Country Music Television is not budging from downtown. The network has renewed its lease at the CMT Building on Commerce Street, keeping a marquee media tenant firmly planted in the middle of Nashville's business-and-music crossroads. For building owners and office brokers, the decision keeps a known quantity on a stretch of downtown that has seen its fair share of tenant churn mixed with fresh demand for higher-end space.
Lease renewal confirmed
According to CoStar, Country Music Television has renewed its office lease at the CMT Building at 330 Commerce St. in downtown Nashville. The report notes that the network will remain on the tower's top three floors, holding its perch in the 13-story building.
Longtime downtown tenant
Public lease records and earlier coverage show that CMT has kept offices at 330 Commerce for years, with historic filings pointing to roughly 86,000 rentable square feet in prior lease agreements. An amendment to the CMT lease is on file with Justia, while local trade outlet MusicRow has documented the building's past sale and earlier renewals.
The property
Commercial marketing materials show that the CMT Building at 330 Commerce continues to be pitched to downtown office users, with broker listings detailing available suites and floor layouts. LoopNet identifies the building at the Commerce Street address and describes it as a 13-story tower, while a Cushman & Wakefield sublease listing outlines current availabilities and floor-size details that leasing teams work from.
Why it matters
Renewals from headline tenants help underpin demand for Class-A space downtown, and Nashville's office market has been leaning into a flight-to-quality pattern in recent quarters. Colliers' Q1 2026 office report cites positive net absorption in higher-end buildings and vacancy levels that are still elevated but starting to level off, a backdrop that makes CMT's decision a notable data point for landlords and brokers watching the core business district.
CoStar reported that financial terms of the renewal were not disclosed. CMT operates within the Paramount media family now organized under Paramount Skydance, a structure that appears in the company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; see the relevant SEC filings for additional detail.
