A Nashville developer has put the long-vacant West End Avenue lot that once held a Piggly Wiggly grocery store under contract, setting the stage for a 15-story tower in the Centennial Park area. H.G. Hill Realty Co. has owned the 2900 West End Ave. site for over a century, and the pending sale would end its long hold on one of Midtown’s most visible empty parcels.
Richland Building Partners is under contract to buy the site, according to the Nashville Business Journal. Richland is a Nashville-based developer known mainly for luxury residential projects, and the acquisition would put it in control of a 1.48-acre, three-parcel site in the Centennial Park area, as detailed by the Nashville Post.
A Tower Designed for West End’s Gateway Corridor
The proposed building is planned to have 15 stories, per the same Nashville Post report. That plan followed a key variance granted by Metro Nashville’s Board of Zoning Appeals in August, clearing a path around standard height restrictions on the underlying parcel despite the scrutiny such exceptions typically draw near residential areas and parks along West End Avenue.
The tower is planned to include 110 residential units, 260 hotel rooms, 10,000 square feet of restaurant space and 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.
A Century of Hill Family Ownership Comes to an End
The property has stayed in H.G. Hill Realty’s hands since the company acquired the land in 1923, according to Metro Davidson County records cited by the Nashville Scene. Over the late 20th century, Hill Realty shifted from operating grocery stores to managing a broad commercial real estate portfolio, a transition that left this stretch of West End as one of its longest-held assets…