Capitol Bancorp Center
200 Washington Sq. North
Lansing, MI 48933

2777 East Camelback Road
Suite 375
Phoenix, AZ 85016

Media Contact:
Joal Redmond
Corporate Communications
602-977-3797

LANSING, Mich., and PHOENIX: March 1, 2007: Capitol Bancorp Limited (NYSE:CBC) will be a featured presenter at the West Coast Financial Services Conference hosted by Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P., in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 6.

John S. Lewis, President, Western Regions will be joined by Michael M. Moran, Chief of Capital Markets, to discuss Capitol Bancorp's unique operating model and current development activity. The discussion will be webcast live on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. PT with a replay available for 30 days following the event. Webcast details are at http://www.sandleroneill.com.

About Capitol Bancorp Limited
Capitol Bancorp Limited is a $4.1 billion national community bank development company, with more than 50 individual bank charters and operations in fourteen states. Capitol Bancorp Limited identifies opportunities for the development of new community banks, raises capital, mentors a community bank through its formative stages and manages its investments in its community banks. Each community bank has full local decision-making authority and is managed by an on-site president under the direction of a local board of directors composed of business leaders from the bank’s community. Capitol Bancorp Limited was founded in 1988 and has executive offices in Lansing, Mich. and Phoenix, Ariz.