Leaders of a Tacoma-based banking system are in the process of moving from the Pacific Northwest to the desert Southwest.
An article published Oct. 12 by the Phoenix Business Journal reports that Columbia Banking System, parent company of Columbia Bank, has leased 13,500 square feet of office space in the Scottsdale-Phoenix area, adding to space the banking system already has in Deer Valley, Arizona.
Clint Stein, CEO and president of Columbia Banking System, told the publication in an interview that he became an Arizona resident in May…