{"id":169430,"date":"2026-02-26T00:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169430\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T00:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:52:07","slug":"ameris-brings-drive-thru-banking-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169430\/","title":{"rendered":"Ameris brings drive-thru banking Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city issued a permit Feb. 25 for Ameris Bank to build a drive-thru at its Downtown Northbank branch on the ground floor of the 18-story tower at 200 W. Forsyth St.<\/p>\n

Choate Construction Co. of Atlanta is the contractor. Warner Summers of Atlanta is the architect.<\/p>\n

The drive-thru is in the parking lot on the west side of the structure.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville City Council voted March 25, 2025, to allow an exception to Downtown zoning codes that restrict drive-thru and drive-in facilities. Ordinance 2025-0074 was designed to help facilitate Ameris Bank\u2019s plans for a new branch in the building.<\/p>\n

\"Ameris<\/p>\n

Ameris Bank at 200 W. Forsyth St in Downtown Jacksonville plans to add a drive-through.<\/p>\n

Photo by Monty Zickuhr<\/p>\n

Ameris, which anchors Riverplace Tower on the Southbank, announced June 9, 2025, that it opened the branch offering retail banking, business banking and mortgage lending.<\/p>\n

The bank, a subsidiary of Ameris Bancorp, said it renovated the ground-floor 5,250-square-foot space. The location employs more than 10 people, bringing a total of more than 330 Ameris employees to metro Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

The city issued a building permit April 16, 2025, for Choate Construction to build-out a teller office, collaboration offices and break room areas on the 17,265-square-foot ground floor at a project cost of $502,970.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Ameris<\/p>\n

Ameris Bank at 200 W. Forsyth St. in Downtown Jacksonville. It is in the former Truist Tower.<\/p>\n

The 18-story building, developed in 1975, is at Forsyth, Hogan, Bay and Julia streets. Jacksonville-based Ash Properties bought it and a parking garage for $24.47 million in July 2018.<\/p>\n

It most recently was Truist Tower. Truist relocated to the Southbank and the West Forsyth Street building seeks an anchor tenant.<\/p>\n

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