Branch network

SOUTH LANSING, Mich. – Lake Trust CU, a newly created credit union giant, on Friday broke ground on a new branch on the former Brownfield site of Lansing’s long-abandoned Regent Inn.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Family Trust FCU plans to begin construction early next year on its first branch in Fort Mill, which will be the credit union’s eighth branch.

BATON ROUGE, La. – La Capitol FCU has acquired the CU Service Center branch here, making the Louisiana shared branch network an all outlet environment.

ALBANY, N.Y. – SEFCU, a $2 billion capital city credit union, is moving its local operations to a new commercial building in downtown Schenectady, and will rename the $4.5 million building SEFCU Square.

EL PASO, Texas – FirstLight FCU has opened a new full-service branch and USO Center on east Fort Bliss.

SHREWSBURY, Mass. – The local school board here this week voted to allow Central One FCU to open a branch at the high school this fall.

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin CU on Monday will open its third branch in the Milwaukee area in Wauwatosa, in an almost-new building it bought from ailing Amcore Bank.

APPLETON, Wis. – Prospera CU, a pioneer in credit union payday loans, yesterday said it is closing one full-service branch and two of its GoodMoney payday loan sites inside Goodwill stores as part of a restructuring.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Kellogg Community FCU has unveiled its newest branch, in Pennfield High School.

BOISE, Idaho – Capital Educators FCU has broken ground on a new branch, its seventh, in nearby Eagle.

LATRHUP VILLAGE, Mich. – Michigan First CU continues to expand its presence in the Detroit metro area with today’s opening of its second in-store branch, inside the Meijer store in Lincoln Park.

LOWELL, Mass. – Northern Massachusetts Telephone Workers' CU said it purchased a former Haverhill Bank branch in nearby Haverhill, one of two branches that belonged to a one-time credit union acquired by the bank in 2008.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – ESL FCU, still unpacking from its move into its new headquarters, opened its first downtown branch in this upstate New York city this week as part of the $52 million project.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.-Fast-growing Alaska USA FCU, which entered the California market with last year's acquisition of two failed credit unions near here, has finalized an agreement with Arrowhead Central CU to acquire five of its branches, four in the High Desert and one in Big Bear region.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada-While many credit unions are looking for ways to reduce the size of their branches, Steinbach CU here is wrapping up construction of a massive 42,000 square-foot branch, one of the largest in the entire province.

KENAI, Alaska – Denali Alaska FCU will open a full-service branch in the new Wal-Mart supercenter being opened here next week.

HONOLULU – Aloha Pacific FCU opened a branch in Kapolei yesterday, its second new location in less than a month.

TUNKHANNOCK, Penn. – Proctor & Gamble Mehoopany Employees FCU opened a student-run branch at local Dallas Area High School last week.

MIRAMAR, Fla. – Tropical Financial CU yesterday said it has broken ground on a new branch in nearby Pembroke Pines, with the branch scheduled to open this summer.

RICHLAND, Wash. – HAPO Community CU plans an $8 million renovation of its headquarters and main branch here.