The Plan For Closed Bank In La Grange

LA GRANGE, IL – Chase Bank has a plan for the bank branch that it closed in recent times in downtown La Grange.

The old bank at 308 W. Burlington Ave., which is next to the police station, is no longer staffed. It has drive-thru lanes with ATMs.

The main Chase Bank in La Grange is at 14 S. La Grange Road. The bank is planning to build a branch at the northeast corner of La Grange Road and Ogden Avenue.

Through a public records request, Patch obtained Chase Bank's preliminary plans for La Grange.

According to the documents, Chase Bank plans to demolish the building at 308 W. Burlington and turn it into green space. Meanwhile, the six-lane drive-up canopy will be converted into three lanes, the bank said. That would be separate from the plan for green space.

At the corner of Ogden and La Grange Road, the bank plans a 5,300-square-foot building.

"New parking and landscaping will be implemented to improve the aesthetics of the area," architect Timothy Meseck said in a July letter to the village.

The total number of employees at any one time, Meseck said, will be 16 – nine bankers, three tellers, a branch manager, a mortgage loan officer, a financial adviser and a business banker.

The village has indicated the bank is set to improve its building at 14 S. La Grange Road.

According to village documents, the bank plans to renovate the building to make way for commercial tenants on the first floor and seven apartments or condos on the second floor.

Chase Bank has declined to specifically comment on its local plans.

The village's Plan Commission plans to review the bank's proposals at its meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at Village Hall.