Official news that the block bounded by Davie, Wilmington, Blount and Martin streets will be the site of a new project called the Edison. The Edison, being developed by Gregg Sandreuter and Cherokee Investment Partners will have two tower components (tentatively of 38 and 24 stories) and a central parking deck with 1,242 spaces. The parking deck will feature a green roof and will serve these towers and RBC plaza. The taller tower will be split between condos and hotels, while the second tower will be mostly office. It is hoped that ground breaking on the parking deck will start in October of this year and will be completed in 2009 along with RBC plaza. The towers probably wouldn’t start construction until around 2009. Additional information coming later.
I am cheering for this project. Gregg is a great developer and I am glad his vision is in sync with what we try to accomplish as a city. In fact, this project surpassed my expectations.
Anyone know if a contractor has been chosen?
Not aware of any being chosen, but given the timeline I doubt we’ll hear about it any time soon. I would assume that it will be the same as the one for West At North, but given Cherokee Investments’ involvement, they may have other contractors in mind.