--- title: College Station 2 Case Study description: Quality Stone Veneer's Metropolitan Thin Brick System is installed on College Town Communities' latest student housing project located in Willow Grove, PA. image: https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hubfs/Product%20Style%20Swatches%20-%20June%202023/Metropolitan%20Brick/Plymouth%20Metro%205%20-%20Web.jpg --- ![Plymouth Metropolitan Brick Banner](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/Plymouth%20Metropolitan%20Brick%20Banner.jpg?width=300&name=Plymouth%20Metropolitan%20Brick%20Banner.jpg) #### ![College Station_logo_white](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/College%20Station_logo_white.webp?width=312&height=146&name=College%20Station_logo_white.webp) #### 551 North York Rd, Willow Grove, PA 19090 Project Category - Multi-family - Campus - Student Housing Client - **College Town Communities** - **M.A. Curcillo Inc.**   Project Scope Supplied and installed our *Pylmouth* Metropolitan thin brick system on College Town Communities' latest student housing project. Included integrated drainage plane for moisture management using drain mat and Wall Opening Weeps®. Timeline - Start: Q1 2023 product planning and design - Installation: Spring - Summer 2023 ![CTC 2-1](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/CTC%202-1.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=CTC%202-1.jpg) ***Plymouth* Metropolitan Brick** ![CTC 6-1](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/CTC%206-1.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=CTC%206-1.jpg) ***Plymouth* Metropolitan Brick** ![Clubhouse Exterior](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Clubhouse%20Exterior.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Clubhouse%20Exterior.jpg) *Clubhouse Photo: College Town Communities* ***Powder Ridge* Drystack Lambris** ![CTC 1-1](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/CTC%201-1.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=CTC%201-1.jpg) ***Plymouth* Metropolitan Brick** ![CTC 7](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/CTC%207.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=CTC%207.jpg) ***Plymouth* Metropolitan Brick** ![CTC 3](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/CTC%203.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=CTC%203.jpg) ***Plymouth* Metropolitan Brick** ![CTC 5-1](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/CTC%205-1.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=CTC%205-1.jpg) ***Plymouth* Metropolitan Brick** ![CTC 4-1](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/CTC%204-1.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=CTC%204-1.jpg) ***Plymouth* Metropolitan Brick** ### Project Overview College Town Communities, a full-scale commercial developer and property management company out of Southeastern, PA, is a long-time partner of Quality Stone Veneer. They proudly offer a long list of high end, off campus student housing throughout the east coast, with the highest-quality accommodations for their student residents. In fall of 2022, in partnership with M.A. Curcillo, College Town came to us with a new, multi-building student housing project named College Station 2, scheduled to be built in Willow Grove, PA, about 45 minutes north of Philadelphia. A handful of College Town projects have used QSV’s *Lambris* products in past, and this project was planned no differently. The project was designed as a wood framed structure, calling for a brick exterior. However, the project was planned to accommodate a thin veneer façade, not a full depth, structural building brick. ![Sample](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/Sample.jpg?width=700&height=458&name=Sample.jpg) *Initial Sample Approval* ![Sills and Soldier](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/Sills%20and%20Soldier.jpg?width=700&height=458&name=Sills%20and%20Soldier.jpg) *Metropolitan Brick Sills, Soldiers, and Accents* ![metro-brick-6](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/metro-brick-6.png?width=100&height=80&name=metro-brick-6.png)![metro-brick-1-flat](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/metro-brick-1-flat.png?width=100&height=80&name=metro-brick-1-flat.png)![metro-brick-corner](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/metro-brick-corner.png?width=100&height=80&name=metro-brick-corner.png)![Metro-brick-sill](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Metro-brick-sill.png?width=100&height=80&name=Metro-brick-sill.png)![Historic-Brick-Soldier onyx](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Historic-Brick-Soldier%20onyx.png?width=120&height=62&name=Historic-Brick-Soldier%20onyx.png)   Our Metropolitan Brick thin brick system was the ideal fit for the project, allowing for the look of a perfectly laid structural building brick, without the costly design changes and labor that would be required for a structural brick. Our popular color “Plymouth” was approved by ownership for the final design, and our crews were on site to begin installation later that year. Metropolitan Brick allows the installer to easily lay perfect lines of thin brick, due to it’s varying size pieces with stepped offsets. A preset, 6 brick, pyramid style panel uniquely stacks across the wall in pattern, while preset corners provide the look of a full depth brick at outside corners of the building. A full line of matching Metropolitan Brick accessories are also available, adding accent detail at windows and openings, and at horizontal transitions. In addition, we installed our Metropolitan Brick with a galvanized drip cap, drain mat, and MTI Wall Opening Weeps™ to create an inconspicuous open drainage space for moisture management behind the brick system. This installation procedure ensures the exterior veneer meets and exceeds the new International Building Codes adopted across Pennsylvania and moist (A) climate zones of the US. ![Drainage](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/Drainage.jpg?width=700&height=458&name=Drainage.jpg) *Drain Mat + Wall Opening Weeps™ overtop drip cap behind the wall system for inconspicuous foundation drainage* ![In progress CTC](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/In%20progress%20CTC.jpg?width=700&height=458&name=In%20progress%20CTC.jpg) *Clubhouse preparation to later receive Powder Ridge Drystack Lambris to close out the project.* ### Products Used in this Case Study [![metropolitan-brick](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/metropolitan-brick.jpg?width=300&name=metropolitan-brick.jpg) View Stone StylesMetropolitan BrickView ](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/en/metropolitan-brick?hsLang=en) [![Metro Brick Sill](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/Metro%20Brick%20Sill.jpg?width=300&name=Metro%20Brick%20Sill.jpg) View Precast AccessoriesMetropolitan Brick SillView ](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/en/metropolitan-brick-sill?hsLang=en) [![Brick Soldier](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Case%20Studies/College%20Station%202%20-%20College%20Town%20Communities/Brick%20Soldier.jpg?width=300&name=Brick%20Soldier.jpg) View Precast AccessoriesMetropolitan Brick SoldierView ](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/en/historic-brick-soldier?hsLang=en) [![WOW](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WOW.png?width=300&name=WOW.png) View Installation MaterialsDrain Mat + Wall Opening Weeps®View ](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hubfs/2024%20Stone%20Only%20Guide/2024%20Stone%20Only%20Products%20Guide.QSV%20010124.pdf?hsLang=en) ![Stone Pattern background](https://www.qualitystoneveneer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stone%20Pattern%20background.jpg?width=300&name=Stone%20Pattern%20background.jpg) #### Request a Free AIA Accredited Lunch & Learn Quality Stone Veneer is a certified American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Provider. 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