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Tree diamonds were incorporated into the design to meet shade tree requirements while maximizing parking spaces.
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Cedarwood Development, Inc. selected Wade Trim to provide planning, site design and permitting
assistance for Waynesville Commons, a 40-acre retail development in Waynesville, North Carolina.
The shopping center includes a Wal-Mart Supercenter, The Home Depot, retail shops, and three
outparcels.
Redeveloping the site for the shopping center posed many design challenges. The project was
located on a former industrial site with abandoned buildings and contaminated soils and
groundwater. To address these environmental concerns, the site improvements were designed to
avoid areas of contamination. Where contaminated areas could not be avoided, structural controls
were designed as appropriate. It was also critical that the site earthwork was balanced to
avoid costly landfill disposal for excess contaminated material. As part of value engineering
efforts, the entire site was re-surveyed and finish grades were recalculated after abandoned
buildings were demolished to ensure design accuracy and eliminate costs to remove soils or
bring in clean fill.
In addition to the Brownfield challenges, the site is bounded on two sides by Richland Creek
and Allen’s Creek, which are both trout habitat as classified by the North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources. To protect the natural habitat, storm water
runoff from paved surfaces and building roofs was cooled before release into the adjacent
streams. The cooling was accomplished by sustainable design elements such as white-roofed
buildings, landscaping using unique tree diamonds to provide over 200 cooling shade trees
within the parking lot, and Best Management Practices.
The storm water management system consists of 48 sub-catchment areas and five separate treatment
systems including storm water wetlands, bio-retention basins, underground sand filters, and wet
detention basins that reduce the water temperature and improve the quality of storm water runoff.
Pollutant loadings on the nearby trout waters (consisting of total suspended solids, total nitrogen,
and total phosphorus) will be reduced from an estimated 8,600 pounds per year to 3,800 pounds per year.
Other design challenges included access to the site. The site is bounded on the east by the
Norfolk and Southern Railroad (N&S). A new, fully signalized/gated grade crossing was constructed as
a secondary access to the development. The new grade crossing was approved by N&S only after the
Town closed three other existing grade crossings within its jurisdiction. Offsite improvements
consisted of upgrading Hyatt Creek Road from a two-lane road to a five-lane road, and
adding turn lanes on Main Street. The North Carolina Department of Transportation participated
in the development by constructing a single lane roundabout at the south bound off ramp on
the adjacent US 23/74.
Redeveloping the site required extensive coordination with 35 stakeholders including
the owners, tenants, consultants, architects, and various permitting agencies to streamline
permitting requirements and meet the aggressive project schedule.
Wade Trim’s newly opened office in Asheville provided local service for the Waynesville
Commons project. The Asheville office is located at:
Wade Trim
1200 Ridgefield Blvd., Suite 145
Asheville, NC 28806
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