LG Health and Hankin Group Break Ground on Queen Street Flats Project in Lancaster City

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health and Chester County developer Hankin Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Queen Street Flats project Tuesday, Aug. 2. The Lancaster City project is a mixed-use urban development uniquely focused on advancing the health and well-being of the community.

Queen Street Flats will occupy the space at the former Lancaster Family YMCA property between the 500 blocks of North Queen and North Prince streets. The project’s distinctive multi-story residential buildings, parking structure, medical offices and commercial/retail space will enhance housing opportunities, enrich health-care services, and ultimately deliver an experience focused on promoting healthy lifestyles.

“Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is committed to making Lancaster the healthiest community possible, because Lancaster means the world to us,” CEO John J. Herman said at Tuesday’s ceremony. “In addition to enhancing access to health-care services, Queen Street Flats will positively contribute to Lancaster’s capacity to provide quality residential options, conveniently located among the county’s urban core.”

The Queen Street Flats project will include a modern, three-story medical office building occupied by LG Health. In addition, two mixed-use buildings will flank Market Street, offering residential apartments, as well as retail and restaurant space.

“Queen Street Flats began with a vision from LG Health to transform this site into a holistic project that will encourage healthy lifestyles and energize the surrounding neighborhoods,” Hankin Group President & CEO Bob Hankin said. “We have jointly planned the redevelopment of this site into a mixed-use community that will incorporate pedestrian-friendly environments, beautiful streetscapes and creative architectural design.”

LG Health’s latest medical office building will serve as an essential central point for city and suburban residents alike to access primary- and specialty-care services. The new building will house LG Health’s Urgent Care Duke Street, Family Medicine Manor Ridge and Family Medicine Red Rose practices, all of which will relocate from existing locations nearby.

For LG Health, the project is the latest in a series of significant investments in Lancaster City. Those projects included partnerships with government agencies, local businesses and other organizations to develop the Northwest Gateway, one of the most extensive improvement projects in the city's history, and to open Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, which has greatly expanded access to inpatient and outpatient mental-health treatment across the region.

Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of construction on the Queen Street Flats project, with Lancaster’s High Construction Co. serving as general contractor. Additional speakers at the ceremony included LG Health Board of Trustees Chair Carolyn Scanlan and Dr. Vito DiCamillo, Executive Medical Director, Innovation and Innovative Healthcare Delivery, as well as Douglas Smith, Bureau Chief of Community Planning & Design for Lancaster City.