New CU Headquarters Fuels RenewalProject

ELKHART, Ind. - (06/02/05) -- Bayer FCU opened its new corporateheadquarters on the city's RiverWalk project, one of three localfinancial institutions offices that helped spur the five-acre cityrevitalization project. The $220 million credit union built a440,000 square-foot office, with plans to expand up to 120,000feet, the first of three financial institutions to commit to theredevelopment of the area, later joined by First State Bank and St.Joseph Capital Bank. Bayer FCU was formerly known as Miles FCU,then was rebranded after a merger with Michiana FCU, and now serves40,000 members in Indiana, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts,New York and Connecticut.

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