Chestnut Ridge at Rodale Senior Living Community
Project Information
Chestnut Ridge at Rodale
Isett provided a variety of services for the design of a new senior housing community developed by Phoebe Ministries. Chestnut Ridge at Rodale offers an active retirement living on a 38-acre campus in Emmaus that was formerly owned by the media company, Rodale, Inc.
The new senior living space was developed to appeal to retirees seeking a more active lifestyle, featuring apartments, community spaces, an indoor pool and exercise facility, and paths for walking and biking. Construction for the new community started in 2021 with the final grand opening in February 2024.
Isett assisted the Phoebe management team with technical solutions in the due diligence phase, providing environmental assessments and an ALTA survey of the site. Involvement continued throughout the land development process with civil and structural engineering services alongside the project architect, RLPS Architects of Lancaster.
The former three-story, 127,000-square-foot office building on site was redesigned into one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 1,100 to 1,500 square feet. A portion of the center of the building was removed to create a courtyard area and central gathering space. A second apartment building is a new, four-story wood framed structure encompassing approximately 141,000 square feet.
