Commerce Bank Recommits to North St. Louis
Date Posted: December 16, 2016
Posted In: Projects,
From The St. Louis American: Commerce Bank broke ground on Wednesday, December 7 on a new facility at 4402 Natural Bridge Ave. in North St. Louis.
The bank will be moving from its current location across the street, which became a Commerce branch in 1974. The site of the new facility is currently a Commerce drive-through bank that will be expanded upon.
The bank’s current historic-looking building at 4401 Natural Bridge Ave. has been inhabited by a bank since 1920, when Mound City Trust Company started Florissant Bank. Commerce bought it in 1974, but now the building has too much open space for their needs, bank leaders said, as banking traffic has moved more online and away from the foot traffic it experienced in the past.
“The new branch is going to have a lot of the amenities that, through some testing, we’ve discovered customers really like,” said Darryl Collins, regional retail banking director of Commerce Bank, at the groundbreaking ceremony on December 7.
“We’ll have private conversation areas and not as many desks. We are excited to bring a modern facility and what customers really want to this area.”