The Emory at Nashville Yards

The Emory at Nashville Yards at a glance

The Emory is a 35-story luxury condominium tower on Commerce Street, set inside Nashville Yards — a 19-acre mixed-use district on the western edge of downtown Nashville, in Davidson County. The tower delivers 312 condominium residences across one- and two-bedroom layouts, with den options on select floor plans, ranging from roughly 800 to 1,800 finished square feet. It was completed in 2024–2025, putting brand-new high-rise inventory into a downtown market where it is genuinely scarce, and it is actively selling rather than sold out: as of June 2026 there are six active or under-contract listings and one closed transaction on the books, so resales and developer units are both still in play.

The Emory was developed by Southwest Value Partners together with StreetLights Residential, the residential builder and operator behind the tower. Because it is a downtown high-rise rather than a suburban subdivision, the buyer profile skews toward people who want to live in the middle of everything with zero exterior upkeep — relocating professionals tied to the offices clustered around Nashville Yards, second-home and lock-and-leave buyers, and anyone trading a yard for a 35-story address a few minutes' walk from Lower Broadway. For out-of-state buyers in particular, it is one of the first downtown options we point to when someone wants new construction, a doorman-style building, and a true walkable location.

Who builds in The Emory at Nashville Yards

The Emory is the residential piece of Nashville Yards, the 19-acre downtown development, and it was brought to market by Southwest Value Partners, the developer behind the broader district, in partnership with StreetLights Residential. StreetLights is a residential developer and builder known for design-forward luxury rental and for-sale communities, and at The Emory it carries the residential product — the residences themselves, the amenity floors, and the day-to-day building experience. Southwest Value Partners anchors the larger Nashville Yards vision around it, which is what connects the tower to the offices, the central green, and the rest of the district.

Because this is a single tower rather than a multi-builder neighborhood, there is no roster of competing builders to compare across — the value to understand is the pairing: a downtown developer with the scale to assemble a 19-acre district, and a residential operator focused on the homes and amenities inside it. We represent buyers in new construction at little or no cost to you, and because we tour these communities constantly, we help you read the floor plans, the HOA structure, and the parking and storage details that make or break a high-rise purchase. Confirm the current sales process and any developer incentives with us before you write an offer.

Homes & floor plans

The Emory is condominium-only — 312 residences stacked across 35 stories. Plans run one- and two-bedroom, with den or flex options on select layouts, and finished sizes land roughly between 800 and 1,800 square feet. Pricing in the building starts at $445,000 for one-bedroom residences and climbs from there on the larger two-bedroom homes, so it spans a wide band depending on size, floor, and view. There are no lots here in the suburban sense: you are buying a deeded unit in a high-rise, with the building's exterior, structure, and common areas maintained through the homeowners association.

The day-to-day appeal of the floor plans is single-level living with skyline and city views from a 35-story tower, secured access, and the kind of finish package that comes with new luxury construction. Because units differ by stack and floor, the specific layout, square footage, view orientation, parking assignment, and storage that come with any given residence vary unit to unit. The developer publishes current availability and plan details on the official Nashville Yards residences site — we pull the live list for you and walk through which stacks actually match what you are after, rather than working off a single advertised starting price.

Amenities & community life

The amenity package is the heart of the pitch for a tower like this, and The Emory is built around it. Residents have a resort-style rooftop pool with terrace views, rooftop lounges that look out over the skyline, and a Sky Lounge on the 34th floor with its own rooftop dog park. Inside, there is a fitness center with group classes and personal training, co-working lounges, a private dining room and wine room, a game room, and a golf simulator. A 24-hour concierge runs the front of house, and the building includes a pet wash and a pet park for residents with dogs.

Beyond the building's own floors, The Emory has direct access to a 7-acre central green space within Nashville Yards, along with green parks, dining areas, and grilling stations woven through the district. The practical effect is that a resident can work from the co-working lounge, take a midday lap in the rooftop pool, walk the dog on the 34th-floor dog park or down at the central green, and host out-of-town guests in the private dining and wine room — all without leaving the development. For buyers coming from a single-family home, that bundle of services and shared space is what they are really trading the yard for.

