Downtown also lacks a diversity of other types of services type stores to fill the needs of the residents downtown. That will have to come sooner or later.

 

 

Diverse in terms of people. They only saw majority white people in bars, restaurants, walking, bands playing on stages. We walked from 5th and Broadway to the Riverfront and back up. They didn't have an issue or anything, just pointed out they didn't see any other groups of people. 

This was a diverse group of people in my group ... White, black, Hispanic.  

Definitely the new African American music museum has brought a diverse group of people to downtown and 5th and broad has helped. 

This was our group. We did a team event at the curling facility in West Nashville 

Edited May 4 by nashmoney

[markhollin]

[PaulChinetti]

https://nashvillebanner.com/2024/05/07/metro-council-agenda-police-use-force

Some interesting proposals coming up on DADUs, residential in commercials districts, and smaller residential buildings to be served by only one stairway.

And this about 2nd Ave 

BL2024-306: Councilmembers are seeking to help businesses on Second Avenue North that continue to recover from the 2020 bombing. This ordinance would create a new Tourist Improvement Zone for the next two years, giving businesses within the zone additional privileges, including signage allowances and permission to sell goods outside.  

[Luvemtall]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but what’s up with the sudden influx of ads on this forum? They are everywhere, and even dissecting posts. Hopefully it’s not just on my devices, is anyone else noticing this?

[MLBrumby]

Time to build Amazon 3?  Nashville appears to be undersupplied with office space in the pipeline.

From Sophia Young at NBJ:  https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/05/08/jll-nashville-office-development-pipeline-shortage.html

More than one-third of the 2.1 million square feet of under-construction office space is already preleased and leasing momentum has continued to prove strong over the past few months. That combined with the diminishing pipeline could lead to a shortage in Nashville office space in the next few years. “There is a chance [Nashville office could be under supplied.] With the way things are going, we are a few large corporate relocations away from experiencing a shortage of well-located, Class A office space in Nashville,” Tom Hooper, executive managing director at JLL’s Nashville office, told the Business Journal.

[donNdonelson2]

57 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but what’s up with the sudden influx of ads on this forum? They are everywhere, and even dissecting posts. Hopefully it’s not just on my devices, is anyone else noticing this?

No ads in my feed.

[MontanaGuy]

1 hour ago, Luvemtall said:

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but what’s up with the sudden influx of ads on this forum? They are everywhere, and even dissecting posts. Hopefully it’s not just on my devices, is anyone else noticing this?

I've never seen an ad on this forum but I'm on a Windows desktop computer so it might be different. 

[MLBrumby]

I believe that might refer to the phone app, which is riddled with pop ups. I don't use it for that reason. 

[Luvemtall]

5 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

I believe that might refer to the phone app, which is riddled with pop ups. I don't use it for that reason. 

Yeah, I think you’re right. I’m usually on my phone when I’m posting. I don’t have much time available to use a desktop or tablet. Does anyone know of a way to get rid of such ads from a iPhone?

[donNdonelson2]

5 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:

Yeah, I think you’re right. I’m usually on my phone when I’m posting. I don’t have much time available to use a desktop or tablet. Does anyone know of a way to get rid of such ads from a iPhone?

I’m almost always viewing this site on my iPhone using the DuckDuckGo app (which, I believe, features ad blocking)

[Luvemtall]

52 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Time to build Amazon 3?  Nashville appears to be undersupplied with office space in the pipeline.

From Sophia Young at NBJ:  https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/05/08/jll-nashville-office-development-pipeline-shortage.html

More than one-third of the 2.1 million square feet of under-construction office space is already preleased and leasing momentum has continued to prove strong over the past few months. That combined with the diminishing pipeline could lead to a shortage in Nashville office space in the next few years. “There is a chance [Nashville office could be under supplied.] With the way things are going, we are a few large corporate relocations away from experiencing a shortage of well-located, Class A office space in Nashville,” Tom Hooper, executive managing director at JLL’s Nashville office, told the Business Journal.

Agree, I have said from the beginning they shouldn’t delay on any office building. It takes years  to construct these buildings, getting them past any downturn or temporary hurdles. If the economy was to collapse before completion, that’s just a risk in the game. No difference then not having product to deliver when it’s actually needed, they lose money either way. 

