BRANCHING OUT

Core One Credit Union, Columbus, Ohio, has awarded HBE Financial Facilities a $2.98 million contract to design and build its new home office. The two-story, 14,275 square foot building is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2001. COCU has $124.7 million in assets and serves 9,362 members. Fort Community Credit Union, Fort Atkinson, Wis., has awarded the Redmond Company in Waukesha a contract to design and build its new Whitewater branch. The 3,800 square foot facility is scheduled to be completed in November 2000. FCCU has $64.4 million in assets and serves 11,555 members. Nazarene Credit Union, Brea, Calif., has approved the financing of $2.5 million to help construct the new Nazarene District Center for the Los Angeles District Church of the Nazarene. The new building will be a three-story structure with over 23,230 square feet of space. Nazarene Credit Union has more than $112 million in assets and serves 15,645 members. Fiscal Federal Credit Union, Glendale, Calif., has announced the grand opening of its new Warner Center branch in Woodland Hills. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Fiscal FCU received congratulatory scrolls from L.A. County Assessor, Rick Auerbach, and the offices of L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Councilwoman Laura Chick. FFCU has $107 million in assets and serves 15,859 members.