Region is an outlier in banking: it's adding branches

Tampa, with a slight gain, goes against industry trends.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 8:29 a.m. May 2, 2021
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Courtesy. Tampa-based First Citrus Bank plans to open a branch in downtown St. Petersburg in June.
Courtesy. Tampa-based First Citrus Bank plans to open a branch in downtown St. Petersburg in June.
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Tampa, it seems, has something else in common with Austin, Charlotte and Nashville, other than competing for best midsize city to move your business to in the South or Sunbelt. All four of those cities are also on a rare list of places that added bank branches — albeit in tiny numbers — in 2020, according to a new report from real estate giant JLL.

 

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