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Ameris Bank Breaks Ground for New Location in Irmo, South Carolina.
February 26, 2008
Irmo, SC, Ameris Bank, a full-service financial institution, recently broke ground for the construction of their newest location in Irmo, SC. Currently serving customers around the midlands area from an office in downtown Columbia as well as an office in Lexington in the Hope Ferry Plaza; the Irmo location will be the first of many new constructions planned for South Carolina.
"Ameris Bank has definitely seen its share of positive response from the communities we have entered into in South Carolina," says Richard Sturm, South Carolina Regional Executive. "With the addition of this new location in Irmo and plans to build in Lexington in 2008, we will be better able to respond to our customers needs for convenience." Sturm, along with John Hipp, Mze Wilkins and Marc Bogan will lead Ameris Bank's expansion around South Carolina.
Construction of Irmo location, on Lake Murray Boulevard, is scheduled to be complete in mid-summer of 2008 and the office is tentatively scheduled to open for business sometime in June. Scott Wilhide will oversee the operations of this location in addition to the location he currently presides over in Lexington.
Ameris Bank is a 2.1 billion dollar bank, headquartered in Moultrie, Georgia, and has locations in Georgia, Alabama, Northern Florida and South Carolina. In South Carolina, Ameris Bank currently has offices in Beaufort, Charleston, and Richland counties with several future offices in the various stages of planning. The company is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ABCB.
For more information contact:
Stacy Bhimull
(803) 733-2695