Baton Rouge, LA, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — b1BANK immediately introduced plans to relocate its Ryan Road location to a brand new constructing in downtown Lake Charles later this yr. The financial institution has been part of the Lake Charles neighborhood since 2009.
“We’ve got skilled important progress within the Lake Charles market and require a bigger facility to raised serve our present shoppers’ wants and the neighborhood,” mentioned Jeffrey Davis, market president, b1BANK. “As we proceed to develop, it will be significant that we stay energetic in efforts to rebuild and revitalize downtown.”
The brand new b1BANK location will probably be 825 Ryan Road, at present an empty lot attributable to previous hurricane injury, a brief distance from the financial institution’s present location on Ryan Road. Plans for the brand new location embrace further parking, a drive-thru service possibility and an Interactive Teller Machine (ITM) which can present shoppers with entry to a reside teller earlier than and after regular enterprise hours.
“The constructing design will replicate a few of the historic structure of the downtown space,” mentioned Matt Redd, developer, Redd Properties. “We may even incorporate fashionable constructing know-how to assist forestall injury from future storms.”
b1BANK and The Southwest Louisiana Financial Improvement Alliance will announce a grand opening and ribbon slicing ceremony when building is full.
About Enterprise First Bancshares, Inc.
As of September 30, 2022, Enterprise First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST), by its banking subsidiary b1BANK, has $5.8 billion in belongings, $6.3 billion in belongings underneath administration by b1BANK’s affiliate Smith Shellnut Wilson, LLC (SSW) (excludes $0.9 billion of b1BANK belongings managed by SSW) and operates Banking Facilities and Mortgage Manufacturing Workplaces in markets throughout Louisiana and the Dallas and Houston, Texas areas, offering business and private banking services. Business banking providers embrace business loans and letters of credit score, working capital traces and gear financing, and treasury administration providers. b1BANK was awarded #1 Finest-In-State Financial institution, Louisiana, by Forbes and Statista, and is a multiyear winner of American Banker’s “Finest Banks to Work For.” Go to b1BANK.com for extra data.
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