Wingate by Wyndham Downtown Altoona

Responsibilities

Survey
Sketch plans
Site Planning, Design, and Layout
Parking Lot Plan
Landscape Plan
Utility Coordination - Additional coordination for discharge permit with Altoona Water Authority due to stormwater discharge to combined sewer system
Architectural coordination
Sewage Facilities Planning
Erosion/Sedimentation Control Plans
Stormwater Management, Analysis, Design, and Permitting
Coordination to obtain easement and place transformer for hotel in public right-of-way due to site constraints
Construction coordination

Owner

GAJE Downtown Development, LP / R. James Marcelli, Blair County

Project Details

This project included the redevelopment of a downtown property to construct a 4-story, 83 room hotel and associated parking with access from Chestnut Avenue and Green Avenue alley, with Green Avenue alley being widened to 20’. Additional parking is provided on the south side of the ally.

Project Uniqueness/Challenges: Two of the bordering streets are one-way, therefore providing guest vehicular access to the front of the building for check-in/check-out was a challenge. Keller staff worked with the project’s Architect to come up with an L-shaped hotel layout that met the hotel interior needs as well as provided the site needs to allow space for on-site vehicle circulation to the front of the hotel.

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