Westfield Bank plans to build a branch at 12 East Granby Road (Route 20) in Granby, Connecticut, which is about a block north of the bank’s current location in the Granby Village Shops.
The new location will feature a suite of offices, safe deposit boxes, drive-up teller lanes and a drive-up ATM, Westfield Bank said Friday. Construction will begin once all final building permits have been approved and weather allows.
“Providing our customers with added convenience and improved accessibility is of utmost importance to us,” Westfield Bank President and CEO James C. Hagan said in a news release. “Granby is very special to us as it was the first branch office we opened in Connecticut and the community welcomed us with open arms. While we will miss the Granby Village Shops, our new branch office will provide us increased meeting space and drive-up banking services — something our customers value highly. And because the new office is located just a block away from our current one, we think it will be a seamless transition for customers.”
Westfield Bank expanded into Connecticut for the first time with branches in Granby in 2013 and in Enfield in 2014. Westfield Bank now also has Connecticut locations in Bloomfield and West Hartford.
“The construction of the new Granby branch office — coupled with our Enfield branch office, our new Bloomfield branch office and our West Hartford Financial Services Center — reaffirms our commitment to the people and businesses of the Constitution State and further strengthens our Connecticut banking franchise. We feel our community bank values, customer-first approach, and convenience-based products and services are a great fit for Granby and the surrounding communities and look forward to welcoming current and prospective customers to the new office.”
Westfield Bank has 25 branch offices, 52 ATMs and an additional 23 seasonal ATMs and serves Hampden and Hampshire counties in Western Massachusetts and Hartford and Tolland counties in northern Connecticut.
The new branch office was designed by DiBattisto Associates LLC of East Granby and Borghesi Building & Engineering Co. Inc. of Torrington. Construction will be completed by Borghesi Building.
