Located 5 miles south of Penn Square, Willow Valley Communities has 2,500 residents, the most of any 55-plus age group campus in the county.

John Swanson, CEO of Willow Valley Development Corp., said Willow Valley had identified the former LNP production building at the northwest corner of South Queen and West Vine streets as an ideal site for an urban campus. After Lancaster Equity got the city’s blessing for a food hall at Southern Market, Swanson approached them about becoming a partner in that project.