CUMMING — Senior leaders of SouthCrest Bank welcomed several representatives of the Cumming and Forsyth County governments and business sectors Wednesday for the official grand opening of its newest business center.

The center is located at 3275 Market Place Blvd., Suite 100, in the Lake Point Professional Center. 

Among those attending were Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt, Forsyth County Commission Chairman Pete Amos and James McCoy, president of the local chamber of commerce.

Kenneth H. Maloy, president and CEO of SouthCrest, said in a statement that it was “an exciting time of expansion” for the bank as well as “many small, medium and upper mid-market businesses.”

“We are committed to provide the highest quality service and to build strong, collaborative relationships with our current and future business customers,” he said.

With a substantial increase in office size, employees and services offered, the business center will specialize in retail and commercial banking services, mortgage banking and SBA Lending, in addition to a full range of banking services for the local business community.

SouthCrest previously maintained a commercial loan office in the Cumming area for two years, and a full-service branch in Johns Creek. Both have combined into this new Cumming business center.