Residential/Hospitality Projects
The Suites at Hershey
Owner: Vacation Club & Resort of Hershey
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania
Gannett Fleming was retained to provide architectural/engineering services for a design-build project related to the design development phase for two multi-story, time-share condominiums with 54 two-bedroom units. Building B is a five-story, 45,000-square-foot facility, and Building C is four stories comprising 35,000 square feet. Both buildings have ground-level parking garages for the occupants. The buildings are connected at grade level by an enclosed walkway bordering an indoor heated swimming pool. The sloped-glass swimming pool enclosure measures 2,150 square feet. Each 1,000- square-foot condominium unit has a living room, dining area, full kitchen, washer and dryer, a master bedroom and bath with a whirlpool tub, and a second bedroom and full bath.
Design Components:
- Masonry bearing wall structures
- Precast concrete-plank floors
- Metal roof trusses
- Foundation system of spread footings
- Masonry shear walls for lateral-load resistance