Racanelli Construction Completes Cedar Crest Village
Racanelli Construction Company recently completed the development of the third neighborhood complex in the Pompton Plains, New Jersey-based Cedar Crest Village residential retirement community. Racanelli served as the Construction Manager on the project awarded by Erickson Development and valued at over $100 million. Cedar Crest Village is a true lifestyle community and the Racanelli project reflects this.

The project encompassed the construction of (3) three seven-story residence buildings with
120 units each; (1) one five-story residence building with 96 units; a new two-story 50,000 square
foot community building with dining facilities, commercial kitchen, shops, bank, mechanical
and electrical generation systems; a 95,000- square foot, two-story parking structure, an
8,100-square foot chapel; a three-story assisted living
building with 86 units; links connecting all buildings, on a
campus-like setting with ponds, landscaping, parking
areas, access roads and underground utilities.
Incorporated into the new Cedar Crest Village
community center is a conventional hall with dance floor
and complete audio-visual
system. Additionally, there is
a new main dining room with
a state-of-the-art commercial
kitchen. To further facilitate
entertaining and special events,
a small catering hall, as well
as a private dining room each
with their own kitchen has
been provided.
Surrounding a beautiful
stone fireplace is a seating area
which extends from the
library to the open bar area
where billiards, card tables,
chess tables and multiple flat
panel televisions are provided.
For the more creative Cedar
Crest residents, there is a creative arts studio and music classroom.
Those who prefer quiet time can enjoy the new reading room. There is
also a café available for light dining.
Residents can conveniently bank at their own on-premise bank,
open day and night. An onsite hair salon and spa further contributes to
Cedar Crest’s broad amenities.
In providing its Construction Management services, Racanelli
managed all planning preliminary and federal, state and city approvals.
The company secured subcontractors and managed the entire
construction administrative process from RFIs, submittals and
schedules to quality controls and facilitation of subcontractor and owner
meetings. Additionally, Racanelli was responsible for commissioning the
buildings and coordinating turnover and punch list.
Safety management
and the scheduling
and oversight of site
construction were also
part of the company’s
construction management
services.
The Cedar Crest
Village complex
features conventional
steel, masonry, Exterior Insulating Finish System (EIFS), metal and
wood trusses, shingle and metal roofs and fine millwork finishes. The
complex incorporates both passenger and freight elevators, aluminum
windows and storefronts and automatic sliding doors. The lifestyle
complex also includes a beauty salon and in-house bank.
For more information about Cedar Crest Village project contact:
Rich Racanelli <rmr@racanelliconstruction.com>