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To make downtown Nashville the compelling urban
center in the Southeast in which to
LIVE, WORK, PLAY, and INVEST
Downtown boundaries
Jefferson St. on the north
Inside the
Interstate loop
$5.4 billion in public-private investments in
downtown Nashville 2000-2017
with $3.8 billion more planned
Downtown as an
ECONOMIC ENGINE
0.5% of the land area in Davidson County,
Downtown generates 5.4% of all property taxes
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and 18.7% of all retail taxes in
Davidson County
New Class A Office Inventory
1201 Demonbreun 1100 Charlotte
100% leased
image courtesy GS&P
2
0
1
6
New Class A Office Inventory
image courtesy Tennessean
Bridgestone Americas
100% leased
222 Second Avenue
2
0
1
7
New Class A
Office Inventory
LifeWay Headquarters
Capitol View
100% leased
Courtesy of BWSC, Tuck-Hinton
615 Third
Rutledge Hill
2 0 1 7
57,000+ downtown employees
90% of employees say working
downtown is FUN!
Spectrum | Emery and OliverMcMillan mixed-use development
Fifth + Broadway
Capitol View
Hyatt Regency Nashville
Announced for 10th and Broadway
Strong demand for downtown hotel rooms
4,715 today
Two more hotels opening this fall
The Westin Nashville
454 rooms
Thompson Hotel
224 rooms
5,393 total hotel
rooms by end of 2016
12 hotels under construction
14 hotels in active planning stage
Take a tour of past, current, and future downtown developments!
www.nashvilledowntown.com/invest/development-tour
Downtown development tour
Strong residential market
Re-sale units: 3-month supply
Rental occupancy 97%
• 2,679 residential units
under construction
• Additional condos
coming in 2017
at City Lights and 505
Building new
residential inventory
Over 10,200 downtown residents
Compared to 1,960 in 2006
Top 4 Reasons to Live Downtown
53%
Urban experience
48.5%
Central location
28.5%
Arts/cultural events
27%
Close to work
2016 Residential Survey
Rooftop Explosion
95,000 square feet
of new rooftop
retail concepts
added in past 2
years
Continuing trend
for new venues
Downtown Dining
226 dining options
35 restaurants opened or announced this year!
New Restaurants and Retail
Downtown Amenities
• 23 coffee shops
• 12 barbers, hair salons, nails
• 10 fitness centers, dance studios
• 7 healthcare and dental facilities
• 2 grocery stores
First Saturday Art Crawl
10 Years Strong
Credit Pat Casey Daley
Cred
Credit Cassidy Conway
Credit Cassidy Conway
Credit The Arts Company
First Tennessee Park and Nashville Sounds
image courtesy firsttennesseepark.com
Tennessee
Titans
at Nissan
Stadium
Nashville Predators at Bridgestone
Arena
Two award-winning venues
Ryman Auditorium and Bridgestone Arena
Ryman Auditorium is Pollstar’s
Theatre of the Year for
6th consecutive year
For 2015, Bridgestone Arena
ranked 5th in the U.S. and 12th
worldwide for ticket sales
900 – 1,110 live music and events
per month!
900 to 1,100 live music and events
downtown per month
Weekly newsletter,
Downtown Details,
reaches over
22,000 subscribers
every Wednesday
Highlights top
weekly events,
new business
openings and
more!
Follow Us!
Twitter: 149,168
Facebook: 63,530
Instagram: 28,550
Combination of
followers on all social
media accounts
DowntownNashville
@DwntwnNashville
@downtown_nashville
628 hanging flower baskets from May to October
Jan-Aug 2016
• 78,302 pounds trash
• 3,840 SF graffiti
• 265 block faces, 806
alleys power washed
Cleaning
7 days a week
Safety/Hospitality Ambassadors
4,421 Segway miles YTD
Connecting to families and jobs:
Homeward Bound
• Connected 770 individuals with family, job
or service options since June 2008
• While in Nashville, those individuals
accounted for 6,118 arrests
Moving from Arrests to Apartments
56 clients with past history of 4,756
arrests received housing and
services in 5-year period
Housing first is key to change
• 8 clients with the highest
number of past arrests are now
in housing
• 2,837 projected arrests
prevented by the program
FREE weekday
parking at
Nissan Stadium
Freeing up
downtown parking
Optional shuttle service
for downtown
employees
33
stations
250+ bikes
April 24, 2016 was the busiest day ever
with 803 checkouts!
©Warne Riker
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NDP Annual Meeting Presentation 2016

Editor's Notes

  1. CONFIRM PROJECTED
  2. Here are just a few of the restaurants and retailers that have located downtown in the past year or will be opening soon. New Retailers! Trattoria Il Mulino opened in March inside the Hilton. Described as “casual chic” this Italian restaurant is a more casual version of the original Il Mulino in New York City. Southernaire market recently opened inside the Pinnacle. This is another project by Tom Morales and features gourmet meats, produce, coffee and many other “to go” items. Bajo Sexto opened last month inside the Country Music Hall of Fame. This casual Mexican restaurant is a partnership between Johnathan Waxman and local music industry veteran Ken Levitan. Bakersfield opened earlier this year inside the Encore. This Ohio-based Mexican restaurant occupies approximately 4,000 sf Biscuit Love Brunch opened at 316 11th Ave. South in the Gulch. This was a well-known Nashville food truck before this brick and mortar location was created. George Jones Museum opened last month. The museum includes a restaurant opearted by Martin’s BBQ, event space, gift shop and a 75 ft. rooftop bar overlooking the Cumberland River. Bongo Java just announced that they will be opening later this month in a new retail space attached to the Johnny Cash Museum. Last fall, the owner of the museum announced a 15,000 sf expansion after buying the building at 119 3rd Avenue South. Along with the Bongo Java announcement, the owner plans to expand the gift shop and add a café serving gourmet sandwiches, salads and soups. There is also a plan to add a third floor to the building that will be used as a special event venue. Jeni’s Ice Cream has announced that they will be opening in the Nashville Farmers’ Market in March. Coming Soon! Jeff Ruby announced last month that he will be opening a Jeff Ruby Steakhouse on the first floor of the UBS Tower at 315 Deaderick Street. The 10,000 sf restaurant plans for a winter opening. Ruby has steakhouses in Cincinnati, OH and Louisville, KY. Otaku Ramen announced that they will open in the Gulch this fall. The restaurant will open in the Icon in the former Rumour’s Wine Bar space. The restaurant is said to feature ramen dishes along with traditional Japanese items with hints of Southern influence. Potbelly Sandwich Shop plans to open its first Nashville location inside Gulch Crossing later this year. Potbelly offers toasted sandwiches, salads and milkshakes and is based in Chicago.