Cute!

I guess I am in to one line headlines today - just got this from our marketing folks and I love it:

Striking!

Watching a beautiful building emerge is like watching a butterfly morph. I rode my bicycle around Midtown over the weekend and stopped at the corner of Edgehill and 18th to look back this lovely structure. There was a couple walking their dog coming towards me and as they neared they turned to see what I was staring at. "Striking!" the woman said. I couldn't agree more.

Solomon Builders is working hard to get our first floor of units ready by late July. Unfortunately that may slip a week or two. As so often happens in this business, the field inspectors of a municipality don't agree with the plans approvers. This is exactly what just happened with some of our townhome designs and we had to go through an appeals process to get relief. The issue is the type of construction used on the stairs internal to the units. The inspectors felt a steel system was necessary (our exit stairs are steel) but codes had already approved a wood structure with proper sprinkling. On appeal, the wood system we had designed and built was approved as more than surpassing code safety requirements. But, we had to hold up dry walling for a few days while the decision was rendered. As the picture becomes clearer, we promise to keep you informed!