The status of a proposal to add 16 floors to downtown’s Federal Reserve Building remains unclear approximately 3.5 years after details about the project emerged.
As the Post reported in February 2020, Nashville-based entrepreneur and The Johnny Cash Museum owner Bill Miller proposed the addition, with the structure to be bathed in glass and to accommodate a hotel.
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