Community Banks Move into New Cribs
October 2, 2012 9:54 AM
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Seeking Legroom
Patriot Bank in Broken Arrow, Okla., has nearly doubled its assets to $89 million in three years and needed bigger digs. Its new headquarters will be three times larger (12,000 square feet) and is scheduled to open in February.
Branding Move
When Heritage Financial of Olympia, Wash., signed a lease for its regional headquarters in Vancouver, Wash., it also obtained naming rights for the building, as well as a first-floor retail branch office.
A Tony Suite Suits Us
Metropolitan Bancgroup of Ridgeland, Miss., built a new headquarters because its focus on private banking for wealthy clients -- not retail banking - accelerated its growth, CEO Curt Gabardi says.
Ohio Eye-Catcher
First Financial Bancorp of Cincinnati moved into a newly renovated space in downtown Cincinnati in late 2011.
Spending Green to Go Green
Lakeland Financial's new regional headquarters, in Carmel, Ind., was expensive to build because the company wanted - and got -- the U.S.Green Building Council's LEED certification for the office.
