Nashville Development

[pianoman11686]

Like many other Southern cities, Nashville's undergoing somewhat of a construction boom. Its most impressive new project is the Signature Tower.

Original renderings:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/ariesjow/Places/SigModel1.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/ariesjow/Places/SigModel5.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/ariesjow/Places/SigModel4.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/ariesjow/Places/SigModel3.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/ariesjow/Places/SigModel2.jpg

After recent design changes:

http://www.2dimes.com/client_area/signaturetower/06-101-Signature-Ground-View3-v10_0101d-small.jpg

http://www.2dimes.com/client_area/signaturetower/06-101-Signature-Ground-View3-v10_0101d-close.jpg

http://www.2dimes.com/client_area/signaturetower/06-101-view3-v01_0001c-small.JPG

http://www.2dimes.com/client_area/signaturetower/signature-view4-Night-v01_0001c-small.jpg

http://www.2dimes.com/client_area/signaturetower/Shot13-Symphony-v04_0001-small.JPG

Number of floors: 70
Height to top of spire: 1,057 Feet
Height to top of 70th floor penthouse: 829 Feet
Total number of levels including underground parking: 82

It has recently gotten zoning approval and financing (http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=391ACDD66AC37F4DF16C00B1B0C2757C).

Official website: http://www.signaturetowernashville.com/

Thanks to contributors at SkyscraperPage, especially gaushell and ariesjow.

[ablarc]

Nice tower. "City" looks like hell.

[pianoman11686]

The Crown Office Tower

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/ariesjow/Places/TheCrown.jpg

Number of floors: 28
Height to top of spire: 435 Feet

Recent news coverage:

Atlanta developer officially files for a 28-story SoBro tower

08-03-2006 4:28 PM — A 28-story office tower south of Broadway is no longer just talk. This afternoon, Atlanta developer Barry Real Estate Co. filed plans with Metro Planning Commission for the building, which would be anchored by law firm Bass Berry & Sims.

This building would sit on a parking lot just south of the Shelby Pedestrian Bridge and would exceed the 220-foot height limit on buildings in that part of downtown. The developer has filed for a zone change to "specific plan," a new zoning designation Metro Council passed last year to give developers more flexibility.

For Barry Real Estate, it would mean being able to exceed the height limit. Developer Alex S. Palmer recently received commission approval so he could build as high as 400 feet on his West End Summit anchored by an InterContinental Hotel.

The Barry building's height is an issue with planning director Rick Bernhardt as is the proposed Westin hotel project along lower Broad between Second and Third Avenues.

Nashville architect Gary Everton, who has designed the building, said in a statement, "We feel the slenderness of the tower, rather than the bulk of an entire city block built out at 220 feet, mitigates the height issue."

Initial plans include 22 floors of office space on top of six stories of parking that can hold 1,082 cars. Those floors would total 450,000 square feet of office space. Its base also will include retail and space for an upscale restaurant.

The commission is expected to consider the plans at its Sept. 14 meeting. Construction would start next year and be completed in 2009 provided the approval process is smooth. If the commission rejects the zone change, the developer then can take its chances with the Metro Council.

The developer has lined up a stout team. Nashville attorney Tom White, a partner in Tune, Entrekin & White, is representing Barry Real Estate, and public relations firm McNeely Pigott & Fox is now in the middle of its second controversial development project. The firm also is working with the Westin developers.

© 2007 NashvillePost.com

[pianoman11686]

Bass, Berry & Sims finalizes lease for SoBro highrise space

By William Williams, wwilliams@nashvillecitypaper.com
April 03, 2007

Nashville-based law firm Bass, Berry & Sims announced Monday it has signed a lease agreement to be the anchor tenant for the proposed 28-story SoBro tower to rise next to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center and tentatively to be called The Bass, Berry & Sims Tower.

Terms of the lease were not disclosed.

Since 1922, Bass, Berry & Sims has operated from downtown (currently in the AmSouth Building) and will move into the building, originally referred to loosely as The Crown, in 2010.

Full-scale construction on the 435-foot-tall tower is slated to begin no later than the end of this summer, according to the developer, Atlanta-based Barry Real Estate Companies, Inc. When finished by late 2009, the high-rise will stand about 25 feet taller than the L&C Tower.

The firm’s future home — to be bordered by Second Avenue South on the east, Demonbreun Street on the South, Third Avenue South on the west and the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge on the north —will feature an attorneys’ lounge, an outdoor terrace for meetings and receptions, and a full floor of conference space, according to BB&S Managing Partner Keith Simmons. BB&S, which has 165 attorneys and 200 staff in its downtown office, will occupy about 163,500 square feet of the building’s 499,000 feet total, he added.

“We decided we wanted to make a major commitment to Nashville and downtown, and this exciting project gave us that opportunity,” Simmons said in a release.

Simmons said the firm will occupy the top seven floors in the building, plus portions of the sixth and seventh floors.

Pickard Chilton & Associates of New Haven, Conn., and Everton Oglesby Architects of Nashville are handling architectural efforts. ASD, of Atlanta, will design the interiors of the law firm offices. Brasfield & Gorrie will serve as general contractor. Other contributors include TRC Engineers, Civil and Site Engineering, and Hawkins Partners.

Barry has yet to announce a price tag for the project or what entity will finance it.

The Bass, Berry & Sims Tower will offer floor-to-ceiling glass exterior walls, an upscale restaurant and retail area, and a parking facility. An outside terrace facing south and east on the seventh floor will be able to accommodate as many as 300 people and will be used for meetings, receptions and other gatherings, Simmons said.

Once opened, the building is expected to be the first new downtown Nashville building to gain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver certification. The building’s LEED features will range from energy-efficient materials to a recycling center to parking facilities that encourage bicycle and small vehicle use.

Metro Councilman Mike Jameson, in whose District 6 the tower will rise, sponsored the zoning for the office project and stressed the need for environmental features.

“I commend Barry and Bass, Berry & Sims for the leadership they have shown in making this a LEED-certified building,” Jameson said in a statement.

Copyright 2000-2006 The City Paper, LLC

[OmegaNYC]

Wow the Signature Tower.. Very Chrysler Building lookingish.

[Zephyr]

Wow the Signature Tower.. Very Chrysler Building lookingish.

My initial reaction as well. (Note also the closeup of the very top of the Tower - could be a miniature of the Trans-America building in San Francisco.)

[kz1000ps]

SoBro? SoBro??

Please would some piss-ass town in Nebraska jump on the marketing bandwagon so we can officially call this naming trend over?

[NewYorkDoc]

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