Location, access & schools

Location is the strongest card The Emory holds. The tower sits on Commerce Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues, on the western edge of downtown with a Walk Score of 80 — high enough that day-to-day errands genuinely happen on foot. Lower Broadway, Bridgestone Arena, the Music City Center, and First Horizon Park are all roughly a 5-to-10-minute walk. The surrounding Nashville Yards district is anchored by Amazon's downtown campus and nearby offices for CAA, Pinnacle Financial Partners, and PwC, which puts a large block of downtown jobs within walking distance of the front door.

For schools, The Emory falls within Metro Nashville Public Schools and is zoned to Jones Paideia Magnet Elementary, John Early Paideia Magnet Middle, and Pearl Cohn Magnet High School. School zoning and magnet enrollment rules can change, so confirm current attendance and any application requirements directly with the district before you rely on them. We are glad to point you to the official MNPS zoning lookup for the exact unit you are considering.

What to verify before you buy

High-rise condominiums carry details that a listing photo will not show you, so a few things are worth confirming before you write an offer — and we pull all of them live for you. Verify the current asking price and availability for the specific unit and stack you want, since pricing here ranges widely by floor and view and inventory moves week to week. Confirm the monthly HOA dues for that exact residence and exactly what they cover; HOA budgets, reserves, and any special assessments are central to a high-rise purchase and should be reviewed line by line. Check the parking and storage that convey with the unit, the building's pet and rental policies, and the current sales phase and any developer incentives. None of this is a reason to hesitate — it is simply the homework that protects you, and it is the part we handle so you do not have to guess from the marketing.

Working with The Will Johnson Team

We represent buyers in new construction and downtown condominiums at little or no cost to you. Because we tour these communities constantly, we help you compare residences across stacks and floors, read the HOA documents and the developer's pricing, and navigate the contract through to closing — especially valuable if you are buying The Emory from out of state. When you are ready to see real numbers and current availability, call The Will Johnson Team at 615-265-1000 and we will pull the live list and set up your visit.

From rental plan to for-sale condos — a short building history

The Emory wasn't originally designed to be sold unit by unit. Southwest Value Partners announced on October 31, 2024 that the tower's residences — previously planned as rentals alongside its sister building — would instead be offered as for-purchase condominiums, per BusinessWire and NashvillePost coverage of the announcement. That sister tower, The Everett at 960 Commerce Street, stayed on the rental track and leases apartments today rather than selling them. Understanding that history matters for resale buyers: The Emory is a true condominium regime with individual deeds, while The Everett next door is landlord-owned rental housing, even though the two 34- and 35-story towers were built together as a matched pair inside the same 19-acre district.

Getting around from The Emory

The Emory sits at 930 Commerce Street on the western edge of downtown, and its location is built for people who want the car to be optional most days. Nashville International Airport (BNA) is roughly a 15-minute drive from Nashville Yards under normal traffic, per airport-transfer and mapping sources, which matters for frequent flyers and out-of-state buyers who split time here. Vanderbilt University and the Midtown/West End medical corridor are a short trip west via I-40, generally inside 10-15 minutes off-peak. I-40 and I-65 both have downtown interchanges within a few minutes of the building, so drivers can reach Green Hills, the Nations, East Nashville, or Franklin without cutting through downtown surface streets first — though anyone commuting in from Franklin or outer Williamson County should expect that stretch of I-65 to be the slow part of the trip during rush hour, not the last mile into Nashville Yards. As always, pull current drive times for your specific commute before you commit, since downtown traffic patterns shift with ongoing construction in and around the district.

HOA dues and what they cover

Because The Emory is a full-service high-rise, the HOA fee is a real line item to budget for, not an afterthought. Grant Hammond Real Estate's downtown Nashville condo tracking (dated June 15, 2026) put dues at roughly $586 a month for smaller one-bedroom residences, scaling up to around $1,319 a month for the larger two-bedroom and two-bedroom-with-den plans. Those figures move with the building's budget and reserve funding, so treat them as a planning range rather than a locked number: verify the current dues, the reserve study, and exactly what's included — building insurance, concierge staffing, amenity-floor maintenance, water/sewer, and common-area utilities are the typical buckets in a tower like this — directly from the HOA's current budget and disclosure documents before you write an offer. We pull the live HOA package for any unit you're serious about so you're comparing real numbers, not marketing copy.

