NoCo branches: Alpine Bank coming, Bank of Colorado going

Editor’s note: This report was edited to clarify that Bank of Colorado is maintaining a presence in Fort Lupton.

Glenwood Springs-based Alpine Bank is opening a branch in Fort Collins, while Fort Collins-based Bank of Colorado appears poised to close its downtown branch location in Fort Lupton.

Requests for both moves were approved in late June, according to Colorado Banking Division documents. 

The Fort Collins outpost of Alpine Bank, the institution’s first in the city, will be at 1608 S. College Ave.

According to plans submitted to the city in 2020, the two-story branch will be about 5,000 square feet with two…