The new owner of what is sometimes called the Firestone Building — which has an address of
2416 West End Ave. and also houses a Smoothie King — is Brentwood-based GBT Realty, which is developing two urban Nashville sites with mixed-use buildings. The seller was Walgreen Co., which acquired the property in December 2017 for $1.52 million, according to Metro records.
William Shell, Scott Miller and Dan Reynolds with JLL brokered the deal for Walgreen. GBT did not have broker representation and company officials declined to detail any long-term redevelopment plans for the site.
The Firestone Building, which is roughly 90 years old, is listed on the most recent Historic Nashville Inc. Nashville Nine list. (Read more on that