The proposed 20-story Willow Valley Mosaic apartment building in downtown Lancaster won a pair of key city approvals on Tuesday, though several more remain before construction can begin.
Lancaster City Councilâs 5-2 vote allows developer Willow Valley Living to demolish two existing buildings on the South Queen and West Vine streets property and to build a structure with an appearance as proposed.
Council took the advice of the city Historical Commission, which had recommended by a 6-0 vote last month that council approve the two âcertificates of appropriatenessâ for the project, a venture that would create the countyâs tallest building and cost more than $90 million. The commission weighed in because the site is in the cityâs Heritage Conservation District.
The proposed 20-story Willow Valley Mosaic apartment building in downtown Lancaster won a pair of key city approvals on Tuesday, though several more remain before construction can begin.
Lancaster City Councilâs 5-2 vote allows developer Willow Valley Living to demolish two existing buildings on the South Queen and West Vine streets property and to build a structure with an appearance as proposed.
Council took the advice of the city Historical Commission, which had recommended by a 6-0 vote last month that council approve the two âcertificates of appropriatenessâ for the project, a venture that would create the countyâs tallest building and cost more than $90 million. The commission weighed in because the site is in the cityâs Heritage Conservation District.
Editor s Note: This story is a sidebar to accompany another story about Willow Valley s proposed 20-story building in downtown Lancaster clearing its first hurdles.
A plan for a 20-story downtown apartment building, proposed by Willow Valley Communities, cleared two municipal hurdles with ease on Tuesday.Â
By a pair of 6-0 votes, the city Historical Commission recommended that City Council approve the demolition of two empty buildings on the site, formerly used by LNP Media Group, and the construction there of the countyâs tallest building.Â
The 147-unit high-rise at South Queen and West Vine streets, opposite Southern Market Center and the Lancaster County Convention Center, would cost more than $90 million, have about 260 residents and create 100 to 125 jobs.Â
âI want to compliment them on the elegance of the design,â said commission member Elizabeth De Santo.Â
Willow Valley Communities on Monday announced plans to develop a 20-story apartment building in downtown Lancaster, across the street from Southern Market Center.
The 244-foot-high building would be the tallest in Lancaster County, surpassing the 19-floor Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square a block away by 34 feet.
Named Willow Valley Mosaic, with an estimated cost exceeding $90 million, the upscale development would consist of 147 apartments as well as a host of resort-quality amenities for its residents, who would be ages 55 and up.
Mosaic also would include two restaurants and several small stores that would be open to the public.
Willow Valley Mosaic Amenities