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Featured Project: Dean Bank, Franklin, MA

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A freshly modernized bank branch in Franklin, Massachusetts.

This client wanted to renovate a 3,400 sq. ft. branch in the center of Franklin, Massachusetts.  The bank was dealing with an overflow of staff from various other locations but this branch had no space […]

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How Can Banks and Credit Unions Save Money by Transforming Their Branches?

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A modern transformed bank branch in Rhode Island.

Outdated branches don’t just look bad; the technology and background processes are inefficient and costly to the financial institution (FI). Modernizing branches is an expensive but critical task if FI’s are to remain relative in […]

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Featured Project: United Bank, Asylum St., Hartford, CT

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This was United’s first real attempt at creating a modern, city-feeling branch.  We had to capture a compact, split-level, urban atmosphere that was bright and fresh.  It was a complicated space to design in order […]

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Featured Project | Centreville Bank, East Greenwich, RI

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Centreville Bank branch, made more efficient with the use of pods and cash recyclers.

Centreville Bank in East Greenwich, RI was a traditional branch with a teller line and other antiquated features.  Despite a wider rebranding initiative in the recent past, this branch needed a serious makeover, and Solidus […]

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What Do Today’s Progressive Bank Branches Look Like?

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As we advance into the digital age, it’s become standard for financial industry commentators to speculate on the future of the branch and to ask “what will the branch of the future look like?” assuming […]

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New England Financial Institutions: You Can Keep Your Branches Open During Renovations

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Customer at a drive thru at a bank that's being renovated.

Many financial institutions hesitate to renovate their branches because of the disruption to business they believe it will bring.  But rest assured it is possible to renovate a bank branch or credit union and keep […]

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Featured Project: Savings Institute Bank & Trust, Groton, CT

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Our latest project with Savings Institute Bank & Trust was a small ground up branch in Groton, CT.  This is the third project we’ve done with this client.  The bank is familiar with our process […]

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Featured Project: The Savings Bank, Andover, MA

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Client: The Savings Bank Andover Branch Location: 84 Main St., Andover, Massachusetts. Solidus continued its relationship with The Savings Bank on this latest project in Andover, where we carried the design we first developed for […]

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Know Your Markets: The Key to Branch Network Optimization

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Demographic and Transaction Data; Data-driven design is not just a buzzword; it’s real and it’s here.  A significant fraction of a bank or credit union’s total operating costs can include unnecessary expenditures caused by poorly located […]

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Hub and Spoke—the Future of Branch Banking?

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BoA video teller "robo-branch".

American Banker recently published a report about a Bank of America initiative to expand into Indianapolis with a familiar (to us, at least) hub and spoke type strategy that combines larger central branches supported by […]

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