Martin’s Bike Shop
The Martins were in dire need of additional retail and warehouse space to accommodate their burgeoning internet business and the growth of their retail store. They also wished to establish a bicycle museum. They wanted to expand at their current location rather than try to relocate to a new site. This posed challenges since the […]
Fox Meadows – Leola
The Fox family operates Fox Meadows Creamery in Ephrata and wanted to construct a second restaurant. They settled on the prior Vinola’s Restaurant in Leola. The site involved the demolition of an existing apartment building and significant rehabilitation of the former restaurant as well as an addition to make it larger. Parking was a challenge […]
New IMAX Theater at Penn Cinema
Manheim Township, Lancaster County – The client, Penn Ketchum, wanted to construct a new 425-seat IMAX theater to serve the Lancaster area. He approached Diehm with a challenge: get the project approved quickly so he could construct the theater in time for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This required Diehm to […]
Fox Meadows Creamery
Clay Township, Lancaster County – The Fox family approached Diehm with a dream to open a new creamery, restaurant and store on the site of a former car dealership at the intersection of North Clay Road and West Main Street (US Route 322). The site was small and the Foxes’ dreams were big. Diehm worked […]
J.B. Zimmerman True Value
Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County – The owners of the J.B. Zimmerman True Value hardware store in Christiana needed to relocate and wanted to expand their business. Diehm worked with the owners and their builder to craft a plan for a new and larger hardware store. The project involved the development of plans providing sufficient parking […]
Tents For Rent
Clay Township, Lancaster County – Tents For Rent is a highly successful and growing business providing tents for customers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic areas of the country. Previously, the business was spread out in various buildings all over the Ephrata area, including the owner’s house. There was a significant need for a single modern […]
Rocky Ridge Steel
Warwick Township, Lancaster County – The owner of Rocky Ridge Steel needed much more space and modern equipment to better serve his business. He was introduced to a former client of Diehm that had a similar vision for a property along East Newport Road. The former client left the area and Diehm was able to […]