Project – please see Resident/Visitor, Staff, and Delivery pages for specific parking info.
We are pleased to announce that the County of Lehigh has officially started its renovation of the Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation – Allentown Facility. This project involves the construction of the approximately 145k square foot 240 bed E-Wing that will replace all of the nursing home resident rooms in the 1920s-era resident care B and C wings and a small part of the D-Wing as well. This new 4 story wing will be constructed in an “L-shape” to allow for nursing and medical management to be located in a central hub on each floor that serves two neighborhoods of 30 beds on each floor along with modern common spaces and upgraded living amenities, including bathrooms with shower facilities in each resident room that will be no larger than 2 beds to a room. This project replaces the most dated units of Cedarbrook.
Phasing of Project – update 1/3/2023
To accomplish such a project and keep the campus fully operational requires very precise phasing, which has been created in a collaborative manner between the County of Lehigh and Cedarbrook team, the A&E firm, and the Construction Manager. Throughout the entirety of the project proper entrances and parking capacities are maintained. Emergency exits are also maintained as well throughout the project. As of 1/3/23 we have made it through the majority of the extensive site work (building out new supporting infrastructure like utilities, draining ponds, new parking lots, and new roads) and are now embarking on phases that directly impact the existing building and launches the construction of the actual new E-Wing itself. Here is an overview of this phase of the project:
Newest Phase January 2023 (approximately one month)
In this current phase the Visitor parking has been moved to the side “D-Wing” lot permanently for the rest of the project as we give the contractor access to much of the front of the property. You can see on the map below that the new wing will sit on the former front visitor lot. Staff parking for first shift is fully shifted to the rear upper lot and the general services annex building lot for overflow. We maintain the front D-Wing ambulance entrance in this phase, which should last through much of January 2023 and possibly into February. For specific impacts to campus navigation, please choose the specific subpages under E-Wing Project for more info.
