Local Thrift Rattles Comerica With Hirings

Irvine-based Commercial Capital Bancorp hired half of Comerica Inc.’s real estate services team in El Segundo last week as part of a major expansion of its commercial banking division.

Most of the 22 bankers from Comerica’s El Segundo office resigned as a group so they could rejoin their former boss who bolted a week earlier to start up Commercial Capital’s commercial banking unit.

The bankers provided escrow, deposit and credit services to Comerica’s title insurance and escrow clients, among others.

The talent grab is reminiscent of Commercial Capital’s formation in the late 1990s when the thrift hired 30 of H.F. Ahmanson

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