ground floor

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In a bygone era, an initial public offering was a way for investors to get in on the ground floor of a promising company.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

After Sabarsky died in 1996, Lauder shouldered on, renovating the ornate space with its grand staircase and adding a Viennese-style cafe on the ground floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

On the ground floor, the building’s open-air male and female changing rooms will merge into one larger indoor gender-neutral area with private changing rooms and toilet stalls, Kingsnorth said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

At a separate strike earlier in the day on Wednesday, firefighters battled for hours to put out a major fire that had hit a residential building with shops on the ground floor.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

There were four rooms on the ground floor and a main stairway to the second floor.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson