The 234 Apartment

As you do more banking by smartphone, that bank branch you used to visit may soon turn into a restaurant, a day care center or even a condo tower. After a branch building boom a decade or so ago, banks are closing offices by the thousands as more of their customers bank online . They're leaving behind space ready to be transformed into something else, whether an urban storefront or a free- standing brick building with a drive-thru in the suburbs. "If the real estate is strong, any number of things can happen to the property," says Kim McGuire, senior vice president in the Chicago office of CBRE. It's a problem or an opportunity, depending on your perspective, that will be here for a while. Banks operate about 89,300 branches in the United States today , down 8 percent over the past decade, according to Chicago- based real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle . JLL expects an additional 20 percent drop over the next decade. In the Chicago area, the number of branches d...

Cherry Creek Apartments, at 1100 Crystal Spring Lane off Central Pike in Hermitage, is BC Property Investments’ latest Nashville purchase. (Photo: Submitted) Story Highlights 627- unit community the third local acquisition for BC Property Investments LLC in just over two years A Miami- based real estate investment firm has bought the 627- unit Cherry Creek Apartments in Hermitage for $86.5 million. The deal is BC Property Investments LLC 's latest Nashville - area apartment acquisition in the past year and a half. Locally, the company owns the 624-unit Lakes of Bellevue apartments in Bellevue and the Viera Cool Springs apartments in Franklin. BC Property acquired Cherry Creek Apartments , which is at 1100 Crystal Spring Lane off Central Pike, from the Norfolk, Va.- based private real estate investment and management firm Harbor Group International . Amenities include three resort-style pools, tennis courts, a car care center , a pet park, fitness center, sand volleyball ...