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BankUnited
Type	Private
Predecessor	BankUnited Financial Corporation
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Coral Gables, Florida, United States
Area served	Florida coast
Key people	John Kanas (CEO)
Industry	Financial services
Total assets	$12.7 billion
Owner(s)	W.L. Ross; Blackstone Group; The Carlyle Group; Centerbridge Partners; LeFrak Organization; Wellcome Trust; Greenaap Investments; East Rock Endowment Fund
Website	www.bankunited.com

BankUnited is a savings and loan association based in Coral Gables, Florida. It was seized by U.S. financial regulators and immediately handed over to a new holding company on 21 May 2009, in the second largest bank failure of the Financial crisis of 2007–2009. The latest information before the bankruptcy credited BankUnited with about 2.1% of all deposits in Florida, ranking it 8th in the state.^[1]

BankUnited was founded in 1984 and specialized in nonresident alien mortgages for foreigners wanting to buy Florida real estate; by June 2008 this type of mortgage accounted for 11.4% of the bank's loans.^[1]

After being told by the FDIC in April 2009 to increase its capital or sell itself, then failing to succeed at either, the bank portion of BankUnited was seized by the Office of Thrift Supervision on 21 May 2009 and handed over to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.^[1] The FDIC immediately transferred control to a private equity group lead by former North Fork Bank president John Kanas.^[2] The new BankUnited assumed $12.7 billion in assets and $8.3 billion in nonbrokered deposits. The new holding company is owned by W.L. Ross; Blackstone Group; The Carlyle Group; Centerbridge Partners;^[1] LeFrak Organization, Inc.; The Wellcome Trust; Greenaap Investments Ltd.; and East Rock Endowment Fund.^[2]

BankUnited Financial Corporation, the old publicly-held holding company stripped of its bank, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and, as of October 2009^[update], trades as Pink Sheets: BKUNQ.

BankUnited Center is so named due to naming rights being sold by the University of Miami.

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Paletta, Damian; Joe Bel Bruno (2009-05-22). "BankUnited Fails in Year's Biggest Bust". The Wall Street Journal (New York City: Dow Jones & Company): p. A1. ISSN 0099-9660. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124294168567644901.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2009-05-21). "BankUnited Acquires the Banking Operations of BankUnited, FSB, Coral Gables, Florida". Press release. http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2009/pr09072.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.

[wsj-fails-0] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Paletta, Damian; Joe Bel Bruno (2009-05-22). "BankUnited Fails in Year's Biggest Bust". The Wall Street Journal (New York City: Dow Jones & Company): p. A1. ISSN 0099-9660. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124294168567644901.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.

[fdic-pr09072-1] Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2009-05-21). "BankUnited Acquires the Banking Operations of BankUnited, FSB, Coral Gables, Florida". Press release. http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2009/pr09072.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.

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