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Recommendations pitched Friday offer a glimpse of what Second Avenue in Nashville could look like after the reconstruction of the historic buildings disfigured by the Christmas Day bombing. A riverfront park would connect the redefined "Market Street District" to the river, mirroring the opposite bank and providing potential opportunities for water transportation from shore to shore. More trees and planters along each of the streets would bring more greenery and offer pedestrians protection fro...

A group of non-Nashville urban placemaking professionals has recommended that the city take a broad approach to reinventing the bomb-damaged segment of Second Avenue — with a “permanent point of contact” to coordinate an effort that could carry a minimum price tag of $58 million. The local chapter of the Urban Land Institute hosted the seven national experts via a Zoom meeting Friday, an event that drew about 165 participants. Called “Restoring Nashville’s Birthplace: U...

The SoBro Roundabout is slated for a dramatically curving residential skyscraper that Nashville-based development company Giarratana is proposing would rise 45 stories. The eye-catching building would be bathed in aluminum and glass and sit on an unusually shaped lot at 800 Lea Ave., near the Music City Center and other existing towers and planned high-rises. As designed, the building will rise 610 feet, making it the tallest occupiable structure in Tennessee were it standing today and eclipsi...

Four-story structure to offer three residences near Fisk The Metro Development and Housing Agency Design Review Committee on Tuesday gave concept plan approval for a four-story residential building being eyed for North Nashville. The building will hug the inner-interstate loop between Fisk University to the west and Hope Gardens and Buena Vista to the east. Nashville-based boutique development company Haley Butterfield Development seeks to undertake the project at 1201 Jefferson St. and has ...

Conforming with Liberty Townships comprehensive plan Residents previously had expressed concerns about the project not conforming with the townships own comprehensive plan, which prohibits much of what is being planned. That plan is considered a guiding document, however, and not binding. plans by a 4-1 vote for the same reason. The nearly 200-acre project between Hyatts and Clark-Shaw roads should remain largely residential with homes on no less than one-acre lots, according to the towns...

Watch as demolition work begins on the 100-year-old Newcastle rail depot The old Gosforth depot is being demolished to make way for a new £70m facility which will house the Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your inform...

Located within the Highland Heights neighborhood, the 6.43-acre property has addresses of According to a document submitted to the Metro Planning Department, New Orleans-based Key Real Estate will serve as developer. The document notes what is currently called 1505 Dickerson Pike will offer a collective 700 residential units and 20,000 square feet of commercial space. The project will involve two buildings, one of no more than five floors and the other topping out at no more than six levels. ...

Once home to Robert Pierce Photography, the property sits at 121 S. 11th St. Across Holly Street is located the building home to musical instrument and music lessons business Fanny’s House of Music. Robert Pierce owns the building, having acquired the 0.20-acre property in 1993 for $49,000 from the Metro Development and Housing Agency, according to Metro records. At the time of the purchase, the building was in bad condition, having previously been owned by the late local landlord Carrie Sis...

POWELL — Tuesday’s meeting of the Liberty Township Board of Trustees turned into a six-hour marathon as local stakeholders weighed in on the co

Detectives with the Metro Nashville Police Department continue to investigate the shooting that killed a 21-year-old man on Wednesday night.