[samsonh]

52 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

I’m almost always viewing this site on my iPhone using the DuckDuckGo app (which, I believe, features ad blocking)

I started paying the site $20 out of appreciation and that eliminates ads, too.

[PaulChinetti]

2 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Time to build Amazon 3?  Nashville appears to be undersupplied with office space in the pipeline.

From Sophia Young at NBJ:  https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/05/08/jll-nashville-office-development-pipeline-shortage.html

More than one-third of the 2.1 million square feet of under-construction office space is already preleased and leasing momentum has continued to prove strong over the past few months. That combined with the diminishing pipeline could lead to a shortage in Nashville office space in the next few years. “There is a chance [Nashville office could be under supplied.] With the way things are going, we are a few large corporate relocations away from experiencing a shortage of well-located, Class A office space in Nashville,” Tom Hooper, executive managing director at JLL’s Nashville office, told the Business Journal.

Doesn't that mean that 2/3 of the office space is not leased though...

[nashville born]

On 5/8/2024 at 8:58 AM, Luvemtall said:

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but what’s up with the sudden influx of ads on this forum? They are everywhere, and even dissecting posts. Hopefully it’s not just on my devices, is anyone else noticing this?

I've been fighting them for at least six months and that's on my desktop computer.  I just figured it was a decision made by UP to monetize their platform.  The ads are really annoying, yet I love this forum so much that I have just dealt with it.  Now I'm wondering why some of us don't get them.

[Luvemtall]

I’m kinda old school,and not that computer savvy so I wasn’t sure. And I really don’t know how to get rid of them. 

[markhollin]

The Urban Land Institute Nashville held its annual Excellence in Development Awards.  Coverage at CityNowNext here:

https://citynownext.com/2024/05/15/uli-nashville-excellence-in-development-award-winners-2024/


Also a story at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/05/16/uli-nashville-reveals-excellence-in-development.html

[nashville born]

Random thought.  One of the things that was so cool about the original 2nd & Peabady proposal was the curves used in the designs of both towers.  It's a common trait of many of my favorite towers around the world.  It's why I like thFirst Horizon/City Center tower andit's a huge part of why the JWMarriott stands out.  Hope that it won't be long before another proposal brings a couple more curves our way.

[markhollin]

Our very own Coleman Gains and Urban Planet Nashville are featured in this video about the Nashville skyline from the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce:

 

[AsianintheNations]

Let me know if this has already been posted elsewhere on this forum, but the 2023 Census estimates (at the city level) have been published. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2024/subcounty-population-estimates.html

Changes in the top 15 in Tennessee:

Nashville is finally recovering to pre-COVID levels. Chattanooga, Clarksville, and Murfreesboro also posting large gains.

Edit: Forgot to mention that just missing the cut there is Lebanon, which was the 12th fastest growing city/town in the entire U.S. with 8.9% annual growth to 48,112 and an overall gain of 25.2% since 2020.

And in terms of recent trends for the largest cities in the U.S. -- coastal cities and a few in the Midwest continuing to drop/stagnate, but lots of growth in the South. Detroit made news for the first population gain in like 70 years.

Edited Friday at 02:49 AM by AsianintheNations

[bnacincy]

Sad to see our West Tennessee cities losing population-hopefully that will change sometime hopefully soon.

Edited Saturday at 12:10 AM by bnacincy
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[AsianintheNations]

48 minutes ago, bnacincy said:

Sad to see our West Tennessee cities losing population-hopefully that will change sometime hopefully soon.

Yeah, it's tragic, hopefully Memphis can turn things around the way Detroit has started to. Unfortunately, recently saw this analysis in the New York Times on gun violence that singles out Memphis as a place with high crime that continues to intensify: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/14/us/gun-homicides-data.html  . Not that Nashville is doing all that great by the same metrics, either.

[jjbradleyBrooklyn]

15 hours ago, bnacincy said:

Sad to see our West Tennessee cities losing population-hopefully that will change sometime hopefully soon.

Yeah, it's a bummer to see. Memphis has got to start bringing in well-paying jobs, and attracting growth that way. The region is sluggish with well paying opportunity growth, and that is seen in its drop with city and metro area population, unfortunately.

Crime is also a problem not only in reality, but with nationwide perception (which is not true in many areas of the city).

I'd love to see the city of Memphis start to boom and grow well.