City News
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 23, 2010
TowneBank celebrated the grand opening of its Harbour View Financial Center
TowneBank celebrated the grand opening of its Harbour View Financial Center in North Suffolk on Friday, July 23, 2010.
Located at 5806 Harbour View Boulevard, the 30,000-square-foot building includes a 5,000 square foot banking center, a Prudential Towne Realty office and Towne Investment Group, as well as private banking, mortgage and insurance services. It also houses offices of the well-respected law firm of Oast & Hook. P. C.
“Suffolk has been a terrific home for our Member Service Center for several years now and I am so pleased that we can now offer all of our services to the people of this great city,” says P. Ward Robinett, President TowneBank Portsmouth/Suffolk. Robin Smith Cooke, senior vice president, founding employee and former manager of the Churchland office of TowneBank will lead all retail banking services.
“I am very excited that TowneBank decided to expand their operations in the City of Suffolk”, said Mayor Linda T. Johnson. “This is a magnificent new building and its customers will enjoy doing business in this facility. TowneBank is known for their commitment to serving the needs of families and businesses in the Hampton Roads region, and I am thrilled they will have a larger presence here in Suffolk to pass this commitment along to our citizens”.
Designed by HBA Architecture and Pilato & Counts Interior Design, the building has been fashioned to create a warm and inviting atmosphere for TowneBank’s valued members and features a town clock, grand staircase, all-glass elevator, vaulted lobby, fireplace, wood floors, polished marble and Venetian plaster.
As one of Virginia’s top community banks, TowneBank now operates 18 banking offices in Chesapeake, Hampton, Portsmouth, Newport News, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Williamsburg and York County. Towne also offers a full range of financial services through its controlled divisions and subsidiaries that include Towne Investment Group, Towne Insurance Agency, TFA Benefits, TowneBank Mortgage, TowneBank Commercial Mortgage, Prudential Towne Realty, Towne 1031 Exchange, LLC, and Corolla Classic Vacations. Through its strategic partnership with William E. Wood and Associates, the bank also offers mortgage services in all of their offices in Hampton Roads and Northeastern North Carolina. Local decision-making is a hallmark of its hometown banking strategy that is delivered through the leadership of each group’s President and Board of Directors. With total assets of $3.69 billion as of March 31, 2010, TowneBank is one of the largest banks headquartered in Virginia.
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