Great Southern Bank Expands Commercial Lending Presence to Chicago Market

Chicago Banking Veteran Rick Percifield Hired as Market Manager

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May 02, 2017, 17:06 ET

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., May 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Southern Bank is now serving commercial lending needs in the Chicago market. Rick Percifield, a 30-year Chicago lending veteran, was recently hired as the Chicago Commercial Lending Market Manager. He is responsible for managing and developing new commercial loan business and growing the Bank's identity in the Chicago market. In the past decade, Percifield worked for Regions Bank and Wachovia Bank leading the commercial real estate groups in Chicago.

The commercial lending office will be located at 2 N Riverside in downtown Chicago. The new office is Great Southern's first physical presence in this market. It will provide a wide variety of the bank's commercial lending services including fixed and variable-rate commercial real estate loans for new and existing property. Competitive commercial construction and portfolio financing will also be available.

Great Southern Bank operates 108 offices across nine states in the Midwest; Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma and Illinois. With $4.4 billion in total assets and a mission to build winning relationships with its customers, associates, shareholders and communities, Great Southern is headquartered in Springfield, Mo. Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. is a public company and its common stock (ticker: GSBC) is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select stock exchange.