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Nashville Post: Contest yields architect for boutique SoBro hotel

3/28/2019

Original Author: William Williams

"After previously targeting a mid-2017 groundbreaking for his then-$18 million hotel project, local businessman and developer Mark Cleveland changed directions and had The Architect Workshop and Tuck-Hinton, both locally based, compete to design the hotel structure for his site, which is bordered by Lafayette Street, Ash/Division streets, and Fourth Avenue South.

The contest approach was distinctive — much like the boutique hotel building is expected be. It offered 10 metrics, with each one worth between five and 20 points. The final point tally was a mere three-point differential in Tuck-Hinton's favor. Of note, runner-up The Architect Workshop will be paid $10,000 for its time and effort." Read full NP article >

Nashville Post: SoBro hotel design to derive from contest

3/19/2019

Two local firms will compete to serve as architect for Stanza project

"...Cleveland has two firms competing to design the hotel structure and will have the pair present before a panel of judges this month. The Stanza Nashville Hotel Design Competition will be held Wednesday, March 27, at the Nashville Civic Design Center.

The two finalists are The Architect Workshop (with James Kennon overseeing the effort) and Tuck-Hinton Architecture and Design (with Mary Roskilly spearheading). Each presentation is expected to require 45 minutes to an hour..." Read full NP article >

See behind the scene interviews with the judges and design firms on Facebook Live.
Event Date: March 27th, 2019
Event Time: 7PM CST
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Civic Design Center CEO, Gary Gaston shared that he does not recall another privately initiated design competition process conducted in Nashville, noting, "This is an exciting and innovative approach. I look forward to seeing the finalists."

Nashville Post: Entrepreneur sees 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity with boutique hotel project

3/8/2016

The Nashville Post's Managing Editor, William William's meets with our Chief Inspirational Officer and Owner, Mark Cleveland for an in depth interview about the coming launch of this unique hotel project:

"Local entrepreneur Mark Cleveland continues to move forward with his Stanza Nashville, a 12-story "micro flat-iron building" targeted for SoBro and to house a boutique hotel...

I understand you now hope to break ground on Stanza Nashville by year’s end. Originally, you had hoped for mid-year. Thoughts?

My goal is to break ground by the end of the year. I’m approaching this project like it’s a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity to build a uniquely distinctive structure and challenge myself to rethink the value of everything delivered in this new hospitality experience. Done right, we get to change the expectations for affordable accommodations in Nashville.

It is a real challenge get the offering just right, and not overbuild. I expect to build a strong proof of concept that stands alone in the Nashville market, but I hope in the process to discover a platform for a new national brand born in Nashville."

For the rest of the interview, visit the full article by the Nashville Post HERE >

Nashville Banner: If State Allows Driverless Cars, Credit Developer of Automated Budget Hotel

1/22/2016

Floorplan: bachelor(ette) parties and business teams will be able to rent the floor and stay together.

"Businessman building innovative lodge for downtown's bachelor(ette)s, conventioneers wants to use autonomous vehicles to shuttle guests... ...Because Cleveland's lot is so small, parking will be non-existent. Cleveland hopes guests will use Uber and Lyft, take taxis, loaner bikes, or walk. The $25 million Division Street enhancements going on right now will extend to the property and improve walking and biking safety around the future hotel.

Some guests will inevitably have a car though, so Cleveland has come up with an innovative idea. Guests can park at a lot down the street and a driverless car will follow them and bring them back to the hotel. “People will fly into Nashville just to experience this,” Cleveland says. Eventually, a second driverless car may be deployed to shuttle guests to popular tourist destinations.

There is only one problem with the plan. Driverless cars aren’t legal on Tennessee roads. That doesn’t deter Cleveland. This hotel developer is a proven business leader who founded Swiftwick athletic socks, is CEO of Hobby Express, a manufacturer of radio-controlled airplanes, spent 17 years in the transportation business and has held management positions at nine other companies. He knew what to do..." - Segment from Nashville Banner article.

See how our Chief Inspiration Officer, Mark Cleveland plans to bring the future of transportation to Tennessee:
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Original Article by Nashville Banner's, Amy Eskind

Nashville Post: SoBro site targeted for 'micro flat-iron' hotel building

9/17/2015

"Local entrepreneur Mark Cleveland is targeting a June 2016 groundbreaking for a SoBro-based 12-story “micro flat-iron building” with a floor plate of a mere 5,000 square feet.

With the modest footprint (for comparison, the missile-like L&C Tower offers a floor plate of about 6,500 square feet) and rising upwards of about 140 feet, the building could be Nashville’s most slender inhabitable structure of 10 stories or more. To sit at the point at which Lafayette Street, Fourth Avenue South and Ash Street create a triangle (and along the recently started Division Street Extension), the structure should rank among the city’s most distinctive and iconic, Cleveland said.

Cleveland is calling the hotel Stanza Nashville and it will not offer a regional or national brand. He has enlisted Nashville-based Kennon Calhoun Workshop for design. The firm’s Josh Spence will serve as project development director, with James Kennon to be the lead architect."

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Original Article by Nashville Post's, William Williams

Nashville Business Journal Spreads The WORD about Stanza Nashville

9/12/2015

"Nashville entrepreneur Mark Cleveland, who stepped away from his CEO role at Swiftwick last year, is getting into the city’s white-hot hotel business.

Cleveland has drawn up plans for a 117-room boutique hotel at 400 Lafayette St., a project dubbed Stanza Nashville. Cleveland, the co-founder of Switwick and owner of Brentwood’s specialty hobby shop Hobby Express, calls the concept a 'micro hotel.'...

The Tenessean Announces Coming of Stanza Nashville

9/12/2015

"Add the co-founder of Brentwood-based athletic sock company Swiftwick to developers pursuing boutique hotel projects near downtown Nashville.

Mark Cleveland, also chief executive of radio-controlled product company Hobby Express, is pursuing Stanza Nashville hotel.

The $18 million, 12-story, 117-room hotel planned at 400 Lafayette St. will target conventioneers during the week and bachelor and bachelorette parties on weekends.

"Our transportation strategy is a key differentiator," Cleveland said, adding Stanza Nashville won't provide on-site parking.

News Channel 5 - Breaking News About Stanza Nashville

9/12/2015

In The Press- The first official press announcement for the plans of Stanza Nashville aired this Tuesday, September 8th on News Channel 5 following the groundbreaking for Nashville's new Division Street connector.

News Channel 5's Emily Luxen met on site with Stanza Nashville Owner, Mark Cleveland to get the details on what will be Nashville's newest 12 story tall boutique hotel. Design and location have been carefully planned to meet the demand for Nashville's growing market of convention-goers and bachelor/bachelorette parties who seek affordable rooms and virtually effortless access to downtown.

Get the official story from News Channel 5 >