Shoemaker team to build addition to West Oak Lane Charter School

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, MARCH 2010 — The Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation has retained Shoemaker/Perryman, a Joint Venture, to manage the construction of a 60,500 square foot addition to the West Oak Lane Charter School located at 7109-7173 Stenton Avenue in Philadelphia.

The project will nearly triple the size of the existing school and more than double its enrollment capacity from 700 to 1,500 students. The addition, designed by JKR Partners, LLC of Philadelphia, provides for 31 new classrooms and a gymnasium on two floors. A partial basement will house a library, computer lab, conference area, storage and utilities. Building plans feature a 2-story atrium, acrylic dome skylights and a hydraulic elevator.

Shoemaker/Perryman will renovate 3,600 square feet of the existing 32,800 square foot school to enlarge administrative areas. Work also includes demolition of an existing 10,800 square foot building on the lot to make way for the addition, a new playground and reconfigured parking and bus lanes.

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