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Whitney Bank to put regional headquarters in Tampa

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By MICHAEL SASSO | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 3, 2009

Whitney Bank, a New Orleans-based bank with a relatively small presence locally, is looking to beef up operations with a new regional headquarters in Tampa.

Whitney Holding Corp. has had operations scattered around the Bay area since buying Madison BancShares of Palm Harbor five years ago. It has 16 locations in the Bay area, but just one in Hillsborough County, inside an office building on Boy Scout Boulevard in Tampa.

Now, the bank is leasing 8,000 square feet inside of Corporate Center I, a large office building on West Shore Boulevard near International Plaza mall. In January, the bank will create a regional headquarters there for the entire Bay area, with Tampa Bay Region President Eric Obeck overseeing the area presidents for Pinellas and Sarasota/Manatee counties.

About 25 people initially will work out of the West Shore building, where the bank will get prominent exterior sign and operate a retail branch, Obeck said.

Whitney Bank has just under $1 billion in assets locally and about $11.7 billion across all of its territories.

Reporter Michael Sasso can be reached at (813) 259-7865.

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