Live Nation drops details on “The Truth,” a new 4,400-cap venue landing in Wedgewood-Houston, while Ritz-Carlton resurfaces in the Gulch via fresh permits. Plus: a new eastbound I-40 ramp at BNA to ease airport traffic, a Tokyo Confidential pop-up, WeHo/Eastland food-and-bev tidbits, and a quick-hit Punchlist on Vanderbilt’s ALS license plate campaign.

Show notes

• Live Nation unveils “The Truth” music venue in WeHo (4,400-cap; Fall 2026). https://www.wsmv.com+2News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF)

• Ritz-Carlton planning moves to the Gulch (1100 Demonbreun; ~900k sq ft; 182 keys + 140 condos). WhatNow

• New I-40 eastbound ramp now open from BNA’s Terminal Drive (collector-distributor road). Tennessee State Government

• Tokyo Confidential “Tokyo Meets Nashville” takeover at Silo (Nov 5–6, 8p–12a). Nashville Lifestyles

• WeHo sports bar eyed; former Portland Brew Eastland space activity. X (formerly Twitter)

• Punchlist: Vanderbilt ALS Research Center specialty license plate campaign (goal: 1,000 pre-orders by June 30, 2026; $5M over 3–5 years). Axios

This week on On the Curb:
💰 A $65M construction loan lands in Franklin for a new luxury apartment community
🏗 Developers plan a new Marriott hotel on Nashville’s East Bank
🏛 Elon Musk’s Boring Company drops its first big update on the Music City Loop
🍜 New openings from Eleven11 and Black Dynasty Ramen — plus a farewell to Lil Cee’s
⛽️ Buc-ee’s breaks ground in Murfreesboro

Grab your coffee and catch up on what’s shaping Nashville’s skyline and neighborhoods.

📚 Show Notes – Sources & Links

💰 Bag Drop of the Week

• $65M construction loan secured for luxury Franklin apartments – Nashville Business Journal
• SouthStar’s 22-acre Aureum mixed-use development background – NBJ

🏗 The Lift

• Developers eye new hotel on prime East Bank site – NBJ
• Oracle Campus infrastructure update – NBJ
• New Hilton hotels planned on East Bank – NBJ

🏛 The Boring Segment of the Week

• Music City Loop Update Blog – The Boring Company
• NBJ Coverage of Boring Co. tunnel plan & route
• Tunnel cost estimates and route info – NBJ

🍽 Table Talk

• Eleven11 opens in Cleveland Park – Nashville Banner

📋 The Punchlist

• Buc-ee’s to break ground on new travel center in Murfreesboro – Rutherford Source
• Pinnacle Partners “Hotel Silver” Development - Here Nashville | City Now Next Report
• Sennheiser Group Relocating to Nashville - Here Nashville

This week on On the Curb, we cover the biggest moves in Nashville’s real estate, development, and food scene:

• 💰 Bag Drop of the Week: Big Plan Holdings launches The Lanes, a $95 million wellness-focused residential community in North Nashville. Biz Journal | The Lanes Website | CityNowNext
• 🏗 The Lift: Clarksville approves two new hospitals from TriStar and Ascension to meet surging population demand. Biz Journal
• 🏛 The Boring Segment of the Week: Elon Musk’s Boring Company buys land near Nashville International Airport. Biz Journal | Boring Q&A | Metro Responses | NFPA Safety Standards
• 🍽 Table Talk: Nashville’s food scene shines with Peg Leg Porker named to Southern Living’s Top 50 BBQ Joints and Locust ranked #20 on the inaugural 50 Best Restaurants in North America. Peg Leg Porker – Biz Journal | Locust – Biz Journal | 50 Best List
• 📋 The Punchlist:Members-only Intown Golf Club opens in 12South. - Intown Golf Club
• “Underground” on Broadway, has been listed for sale for $79M - NBJ
• Puesto’s first expansion announced at Nashville Yards - CityNowNext
• Nashville Industry Fund offers up to $6,000 in down payment assistance for music & hospitality professionals. Nashville Industry Fund | Income Limits – THDA | Grant Application

🎙 On the Curb — Sept. 24, 2025

This week’s On the Curb covers the latest in Nashville real estate, development, and business:

• Housing Crisis & Zoning: Metro Councilman Rollin Horton calls zoning “the whole show” behind Nashville’s housing affordability issues, sparking debate on supply, NIMBYism, and policy. Read more → Nashville Business Journal

• Bridgestone Arena Renovation: The Nashville Predators unveiled video renderings of their $650M–$750M arena facelift, set to begin in 2026. Arena plans → Nashville Business Journal | Background on development | WNBA connection

• AJ Capital in Wedgewood-Houston: Nashville-based AJ Capital secures a $170M loan tied to its 18-acre Wedgewood Village project—home to Pastis, Aba, and future offices for ASCAP and WME. Loan story → Nashville Business Journal | Project overview | Recent loan | Aba opens | WME office move | ASCAP office move

• Data Center Breaks Ground: RadiusDC starts construction on a $150M colocation facility on Brick Church Pike—the largest of its kind in Nashville. Groundbreaking story | TVA power & jobs angle | Original development announcement

