Nashville: Music City Hits High Notes with New Development

What would founders James Robertson and John Donelson think if they saw the town they founded 235 years ago today? A reproduction of Fort Nashborough they built on the Cumberland River and named for a fallen Revolutionary War general still stands but is now in the shadow of shimmering skyscrapers. Beyond the picket fence is one of America’s most exciting downtowns featuring Nashville’s legendary music scene. Across the river is the NFL’s Tennessee Titans’ Nissan Stadium, and modern hockey and baseball fields are just steps away.

Count on us to keep you posted on Nashville’s evolving skyline; with an assist from Google Street View we have identified 12 of Music City’s most exciting recent additions.

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1. The Pinnacle at Symphony Place – SoBro

Year built: 2010

This 417-foot, 29-story office and retail skyscraper was raised on plans by New Haven, Connecticut architect Jon Pickard and collaborator Everton Oglesby of Nashville. The vision was to replicate the appeal of classical skyscrapers with glass. Music City’s fourth tallest building boasts an environmentally-friendly one-acre roof terrace garden.

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2. Omni Nashville Hotel – SoBro

Year built: 2013

Bursting with 800 rooms and 80,000 square feet of event space, this $250 million luxury hotel is Tennessee’s second largest. The design of the glass tower mimics the adjacent Music City Center with its windows that resemble piano keys. The Omni includes an internal pedestrian walkway for guests to access the adjacent Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

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3. Hyatt Place Nashville – SoBro

Year built: 2013

Chicago-based Hyatt made its first foray into downtown Nashville with this plush 13-story stone-and-glass hotel in the heart of the celebrated Broadway entertainment district. Minutes from the doorstep are the clubs and honky tonks that launched many of country music’s biggest chart-topping careers. The nearby West End District is a gustatory wonderland, stuffed with highly-rated eateries.

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4. Terrazzo  – The Gulch

Year built: 2009

The Nashville skyline is on full display when experienced from the 117 luxury condominiums that occupy the top ten stories of this mid-century modern, mixed-use showcase at 700 12th Ave S. Glass walls and spacious terraces accentuate the amazing views. Inside, ceiling heights are a roomy 11’4” and expand to 14 feet on the 15th floor.

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5. Twelve Twelve – The Gulch

Year built: 2014

This dynamic, glass-encased 23-story high-rise at 1212 Laurel St added 286 living spaces to The Gulch, the South’s only LEED certified community. Residents enjoy a gas-heated saline swimming pool, a green roof and resident park, a professional dog wash and covered dog-walking area. Each unit sports a home audio system installed in the kitchens, bedrooms, and bathrooms. This is Music City, after all.

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6. Fairfield Inn & Suites – The Gulch

Year built: 2014

The hip urban magnet neighborhood of The Gulch received its first ever hotel with the arrival of this modern eight-story building in 2014. The 126-room guest house with quick access to Music Row and Nashville’s vibrant downtown nightlife, replaced an aging warehouse and adult bookstore in the neighborhood streetscape.

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7. First Tennessee Park – North Capitol

Year built: 2015

After spending the first 36 years of their existence in Herschel Greer Stadium south of town, the minor league baseball Nashville Sounds moved downtown for the 2015 season. First Tennessee Park rose on the historic grounds of Sulphur Dell, a baseball stadium that stood from 1870 until 1969. Fans get game information from a giant guitar-shaped scoreboard.

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8. Rhythm at Music Row – Music Row

Year built: 2008

This boutique condominium luxury development on fabled Demonbreun Street fits right in with the upscale restaurants that have invaded the traditional heart of Nashville’s entertainment district in recent years. An amenity deck raised five stories above the hustle and bustle of Music Row dispenses soothing urban luxury.

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9. Residence Inn & SpringHill Suites – Midtown-West End

Year built: 2014

Marriott, the world’s third-largest hotel operator, cleared away an old Days Inn to create a 245-room dual-branded property hard by Nashville’s premier college, Vanderbilt University. The developers poured $37.5 million into the project that glistens with an array of materials in hues of gray and muted blue.

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10. The Dallas on Elliston – Midtown

Year built: 2014

Anne Dallas Dudley, a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, was Tennessee’s most famous champion of women’s suffrage in the early 20th century. Hailing from a well-to-do textile family, she built her personal mansion in 1904 on this location. The modern gray stucco six-story apartment house at 2110 Elliston Pl is named in her honor.

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11. Icon in the Gulch  – The Gulch

Year built: 2008

Icon in the Gulch pioneered luxury condominium living in the trendy Gulch south of Broadway, picking up a nomination by the National Association of Home Builders for best new high-rise community in the process. The floor-to-ceiling windows and large deck and swimming pool set the standard for Nashville upscale living as well.

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12. Hilton Garden Inn – SoBro

Year built: 2015

The Hilton Corporation replaced a nondescript warehouse with this $38 million, 11-story entry into the downtown hospitality market. Bounds and Gillespie Architects from Memphis delivered the plans for the new development anchor of Korean Veterans Boulevard. The Garden Inn is positioned as Nashville’s premier convention hotel.

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Developers in Music City are striking the right notes these days as Nashville ranks among the nation’s ten fastest growing metropolitan areas. Do you have a favorite downtown community? Share it in the comments section below.