Back in 2020, Bank Independent announced the plans for a state-of-the-art operations center that aimed at consolidating the company’s operations staff under one roof. At this time, Bank Independent’s ops teams are spread between five buildings throughout the Shoals area.

This past Wednesday, the company took a major step in alleviating this challenge when company leaders and officials broke ground on a brand new, 95,000-square foot operations center in the Shoals.

“We will have about 300 people in this building eventually. We’re consolidating about five offices into one location. It’s going to be an exciting time. We think it will provide us an opportunity for us to grow efficiently and effectively and be able to provide the service to our customers throughout north Alabama,” said Bank Independent President Mac Mauldin.

The building, which is slated for completion in Spring of 2025, costs around $60M and will be four stories tall. Views from the completed operations center will include a large meadow in the east and a serene forest in the west. The new building will sit on 50 acres of former TVA land.

Upon completion, the new operations center will come ready with a variety of amenities to enhance staff experience, including spacious offices, functional communal work spaces, training rooms for new employees, and a fitness center.

Calvin Durham with Lambert Ezell Durham Architecture, LLC of Florence has been the lead architect in association with KPS Group, Inc. Robins & Morton is the General Contractor for the project.