PLAINS TWP., PA – Keystone Commons should be more than an idea by next February.
Construction of the twin office buildings planned for high ground in the East Mountain Corporate Center is expected to begin by the end of this year, or sooner, said Chris Siegel, chief executive office of Ruckno Construction Co.
“That will be the tentative goal,” Siegel said Monday after he and Ernie McCabe, president of Ruckno’s commercial division, visited the site along Baltimore Drive.
The Luzerne builder is the construction manager of the estimated $12 million to $13 million project for owner Paul Francis Realty. The Commons sits on 8.3 acres and is comprised of two, 45,000-square-foot buildings, parking lots and a roadway system.
It’s taking multiple professionals to see the multi-component project through from concept to completion.
Siegel is responsible for marketing. McCabe has been doing the behind-the-scenes work of securing permits and guiding along the Commons. Kyle Kinsman of William Kinsman Lewis Architecture, Wilkes-Barre, designed the project. Mike Detter of Hinerfeld Commercial Real Estate, Scranton, is leasing space.
“They’ve got a lot of interest already,” Siegel said. The project has caught the attention of businesses looking to sign on as anchor tenants, he said.
The Commons has some very unique attributes, McCabe added. There are two opposing structures of very similar design linked by a pedestrian courtyard and the location literally elevates the project above other office buildings.
“A three-story building: you’re about 75 feet high. You could imagine the view,” McCabe said.
-Courtesy of The Times Leader
