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A rendering of the Moxy Downtown's public area, designed
for gathering with a fireplace and communal table

Shown in a rendering, the moody lounge area in the forthcoming
JW Marriott features rich textures and metal accents

Black and white tiles, chic finishes,
and greenery comprise the eclectic
restaurant in the Dream Nashville,
seen here in a rendering

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the 168-room Moxy Downtown opens in late 2018,
much of the design from New York firm Celano
Design Studio will be recycled components from
its former use as records management company
Richards & Richards, including a reclaimed brick
wall, updated concrete flooring, and repurposed
windows. To dial into Nashville's music roots, there
will also be a live stage and a record storage library,
"creating that connectivity to what Nashville is
about," says firm founder and principal Vincent
Celano. In addition, Marriott is introducing the newbuild Joseph Nashville, an art-centric 297-room
Pizzuti-developed Luxury Collection hotel, and a
new triple-branded property (the first for Marriott)
with a 209-room AC Hotel by Lindsay Pope Brayfield
& Associates and Design Continuum in one wing,
and a combined SpringHill Suites (125 rooms) and
Residence Inn in the other (136 rooms).
Nearby, the upcoming 144-key Bobby, from local
development group Castlerock and part of Preferred
Hotels & Resorts, is the handiwork of David Mexico
Design Group, the New York firm that also crafted
the closeby Westin. Retro will meet the traditional
throughout, with steel, titanium, and chain details
juxtaposing exotic woods, marble columns, and
bronze fixtures, while a 1956 Greyhound bus is
repurposed as a rooftop bar. Across the street, the
81-room Fairlane from Oliver Hospitality will offer
two restaurants and a cool '70s vibe, courtesy of New
York's Reunion Goods & Services.
In downtown Nashville, HRI Properties' 191-room
Holston House, part of Hyatt's Unbound Collection,
opened in December. New York's Stonehill Taylor
handled the interiors for this adaptive reuse of
a landmarked Art Deco hotel, complete with
restaurant and bar concepts from Apicii restaurant
group. "The layers of the hotel got us thinking
about what Nashville is and how it's formed in
people's minds," says principal Mike Suomi. "We
like the patina and sense of craft-that strippeddown, well-executed aesthetic that you see in the
music of Johnny Cash and Jack White." Stonehill
Taylor is also behind the design of the nearby
upcoming 533-room new-build JW Marriott from
Turnberry Associates (Miami firm Arquitectonica
in collaboration with Atlanta-based SRSSA are
responsible for the 33-story elliptical-shaped glass
façade), infusing the spaces with blackened steel and
cognac leather details as nods to the city's history of
ironwork and success in the leather goods industry.
Further afield are several highly anticipated
arrivals. Near Music Row, a 540-key HKS Hospitality
Group-designed Hyatt Regency is planned for
2020 as part of the $1 billion, 15-acre mixed-use
development Nashville Yards. Expect the hip Gulch
neighborhood to continue trending. Not far from
where the Thompson opened last year, a 250-room
new-build W from New York firm Rockwell Group is
also promised.
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