The Wedge high-rise already earning rave reviews
By Jim Timlick
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hen construction of The Wedge residential and commercial tower is completed in early 2023, it will be one of the most talked about new buildings in downtown Victoria. In fact, the $50-million project had already generated considerable buzz before there were any shovels in the ground, receiving a ringing endorsement from the Pacific Coast Builders Conference which awarded it the Golden Nugget Award for the Best On-The28 Vancouver Island Construction Association
The Wedge’s unique, 15-storey cantilevered design will be an architectural first for Victoria.
Boards Multifamily Community this summer. “Receiving the award solidifies the importance of what we’re doing and how we like to push the boundaries of architecture. We have never liked building boxes,” says Dan Cox, president of project development at Cox Developments and a co-owner of Blackrete Builders, the construction manager for the project. “On top of that, we’re actually bringing this unique design to reality when many of these BestOn-the-Boards projects never make it to construc-
