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Wheatland Bank, of Spokane, last week began limited demolition work for an extensive remodeling of the building in Yakima, Wash., where it has operated its 18-month-old bank branch there. It also planned to make an offer last week for a site for a new building for its Wenatchee, Wash., branch and continues to eye sites for new branches here.
Sue Horton, Wheatland's chairwoman, president, and CEO, says the bank bought a 10,000-square-foot building in Yakima s Park Square development recently for $1.9 million from an investor who already had put in new electrical service and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems.
"It will be close to a $3 million project" after Wheatland installs banking equipment, including for a drive-through operation, buys bank furniture, and completes its remodeling of the building's shell to upgrade its current branch there, Horton says.
She says that Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is handling the remodeling, and Bernardo-Wills Architects PC, of Spokane, is the architect on the project. Vandervert Construction founder Dick Vandervert is a member of Wheatland's board of...