Group C*-algebras as decreasing intersection of nuclear C*-algebras

We prove that for every exact discrete group $\Gamma$, there is an intermediate C*-algebra between the reduced group C*-algebra and the intersection of the group von Neumann algebra and the uniform Roe algebra which is realized as the intersection of a decreasing sequence of isomorphs of the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}_2$. In particular, when $\Gamma$ has the AP (approximation property), the reduced group C*-algebra is realized in this way. We also study extensions of the reduced free group C*-algebras and show that any exact absorbing or unital absorbing extension of it by any stable separable nuclear C*-algebra is realized in this way.