Bank expands presence in county with third location

The Bank of Tampa opened a new full-service branch in downtown Clearwater.

By Business Observer Staff
| 1:18 p.m. April 16, 2018
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From left: Amanda Gilroy, vice president and senior commercial relationship manager; Craig West, senior vice president and market director; and Sherrie Broadway, vice president. Courtesy photo.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

TAMPA — The Bank of Tampa opened a full-service banking office in Clearwater at 900 S. Fort Harrison Ave.

The new location represents the community bank’s third full-service branch in Pinellas County, and the second the bank has opened in Pinellas over the past two years.

"As a community bank, our primary goal is to meet the needs of our community,” states Bank of Tampa president and CEO Bill West in a press release. "When we invest in a community by building an office, we're all in, and we look forward to becoming an integral part of the Clearwater community over the coming months."

The Clearwater branch will be led by Bank of Tampa Pinellas County market director Craig West, according to the release.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. May 3. The bank also plans to open a new banking office in downtown Sarasota in May, the release states, which will bring its total number of branches to 11.