M id A tlantic Real Estate Journal — Owners, Developers & Managers — Architects/Engineers — August 28 - September 10, 2020 — 7B Architects/Engineers
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venue North was pre- viously known as the AstraZeneca North By Ted C. Williams, P.E., President, Landmark Science & Engineering The engineering behind creating the State’s largest mixed-use redevelopment A
issues Landmark solved were how to: • create an easy, walkable site for the main Avenue where you have over 12-feet of grade differential, • maintain vehicular and pedestrian access and park- ing for the three office build - ings currently occupied by AstraZeneca, Christiana- Care, and Solenis, and • maintain utility service to the tenants during future phases of construction. Landmark was able to cre- ate phasing plans that allows new utilities, new roadways and new parking areas to be
constructed while maintain- ing uses by the existing ten- ants. This effort has included coordination with the owner, tenants, and the construction team and multiple revisions when existing utilities have been found that were not discovered during review of existing documentation or the use of private utility loca- tors on the site. An aesthetic, seven-level parking garage has been completed in the first phase of the project to serve current and future parking needs. The $400 million develop- ment will add about 113,275
s/f of office space to the exist - ing 860,000 s/f, will create 360 apartments, a 12,000 s/f fitness center, a 10,000 s/f day care, 200-room ho- tel with conference space, 45,000 s/f for restaurants, and 182,753 s/f for retail use. Upon completion, the vi- sion of Delle Donne & As- sociates will be realized with a community that not only serves the tenants within the campus, but also the surrounding office campuses – such as JP Morgan Chase, Nemours Children’s Hospi- tal, DuPont Experimental Station, and Incyte – on the
largest mixed-use develop- ment in the State of Dela- ware. Keith A. Rudy, P.E. , LEEDAP, project manag- er, and Ted C. Williams, P.E. , transportat ion/ traffic engineer, have represented Landmark Science & Engineering for all aspects of the proj- ect from due diligence, surveying , planning and design, approvals, environmental assess- ments, state and federal environmental permits, through construction- phase services. MAREJ
C a m p u s , which had been envi - sioned as a 1 , 8 1 4 , 0 0 0 s / f Corpo - rate Head- quarters for the United States Oper-
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ations of AstraZeneca. Delle Donne &Associates acquired the property in 2017 with the intent of redeveloping it as a mixed-use development that would support both As- traZeneca and other future tenants. Landmark Science & Engi- neering, an award-winning consulting civil engineer- ing and environmental sci- ences firm headquartered in Newark, DE, was engaged to assist the design team of Bernardon, EDiS, Tarabicos & Grosso, and Delle Donne & Associates in creating a development that would not only meet the criteria of the zoning classification, but would also provide the services that tenants need today to attract the talent for research and develop- ment in the biotech arena of tomorrow. The original Corporate Of- fice Campus was governed by a Traffic Mitigation Agree - ment (TMA) that required a 15% reduction in the use of single-occupancy vehicles during both the AM and PM Peak Hours. The challenge for the mixed-use develop- ment was to create a mixture of uses within the 80-acre site that would provide for the necessary amenities such as retail, restaurants, etc. while maintaining the 15% reduction threshold found in the TMA. This threshold was achieved by the application of Internal Capture found in the Institute of Transporta- tion Engineers’ Trip Genera- tion Handbook. The Internal Capture accounts for trips that originate within the de- velopment such as residents of the proposed apartments walking to work or using on-site shuttles and employ- ees of the tenants using the retail and restaurants on the campus versus leaving to utilize off-campus facilities. From an engineering per- spective, the three biggest
CIVIL/SITE ENGINEERING
due diligence planning & design site/civil engineering approvals/permits land surveying construction phase
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
phase I/II esa wetland/forest delineation wetland mitgation forest conservation plans environmental permitting bog turtle investigations brownfield redevelopment remediation/voluntary cleanup
Avenue North Parking Garage
Stormwater Restoration Site Master Planning
Site Planning & Design
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