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M.S Yearsley and Sons, a True Value hardware store and John Deere franchise opened in 1917 and served the West Chester community from a series of attached 19th century buildings. In 2006 they relocated and the real estate was purchased for redevelopment. This project is a reflection of JL Architects history in mixed -use and […]
As parents continue to return to the workplace, young children are heading back to the early childhood classroom. Are the design considerations of our early childhood facilities keeping up with the ever-changing requirements of today’s COVID social distancing society? Most professionals in the industry think their facilities could use an update. “Taking into consideration potential […]
When Toys R Us, Kids R Us, and Acme Grocery all vacated the Liberty Square Shopping Center in Burlington, NJ, the center’s owners were faced with the challenge of how to lease the empty big box space. Owner’s National Realty Development Corp partnered with JL Architects to re-position the space to market to today’s retail […]
While companies slowly open, architects are busy finding solutions for what may be a new normal in the workplace. One proposal is the “six feet office” concept. The six feet office includes an array of design features intended to keep coworkers six feet apart from one another. Examples include barriers in between desks, pedestrian lanes […]
According to the Society of Human Resources, 77% of organizations in 2017 did not allow full time work from home for employees. Though current statistics are not available on the number of employees working from home, we can look at our local community. Philadelphia, and its surrounding suburbs entered the green phase of reopening a […]
We have been through the ringer dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses of every type have been forced to assist in the needs of the pandemic or “pivot” to stay afloat during these unforgettable times. While you were isolated in your home with little to do, and most mercantile businesses were closed until further notice, […]
The world has been transformed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are all probably tired of hearing the C-word. What many aspire to hear is a discussion of returning to normalcy. To reach normalcy we will need to leave the times of Stay-at-home orders and move into a transition period. What will these times of […]
As 2020 kicked off, the construction industry had high hopes of maintaining the industries boom. Little did we know this would be upended in the first quarter of the year by Covid-19. The state of Pennsylvania ordered all construction to cease operations on March 21, 2020, with New York following on March 27, and New […]
These are unprecedented times. Online shopping, avoiding public gatherings, wearing masks in public and keeping 6 feet apart from each other has become the new normal. But what does that mean for public spaces? All we know for certain is that the way we live is changed. Looking Back and Learning from Disaster This isn’t the first […]
Until a cure for COVID-19 is discovered, apprehension about contact with others and crowded spaces will continue after we are back to work, engaging at restaurants, and sending our children to school. To ease some of this anxiety, commercial businesses and institutions are looking at how to thrive in spite of an infectious disease. In […]