November Report: Home Sales For Nashville

December 9, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

According to the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors: There were 1,243 home closings reported for the month of November, according to figures provided by the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors®. This represents a decrease of 45% from the 2,260 closings reported for the same period last year. And, there were 22,824 closings year-to-date in 2008. [...]

Nashville Signature Tower Update

December 7, 2008 by admin · 4 Comments 

Very interesting spin By Randy McClain • THE TENNESSEAN • December 3, 2008:   Developer Tony Giarratana made a splash nearly four years ago with plans for what morphed into a proposed 70-story condo and hotel project on Church Street at Fifth Avenue North. The much-ballyhooed Signature Tower was supposed to be the tallest building [...]

The West End Building in Midtown Nashville

November 30, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Many people have been asking me about The West End condo building in Midtown. The questions have ranged from, “is that an apartment building?” to “is that building in foreclosure or something?”. I suppose the lack of activity in the building would cause most to assume the worst, but the truth is the opposite. The [...]

The Encore Discounts Condos, Deeply

November 24, 2008 by admin · 1 Comment 

I suppose I knew it was inevitable, but somehow it still hurts. Developer Tony Giarratana has announced deep discounts on their remaining condos in the Encore. From Chas Sisk and the Tennessean on November 24, 2008: “…Tony Giarratana and partner Novare Group plan to offer deep discounts on units in their Encore condominium high-rise on [...]

Mid-Year Nashville Market Update

July 9, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

MID-YEAR CLOSINGS REMAIN CONSISTENT; CONDOMINIUM MARKET SETS NEW PRICE RECORD According to the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors (GNAR): There were 2,591 homes sold in the month of June, which is down 27.8% compared to the 3,588 closings reported for June of 2007. Second-quarter closings are also down, with 7,234 sales reported. that is a [...]

New Plans for Signature Tower in Nashville, TN

May 22, 2008 by admin · 3 Comments 

From News Channel 5 on May 21st, 2008: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In these tough times it seems everyone has been scaling back, and now a Nashville developer has joined the group of people making changes. It was the building that would have changed Nashville’s skyline. Plans had the Signature Tower standing at 70 stories high, [...]

The Icon in the Gulch in Nashville, TN

May 3, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Here are some elusive photos of the new Icon project in the Gulch area of Nashville, TN. The project is coming along great, but the lobby and 6th floor amenities are not complete yet. This is the courtyard pool on the Terrazzo side of the building. This is not the main pool or main amenities [...]

Eakin Partners Begin Site Work on Gulch Offices

April 18, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

I recently drove by the corner of 12th Avenue South and Demonbreun Street in the Gulch and noticed that the old tire repair and replacement building was in the process of being cleared. I had not heard anything about this project since early to mid 2007, but it appears that Eakin is going to be [...]

The Best Places To Buy Foreclosed Property

March 24, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Last week, Forbes.com published a news story identifying the 10 “Best Places To Buy Foreclosed Homes.” The nation’s 100 largest metro areas were studied in the process of selecting the Top 10. Basing their analysis on recent data from RealtyTrac, the report identifies markets where properties in foreclosure may, in fact, be a good investment [...]

The Icon In The Gulch – Nashville, TN

March 16, 2008 by admin · 1 Comment 

There is a new massive 400+ unit condo building rising from the ground in the area of Nashville know as “The Gulch” that might become the symbol of national real estate investment greed. The Icon was pre-sold almost 2 years ago in a cloud of heavy speculation and an atmosphere of such frenzy that I [...]

Signature Tower Luxury Condo Update

March 6, 2008 by admin · 11 Comments 

Giarratana Development’s Signature Tower is not the latest casualty of the subprime financial market debacle, but for the first time I have to admit that the March 31st deadline looms heavy on my conscious. The Signature Tower is developer Tony Giarratana’s dream building, a 70 story luxury Tower that only the boldest developer in the [...]

Pictures of The Encore in Nashville, TN

March 5, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Picture of the pool on the 7th floor amenities deck. I am on the Western part of the building facing to the North. I am on the balcony on the 12th floor. I am on the eastern side of the building facing to the north. You can see the new 30 story Pinnacle building just [...]