First Tennessee Bank presents the fifth annual LIVE IT UP! Downtown Home Tour on Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20 from 12 noon to 5 p.m. To mark the fifth anniversary of this event, the expanded tour will showcase more than 30 downtown residential options at more than 20 locations! Tickets are $10 daily or $15 for a weekend pass.

Advance tickets may be purchased on-line with a credit card.
Click here to purchase tickets online

Ticket Information
Ticket Price: $10 daily or $15 for two days (cash or check only except for advance on-line credit card purchases).

You must show your wristband to enter any of the properties on the tour and for the free shuttle service. Show your wristband when leaving the designated parking lots to receive free parking.The event will be held rain or shine. No refunds.

Advance tickets may be purchased (cash or check only) at the following three locations (M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) from March 31st through April 18th

Nashville Civic Design Center
138 2nd Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37201
Phone: 615-248-4280

Nashville Downtown Partnership
150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite G-150
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 743-3091

The Arts Company
215 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615-254-2040

Village Real Estate Services (Downtown Office)
301 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37201
Phone: 615-279-7299

Tickets may also be purchased (cash or check only) on the day of the event (Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20, beginning at 11:30 a.m.) at the following locations:

MAIN CHECK-IN STATION*
Church Street Park
6th & Church Street (across from the Nashville Public Library)

GULCH TICKET STATION
Kenny & Company
303 11th Avenue South (across from Velocity Sales Center)
*On-line ticket buyers will pick up tickets and tour guide booklet here

Self-Guided Tour
You may visit the tour sites in any order and at your own pace between 12:00 noon and 5:00 p.m. on both days

Parking and Shuttle Service
Metered parking is free downtown on weekends. Free parking will also be provided to ticket holders by Premier Parking at The Signature Tower development site at 5th and Church - next to McKendree Methodist Church.

Many downtown tour stops are within easy walking distance of this free parking site.
If this lot is full, additional parking is available at the Library parking garage (entrances off of 5th and 6th Avenues)

The Partnership's PARK IT! Express shuttles will loop the central tour route, and have separate routes to outlying areas. This limited shuttle service is free to ticket holders.

The LIVE IT UP! Downtown Home Tour is presented by the Nashville Civic Design Center and the Nashville Downtown Partnership to showcase urban living.

Experience the urban environment, the interesting architecture and the contemporary developments under construction at the LIVE IT UP! Downtown Home Tour. You may just decide that downtown Nashville is the place you will want to call home!

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, opening your home for the tour or volunteering for the 2008, Fifth Anniversary event, please contact:

Nashville Civic Design Center
138 2nd Avenue North, Suite 106
Nashville, TN 37201
Phone: 248-4280

Nashville Downtown Partnership
150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite G-150
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 743-3091

 

2008 Event Sponsors

NAMING SPONSOR

MEDIA PARTNERS

PLATINUM
Encore Condominiums
Signature Tower
Terrazzo
Village Real Estate

GOLD
Craighead Development
Zeitlin & Company, Realtors

SILVER
Bristol Development/Velocity
District Lofts
Earl Swensson Associates
Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC
Manuel Zeitlin Architects
Metro Development & Housing Agency
Richard Courtney
Vanderbilt University
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis

IN-KIND
Signature Tower Development Site at 5th & Church
The Farmers Market
Lithographics

 

Urban Inside - 2007

Project Penthouse- 2006

2007

The Titan Financial LIVE IT UP! Downtown Home Tour held on Sunday, April 29 brought close to 1500 people to downtown Nashville, and had an economic impact of $16.8 million, with 28 sales and 8 leases. This fourth annual tour showcased 20 residential options in the city’s center.

2006

The Louisiana-Pacific LIVE IT UP! Downtown Home Tour held on Sunday, April 30 brought close to 1,200 people to downtown Nashville, and had an economic impact of $11.8 million, with 35 sales and one lease. This third annual tour showcased over 20 residential options in the city’s center.

2005

Building on the sucess of 2004, the Second Annual Live It Up! Hometour, held on May 1, 2005, far surpassed all expectations. The tour featured 20 stops, with a variety of housing types, in the Downtown and Germantown neighborhoods. Of the 1,000 people who attended this years tour, 31 decided to call downtown Nashville home by purchasing one of the many units on the tour. Producing an economic impact of more than 9.5 million dollars!

2004

Downtown Nashville hosted more than 700 people during the first annual LIVE IT UP! Downtown Home Tour on Sunday, April 25, 2004. Young professionals, “empty nesters” and many others took a look at the exciting contemporary urban living spaces in the heart of downtown. Over twelve housing options – lofts, apartments, condominiums and a single-family dwelling – were on display, including new projects under development.
After experiencing the variety of housing, its convenience and style, and the dynamic city neighborhood, many people made the decision to call downtown Nashville their home. Developers and property owners reported brisk increase in calls, with significant leases and sales linked to the tour and related media exposure. Within the first 30 days, over $5.7 million in contracts and leases occurred as a result of the tour.

In 2005, the Nashville Civic Design Center and the Nashville Downtown Partnership created a four minute movie to give an overview of the Home Tour.

watch the movie