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The Adria
By: Daily Reporter Staff//May 16, 2024//
Offering striking views of Lake Monona, The Adria is a new luxury residential building that opened in downtown Madison last summer.
The 10-story building includes 207 units, adding much-needed housing stock to a city that is expected to add an additional 100,000 residents by 2030. Located near Capitol Square and the Monona Terrace community space, The Adria includes a rectangular base for the three levels of underground parking and first floor.
On the second floor, the structure shifts to an angle to maximize lake views. Because the columns from the ground only stack to the second floor, the shift to an angled building at the second floor required a significant amount of concrete to support the structure.
In total, 15,000-cubic-yards of concrete were used in the project. The significance of the concrete structure is honored throughout the units’ interior design, where you can see columns through the windows of the corner units ascending from the second floor to the 10th.
Stevens Construction served as the general contractor on the $48 million project. Every construction project presents challenges, and The Adria was no different, said Kristin Larson, marketing specialist for Stevens.
“At the beginning of the project we were excavating below the water table, with the deepest footings 20-feet below the ground water table,” Larson said. “We needed to implement both a significant temporary dewatering system during construction to keep the project moving, as well as a permanent dewatering system for the life of the building.”
The Adria
Location: Madison
Cost: $47,949,000
Complete: June 2023
Owner/Developer: Apex Property Management
Architect: Knothe & Bruce Architects
Interior Designer: Kahler Slater
Engineer: Fink Horejsh
General Contractor: Stevens Construction
Submitting Company: Stevens Construction
Subcontractors: Ackerman Construction Services, Aerotek, All Test & Inspection, AMCS, American Stair Corp., Amigo Construction, AMSYSCO, Architectural Precast, Atlanta 100, Avro Tower Cranes, Bauwerk Safety Systems, Block Iron & Supply Co., Braun Painting, Budget Blinds, Capitol Mechanical, Capital Steel Erectors, City Wide Insulation of Green Bay, Clearlight Infrared Saunas, D & L Specialties, Doka USA, Ecoglo, Federal Rent-A-Fence, Fireside Hearth & Home, Floor360, Gary Brown Roofing Corp., Gordy’s Concrete Pumping Service, Graber Manufacturing, Great Lakes Skilled Trades, Great Northern Lumber, Hillcraft of Wisconsin, Iconic Foundations, Indoff, Integrity Grading & Excavating, J&K Security Solutions, JF Ahern, Joint Construction Staffing, Jordahl USA, Kettle Moraine Appliance & Sleep Center, Klein-Dickert Milwaukee, Kone, Madison Cabinetry, Midwest Construction Materials, Midwest Drilled Foundations & Engineering, Midwest Maintenance Services, Millwork Specialists of Wisconsin, MJ2 Consulting, MKE Iron Erectors, Neuman Pools, Parisi Construction, PeopleReady, Primrose Custom Designs, QBC, Reliable Door and Dock, RESCO, Reynolds Rigging & Crane Service, RHD Plumbing, Robert J. Nickles, Rural Masonry, Ryan Signs, Seven Hills Striping, Skilled Trades Services, Skyline Steel, South Central Contracting, Step Up Ceilings, Sunbelt Rentals, Suburban Drywall, The Bruce Company of Wisconsin, The Outdoor GreatRoom Co., Titan Formwork Systems, Tournesol Siteworks, Tradesmen International, Trillium Construction Services, United Rentals, Vierbicher Associates, Wall-panel, Wingra Redi-Mix, Wisconsin Building Supply, Zander Solutions.
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