Blairsville, Ga.-based United Community Banks is making itself at home in Greenville, this time consolidating two of its back offices to the fourth floor of RiverPlace downtown.
Previously home to Sempra U.S. Gas & Power’s Greenville office, the 18,000-square-foot space will serve 34 of United Community Bank’s employees immediately, as well as previous Palmetto Bank employees once the $241 million merger becomes official.
The United Community Bank employees are relocating from various locations, including several from the bank’s Georgia operations as well as in Greenville. The move will also allow them to accommodate business expansions resulting from the pending acquisition, which could increase capacity by a third, said United Community Bank Senior Vice President and Director of Loan Operations Dan Graham.
“Quite frankly, we had outgrown our other location… and we’re taking on additional lines of business, if you will, from Palmetto that we had not had before,” he said, including mortgage servicing and indirect lending. “At least from the portfolio side, it’ll increase by 30 percent.”
Both departments at the RiverPlace office expect to add employees in the future, but the numbers could vary, said the bank’s Vice President and Loan Operations Manager Tricia McAlister.
The Class A office space was previously home to The Bounce Agency, a Greenville-based public relations firm that filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2013. The office includes conference rooms and large windows overlooking the Reedy River. There will be no major renovations or changes, other than adding freestanding desks in some of the open spaces, McAlister said.
