KeyBank to open new branch

Elissa Eddie has been named assistant vice president and manager of KeyBank’snew branch in Renton Highlands.

Elissa Eddie has been named assistant vice president and manager of KeyBank’snew branch in Renton Highlands.

The branch is nearing completion and is expected to open March 22.

This state-of-the-art branch is at 4431 N.E. Fourth St., next door to the Renton Post Office. Key opened its second Renton branch last summer.

A life-long Snoqualmie resident, Eddie began her career at KeyBank in 2007 as an operation service manager. Since that time, she has been a personal banker, branch manager and licensed insurance representative. For the past year, she has managed the KeyBank branch at Riverton Heights in Tukwila.

“There’s a growth explosion under way southeast of Lake Washington and we see Renton Highlands as a highly desirable destination for residential, retail and small business expansion,” said Rick Wirthlin, president of Key’s Seattle-Cascades District.

The 4,000-square-foot branch is the 88th in KeyBank’s Seattle-Cascades District and its 156th office in Washington. From 2009 to 2012, the bank plans to build an estimated 15 new branches and remodel well over half of its Seattle area branches.

Shortly after the branch’s opening, grand opening festivities will take place the week of April 12 with a family event planned for Saturday, April 17 at the branch.  

Customer services include five teller windows, safe deposit boxes, a conference room as well as private offices to accommodate client meetings requiring privacy. The branch will have two drive-through teller lanes, a 24-hour ATM and a night drop for merchants.