Parking, and what a deeded space is worth

Every residence at The Emory comes with one deeded, assigned parking space in the secured underground garage, with additional spaces available for purchase where inventory allows, according to building marketing materials and downtown condo listing sources. A deeded space is a meaningfully stronger position than a rented or first-come space in most downtown Nashville buildings — it's titled to your unit and conveys at resale — so confirm exactly which space number is deeded to any unit you're considering, whether a second space can be added, and current pricing if you need one, before you assume standard garage parking is included at no extra cost.

Pricing context — dated figures, not predictions

As of June 15, 2026, per Grant Hammond Real Estate's downtown Nashville condo data, one-bedroom residences at The Emory have listed between $445,000 and $660,000 (roughly $533-$728 per square foot), and two-bedroom residences have listed between $899,000 and about $2,100,000. Resale activity is still thin this early in the building's life: the same source shows a single closed transaction on record — a two-bedroom-with-den unit that sold for $1,272,574, or $714 per square foot, at 1,783 finished square feet. That's a small enough sample that it tells you more about one seller's price than about the building's market as a whole. We can't predict where prices go from here, and we won't guess — what we can do is pull current active, pending, and closed comps for the specific stack and floor you're evaluating, and help you weigh list price against the unit's view, floor, and finish level rather than against a single headline number.

Is The Emory a fit for investors and second-home buyers?

Downtown high-rise condos draw a different buyer than a suburban subdivision, and The Emory is no exception — expect interest from investors weighing short-term or long-term rental income, out-of-state buyers wanting a lock-and-leave second home, and corporate relocations tied to the offices filling in around Nashville Yards, including Amazon's expanding campus. Before you buy with an income or lock-and-leave strategy in mind, verify a short list of building-specific facts directly with the HOA and the city: the association's current rental policy and any minimum-lease-term or rental-cap rules, whether short-term rental (under 30 days) is permitted under both the HOA's rules and Metro Nashville's short-term rental ordinance, the owner-occupancy ratio if you're financing (lenders often price loans differently above certain investor-ownership thresholds), and the master insurance and special-assessment history. None of these are unusual questions for a downtown tower, but they are unit-specific and change over time, so confirm them fresh rather than relying on what a similar building down the street allows.

Frequently asked questions

• Is The Emory a rental building or for-sale condos? For-sale condominiums. It was originally planned as rental housing alongside its sister tower, but Southwest Value Partners announced on October 31, 2024 that Emory residences would be sold as condos instead; The Everett next door remained the rental tower.
• What does the HOA fee cover, and how much is it? Per downtown Nashville condo tracking dated June 15, 2026, dues run roughly $586/month on smaller one-bedroom units up to about $1,319/month on larger two-bedroom and two-bedroom-with-den plans, covering building insurance, concierge, amenities, and common utilities. Always verify the current figure and full disclosure package for the specific unit before you offer.
• Does every unit come with parking? Yes — each residence includes one deeded, assigned space in the secured underground garage, with additional spaces sometimes available for purchase. Confirm the specific space and any second-space availability for your unit.
• How far is The Emory from the airport and Vanderbilt? Roughly 15 minutes to BNA under normal traffic, and generally 10-15 minutes to Vanderbilt/West End via I-40, per independent mapping and airport-transfer sources — verify current drive times given ongoing downtown construction.
• Can I rent my unit out short-term? That depends on the HOA's current rules and Metro Nashville's short-term rental ordinance, both of which can change. Confirm the building's rental policy and the city's STR permitting requirements before you plan on Airbnb-style income.
• What schools serve The Emory? Schools are assigned by address within Metro Nashville Public Schools. Pull current attendance zones from the MNPS zoning lookup, GreatSchools.org, and the Tennessee Department of Education report card site rather than relying on any single source, since zoning and magnet rules can change.

From rental plan to for-sale condos — a short building history

The Emory wasn't originally designed to be sold unit by unit. Southwest Value Partners announced on October 31, 2024 that the tower's residences — previously planned as rentals alongside its sister building — would instead be offered as for-purchase condominiums, per BusinessWire and NashvillePost coverage of the announcement. That sister tower, The Everett at 960 Commerce Street, stayed on the rental track and leases apartments today rather than selling them. Understanding that history matters for resale buyers: The Emory is a true condominium regime with individual deeds, while The Everett next door is landlord-owned rental housing, even though the two 34- and 35-story towers were built together as a matched pair inside the same 19-acre district.

