Mishawaka River Center Apartments (Formally named "Mishawaka Main Jr. High Apartments")

Located just west of downtown Mishawaka in the former Mishawaka High School / Main Junior High School, the MRCA provides 32 senior apartments in a completely renovated building. Lehman & Lehman was commissioned by Kil Architecture Planning to assist in the overall conceptual site design and final landscape design. A conceptual west garden design was also provided for future implementation, however, the City of Mishawaka chose to add it to the current project, therefore, full construction documents were also provided. In addition to the site landscape and west garden design, Lehman & Lehman also provided streetscape enhancement design to a new, previously engineered street improvement project adjacent to the Mishawaka River Center Apartments with the intention of creating a tie-in of all the new improvements in this area while highlighting the architecture of the building with a simple, low maintenance landscape.
The Re-dedication of the building and Ribbon Cutting ceremony is scheduled for December 7, 2012.
Photos of the construction process, beginning with pre-construction conditions, are below.

Construction 

11.13.12 Cleared alley and adjacent lot for west garden development

11.13.12 New gateway entry to west garden

11.13.12 Construction of new west garden sidewalks

11.13.12 New sidewalk from parking lot into the west garden

Hill Street Tie-In

10.25.12 Hill Street under construction (engineering design by others) prior to streetscape enhancements

10.25.12 First Street under construction (engineering design by others) prior to streetscape enhancements

10.25.12 New embankment to be stabilized

Pre-Construction

8.24.11 Existing Lincolnway landscape conditions - former main entrance

8.24.11 Existing Hill Street conditions - north side of building

8.24.11 Existing First Street Conditions - north side of building

8.24.11 Existing alley to be vacated for new west garden

8.24.11 Existing adjacent lot acquired for west garden development

8.24.11 Existing adjacent lot acquired for west garden development

8.24.11 Existing west entrance