Convention Center Hotel Site Comes Back Home

February 5, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments 

According to the Nashville Business Journal, A Davidson County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the MDHA has the right to take a 5.7-acre parcel from Tower Investments for the Music City Center convention hall project. Clearly, this is a massive legal victory for the new convention center as the Tower Investments parcel of land [...]

Nashville Riverfront Renovations Have Begun

November 11, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment 

The consulting firm that came up with Nashville’s riverfront master plan three years ago will be returning to town to design $30 million worth of downtown projects on both banks of the Cumberland River. The Metro Development and Housing Agency voted Tuesday to hire Hargreaves Associates for up to $2,126,000. Ed Owens, MDHA’s waterfront development director, [...]

Nashville Sues to Seize Convention Center Land

October 20, 2009 by admin · 6 Comments 

Thanks to the Tennessean for breaking the story about the metro Nashville eminent domain filings. On October 20th, 2009 in the article entitled “Nashville files suit to seize 7 properties for convention center“ Michael Cass writes: “Metro government officials have taken the first steps toward seizing downtown property for a proposed convention center. The Metro [...]

Rolling Mill Hill Foreclosure Auction

September 22, 2009 by admin · 3 Comments 

Rolling Mill Hill’s three condo buildings will be sold to the highest bidder at foreclosure auction at 10 a.m. Sept 24, 2009. The auction will be held on the Metro Nashville courthouse steps located at 1 Public Square in downtown. The development had been a centerpiece of MDHA’s redevelopment of the old Metro General Hospital site. The agency [...]

Convention Center Hotel to be Marriott Marquis

August 11, 2009 by admin · 8 Comments 

This article entitled “Marriott picked for Nashville’s convention center hotel” appeared in the Nashville Business Journal on August the 11th, 2009. The author is Jenny Burns: “Hotel developers said Tuesday the 40-story hotel that will accompany Nashville’s proposed convention center will be a Marriott Marquis hotel, one of four in the country. The Metropolitan Development [...]