Getting around from The Emory

The Emory sits at 930 Commerce Street on the western edge of downtown, and its location is built for people who want the car to be optional most days. Nashville International Airport (BNA) is roughly a 15-minute drive from Nashville Yards under normal traffic, per airport-transfer and mapping sources, which matters for frequent flyers and out-of-state buyers who split time here. Vanderbilt University and the Midtown/West End medical corridor are a short trip west via I-40, generally inside 10-15 minutes off-peak. I-40 and I-65 both have downtown interchanges within a few minutes of the building, so drivers can reach Green Hills, the Nations, East Nashville, or Franklin without cutting through downtown surface streets first — though anyone commuting in from Franklin or outer Williamson County should expect that stretch of I-65 to be the slow part of the trip during rush hour, not the last mile into Nashville Yards. As always, pull current drive times for your specific commute before you commit, since downtown traffic patterns shift with ongoing construction in and around the district.

HOA dues and what they cover

Because The Emory is a full-service high-rise, the HOA fee is a real line item to budget for, not an afterthought. Grant Hammond Real Estate's downtown Nashville condo tracking (dated June 15, 2026) put dues at roughly $586 a month for smaller one-bedroom residences, scaling up to around $1,319 a month for the larger two-bedroom and two-bedroom-with-den plans. Those figures move with the building's budget and reserve funding, so treat them as a planning range rather than a locked number: verify the current dues, the reserve study, and exactly what's included — building insurance, concierge staffing, amenity-floor maintenance, water/sewer, and common-area utilities are the typical buckets in a tower like this — directly from the HOA's current budget and disclosure documents before you write an offer. We pull the live HOA package for any unit you're serious about so you're comparing real numbers, not marketing copy.

Parking, and what a deeded space is worth

Every residence at The Emory comes with one deeded, assigned parking space in the secured underground garage, with additional spaces available for purchase where inventory allows, according to building marketing materials and downtown condo listing sources. A deeded space is a meaningfully stronger position than a rented or first-come space in most downtown Nashville buildings — it's titled to your unit and conveys at resale — so confirm exactly which space number is deeded to any unit you're considering, whether a second space can be added, and current pricing if you need one, before you assume standard garage parking is included at no extra cost.

Pricing context — dated figures, not predictions

As of June 15, 2026, per Grant Hammond Real Estate's downtown Nashville condo data, one-bedroom residences at The Emory have listed between $445,000 and $660,000 (roughly $533-$728 per square foot), and two-bedroom residences have listed between $899,000 and about $2,100,000. Resale activity is still thin this early in the building's life: the same source shows a single closed transaction on record — a two-bedroom-with-den unit that sold for $1,272,574, or $714 per square foot, at 1,783 finished square feet. That's a small enough sample that it tells you more about one seller's price than about the building's market as a whole. We can't predict where prices go from here, and we won't guess — what we can do is pull current active, pending, and closed comps for the specific stack and floor you're evaluating, and help you weigh list price against the unit's view, floor, and finish level rather than against a single headline number.

Is The Emory a fit for investors and second-home buyers?

Downtown high-rise condos draw a different buyer than a suburban subdivision, and The Emory is no exception — expect interest from investors weighing short-term or long-term rental income, out-of-state buyers wanting a lock-and-leave second home, and corporate relocations tied to the offices filling in around Nashville Yards, including Amazon's expanding campus. Before you buy with an income or lock-and-leave strategy in mind, verify a short list of building-specific facts directly with the HOA and the city: the association's current rental policy and any minimum-lease-term or rental-cap rules, whether short-term rental (under 30 days) is permitted under both the HOA's rules and Metro Nashville's short-term rental ordinance, the owner-occupancy ratio if you're financing (lenders often price loans differently above certain investor-ownership thresholds), and the master insurance and special-assessment history. None of these are unusual questions for a downtown tower, but they are unit-specific and change over time, so confirm them fresh rather than relying on what a similar building down the street allows.

Frequently asked questions