The Metro Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the economic impact plan for the planned Oracle tech campus and surrounding River North infrastructure, including an extension of Cleveland Street that will allow vehicular, bike and pedestrian connectivity between River North and East Nashville.
Projected to cost $1.2 billion, the Oracle development and public infrastructure could bring up to 1.2 million square feet of office space to the Cumberland Riverâs East Bank. For that, the Silicon Valley corporation has committed to a $175 million investment recreational spaces, streets, stormwater management and a bike and pedestrian bridge connecting River North to Germantown.
âTodayâs Oracle vote demonstrates Metroâs commitment to make the right deals for Nashville,â Mayor John Cooper said when the 40-0 resolution vote passed.
Perkins Eastman has worked in New York, Baltimore, D.C.
Months of vetting has led Mayor John Cooper and his team at the Metro Planning Department to land on the firm renowned for its work on New York’s Battery Park to spearhead the master development plan that will revamp the Cumberland River’s East Bank.
Cooper’s office
last fall said that Planning was looking to hire a consultant to help redesign and repurpose the East Bank’s 338 acres in a way that would better serve its entire community. On Tuesday, the mayor announced the consulting firm will be Perkins Eastman. Along with its work on Battery Park City, that company also has worked on high-profile projects such as Baltimore’s Inner Harbor East and the District Wharf in Washington, D.C. In Nashville, Perkins Eastman will collaborate with local contractors that include Hodgson Douglas, Pillars Development and WSP.
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