Category Archives: Multi-Family Housing

Schemmer Project, Chantacleer 5 Apartment Building, Completed

Chantacleer 5 is a new apartment community in Lincoln, Nebraska by Krueger Development. SCHEMMER worked in conjunction with the owner’s design architect, Keith Dubas, who is responsible for the overall project design. The apartments range from one to three-bedrooms and studio units. Amenities include community space, meeting room, theater, exercise room, a 3,950 SF indoor…
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Schemmer’s Children’s Square U.S.A. Project Featured In The Daily Nonpareil

The Daily Nonpareil | August 7, 2017 “Children’s Square’s new residential treatment complex nears completion” Schemmer’s Children Square U.S.A. project located at North Sixth Street and Avenue E in Council Bluffs, Iowa is nearing completion. According to Carol Wood, Children’s Square president and CEO, they have a license to occupy the building effective August 18.…
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Schemmer Celebrates Goldbeck Towers’ 45th Anniversary

Schemmer’s Pat Birch, AIA, LEED AP, was on hand for Good Samaritan Society’s Goldbeck Towers 45th Anniversary celebration that took place last Thursday, July 27, 2017. Schemmer was the architect and engineer for the 2016 renovation of the beautiful 100-unit apartment building located in Hastings, Nebraska. To learn more about the Goldbeck Towers project, click…
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Schemmer’s Children’s Square U.S.A. project breaks ground

Officials for Children’s Square U.S.A., a nonprofit organization in Council Bluffs, Iowa, broke ground on their residential treatment complex on June 1, 2016. The 23,880 SF complex, located on the north end of the Children’s Square U.S.A. campus, includes three cottages and a shared multipurpose area. The residential program provides group living for children with…
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Schemmer’s Bill Wedeking, AIA, LEED AP attends 2015 HousingIowa Conference

Schemmer's Bill Wedeking, AIA, LEED AP, attended the 2015 HousingIowa Conference held September 9-10th at the Coralville Marriott in Coralville, Iowa. The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) celebrated 40 years of successful endeavors in affordable housing, as well as future planning. According to IFA.com "The HousingIowa Conference is Iowa's premier housing conference for advocates, developers, managers,…
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EXPOSED | Schemmer Project: Children’s Square U.S.A.

Schemmer completed a master plan, existing buildings analysis and preliminary designs for improvements to the Children’s Square U.S.A. 10-acre campus in Council Bluffs. The 130-year-old institution, which serves the needs of children, youth and families has ever-evolving and expanding needs for the treatment and education of children and adolescents experiencing serious emotional disorders. Our approach…
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Affordable Housing by Pat Birch, AIA, LEED AP

There are many developers who are working to increase the supply of affordable housing even though federally-supported funding is a challenge to receive. We are fortunate to have some of these kind-hearted people as our clients. They have hired us recently to design units for low-income seniors and families, and to design transitional housing for…
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