New hotels in SoBro, Nashville

SoBro stands for South of Broadway, and the name is meant literally. Walk south from the honky-tonk frontage of Lower Broadway and within a couple of blocks the music-bar signage gives way to hotel entrances, condo towers and the loading docks of a convention complex. The district was mostly parking lots and rail infrastructure not long ago. Over the past decade it has absorbed more of downtown Nashville's new building than almost any other stretch, and five hotels we track now stand in or at the edge of it. Within Nashville as a whole, this is the part of town that was assembled to host visitors, not inherited from earlier generations of them.

That origin shapes what a stay here feels like. There is no old hotel row to rival, no single main street lined with the same façades. The blocks are wide and the buildings are recent, and the hotels differ more from one another than the grid around them would suggest.

The five openings

The earliest is Hyatt Centric Downtown Nashville, at 210 Molloy Street, which opened on July 29, 2021. It is a 252-room new-build tower, developed by Hyatt with the local firm C.B. Ragland Company, and it sits two blocks off Broadway. The hotel relies on Cumberland River views from the upper floors and on local art to separate itself from the neighboring towers. Our records list it in the upscale lifestyle bracket, with a starting rate around $170 a night, well under the other two hotels from 2021 and 2022. The river sits close enough that upper-floor rooms see it instead of the neighboring rooftops, a point worth asking about when you book in a district of new towers.

Across the street from Music City Center stands 1 Hotel Nashville, at 710 Demonbreun Street. It opened on July 12, 2022, as the eighth property in the 1 Hotels portfolio from SH Hotels & Resorts and its first in Tennessee. The brand's formula, which Barry Sternlicht built around greenery and natural materials, shows up here as an ivy-clad façade, reclaimed wood, farm-to-table dining and a Bamford Wellness Spa. There are 215 rooms, and the starting rate in our records is about $300. The location is a convention-and-tourism address more than a residential one, and the hotel is betting that guests will accept the density in exchange for being a short walk from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Bridgestone Arena.

Four Seasons Hotel Nashville came four months later, in November 2022. It occupies the lower levels of a 40-story, 542-foot tower that also holds 144 private residences, and the building is among the tallest in Tennessee. It was the brand's first property in the state, and the first it had opened in the American South outside Texas and Florida. There are 235 rooms. River-facing ones look across the Cumberland toward East Nashville, and the starting rate in our records is around $450. The address keeps the hotel inside the entertainment district's reach while setting it back from its loudest corners.

The Printing House is a different story. The Printing House Nashville, Tapestry Collection by Hilton opened on September 8, 2025, at Third Avenue South and Peabody Street, with 187 rooms. Sun Development & Management, based in Indianapolis, built it from the ground up as a LEED-certified project, and the design story draws on Nashville's printing and songbook history. Our fiche places it in the South Bank riverfront area, about four blocks from Broadway, within walking distance of Printers Alley and the Ryman Auditorium. The surrounding blocks are still being built, so a stay here comes with some construction noise and a few empty lots. Rates start around $140.

Motto by Hilton Nashville Downtown is the micro-room option. It rises 13 stories at 311 3rd Avenue South, three blocks south of Broadway, with 260 rooms. Mortenson developed it and the Nashville firm ESa designed it. Some rooms measure as little as 150 square feet, and nearly a third are built to lock together in clusters of up to six, a direct bet on Nashville's group-heavy, short-stay tourist traffic. It stands on an infill lot between a Drury Plaza and a Hyatt Place, so it reads as one more piece of a hotel corridor and not as a landmark. The trade-off is convenience: the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Ryman and Lower Broadway are all within a ten-minute walk, and upper-floor rooms face Nissan Stadium and the river. Rates start around $140.

From parking lots to a hotel district

The change is recent enough that the inventory is easy to date. Hyatt Centric opened in July 2021, 1 Hotel followed a year later, and the Four Seasons arrived four months after that. The Printing House and Motto belong to the 2025 to 2026 round. Between them they cover very different price points, from the Four Seasons at about $450 to two Hilton-brand hotels at about $140, and that spread is unusual for one neighborhood so young.

The condo towers and offices that came with the hotels explain the feel of the streets. The Four Seasons tower includes 144 private residences above the hotel, and the area has filled with offices and apartments around it. In practice the district reads as part residential, part convention precinct, and only at its northern edge as entertainment. After the Lower Broadway crowds thin, many blocks here are quiet.

A room in SoBro puts the noisy end of Broadway a short walk away without putting it underneath the window, which is the compromise the Four Seasons fiche describes when it says the address keeps guests inside the entertainment district's density while keeping distance from its loudest corners.

