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As the anchor of the 96-acre Brookside mixed-use development in East Hempfield Township, the Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center is a key regional hospital for the growing Central Pennsylvania community. The medical center is a 355,000-SF, six-story building situated on 27 acres. RETTEW designed the final land development plan and associated revisions to the…
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Recognizing a need for pediatric specialty care in Lancaster County, Penn State Health chose to repurpose a former Toys”R”Us store in Manheim Township for its center dedicated to serving children and their families. The 6.5-acre project site, which is easily accessible from Route 30 and Harrisburg Pike, offers a variety of medical, surgical, and outpatient…
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RETTEW performed a complete subsurface utility mapping survey to determine the location of utilities within 50 feet of the path of a proposed fiber optic duct bank around a medical facility campus. As part of this work, RETTEW also surveyed all utility markings, buildings, surface features, and ground elevations to create a comprehensive base map….
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As part of creating a new development destination, RETTEW worked with our client, Oak Tree Development, to create a comprehensive master plan for an approximately 96-acre site in East Hempfield Township. The mixed-use development, anchored by the award-winning Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center, also included residential, commercial, and distribution facilities, as well as extensive…
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Earthquake-resistant construction is expensive, especially in a place like the New York metropolitan area. A health care client was looking for the most cost-effective design for a critical care facility while incorporating the appropriate degree of earthquake resistance. In seismically active areas, including the NY metro area, there is a tendency to overconstruct. This is…
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Homestead Village, a life plan retirement community, wanted to expand its housing and offer residents duplexes as an alternative option for independent living. RETTEW’s expertise in developing senior living communities, and our thorough knowledge of local zoning ordinances and land development processes, ideally positioned us to help Homestead Village achieve their goal. Challenges to the…
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Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community needed to expand its existing facilities to offer a larger variety of living options to current and future residents. The property’s topography was extremely varied, creating planning and development difficulties that became even more challenging when considering the needs of older adults. The new design also needed to integrate with the…
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Seniors with needs that extend beyond the abilities of personal care homes, but do not require around-the-clock nursing care, sometimes struggle to find affordable, quality housing. To address this critical gap in Pennsylvania’s rapidly increasing senior population, Warwick Township, like many communities, needed more facilities that offer the services and high-quality amenities that senior residents…
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SDR Development, Inc. (SDR), a nationally-recognized developer, sought to determine the feasibility of redeveloping an approximate 6.5-acre site previously used as an elementary school since the 1930s. Following the school’s closing, the Penn Manor School District, along with Manor Township, looked for a way to reuse the vacant property that would bring benefit to the…
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RETTEW worked with the Willow Valley Retirement Community over five years to improve their existing northern campus and facilities and to develop the next phase of its premier residential community. They needed a firm that could work with existing site constraints and design a facility that would work well with the adjacent Willow Valley development…
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