• Waymo Robotaxis in Nashville: Self-driving cars arrive in 2026 through a Lyft partnership. Nashville joins Atlanta, Austin, LA, Phoenix, and San Francisco as Waymo cities. Axios Nashville | Earlier Tennessean report | Robotaxi criticism | Safety concerns | Labor group warnings | Fox5 Atlanta report

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🎙 On the Curb – Nashville’s Zoning Bills, Aba’s Grand Opening, & Remembering Santa’s Pub

This week on On the Curb, we cover some of the biggest stories shaping Nashville right now:

• Metro Council’s new housing & zoning bills – Nashville faces a projected shortage of 20,000 housing units over the next decade. We break down the four new zoning ordinances—BL2025-1005, BL2025-1006, BL2025-1007, and BL2025-1008—that aim to close the housing gap and reshape development across Davidson County.
• Nashville’s new public safety dashboard – The Nashville Alliance for Police and Public Safety has launched a tool that lets residents and real estate professionals track crime stats in their neighborhoods.
• Aba opens in Wedgewood-Houston – Chicago’s acclaimed Mediterranean restaurant Aba makes its Nashville debut on September 15th with its largest space yet. The two-story, 12,000-square-foot restaurant will anchor the WeHo dining scene.
• Remembering Denzel Irwin & Santa’s Pub – We close with a tribute to Denzel Irwin, the Franklin native and owner of Santa’s Pub, who became a Nashville icon for preserving one of the city’s most beloved dive bars.

Whether you’re a Nashville professional, real estate agent, or just someone curious about how the city is growing, this episode will keep you in the loop on the stories shaping Music City.

🔗 Sources & Further Reading

• Axios Nashville – Public safety dashboard
• Metro housing gap study – Nashville Banner
• Nashville zoning reform coverage – Nashville Banner
• Metro Council leadership – Nashville Banner
• Metro Nashville zoning bills overview – Nashville Banner
• BL2025-1005 – Legistar
• BL2025-1005 Exhibit D
• BL2025-1006 – Legistar
• BL2025-1007 – Legistar
• BL2025-1008 – Legistar
• Metro affordable housing authority – Nashville Banner
• Aba opening – Nashville Lifestyles
• Santa’s Pub founder Denzel Irwin – Nashville Business Journal
• The Nashville Alliance – Dashboard

This week’s episode of On the Curb covers a little bit of everything: an iconic California diner brand lands on Second Avenue, Elon’s Boring Company faces big fees and big questions over its Music City Loop, The Nations rezoning fight heats up, mortgage rates see their sharpest drop in a year, and Opry Entertainment secures a huge deal for Ascend Amphitheater.

Whether you’re commuting downtown, grabbing coffee in East Nashville, or just trying to keep up with what’s happening in the city, this episode has you covered.

The legendary Mel’s Drive-In — made famous in American Graffiti — has opened a 10,000-square-foot diner at 152 Second Ave. N., in the former B.B. King’s Blues Club.
🔗 Mel’s Drive-In opens downtown Nashville
🔗 Mel’s expansion announcement

The Boring Company is proposing a $300M underground tunnel system connecting downtown to the airport. But between a $1.7M annual airport fee, Mayor O’Connell’s 79 questions, and Ryman Hospitality lobbying for an Opryland connection, the project faces a long road.
🔗 Boring Co. faces $1.7M annual fee for Nashville airport tunnel
🔗 Boring Co. eyes $15 million per mile for Nashville loop
🔗 Convention Center potential stop
🔗 Ryman exec backs Opryland tunnel extension
🔗 Mayor O’Connell’s updated tunnel FAQ
🔗 Metro raises 79 questions to Boring Co.
🔗 Boring Company Music City Loop FAQ

A proposal to rezone more than 300 acres in The Nations has cleared its second reading — sparking hours of public comment and a heated council debate. Final vote is Sept. 19.
🔗 Nations rezoning plan coverage — Nashville Post
🔗 Council advances Nations rezoning — Nashville Scene

The September jobs report came in far weaker than expected — only 22,000 jobs added versus 75,000 forecast — pushing unemployment to 4.3%. Investors jumped into bonds, and mortgage rates dropped to 6.29%, the lowest since October 2024.

Opry Entertainment Group will operate Ascend Amphitheater under a $41M bid, with $11M in planned upgrades and $1.1M going toward greenway improvements.
🔗 Opry Entertainment secures Ascend Amphitheater deal

• Hospitality & Food: Iconic brands see Nashville as the first stop outside their home state.

• Transit & Infrastructure: Elon’s tunnel plan could reshape how people move in and out of the airport — or stall out in politics.

• Neighborhood Growth: The Nations rezoning could become a model for how Nashville handles density.

• Housing Market: Rates are dipping again, giving buyers and refinancers a rare window.

• Entertainment: Opry tightening its grip on Ascend keeps the venue locally rooted.

