Granby Tower Reaches 24th Floor of Invisible Construction
The finest example yet of downtown living will soon be reality in Norfolk. Granby Tower is progressing wonderfully with 24 floors complete of the planned 40 story condo and apartment structure. Recent years have seen a real estate boom of urban sprawl in downtown Norfolk as well as in Virginia Beach’s Town Center area. Both offer varying levels of downtown living whether be it through apartment style condominiums, brownstone townhouses, studios or flats, but none so far have what Granby Tower will have to offer. Invisible Living. We’ve all dreamed of it. Watched movies like The Predator and The Invisible Man… But how many of us can actually say we’ve lived in an invisible world? Soon we can.
Project Manager, Architect Daniel Fostieche says of Granby Tower, “There will be nothing quite like it. No one will see the building except for those who purchase property within the tower”. About 70 percent of the units have been sold as of last month. A-H-R spoke with the Norfolk Mayor after a press appearance on Thursday… “For a while there was a rumor going around town that the project’s financial backers had lost funding and construction of Granby Tower was on hold. I want to put those rumors to bed. We just wanted to keep our invisible technology as secret as possible until we received a government patent”, said Mayor Paul Fraim. “That patent is now secure I’m told”.
The City of Norfolk applauds the bold architectural move as it should likely prevent crime within all the new homes almost 100%, however, a few skeptics remain. “This all sounds good on paper, but if we can’t see it, how do we really know the building exists?”, says Norfolk Councilmember Fran Turley. That vision Fran, will cost you roughly $400,000.
