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Lime Spring Village is a mixed-use development project in the third phase of the Lime Spring Farms Master Plan, which covers 113 acres adjacent to U.S. Route 30 and Marietta Avenue in East Hempfield Township. The development comprises 122 townhouses and a retail store, as well as recreational facilities, walking trails, and open space areas…
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The development of Columbia Cottage assisted living facility within the Blue Ridge Village subdivision involved enhancing a 7.5-acre parcel in Lower Paxton Township. RETTEW played a central role in developing comprehensive land design plans, collaborating closely with the owner and architect to maximize property utilization, and establishing an optimal layout for the 60,000-SF single-story building….
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A client planned to redevelop an underutilized golf course site on an approximately 34-acre tract into a mixed-use community. The project would include a clubhouse, community open space, multifamily apartments, senior living facility, medical office, and ample pedestrian connections to nearby commercial and retail venues in the Borough of Sinking Spring. Challenges to this project…
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A developer planned to build 84 residential units on an approximately 23-acre site to serve the community of Strasburg. The project required coordination of zoning approvals and land planning to maximize the yield of the property while creating an attractive new neighborhood. Challenges to this project included a constrained site, a short timeline for approvals,…
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An engineer was investigating whether a homeowner’s insurance policy would cover damages to their property due to a sinkhole. To provide confident detection of potential subsurface features and properties associated with the sinkholes, RETTEW applied several complementary geophysical techniques. We used microgravity mapping to detect and delineate soil cavities or zones of low-density soils. We…
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Built in 1897, the Stehli Silk Mill was once a productive, lively place to work for hundreds of employees. But with the loss of manufacturing in the region, the building has laid vacant and deteriorating for decades. The site is ideally located across the street from a 1920s era residential community and within walking distance…
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With the graying of baby boomers, the real estate market is seeing a great demand for communities that feature amenities uniquely designed to suit the needs of older, active adults. The owners of Village Grande, formerly known as Getz Farm, wished to develop a new 264-unit active-adult community on a site containing a wooded stream…
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When fugitive methane gas was detected close to a multi-unit apartment complex, the owner needed environmental consulting services to investigate an orphan natural gas well adjacent to the building. The well was previously discovered and plugged during construction of the apartment complex 12 years prior. However, during a routine service line inspection, natural gas was…
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A leading provider of healing services for children and families in central and southwestern Ohio planned construction activities in sections of their property. The client knew unmapped subsurface utilities existed on the site and wanted detailed maps showing the location of buried public and private utilities to avoid potential damage during construction. Using state-of-the-art equipment…
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The developer for this project wanted to design a Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND); however, because this area has a highly competitive residential market, there were already four other TNDs proposed within 3 miles of this project site that had been in the design process for more than a year. The client was in need of…
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