April 25: LIVE IT UP! Downtown Home Tour

The LIVE IT UP! Downtown First Annual Home Tour on Sunday, April 25, will showcase over a dozen urban living spaces as well as displays of other residential options currently under development. Between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on April 25, enjoy a leisurely self-guided tour of the stops from Church Street to The Gulch. Tickets are $10 each ($5 for students and seniors age 60 and over). See www.nashvilledowntown.com for more tour details, to purchase advance tickets online, and download a tour map and description of the places you will see.

About 3,000 people already call the greater downtown home—and interest is high in upcoming projects that are adding almost 800 new units and more ownership options. The current occupancy rate of the downtown housing inventory is over 95%. You’ll understand the energy and excitement of contemporary urban living when you see these lofts, condominiums, and penthouses — in both modern high-rise buildings and renovated historic structures. Seeing the “before” view of pre-construction spaces and envisioning the finished products will draw you back for next year’s tour.

Getting around for the downtown home tour will be easy. Free parking is available at two parking lots—one at 5th and Church Street (provided by Premier Parking) and one behind Mercury View Lofts in The Gulch (provided by Armistead Barkley, Inc.). Free metered parking is also available downtown every weekend. And the Partnership’s PARK IT! Express shuttles will be available for free rides along the tour route.

The LIVE IT UP! Downtown Home Tour is a collaborative effort of the Nashville Downtown Partnership (www.nashvilledowntown.com) and the Nashville Civic Design Center (www.civicdesigncenter.org). Gold Sponsors for the 2004 tour are EXPO Design Center, Nashville Urban Venture and Village Real Estate.