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Old Posted Oct 15, 2017, 11:27 PM
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Nice mashup. And Vandy has proposed a 20-story classical dorm tower to rise along West End and numerous other collegiate buildings of the same style.
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Old Posted Oct 16, 2017, 2:18 PM
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Totally forgot about the Vandy proposal. Too much, too fast!! (<-- Just kidding.)
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Regarding the 33 story, 385 ft. tall, JW Marriott just topped out....a beautiful picture from sometime SP poster LA_TN....



As mentioned on the previous page, the owners want to build another like sized hotel (another 500+ rooms) on the lot to the west that has a smaller footprint. (the green space to the right of the hotel in this rendering of the current structure)...



I can only speculate that it would require a taller building (40+ floors?).
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Second J.W. Marriott tower?

Can someone clarify this rumored tower? Is it another 500+ room hotel that is independent on the adjacent site or is it adding a second tower to bring the current hotel design up to 1000+ rooms? If the later, it appears that they could exactly mirror the existing tower with another at 90 degrees to each other. They wouldn't need the street level curved frontage on the side adjacent to the Cummins parking lot. There could be potential for skybridge access at the top restaurant level too.
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Old Posted Oct 16, 2017, 3:54 PM
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My mashup of current projects over 10 stories under construction in Nashville. The diagram is loosely to scale and not chronologically arranged. It's just put together for impact.


Wow! There are some iconic towers going up.
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Old Posted Oct 17, 2017, 5:13 PM
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Mayor Barry unveils sweeping $5.2 billion transit proposal for Nashville with light rail, massive tunnel

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Calling it a necessary "investment in Nashville's future, Mayor Megan Barry on Tuesday unveiled a monumental proposal for a $5.2 billion mass transit system, the most expensive and complicated project in Metro history.

Barry wants Nashvillians to go to the polls in May to approve via referendum raising four taxes to pay for the massive undertaking — a combination of light rail, expanded bus service and a massive tunnel below downtown that would serve as a central connecting point for the city’s new transit lines.

Leading the way as a revenue generator would be a one-half percent hike to the sales tax that would jump to 1 percent in 2023. She’s also proposed increases to the city’s hotel-motel tax, rental car tax and business and excise tax.
Per Mayor Barry's speech in the video, a light rail line was added to connect the Charlotte line to North Nashville, to Tennessee State University, over the existing Cheatham County railroad line.

She also spoke about the entitled, "Nashville Underground" tunnel. The tunnel will run from 5th Ave at Charlotte, south to SoBro. There will be a new station at 5th and Broad across from the Bridgestone Arena.



This is really cool. You tour the Lower Broad tourist district, then go to the subway station and catch your train to the airport.

If voters approve , and polling indicates it will by a good margin, Nashville will be putting on its big city britches.

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Old Posted Oct 17, 2017, 5:38 PM
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Mayor Barry unveils sweeping $5.2 billion transit proposal for Nashville with light rail, massive tunnel

From the TENNESSEAN...



Per Mayor Barry's speech in the video, a light rail line was added to connect the Charlotte line to North Nashville, to Tennessee State University, over the existing Cheatham County railroad line.

She also spoke about the entitled, "Nashville Underground" tunnel. The tunnel will run from 5th Ave at Charlotte, south to SoBro. There will be a new station at 5th and Broad across from the Bridgestone Arena.



This is really cool. You tour the Lower Broad tourist district, then go to the subway station and catch your train to the airport.

If voters approve , and polling indicates it will by a good margin, Nashville will be putting on its big city britches.

For a city developing like Nashville, a right rail line is needed. There will come a time when traffic gets so bad in Nashville that people will much rather leave their cars behind and take the train.
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Old Posted Oct 17, 2017, 9:51 PM
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Can someone clarify this rumored tower? Is it another 500+ room hotel that is independent on the adjacent site or is it adding a second tower to bring the current hotel design up to 1000+ rooms? If the later, it appears that they could exactly mirror the existing tower with another at 90 degrees to each other. They wouldn't need the street level curved frontage on the side adjacent to the Cummins parking lot. There could be potential for skybridge access at the top restaurant level too.
The information came from this article in the TENNESSEAN...

