NASHVILLE | Development Showcase - Page 20

futuresooner · #**381** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 1:40 AM**

This is very encouraging signs for the downtown market as large amounts of Class A space are hard to come by. The 2012 market will likely become very volatile and active with new projects coming out of the ground of varying sizes.

"Nashville’s office real estate market ended the year on an encouraging note.

The direct vacancy rate finished at 10.5 percent, down from 14.5 percent during the first quarter of 2009 (the low point of the recession), according to Cassidy Turley’s latest report."

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville...tinues-to.html

arkitekte · #**382** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 5:39 AM**

^That's good to hear. Were you ever able to check out the MCC's roof?

futuresooner · #**383** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by arkitekte

^That's good to hear. Were you ever able to check out the MCC's roof?

I tried to get ahold of the guy but never got a response back. I haven't seen any progress towards rooftop planting yet either from the webcam atop The Pinnacle, so who really knows.

arkitekte · #**384** Posted **Jan 2, 2012, 11:28 PM**

^I gotcha. I'm gonna try to make it to Nashville tomorrow and I'm bringing my camera so hopefully I'll be able to have some update photos of current projects as well as a Nashville thread. Any idea of how I can get up to the Pinnacle garden to be able to look off over into the Omni site? Maybe I can sneak in. Haha

futuresooner · #**385** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 12:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by arkitekte

^I gotcha. I'm gonna try to make it to Nashville tomorrow and I'm bringing my camera so hopefully I'll be able to have some update photos of current projects as well as a Nashville thread. Any idea of how I can get up to the Pinnacle garden to be able to look off over into the Omni site? Maybe I can sneak in. Haha

You either have to know someone or work in the building to gain access to their sky garden. There is no sneaking in at The Pinnacle, they've got good lobby security.

arkitekte · #**386** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 12:47 AM**

^Lol I gotcha. Maybe I can try Encore. In New Orleans a girl who lived at 930 Poydras let me in to go up to their pool and take pictures so maybe I'll have some luck like that tomorrow.

FlipaTitan · #**387** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 1:11 PM**

Hey guys, been lurking and reading all of everyone's post of the exciting times for this great town. I grew up in this town and it really has come a long way and the best is yet to come! I thought I would throw this in here that the last piece of the puzzle to the MCC, the Korean Veterans Boulevard planned roundabout has started construction as of today.It will end at the southwest corner of MCC at Lafayette St and 8th Ave South. The construction will take 11 months to build and that could only mean that once finished, it will be a matter of several months until MCC opens. I would love to see another naked statue set up like they did on the music row roundabout haha.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/16...ic-city-center

arkitekte · #**388** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 5:46 PM**

^Glad that you're here!

futuresooner · #**389** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 10:37 PM**

The project train just continues to get longer. The developers of the Hyatt Place are looking to build another hotel. One of the potential sites in talks is the Trail West building on Lower Broadway, which is where the Westin was originally pitched in late 2007. The size of this hotel could be between 300-400 rooms.

"Indiana-based White Lodging Services ,which announced plans earlier this year to build a 255-room Hyatt Place on Third Avenue, also is exploring plans to bring a four-star hotel to downtown Nashville."

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville...-high-end.html

arkitekte · #**390** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 10:43 PM**

^Once again this is all looking amazing. I'm curious to see who will break ground on the second hotel first. I'm guessing that 300-400 rooms would be about the same size as Tony G's height wise. I'm still hoping for a little more height, but all of these are going to provide some nice density and activity at street level.

futuresooner · #**391** Posted **Jan 3, 2012, 10:47 PM**

Just to remind you of the old, 375-room Westin that was proposed by Denver-based Sage Hospitality. This is the Trail West building site.

tim24tn · #**392** Posted **Jan 4, 2012, 12:50 AM**

That is one nice looking hotel. I hope it happens.

futuresooner · #**393** Posted **Jan 4, 2012, 1:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by tim24tn

That is one nice looking hotel. I hope it happens.

that's the original hotel proposal for that site from 3 years ago. Hopefully if White Lodging lands this site that something similar in design is done there.

arkitekte · #**394** Posted **Jan 5, 2012, 6:29 AM**

A few East Bank updates from Wednesday.

What's this supposed to be?

BigBen12120 · #**395** Posted **Jan 7, 2012, 1:08 AM**

love to see all this new stuff coming up, everyday i check the music city center webcam to check progress.lol

futuresooner · #**396** Posted **Jan 9, 2012, 5:14 AM**

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The hotel proposed for 2400 West End Ave in Midtown (drawing on previous page) is set to start in March containing a total of 222 rooms as well as a wine bar fronting West End. It is currently the site of FYE, no word on where FYE will relocate to. This is to be a 2-phased project, the first being an 8-story 161 room tower and then another 8-story building containing 61 rooms. Plans also call for an 8-story underground parking garage. There is no information on what brand this development will be.

Article from last year:
http://nashvillepost.com/news/2010/1...r_records_site

FYE is currently holding a "store closing" sale as they prepare to leave the building and the site becomes this proposed hotel. Look for progress in the spring and could potentially be a Hilton family brand.

BnaBreaker · #**397** Posted **Jan 10, 2012, 11:19 PM**

I don't think this has been posted here yet. Here is the master plan for the renovation of Centennial Park. The plans look quite impressive.

http://www.conservancyonline.com/doc...plan_final.pdf

arkitekte · #**398** Posted **Jan 10, 2012, 11:37 PM**

^Very impressive. Thanks for posting that.

futuresooner · #**399** Posted **Jan 11, 2012, 4:26 AM**

The one thing I truly don't see happening is the water feature going over 28th Avenue. The city will be spending enough to enhance it after they get the connector bridge to 31st Avenue done later this year.

BnaBreaker · #**400** Posted **Jan 13, 2012, 6:45 AM**

I hate asking for this since I no longer live in Nashville and can't contribute, but any chance one or some of you guys could take an afternoon when you have time and snap some construction photos? I'd love to see the progress of some of these projects I've heard so much about.