A planned Fifth Third Bank North Richland Hills branch would give a former Wendy’s restaurant a new purpose at 9140 N. Tarrant Parkway. The bank’s $2 million renovation proposal puts an existing drive-through property to work as part of its wider North Texas expansion.
The project is more than another bank name on a storefront. It would convert a freestanding restaurant pad at North Tarrant Marketplace into a financial center with a vault, ATM and drive-through service, rather than build a new branch from the ground up.
Fifth Third Bank North Richland Hills Project Details
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registration, filed October 19, 2026, identifies the work as a renovation and conversion of a former Wendy’s. It lists a 2,400-square-foot bank program within an existing 3,396-square-foot restaurant building.
Estimated construction runs from January 27 through August 12, 2027. The scope includes a vault and one double-stacked drive-through lane with an ATM and night drop. BDG Architects LLC is the listed design firm.
Those dates are construction estimates, not an announced opening schedule. A TDLR accessibility registration also does not establish that a municipal building permit has been issued or that construction has begun.
A Restaurant Pad Inside North Tarrant Marketplace
NewQuest’s North Tarrant Marketplace leasing brochure provides a useful look at the setting. Its site plan labels Fifth Third Bank on pad 8 along North Tarrant Parkway, between Chick-fil-A and Kroger’s fuel facilities. Kroger anchors the larger retail center.
Readers can view the site plan on page 6 of the uploaded brochure. This is a commercial leasing plan, not a city-approved construction drawing. The brochure labels the pad at 3,202 square feet, a different figure from the state filing’s existing-building area and bank program; those measurements should not be treated as interchangeable.
A 2015 state registration for Wendy’s at the same address independently documents the property’s restaurant history. The new filing describes reuse of that building. It does not establish when Wendy’s closed, and no closing date has been confirmed.
A review of the city’s public permit portal, October Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council agendas, and development activity map did not locate a matching bank approval. That is a research limitation, not proof that no application or approved site plan exists. The state registration and leasing materials are the project documents confirmed for this report.
How the Branch Fits Fifth Third’s Texas Expansion
Fifth Third opened its first Texas financial center in Frisco in April 2026. At that time, the bank outlined plans for 60 new North Texas financial centers over three years.
The company later announced nearly $1 billion of Texas investment over five years, including 150 new financial centers by 2029 and the conversion of 106 Comerica branches. That broader strategy combines existing banking locations with newly developed branches. The former restaurant conversion offers a different kind of real estate opportunity: adapting a commercial pad already serving an established shopping center.
The Cincinnati-based company traces its roots to the Bank of the Ohio Valley in 1858. Its long operating history contrasts with its relatively recent Texas branch-building push. The North Richland Hills proposal is therefore a local real estate reuse story within a much larger market expansion, rather than simply a routine interior refresh.
TCM has also covered the planned Fifth Third Bank branch at Creekside in Arlington. The North Richland Hills proposal adds another local project to that regional expansion story, although an opening date and final municipal construction status remain unconfirmed.
For the Fifth Third Bank North Richland Hills project, the clearest local angle is the change in use: a former fast-food building becoming a neighborhood banking location within an existing retail development.