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Developers of the 533-room JW Mariott Nashville hotel, for which construction at Eighth and Demonbreun is at the highest point, continue to explore options for an adjacent acre.

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Ideas explored for the 0.87-acre adjacent site have ranged from developing a new five-star hotel to doubling the number of rooms at the JW Marriott to more than 1,000. It would make that hotel the largest downtown.
I should have stated 'the owners are considering as one option, the addition of another 500 rooms'. That would obviously involve, as I correctly labeled as speculation, a new structure of a significant massing and height.
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Old Posted Oct 18, 2017, 5:43 PM
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Regarding the 33 story, 385 ft. tall, JW Marriott just topped out....a beautiful picture from sometime SP poster LA_TN....



As mentioned on the previous page, the owners want to build another like sized hotel (another 500+ rooms) on the lot to the west that has a smaller footprint. (the green space to the right of the hotel in this rendering of the current structure)...



I can only speculate that it would require a taller building (40+ floors?).
Wow... this looks good.
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Mayor Barry unveils sweeping $5.2 billion transit proposal for Nashville with light rail, massive tunnel

From the TENNESSEAN...



Per Mayor Barry's speech in the video, a light rail line was added to connect the Charlotte line to North Nashville, to Tennessee State University, over the existing Cheatham County railroad line.

She also spoke about the entitled, "Nashville Underground" tunnel. The tunnel will run from 5th Ave at Charlotte, south to SoBro. There will be a new station at 5th and Broad across from the Bridgestone Arena.



This is really cool. You tour the Lower Broad tourist district, then go to the subway station and catch your train to the airport.

If voters approve , and polling indicates it will by a good margin, Nashville will be putting on its big city britches.

This would be nice for this town... does it flood up there like it did in Houston?
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This would be nice for this town... does it flood up there like it did in Houston?
About once every 50 years or so. In 1973 and 2010. But not as bad as Houston.
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These projects are really great! i like it!
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Nashville MLS ownership unveils new details about stadium's private development — including hotel

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Mid-rise residential buildings with retail and restaurants, commercial and office space, and a new hotel are among future development planned as part of a proposed Major League Soccer stadium at the city's Nashville Fairgrounds.

The ownership group leading Nashville's MLS expansion bid unveiled new details about the 10-acre private, mixed-use development piece of Mayor Megan Barry's $275 million stadium proposal on Monday.


It comes after some Metro Council members have criticized the lack of specifics about a plan to allow private developers, led by MarketStreet Enterprises, to build on and profit from fairgrounds land that the city owns.

Under updated conceptual drawings delivered to council members, multiple mixed-use residential buildings would flank a new realigned street that would connect Nolensville Pike and the stadium on the fairgrounds site. Each would be around three- to five-stories tall and have ground-level retail and restaurants.

The residential units would be both market-rate and affordable housing, the latter of which has been a priority for Barry.


The plan calls for commercial office space at the intersection of Walsh Road and the new street — which still lacks a name — as well as a hotel on the north wide of Walsh Road.

Dirk Melton, development director at MarketStreet, said current MLS clubs and other cities vying for expansion teams have embraced the inclusion of ancillary development to activate areas around their stadiums when games aren't going on.

"That's what we're trying to do here," Melton told reporters Monday, stressing that plans aren't finalized and that the community will get to weigh in.

"Certainly, this is a project that's going to require a lot of public input," Melton said. "This is a community-based project and one that responds to the unique character of this part of the neighborhood."

Melton said a company has not been chosen to operate the hotel, nor have the developers decided on a number of rooms. He said plans for new convention-type space at the fairgrounds would help feed the demand for a nearby hotel.

"We're encouraged by it," he said. "We think it would be complimentary to the improved fairgrounds uses and the types of events that they could attract to these area."

The office space near the fairgrounds would be equipped for a range of different companies.

