Valliance Bank opens

Valliance Bank announced the opening of a full-service location at 702 Wall St. in Norman.

Valliance Bank is locally owned and specializes in real estate lending, commercial business, and personal banking services for business owners, professionals and corporate executives

Four of six Valliance Bank board members are Norman residents including: Roy Oliver, chairman of the board of Valliance Bank; Joe Harroz, Norman attorney; Stanton Nelson, The Oliver Group; and Hal Smith of the Hal Smith Restaurant Group. Additionally, all Valliance Bank of Norman personnel reside in Norman.

Future plans for Valliance Bank include a permanent facility to be built in the University Town Center development. Valliance Bank was established in 2004 and headquarters at 1601 NW Expressway.

Humanities council

launches new magazine

The Oklahoma Humanities Council launched a new magazine, Oklahoma Humanities, this past week at a private event in Oklahoma City.

As the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Oklahoma Humanities Council’s mission is to promote meaningful public engagement with the humanities. According to OHC Executive Director Ann Thompson, the magazine will serve as an official program of the council and will reflect the organization’s strategic goals of humanities education and community building.

The magazine will have a statewide circulation of more than 8,000 and a readership of thousands more, including those who access it through public libraries, cultural organizations, universities and other state humanities councils. Oklahomans may request a free one-year subscription by calling the Council at 235-0280 or by e-mail at ohc@okhumanitiescouncil.org.

Industrial land purchased

Industrial land on Deskin Drive in Norman has been purchased for investment purposes.

R.W. Investments LLC, sold land at 3321 and 3301 Deskin Drive for $118,800. The buyer was JSL Investment Holdings LLC. Eric C. Fleske, CCIM, of Equity Commercial Realty LLC, was the associate who handled the transaction.