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KeyCorp to sell 18 First Niagara branches

Posted at 1:21 PM, Apr 28, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-28 18:50:17-04

KeyCorp has reached a deal with First Niagara Financial Group to sell 18 current First Niagara branches in Erie and Niagara counties as part of its takeover of Western New York's second-largest bank.

In order to resolve antitrust concerns, KeyCorp will divest 13 branches in Erie County and five in Niagara County with a total of approximately $1.7 billion in deposits, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

The merger, which is expected to be complete by the third quarter of this year, will make Cleveland-based KeyCorp the 13th largest bank in the nation, with more than 1,000 branches across 15 states. It will also signal the end of First Niagara, a homegrown company founded in Lockport in 1870 that now has a considerable footprint across the Buffalo-Niagara region.

Here is a list of First Niagara branches that will be sold:

  • 1531 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Amherst
  • 3105 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Amherst
  • 364 Connecticut Street, Buffalo
  • 14 Lafayette Square, Downtown Buffalo
  • 4435 Transit Road, Clarence
  • 2070 George Urban Boulevard, Depew
  • 6409 Transit Road, East Amherst
  • 2300 Grand Island Boulevard, Grand Island
  • 5751 South Park Avenue, Hamburg
  • 1690 Sheridan Drive, Kenmore
  • 1248 Abbott Road, Lackawanna
  • 500 Center Street, Lewiston
  • 55 East Avenue, Lockport
  • 805 Main Street, Niagara Falls
  • 4381 Military Road, Niagara Falls
  • 690 Kenmore Avenue, North Buffalo
  • 1035 Payne Avenue, North Tonawanda
  • 3488 Amelia Drive, Orchard Park

On Thursday afternoon it was announced that Northwest Savings Bank will acquire those 18 branches. This message was posted on the bank's website.

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