Former bank building - ideas on other uses?
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[{"id": "f9quaf3", "text": "Maybe it\u2019s a covered land deal and a future redevelopment.  Need to look at zoning, size of parcel, development options for the site.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f9qwp16", "text": "Looked at a lot of those over the years. A couple adaptive reuses I've seen are as a church and medical office. Had a client seriously consider one as traditional office as well. More often than not, they sit vacant for a long time. It's a difficult layout to repurpose. You representing the bank on a sublease or the LL?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f9qwxs4", "text": "There are a lot of former branch banks in my market that are no longer being used and they hardly ever sell or leased to another bank. I\u2019d say most I\u2019ve seen that are being purchased are converted to medical office.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f9rc93r", "text": "Is it in a city/downtown or is it a single tenant standalone building?\n\nI ask because if it's in a downtown you could turn it into a million hipster-esque businesses: Brewery that has a finance theme where you walk in through the vault. You could also do a different bar/restaurant https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/osdhe/1926_chicago_bank_converted_into_a_bar_and/\n\nIf it's not, it could be used as a medical office, dentist, veterinary office as has been mentioned below. \n\nHere's some interesting converts:\n\nOld bank in St Paul, MN to a McDonalds https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/comments/1qovph/a_bank_converted_to_mcdonalds/\n\nAnother bank to McDonalds in Norway https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/comments/4d71wt/a_bank_converted_to_mcdonalds_kristiansand_norway/\n\nConverted to furniture showroom https://www.reddit.com/r/RoomPorn/comments/csx5ad/18th_century_bank_converted_into_a_furniture/\n\nGo here for other ideas: https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f9rmhrf", "text": "Not sure what your building looks like, but check out 300 W14th street in Manhattan. Turned an amazing bank building into lux condos. That may not work where you are for any number of reasons, but maybe worth mentioning.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f9rqdq3", "text": "The one thing about banks, for the most part, is they are not dumb when they consider branch locations. So right off the bat, you are usually in a pretty good location, thus attracting a national tenant. I have seen Walgreens/CVS do some pretty neat work in former bank buildings. In one of them there was a CVS on the first 2 floors of the bank and in the basement, where the vault and safety deposit boxes were, they converted that into a speakeasy/cocktail lounge. \\*u/GoldenPresidio linked the article to that one. (I worked in that building for a year) Pretty cool. I was in Lexington, Kentucky and saw one converted into a local grocery, with all of the refrigerated/frozen items in the vault. All in all, I have seen more than a few become pharmacies.  I linked a below article which might be helpful to read as well. \n\n[How investors can cash empty bank branches](https://www.nreionline.com/retail/how-investors-can-cash-empty-bank-branches)", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f9rrht3", "text": "I have seen two different banks turned into event venues. Although they aren't the most ideal layout they seem to transition well into that use. They both had good looking architecture with large open spaces in the building so that help these particular buildings.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f9s60y0", "text": "Currently working on a deal representing a child care center tenant.  We saw two spaces that were previously banks and are submitting an offer on one.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f9sqcy9", "text": "Most unusual I saw was a bank building converted to a restaurant, where the drive-through area became the outdoor seating.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]