BankUnited FSB Reopens Branches After Hurricane Rita Passes Florida.

CORAL GABLES Coral Gables, city (1990 pop. 40,091), Miami-Dade co., SE Fla., SW of Miami; inc. 1925. Founded at the height of the Florida land boom, Coral Gables is a noted planned city, with tree-lined boulevards and Mediterranean-style buildings. , Fla. -- BankUnited (Nasdaq:BKUNA) today opened its Miami-Dade and Broward county branches that were closed Tuesday due to Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005. .

All of BankUnited's 59 branches in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie St. Lucie may refer to:

St. Lucie, Florida
St. Lucie County, Florida
St. Lucie nuclear power plant

See also

Saint Lucy
Saint Lucia (disambiguation)

and Collier counties, as well as its headquarters in Coral Gables and operations center The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. in Miami Lakes, opened at 9 a.m. today.

"During hurricanes, we work to create the right balance of service to our customers and protection of our employees," said Alfred R. Camner, BankUnited's chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Yesterday we had crews deployed in off-site locations to support our northern branches while our Miami-Dade locations hunkered down until the storm passed. Today all of our branches and support areas are back to business as usual. Reacting quickly after a hurricane...It's a local thing."

About BankUnited

BankUnited Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:BKUNA) is the holding company for BankUnited FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus.

FSB - front side bus , the largest banking institution headquartered in Florida as measured by assets. At June 30, 2005, BankUnited had assets of $9.9 billion and deposits of $4.2 billion.

Serving customers in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Collier counties through 59 branches, BankUnited offers a full spectrum of commercial, international, and consumer banking products and services, including online products that can be accessed through http://www.bankunited.com

For more information, call (877) 779-2265 or visit http://www.BankUnited.com.

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