State of Nashville Office Summit

Why You Can't Miss this Conversation

Nashville’s office market just flipped. After five years of “is this the bottom?” headlines, the answer from Q4 2025 and Q1 2026 is emphatic: capital is back at the table, Class A is filling up, the construction pipeline has thinned to a decade low, and the buildings that can’t compete are trading at 20–40% below replacement cost and being reimagined as hotels, apartments, and mixed-use.

Research from from the major brokerages all point to the same conclusion: Middle Tennessee has entered a sharply bifurcated cycle, and the next 24 months will reward the investors, operators, and developers who understand exactly which side of the line they’re on.

And the headlines are already landing. from Shorenstein's $217.8M acquisition to office tower to Oracle and Starbucks making waves, there's momentum in terms of office conversations as well, from Fifth Third Center to  Philips Plaza.

Don't miss a conversation with the market's active investors, operators, and developers in Middle Tennessee to leave with a clear read on where capital is flowing, which buildings are winning tenants, and what actually pencils today.

What You'll Learn:

1. Flight-to-Quality & Trophy Demand: Class A buildings in Downtown, The Gulch, Nashville Yards, and Neuhoff are commanding record asking rents and all-time-high pricing, while commodity Class B/C inventory has posted net move-outs two years running. Roughly three-quarters of the space built over the past six years is already leased, and trophy properties saw a 21% lift in foot traffic in Q4 2025. You’ll learn what “quality” actually requires in 2026 — and what it takes to reposition aging stock before it becomes conversion inventory. (Sources: Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, Avison Young)
  

2: Capital Is Returning to Nashville: Nashville’s total real estate investment volume hit $5.1B in 2025 — a 40% year-over-year jump — with office posting the sharpest growth at +75%. Institutional money is back: Shorenstein, Portman Holdings/Goldman Sachs, and a widening list of private-equity and family-office buyers are actively pricing trades. You’ll hear where cap rates are settling, which submarkets and vintages are drawing LP interest, and where distressed opportunities still exist for patient capital. (Sources: Colliers, Nashville Business Journal, The Real Deal)
 

3: Tenant Migration & Leasing Momentum Active tenants in the market total 3.2 million SF of demand — local, regional, and multi-market. Oracle and Starbucks are leading the headlines, but the deeper story is the ongoing migration out of aging CBD stock into mixed-use micro-markets like Nashville Yards, Neuhoff, Wedgewood-Houston, and Midtown/Music Row (where vacancy is hovering around 5%). You’ll leave with a clear read on who’s expanding, who’s right-sizing, and how landlords and tenant reps are structuring the deals that are actually getting signed. (Sources: Cushman & Wakefield, Colliers, JLL)
 

Who You'll Meet: 

• Principals, asset managers, and acquisitions leads at institutional and private investment firms
• Developers, adaptive-reuse specialists, and general contractors active in Nashville
• Owner-operators, property management leaders, and building operations executives
• Capital markets professionals — debt, equity, preferred equity, and brokerage
• Tenant representation brokers and occupier-strategy leaders
• Corporate real estate decision-makers evaluating Nashville expansion or relocation
• Architects, engineers, and design consultants working on office, hospitality, and conversion projects
• Economic development, planning, and public-sector partners shaping the city’s next chapter

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