Fifth Third Bank plans to permanently lay off 502 employees at its Farmington Hills office, the former Comerica Bank campus it gained in a merger earlier this year.
The layoffs are scheduled to take place between July 1 and November at 36455 Corporate Drive, according to a state WARN filing.
The notice follows Fifth Third Bancorp’s completion of its merger with Comerica Inc. this year, a deal that created the nation’s ninth-largest bank with about $294 billion in assets.
“We consistently review our operations to optimize our organizational structure and ensure we are best positioned for long-term growth and sustainable profitability,” the company said in a statement Friday. “We are focused on creating a new Fifth Third that creates meaningful opportunities for employees, and we’re making changes to align staffing with future business needs.”
Officials did not say which positions or departments would be impacted.
When the merger was announced in October, the company said it was committed to maintaining the Great Lakes campus in Farmington Hills that opened in 2024. At the time, the 340,000-square-foot campus was Comerica’s largest corporate office and had nearly 2,000 employees.
In March, Fifth Third announced that One Campus Martius in Detroit would serve as its Michigan headquarters, anchoring its southeast Michigan footprint. The plan also called for a regional presence, including the Great Lakes Campus in Farmington Hills, along with offices in Birmingham, at One Woodward, and the Auburn Hills Operations Center.
Still, the merger of two banks sharing territory in Michigan was expected to result in job losses, experts have said.
Comerica employees experienced layoffs as the merger neared completion on Feb. 2. According to LinkedIn posts, layoffs affected corporate roles in Michigan and other states.
Comerica has had 143 banking centers in Michigan, including 115 in Metro Detroit, while Fifth Third has had 163 branches statewide, 59 in the region. About 55 Comerica branches and 21 Fifth Third locations in Michigan are expected to close, according to documents posted by Fair Finance Watch that were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. Fifth Third has said it did not expect branch closures until the second half of 2026.
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Reporting by Candice Williams, The Detroit News / The Detroit News
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