wheeling heights affordable housing
A new hilltop community and an expanded historic district
UDA developed master plans and designed the building types for two new urban neighborhoods in Wheeling, West Virginia. The new units include a mix of rental and ownership on the site of a former hospital in historic North Wheeling and the steeply sloped site of the former Grandview Manor and Lincoln Homes public housing development in East Wheeling. The simple massing and carefully studied proportions of the new buildings blend in seamlessly with the 19th Century Italianate architecture of the adjacent historic neighborhoods. The first new housing built in the inner city of Wheeling in 40 years, the project overcame market perceptions and received several awards.