A permit valued at about $47.8 million has been issued to allow for the construction of Vanderbilt Universityâs graduate and professional student "housing village" planned for Midtown, with work now underway and expected to be completed by the middle of 2023. The issuing of the permit comes after the recent securing of a $106.8 million loan for the project. The site, best known for previously having been home to Noshville and J-J's Market, has sat empty since early 2019, the year VU officials had hoped to break ground. In December of that year, the Post reported a July-2022 completion for phase one was planned. VU officials tentatively and previously had hoped to open this fall.