The website for the planned 43-story Soleil Center (pronounced "so-LAY") has added some impressive features. Visit the site and click on the "Launch Soleil Center Overview" to see a movie with animated fly-bys and fly-throughs of the building’s exterior, terraces, and condo units. Click "Launch Digital Brochure" and you’ll see floorplans of the condo units on page 15. (Keep in mind that the flat face in the bottom of the floorplans directly faces the Glenwood/Creedmoor intersection. The acute angle at the left points in the direction of the old Steak & Ale location).
The upper half of the building’s 5,400 square foot floors will only contain condo units. Most floors will only have 2 units per floor, but some floors will contain one large condo unit. Because it appears that the elevator core will contain just 3 elevators, my guess is that residents will share elevators with the Westin hotel guests on the lower floors. Presumably the floors above the hotel’s top floor will be keyed access, only. It will be interesting to see if the fire escapes have free access to the upper floors from the hotel floors.
Word we hear is that the official groundbreaking is set for October.
