BankUnited Opens Two Branches in March; Expansion Includes First Location in Hillsborough County.

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 Financial Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BKUNA), parent company of BankUnited FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus.

FSB - front side bus , today announced it opened two retail branches in March, including its first location in Hillsborough County Hillsborough County is the name of two counties in the United States:

Hillsborough County, Florida, including Tampa
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

. These openings increase BankUnited's branch network to 71 locations in Florida.

During the month of March, BankUnited expanded its network on Florida's West Coast with a branch opening in Punta Gorda Punta Gorda may refer to:

Punta Gorda, Florida
Punta Gorda, Belize
Punta Gorda, Nicaragua, the place where Hurricane Felix made landfall as a category 5 hurricane in 2007.

, Fla., marking the company's second location in Charlotte County. In addition, the company opened its first location in Tampa, Fla., and named Linda Young, a banking professional with 33 years of experience, branch manager.

"We're expanding across Florida to fill in our footprint and bring our unique brand of personalized per·son·al·ize
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. neighborhood-banking services to more residents and businesses in the state," said Alfred R. Camner, BankUnited's chairman and chief executive officer. "The state's economic environment offers us tremendous opportunities to expand and provide personalized products and services and local decision-making to a larger base of customers."

About BankUnited

BankUnited Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:BKUNA) is the holding company for BankUnited FSB, the largest banking institution headquartered in Florida. At Dec. 31, 2005, BankUnited had assets of $11.3 billion.

Serving customers in 10 Florida counties through 71 branches, BankUnited offers a full spectrum of consumer and commercial banking products and services, including online products that can be accessed through http://www.bankunited.com. For additional information, call (877) 779-2265.

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