LAKELAND – Downtown Lakeland may be making room for another bank in 2021.
On Dec. 15, the Lakeland Planning and Zoning Board approved a request to allow the construction of a retail commercial bank at 221 E. Main St. That s the spot occupied by Nathan s Men s Store, which will close at the end of this week. The proposal will move before the City Commission in January.
Mark Wilson with engineering consulting firm Kimley-Horn represented Nathan s owner Harris Estroff at the meeting. He would not disclose which financial institution will be moving in next year.
In addition to the bank, which will not have a drive-thru, there will be a separate business on the second floor of the building. While Wilson would not disclose that client either, he said it s a current Lakeland business set to relocate.