Oil Center Bank Lobby Temporarily Closes

The lobby of Whitney Bank's Oil Center branch on Audubon Blvd. is getting an extreme renovation. The branch will be drive-through only for at least the next four months, as the lobby area is gutted and transformed into a more modern space. All of the bank's employees will stay at the Oil Center location through the renovation - they'll just be working out of the drive-through area. City records show the work is permitted at nearly $400,000.

CVS Headed for Pinhook / Bendel Corner

A big shake-up is in the works for one of Lafayette's most akward intersections. CVS has received a permit to build a new drug store at the corner of Pinhook and Bendel Roads, just outside of the Oil Center. The address permitted is 1326 W. Pinhook, where a large white office building currently sits (next to Cafe Vermilionville)

This marks the first major drug store chain to build a location near Lafayette General. Across the country - CVS, Walgreen's and Rite Aid have been snapping up prime corners near hospitals. They figure that the baby boomers are only getting older, and they'll need more medications as they age. Most doctors' offices are near hospitals - so they like to be in the same general area.

I'm assuming the office building will be torn down - I'm waiting on a few calls to see who owns the building. I'm trying something new - here's a view of 1326 W. Pinhook from Google. Comment below on what you think this store will do for traffic at the intersection, and how the Google image works.

UPDATE: The office building will be torn down. CVS says "no comment."


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