Gateway Senior Living Community – Fishersville, VA: Project Update

The Gateway Senior Living Community, located in Fishersville, VA is complete!

Fishersville, VA has a new Senior Living Community. Completed in 2022, this new four-story building has 80 units and provides housing for seniors 55 and over with limited incomes.

To speed up construction, the design utilized modular wood construction, which is built offsite, transported to the site, and assembled quickly once the foundation is in place.

KSG provided structural engineering for the project.

In Construction Photo

Structural Engineer: Keystone Structural Group

Mavis Tire – Moosic, PA: Project Update

Foundations are installed, steel framing is erected and the roof decking is in place!

Keystone Structural Group has been involved as consulting engineer on the transformation and redevelopment of the Birney Plaza, located in Moosic, PA. In recent years the plaza has been redeveloped under new ownership, and updated with a new Ace Hardware, Shop Rite Grocery Store, Dollar Tree, Dunmore Candy Kitchen, NAPA Auto Parts, and complete façade and interior renovations on the remaining store fronts. KSG was involved with many of the new store construction and renovation projects.

The developers latest improvement is the demolition of an abandoned standalone structure and construction of a new Mavis Tire store. Keystone Structural Group provided structural engineering for the new building, which is anticipated to be complete in late 2022.

Steel Framing (July 2022)
Steel Framing (July 2022)

Structural Engineer: Keystone Structural Group

Architect: DeScipio & Associates Architecture

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The Lofts at Village Square: Project Update

Construction, rehabilitation and renovation work on The Lofts at Village Square is now complete!

This historic building was construction in 1916, on the corner of Meadow Ave. and Maple St. in South Side section of Scranton, and was the former home to the South Scranton silk mill factory and Giant Floor showroom.

Keystone Structural Group provided structural engineering services for rehabilitation / strengthening design work, elevator shaft inspections and design of a new lobby entrance addition to the building.

The term “they don’t build them like this anymore” rings true for this building. Over its 105 years of life, this building has seen many business and thousands of employees come and go. The structure has been used as a silk factory, trouser maker facility and a showroom for a flooring company. The building has been sitting vacant for years, until recently when purchased by the developer. The developer set out on creating high end apartments with a modern-industrial design concept accentuating the buildings original brickwork, architectural details and large arching windows.

Once the structure was gutted, KSG along with the project architect Joe DeScipio, AIA, thoroughly reviewed the existing building for deficiencies. The bones were good, as they say. After over a century of demanding usage and later life neglect, it was found that the buildings existing multi-wythe brick walls and timber framed floors and columns were in good condition. The 40,000 square foot structure only required structural repair to three deteriorated columns in the basement. The structure was temporarily shored and new columns were installed, strengthening the building for another century of service. Additional engineering included load analysis of the building, inspection of the old elevator shaft to determine its capabilities of supporting a new elevator, framing framing work, and the addition of a new double height entrance space.

At completion, the project totals over 40,000 square feet with 37 high end 1 and 2 bedroom apartments and is fully occupied. The building includes fitness rooms and a lounge, off-street parking, and all apartments include in-unit laundry and appliances.

Structural Engineer: Keystone Structural Group

Architect: DeScipio & Associates Architecture

Developer: JBAS Realty