Plans to develop an East Bank site with a new Tennessee Performing Arts Center structure continue to progress, as an update related to the concept plan will be sought.
According to a document submitted to the Metro Planning Department, a modification to the downtown code will also be sought. A May 14 Metro Planning Commission hearing is scheduled.
The document notes 171 below-grade parking spaces are planned for the building, which will sit at 20 Victory Ave. and offer 377,000 square feet. The future building’s exterior will feature aluminum, concrete, glass and steel.
Performing arts nonprofit takes a key step toward future facility near the Cumberland River
To offer two theaters (one with 650 seats and the other with 2,600 seats), the building will stand approximately 105 feet at its tallest point.
TPAC officials recently released updated images for the project, and the Metro Council in late January approved the final reading of a ground lease agreement related to the future venue. As Scene sister publication the Nashville Post previously reported, some costs to undertake the project were announced in December.
Via a community meeting, TPAC CEO Jennifer Turner said at the time that the nonprofit had reached an agreement with Metro to pay $2.46 million for infrastructure costs in addition to the previously reported $600 million it plans for the building itself.
TPAC’s contribution to infrastructure costs will cover Victory Drive and Davidson Road improvements, utilities and connection to the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, among other updates. TPAC will also ground lease the land on which its building will sit from Metro for 35 years for $100 per year.
Data provided from TPAC notes plans for 5,135 additional one-time jobs for construction and a potential for $895 million in economic impact from construction.
TPAC's projected timeline includes site work and construction to begin in the first quarter of 2027, with construction to be completed by 2030.
The architect is Bjarke Ingels of Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group. William Rawn Associates project executive Clifford Gayley will serve the architecture team as a performing arts center specialist, while the local project architect will be Hastings Architecture (with David Powell overseeing).
The future TPAC building will sit within Metro Councilmember Jacob Kupin’s District 19.
This article was first published by our sister publication, the Nashville Post.
