This property still hasn't been cleaned up.

However, I believe that this property may be owned by the same company that developed the Nashville West shopping center. Maybe somebody at the Metro Codes office could lay a little pressure on them?

Please be advised that this property wil be demolished. Codes will be happy to issue notice to the owner to remove the graffiti.

This problem is still here. The roadside sign has since taken on some storm damage, but the buildings are here. I think that the property may possibly be owned by the folks who own the Nashville West Shopping Center. If this is so, maybe the Metro Codes Enforcement people could persuade them into doing some demolition here. These buildings need to come down.

Okay, I just saw the notice from Karene West. I think that this is awesome! I will be a very happy camper when the demolition work is completed. I would, however, like to see somebody clean up the barricades some more. I will try to drive by again sometime in the next couple of days and obtain current photos of the barricades.

Karene, you say the the property will be demolished. Do you have any idea when?

On October 28, 2010 the Department of Codes and Building Safety met with the owners of this property, Nashville West Shopping Center, LLC., the correct address being 6834 Charlotte Pike, and while Codes had asked that the structure be demolished, at the Hearing the owners provided documentaiton that they have the funds to restore and rehab the structures and asked that we place the property under a one year vacate anc close action. Informatin provided to our Department detailed future development of some structures being demolished and some repaired. Under a vacate and close order, any and all structures must be boarded and or secured to be safe to surrpounding neighbors. Since this location is not a safety hazars to surrounding residential properties, and is chained off, we will allow a vacate order to stand and the owners will have to make all repairs or demolish on or before October 31, 2011. The Codes RFS Number is 10-1051483.

Karene West

I passed by the location recently and noticed a bulldozer at the location. Also, I read the posts by Karene West below, and I am satisfied that the issue will be taken care of. Also, I am moving out of Middle Tennessee soon, and I will not be around to see whether or not the issue gets corrected.

Once our Department issues notice, the case is not closed until there is full compliance.

Somebody else is more than welcome to reopen this issue, but I am not going to be around to see that the issue actually gets resolved. I had the idea that I was the only person who could close this issue on this website. Since I am moving out of Middle Tennessee, if somebody else wants to reopen the issue, and then close it once the property is cleaned up, that would be fine by me.

There would be no reason to reopen this issue. The Department of Codes & Building Safety has an open and pending case. If you call our Property Standards Division at 615-862-6590 and provide the address, a status till be provided to you. Codes has a Metro site where any citizen should report code violations. The site address is: http://www.nashville.gov/codes/report_violations.aspx. Then to check on the status - please use this Metro site: https://permits.nashville.gov/kivanet/2/rfs/lookup/index.cfm?fa=5. These are the sites for our Department that we ask citizens to use. Hope this is helpful.

Karene, this is indeed very helpful to me, and I do appreciate your comment. The reasons that I decided to close the issue on the www.seeclickfix.com website were twofold: 1. My wife and I are moving to Gering, Nebraska, next week; therefore, I won't be here to see the issue resolved. 2. It looked to me like you folks at Metro Codes had the issue well in hand. After all, when I drove by there the other day, I did see a bulldozer parked inside the barricades. That implies to me that somebody is about to do some demolition. That, in and of itself, would be a vast improvement to the property.

Thank you very much for your help in this matter. I greatly appreciate it. It is my hope that the Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, government will be as helpful as you have been when I report issues back there.

You are ,most welcome! Sorry to see you leave Middle Tennessee and I wish you and your family a great move, and much success! I also reside int he Hillwood area and keep an eye on this lcoation! Best of luck to you.