Landmark Hibernia Tower in Lake Charles to Reopen Oct. 10; Hurricane Repairs Clear Way for Tenants to Return to Offices
08 October 2005 - 7:39AM
Business Wire
The Hibernia Tower (NYSE:HIB) in downtown Lake Charles, La., will
reopen Monday, Oct. 10, allowing many of the companies that call
the landmark building home to get back to business as usual. The
Hibernia Tower sustained damage to its three-story atrium as well
as many of its upper level floors when Hurricane Rita hit Sept. 24.
It has been closed for repair work for the past two weeks but
offices on floors five and higher are now ready for occupancy
again. "We're extremely proud of the diligent effort put forth by
our property management staff and contractors to get the Hibernia
Tower open so quickly," says Thom Williams, Hibernia's president
for the Lake Charles market. "While there is still work to be done
before our bank can reoccupy its branch in the building, we felt it
was vital to make the Hibernia Tower available again so our tenants
can resume normal operations from their offices there. Hibernia
stands ready to serve our customers and our community as we all
recover from Hurricane Rita." Hibernia continues to re-open
branches in the Lake Charles area that were closed since Hurricane
Rita. The company's Moss Bluff drive-thru at 372 Sam Houston Jones
Pkwy., Highway 14 office at 1920 Highway 14, South City office at
3225 Ryan St. and Country Club office at 1855 Country Club Rd. all
opened this week, as did the Sulphur office at 1300 S. Ruth Street
and the Maplewood office at 3146 Maplewood Dr. in Sulphur and the
Iowa office at 109 S. Thompson Ave. in Iowa. Additionally, the
Enterprise office at 1100 Enterprise Blvd. in Lake Charles and the
Vinton office at 1601 Loree St. in Vinton will re-open on Monday,
Oct. 10. The Hibernia Tower stands at 22 stories and is a dominant
feature in the Lake Charles skyline. Opened in 1984, the building
had been the headquarters of Calcasieu Marine Bank, which merged
with Hibernia in 1996. Hibernia is on Forbes magazine's list of the
world's 2,000 largest companies and Fortune magazine's list of
America's top 1,000 companies according to annual revenue. Hibernia
has $22.1 billion in assets and 321 locations in 34 Louisiana
parishes and 36 Texas counties. Hibernia Corporation's common stock
(HIB) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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