Signature Tower

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name =Signature Tower


caption =Signature Tower rendering
location =505 Church St
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
coordinates =coord|36|9|45.9|N|86|46|48.9|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title
status =Approved
groundbreaking =2008cite news |url=http://wkrn.com/nashville/news/proposed-town-center-essential-to-city-city-leader-says/136142.htm |title=Proposed Town Center Essential To City, City Leader Says |work=WKRN.com |date=2008-02-12 |accessdate=2008-02-16]
constructed =
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use =Mixed use
antenna_spire =convert|1030|ft|m|0|abbr=on
roof =
top_floor =
floor_count =70
elevator_count =
cost =US$250-370 million
floor_area =convert|1400000|sqft|m2|-4|abbr=on
architect =Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates
engineer =Beaver Engineering (geotechnical)
Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, Inc. (wind)
contractor =Turner Construction
developer =Giarratana Development, LLC
owner =

Signature Tower is a projected mixed-use skyscraper which has been approved for construction in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Groundbreaking was originally scheduled for 2007,cite news |url=http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=55372 |title=Signature Tower sales center draws 500 visitors in Week 1 |work=The City Paper |first=William |last=Williams |date=2007-03-28 |accessdate=2007-07-08] but has been delayed. When completed, it will contain condominiums, office space, a Kimpton-brand Hotel Palomar Nashville,cite news |url=http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2006/7/31/giarratana_lands_luxury_hotel_partner_for_signature_tower |title=Giarratana lands luxury hotel partner for Signature Tower |work=The Nashville Post |first=Richard |last=Lawson |coauthors=and E. Thomas Wood |date=2006-07-31 |accessdate=2007-07-08] and retail space. The building will have 70 storiescite news |url=http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=49542 |title=Signature makes its mark |work=The City Paper |first=William |last=Williams |date=2006-05-02 |accessdate=2007-07-08] and will stand convert|1030|ft|m|0 in height,cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2007/11/05/daily17.html |title=Permits pulled for Giarratana's Signature |work=Nashville Business Journal |first=Jim |last=Stinson |date=2007-11-07 |accessdate=2007-11-08] making it one of the tallest buildings in the United States and the tallest in the Americas outside of New York and Chicago, surpassing Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia by convert|7|ft|m|0.cite news |title=Skyline Wars |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |first=Walter |last=Woods |date=2006-05-14]

The Signature Tower is being developed by Giarratana LLC at an estimated cost of US$250 to 370 million.cite news |url=http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/signature-tower-excavation-to-begin-this-month/106483.htm |title=Signature Tower Excavation to Begin This Month |work=WKRN.com |date=2007-07-10 |accessdate=2007-07-12] The building's physical address will be 505 Church Street,cite web |url=http://www.giarratana.com/Signature.asp |title=Giarratana Signature Tower |work=Giarratana.com |accessdate=2007-08-07] located on the southwest corner of Church and Fifth Avenue North, which was for many years the location of a Cain Sloan department store.cite press release |url=http://www.seig-pr.com/%5Cpressrelease%5CGDL%20Giarratana%20Outstanding%20Nashvillian%206-15-06.pdf |title=Giarratana Named Outstanding Nashvillian of the Year by Kiwanis Club of Nashville |work=Seig-PR.com |date=2006-06-15 |accessdate=2007-08-07] Giarratana announced on July 18, 2006 that it had slated Turner Construction Co. of New York to complete the project.cite news |title=N.Y. firm to build Signature Tower |work=The Tennessean |first=Chas |last=Sisk |date=2006-07-19]

Construction of the building is slated to begin once half of the 400 residential apartment units have been sold. As of late December 2007, 102 of the 400 units had been presold. The Federal Aviation Administration filed a notice on October 25, 2007 stating that the proposed design was too tall and would pose a hazard to aircraft. The agency recommended that the tower not exceed convert|433|ft|m|0|abbr=on, or less than half its proposed height. However, Giarratana has stated that no design changes are planned, and the Metro Nashville Airport Authority has lent its support to the construction project, saying they will look into ways to alter flight patterns.cite news |url=http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071102/NEWS05/711020414/0/COUNTY0107 |title=Signature Tower would be too tall, FAA says |work=Tennessean.com |first=Kate |last=Howard |date=2007-11-02 |accessdate=2007-11-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5T2uDofni |archivedate=2007-11-02]

References

See also

*List of tallest buildings in Nashville

External links

* [http://www.signaturetowernashville.com/ Signature Tower website]