ground floor
noun
plural ground floors
1
: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : first floor sense 1
2
: a favorable position or privileged opportunity usually obtained by early participants
—used especially in the phrase in on the ground floor
investors who got in on the ground floor
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The lower ground floor, meanwhile, contains an en suite bedroom for guests or staff, as well as a gym, which opens to a small terrace, and a huge, custom-outfitted dressing room with tons of wardrobe storage and its own bath.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2026
The parking garage structure located at 30th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue was an in-progress, seven-story non-accessory parking garage with ground floor retail space, officials confirmed.
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Everybody called it the Drechsler Palace, after the café that once occupied its ground floor, but some of its 172,000 square feet was divided up into only 24 apartments.
—Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Oxbow Development is in discussions with a potential operator for a high-end restaurant on the building’s ground floor that could also provide service on the pool deck level, Good said.
—Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2026
The parking garage structure located at 30th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue was an in-progress, seven-story non-accessory parking garage with ground floor retail space, officials confirmed.
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Everybody called it the Drechsler Palace, after the café that once occupied its ground floor, but some of its 172,000 square feet was divided up into only 24 apartments.
—Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Oxbow Development is in discussions with a potential operator for a high-end restaurant on the building’s ground floor that could also provide service on the pool deck level, Good said.
—Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Ground floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20floor. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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