Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG)

Client

Armistead Barkley

Architect

Manuel Zeitlin Architects

Location

Nashville, TN

Completion

1999

Construction Cost

$5-10 million

“The Parent Company has always provided us with exemplary levels of communication and attention to detail; in fact, we have come to rely on their professionalism to achieve our financial and aesthetic objectives.”

– Bill Barkley, President of City Development Company

Bertelsmann Music Group’s Entertainment Complex was restored in 1999 as a national historic landmark. Renovations included converting an historic building used as a nursing home into a first class office space for one of the leaders of the music industry. A chapel intersecting the center of the building was renovated into a multimedia room and performance hall, and the existing structure was converted from corridor brick load bearing walls into a modern and open office plan. Developing a way to support the existing structure while removing the load bearing walls and replacing it with a new steel frame structure.

First Class Office Space
Renovation of Historical Site
Conversion from corridor brick load bearing walls to open office plan
Replace load bearing walls with new steel frame structure

General Contracting Services
Pre-construction
Cost & Schedule Analysis

Historic Renovation The historic Music Row property presented many unique challenges.

Replace Structure Developed a way to remove load bearing walls and replace with a new steel frame structure.

Minimize Disturbance Work was performed on a tight site which required doing everything possible to reduce disturbances to neighboring businesses.