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Stories Covered

🍔 Mel’s Drive-In Opens First Location Outside California

🚇 Elon Musk’s Music City Loop Tunnel Update

🏘 Metro Council Advances Rezoning in The Nations

💸 Mortgage Market Update

🎶 Opry Entertainment Group Wins Ascend Amphitheater Deal

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🎙️ On the Curb: Nashville’s Weekly Real Estate & Development Briefing

In this episode, we cover some of the biggest moves shaping downtown Nashville and beyond:

• 🏙️ Two distressed downtown towers change hands: Fifth Third Center sells for $55.25M with hotel conversion plans, and Philips Plaza is scooped up by Scott Borchetta and TC Restaurant Group.

• 🏗️ A rare 30-acre riverfront site near downtown hits the market just days after the $245M East Bank scrapyard sale.

• 🏁 The Fairgrounds Speedway deal roars back, with Speedway Motorsports and Metro close to finalizing a plan that could bring NASCAR back to the city.

• 👗 Texas lifestyle brand Kendra Scott picks Nashville’s 12South for the first-ever Yellow Rose boutique outside of Texas.

Nashville’s office market may be struggling, but investors are reinventing towers, the East Bank’s riverfront is transforming, and retail and entertainment are continuing to boom.

📌 Sources mentioned in this episode:

• Nashville Business Journal – Fifth Third Center sale

• Nashville Business Journal – Philips Plaza sale

• Nashville Business Journal – 30-acre riverfront listing

• Nashville Post – Fair Board racetrack deal

• Tami Price Blog – Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott

👉 On the Curb is your fast, focused briefing on what’s being built, bought, or buzzed about in Nashville real estate, development, and business. New episodes every Wednesday.

Nashville’s skyline is changing fast — and this week’s episode of On the Curb breaks down the biggest moves shaping the city’s future.

In this episode:

🔗 Sources & Further Reading

• CA South seeks to sell East Bank property (Nashville Business Journal): https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2025/08/21/ca-south-east-bank-davidson-property-for-sale.html

• East Bank scrapyard sale recap (Nashville Business Journal): https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2025/08/14/scrapyard-deal-recap.html

• Strategic Hospitality’s new concept in Wedgewood-Houston (Nashville Business Journal): https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2025/08/21/strategic-hospitality-sallys-stay-awhile-nashvill.html

• TriStar freestanding ER plans at 800 Dickerson Pike (CityNowNext): https://citynownext.com/2024/08/05/tristar-plans-freestanding-emergency-room-in-east-nashville/

• TriStar Skyline CON request (Tennessee Health Facilities Commission): https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/hfc/documents/RE2502-002_TriStar_Skyline_Med_Ctr_East_Nashville.pdf

• Music City Loop construction begins (NewsChannel 5): https://www.newschannel5.com/news/first-dig-begins-on-music-city-loop-ambitious-underground-tunnel-connecting-nashville-airport-to-downtown

In this episode, we're going straight into the heart of downtown Nashville’s luxury market with special guest Charlotte Flowers, on the sales team behind The Edition Nashville — one of the city’s premier high-rise residences.

We’re talking real estate trends, what luxury buyers actually want right now, and why The Edition is setting a new bar for urban living. Charlotte also shares insight into the growth of Corcoran Reverie Nashville, how the market is evolving beyond the headlines, and where she sees real opportunity for both buyers and investors in 2025.

If you're curious about Nashville's booming luxury scene, The Edition's positioning against other luxury brands (like The Four Seasons Residences), or you're want to hear about where the downtown scene is headed — this one’s for you.

You can find more about The Residences at Nashville Edition here - https://nashvilleeditionresidences.com/

🎙 On the Curb — Episode 4
From one of the largest rezoning proposals in Nashville history to a pink elephant rescue in West Nashville, here’s what’s happening on your curb this week:

• 🏙 Zoned In: The Nations could see more than 300 acres rezoned for higher density and mixed-use — we break down what’s in the plan and what’s at stake.

• 🏗 Dirt Deals: The East Bank scrapyard sale hits another delay — why this prime riverfront site keeps stalling.

• 📝 The Punchlist: A luxury private jet terminal is coming to John C. Tune Airport, and Robert’s Western World makes a record-breaking real estate move on Broadway.

• 🐘 Neighborly Intel: West Nashville’s beloved Pinkie the Elephant finds a new home.

📚 Sources & Further Reading

🏙 Zoned In: The Nations Rezoning

• Metro Council Advances Ambitious Rezoning in The Nations – Fox17

• Metro Council Advances Rezoning Measures for The Nations – Nashville Banner

• Rezoning Plan Proposed for The Nations – Nashville Post

• Full Metro Council Agenda – Aug. 5, 2025

🏗 Dirt Deals: East Bank Scrapyard

• East Bank Scrapyard Sale Delayed Again — NBJ

• Scrapyard Buyer Revealed — NBJ

• Icahn Scrapyard Sale Timing & Price — NBJ

📝 The Punchlist

• Jet Access Breaks Ground on Luxury Private Terminal — NBJ

• Jet Access Official Website

• Robert’s Western World Buys Jack’s Bar-B-Que — NBJ

🐘 Neighborly Intel: Pinkie the Elephant

• Pinkie the Elephant West Nashville: Future Secured — Here Nashville

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