What is within walking distance

Most of what draws visitors to this part of Nashville can be reached on foot from any of the five hotels. Broadway's honky-tonks and live-music rooms lie north. The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Ryman Auditorium sit within a short walk of most of them. Bridgestone Arena is nearby, and Nissan Stadium is across the Cumberland River.

The riverfront parks along the Cumberland are a short walk east, a flat stroll that suits an early morning. The streets are flat and laid out as a grid. Most downtown Nashville can be covered on foot from here, and a first-time visitor rarely needs a car on arrival. Rideshare covers the longer hops, such as the trip to Midtown.

The district has two edges worth knowing. To the north is Downtown Nashville, where Lower Broadway keeps its noise until the early hours. To the west, about a 10 to 15 minute walk, lies The Gulch, a newer district of restaurants and bars with its own hotel openings. Midtown & Music Row is farther out, a short ride beyond The Gulch, and East Nashville lies across the river, visible from the Four Seasons' riverfront rooms.

A convention district first

Music City Center, opened in 2013, is the reason SoBro exists in its present form. The convention complex fills several blocks, and the hotels around it feel the conference calendar. 1 Hotel Nashville sits directly across from it, Hyatt Centric is a few minutes away on foot, and both rely on convention guests for part of their business. During a large conference, expect the whole district to feel busier, with rates that follow suit.

Event days at Nissan Stadium and Bridgestone Arena have a similar effect. If your dates are flexible, it is worth checking the venue calendars before choosing, since the same room can cost very different amounts a week apart. Our records show only starting rates, not the swings around them.

Choosing a room

Three of the five hotels trade on the Cumberland. The Four Seasons' river-facing rooms look across to East Nashville, Hyatt Centric's upper floors see the water, and Motto's upper rooms face Nissan Stadium and the river. On a stadium night that last view comes with an audience, so a high floor facing the other way is worth requesting for light sleepers.

At Motto the room type changes the experience more than the floor does. The smallest rooms run to 150 square feet, which is workable for one or two people over a night or two and tight for a week. Guests traveling in a group can ask for the connected clusters, which is what the hotel was designed around.

At 1 Hotel Nashville, the group describes the property as an eco-lifestyle hotel, and the Bamford Wellness Spa is its main amenity beyond rooms. If the spa matters to your plans, it is worth confirming current hours and treatments directly, since our records do not list them.

Which hotel for which trip

A conference at Music City Center points toward 1 Hotel Nashville, which is the closest by street, with Hyatt Centric as the cheaper alternative a few minutes behind it. Both let you walk to the sessions and back for a break without ordering a car.

For a special occasion, or when the budget is not the first question, the Four Seasons is the highest-priced address in the district and the only one with a residential tower above it. The hotel presents the Cumberland view as a selling point, and the river-facing rooms are the ones to request.

Groups of friends or relatives traveling together are the audience for Motto by Hilton. The interlocking rooms are the hotel's main distinguishing feature, and the price per head is among the lowest here. Solo travelers on a tight budget should check it as well, though the small rooms suit short stays better than long ones.

The Printing House suits a traveler who wants to be close to Broadway without being on it, and who does not mind that the area is still under construction. At around $140, it is also among the cheapest places in the guide to sleep within four blocks of the honky-tonks.

For a first visit built around live music, there is a case for staying one district over, in The Gulch or Downtown Nashville. For a trip built around a convention, a stadium event or a river view, SoBro is the neighborhood designed for it.

Frequently asked questions

What does SoBro stand for?

South of Broadway. The district lies immediately south of Lower Broadway, the honky-tonk strip in downtown Nashville.

Which SoBro hotel is closest to Music City Center?

1 Hotel Nashville. It opened on July 12, 2022, at 710 Demonbreun Street, directly across from the convention complex.

What is the newest hotel in SoBro?

Motto by Hilton Nashville Downtown, which opened as the brand's first Nashville property on 3rd Avenue South. The Printing House Nashville opened in September 2025 and sits at the southern edge of the district.

Can you walk from SoBro to Broadway's honky-tonks?

Yes. Hyatt Centric is two blocks from Broadway, and the farthest hotels in this guide are about a ten-minute walk or a little more.

How much does a SoBro hotel cost?

Starting rates in our records run from about $140 a night at Motto and the Printing House to about $450 at the Four Seasons. Those are entry points, and the prices on a convention or stadium date can differ.

How far is SoBro from The Gulch?

About 10 to 15 minutes on foot, heading west, or a short rideshare. See The Gulch for the hotels in that district.