"A larger piece of our portfolio comes from Boston," saysColleen Hughes, director of corporate marketing and communicationfor the bank. "We needed to establish a presence in Boston and thislocation became available."

Huhges adds that the commercial side of Metrowest's loanbusiness has been growing steadily over the past few years. "It'sjust a lot easier for these companies to make the deals happen,"she notes. "We are right in the financial district."

The Boston banking office offers clients commercial mortgagesand loans, cash management services and other business bankingproducts as well as ATM and electronic nightdrop. MetroWest Bank,an $864 million bank, is headquartered in Framingham. It wasfounded in 1883 first as Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank andlater as Framingham Savings Bank.

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