"That could be everything from some of the creative office-type users that are showing up in Wedgewood-Houston already to more of the corporate type users that are looking at Nashville for relocations," Melton said.

The site plan calls for 5,100 parking spaces at the fairgrounds, which the ownership says is adequate for the proposed 27,500-seat stadium.

The family of Steve Turner and son Jay Turner, who lead MarketStreet, have a minority stake in the Nashville MLS ownership group led by Nashville businessman John Ingram.

Barry's stadium plan calls for existing fairgrounds expo facilities to be rebuilt and for future upgrades at the fairgrounds speedway. Barry's administration has said current events, including auto racing, flea markets and the annual state fair, would continue even with MLS at the fairgrounds.

A public hearing on the stadium proposal is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the fairgrounds.

The Metro Council is slated to take up a $225 million revenue bond resolution for the stadium on Nov. 7.

If the stadium is approved and Nashville is awarded a team, the plan would be to file legislation next year for the zoning change needed for the private development.

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Old Posted Oct 24, 2017, 5:00 AM
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....and related to Nashville's pursuit of an MLS franchise, it was reported by the Nashville Post that Charlotte, NC has "dropped out of race for first two teams" calling Nashville's bid a "game changer". The two quotes come from the articles headlines as the article itself is behind the paper's paywall.

Nothing is certain until the actual announcement is made, but all signs are positive.

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A compilation of hotel projects in the 'Printer's Alley' section of downtown. The alley has a long and somewhat notorious history as the center of 'Gentlemen's' entertainment and with the hotel development abutting the alley or in near proximity, it should see a revival as a place to enjoy alternative venues outside of the Country Music scene. The entertainment will be more PG rated as compared to the rowdy days of Nashville's history.









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Rendering of Light Rail System 'Nashville Underground' section.





A guess as to the route (should be pretty close) - north section...



...and the south section...



It will extend for a little less than a mile at 50+ ft. beneath 5th Avenue and have three stations. It will also accommodate electric buses.

A referendum to approve will be held in May of 2018.



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HOUSE OF BLUES coming to downtown Nashville?

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An up to 18-story building with a House of Blues, office space for that live music venue's owner, Live Nation, and a high-end hotel is on the drawing board for downtown Nashville.

Ground leaseholders for the targeted parking lot property at 105 and 107 First Ave. S., behind Acme Feed & Seed restaurant, have shared preliminary development plans with Metro planners. On Nov. 15 the Metro Historic Zoning Commission will vote on proposed revisions to design guidelines, including signage and lighting standards, for the Broadway historic overlay district, which will determine maximum height of the planned building.
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Live Nation has long sought a downtown Nashville location for its House of Blues restaurant and blues club concept. The Beverly Hills, Calif.-based live entertainment company once considered space at the former Nashville Convention Center site, where the Fifth + Broadway project is underway.
An 18 story building in this location might receive considerable pushback from people who feel strongly about staying within a certain sense of scale this close to the Tourist District where buildings max out at five stories.

The location just one half block off Broadway...(my render)...



And just for fun.....



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There is absolutely no reason a building in that location can't be 18 stories. I would hope by now Nashville planners have gotten over this negative impact high rise buildings have on historical areas. I really don't think tourist care one way or another if an 18 story building sits behind, across the street from or next to one of those honkytonks in downtown. I think right now, tourist are more concerned with having more to do. There just needs to be some common sense used regarding the height of buildings. It's not like they are proposing a 60 story building next to a 3 story run down site. I'd rather have an 18 story building next to me than an ugly blacktop parking lot.
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There is absolutely no reason a building in that location can't be 18 stories. I would hope by now Nashville planners have gotten over this negative impact high rise buildings have on historical areas. I really don't think tourist care one way or another if an 18 story building sits behind, across the street from or next to one of those honkytonks in downtown. I think right now, tourist are more concerned with having more to do. There just needs to be some common sense used regarding the height of buildings. It's not like they are proposing a 60 story building next to a 3 story run down site. I'd rather have an 18 story building next to me than an ugly blacktop parking lot.
I could not agree more.
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