One of downtown Traverse City’s most iconic buildings is losing its flagship tenant. “At 4pm on October 19, 2026, our Grand Traverse branch will close,” Fifth Third shared in the letter. 102 West Front is not the first local Fifth Third Bank branch to close in recent years. The downtown Traverse City branch was not listed among the initially announced batch of closures. “The iconic clocktower property was built in 1904 by Perry Hannah as the home of Traverse City State Bank, and designed by his son Julius,” Miller says.