Pinnacle Financial Breaks Ground on New Building

Pinnacle Financial Partners broke ground on a new office complex yesterday.

By 2010, company officials say the parking lot at 3rd Avenue across from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center will be a 28-story building called “The Pinnacle at Symphony Place.”

The 7-year-old Nashville-based company will move from its West End office and share space with the 85-year-old law firm Bass, Berry and Sims. The firm’s managing partner Keith Simmons moving will be a big change.

“We have spent our entire corporate life on the corner near the courthouse, so this is a big move for us. We only move about every 45 or 50 years, so we wanted to do it right this time.”

The tower will reshape the Nashville skyline and set a new standard for the city. When it’s completed, the complex will be the first new construction downtown that meets energy efficient design standards.