Univest to Break Ground Tuesday at Tilghman Square

The ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Univest Corp. office at Tilghman Square shopping center will be held Wednesday.

The proposed two-story, 10,000-square-foot building on Cetronia Road will initially house 31 employees and offer services in corporate banking, mortgage banking, insurance, wealth management and equipment financing. The building will not be a retail bank, officials have said.

The company plans to consolidate its two Lehigh Valley offices into the new building with up to 50 employees. 

Construction is expected to be completed in time for the office to open in December 2013, according to a company news release.

The groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 2:30 p.m.

Lehigh County Commissioner Percy Dougherty, South Whitehall Township Manager Jon Hammer and South Whitehall Township Commissioners Tori Morgan and Glenn Block are expected to join several Univest executives at the event.