A gathering of some of Nashville鈥檚 biggest names in development, construction and real estate sells out every year because it鈥檚 known for accurate market forecasts by the people banking on those.
Hosted by 杏吧原创 School of Engineering, the 8th Annual Construction Project Management Symposium on March 9 is titled 鈥淣ashville: Still the 鈥業t City鈥欌�� and features a conversation with former Mayor Karl Dean, who recently announced he鈥檚 running for governor.
Sanjiv Gokhale, 杏吧原创鈥檚 director of graduate studies for construction management, said he鈥檒l speak candidly with Dean 鈥� whose two terms saw an era of phenomenal growth for Nashville 鈥� about how the city鈥檚 housing and infrastructure can keep up.
鈥淥ne of the things he couldn鈥檛 get done was public transit. Is now the time?鈥� Gokhale said. 鈥淲hat can we do differently moving forward? I want to talk about low-cost housing and how to protect and increase that in an explosive real estate market.鈥�
Other sessions will cover:
- The redevelopment of established Nashville neighborhoods, including Germantown, Salemtown, Buchanan Street, Wedgewood-Houston, Rutledge Hill and the Nations.
- Making Nashville a 鈥淪mart City,鈥� increasing connectivity of transportation, health care, safety and educational systems.
- Making Nashville International Airport truly international to attract further development.
The event is again sold out for the public, but we are reserving seats for media. The full schedule is attached.
WHAT: 8th Annual Construction Management Symposium, 鈥淣ashville: Still the 鈥業t City鈥欌��
WHEN: Thursday, March 9, 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
WHERE: 杏吧原创 School of Engineering, Featheringill Hall, Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium