In many wall designs, such as retaining walls or counterfort retaining walls or flood walls, the site parameters dictate the final design of the wall. In many cases there is also a property line that abuts the wall and moving the wall as close as possible to the property line is desirable. The retaining wall of the present invention gives the designer the ability of doing so. In addition, the embodiments of the retaining wall disclosed can be designed to have less concrete and backfill and thus may be more economical to construct.