Historic Melba Theater in Batesville Reopens Aug. 12
One of the state’s oldest theaters, the Melba Theater in Batesville, will reopen Friday, Aug. 12, with a grand opening following the restoration efforts of owners Janelle and Joe Shell and Mandi and...
View ArticleAverage US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Declines to 3.43 Percent
WASHINGTON — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week after rising for three straight weeks, continuing to lure prospective homebuyers. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for...
View ArticleUS Adds A Robust 255K Jobs; Unemployment Stays 4.9 Percent
WASHINGTON — Employers added a healthy 255,000 jobs last month, a sign of confidence amid sluggish growth that points to a resilient U.S. economy. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment...
View ArticleAsa Hutchinson Announces Appointments to Boards, Commissions
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday announced the following appointments to boards, commissions and other groups: Matthew Flemister, Little Rock, to the Child Welfare Agency Review Board. Appointment expires...
View ArticleFedEx Development Delivers $31.7M Deal (Real Deals)
The sale of a 311,684-SF FedEx Ground facility in southwest Little Rock weighed in at $31.7 million. Wilark LLC, an affiliate of Realtech Construction Co. of Los Angeles, bought the 8 Industrial...
View ArticleUS, Arkansas Homeownership On the Decline
Although the housing market continues to recover since the Great Recession, the rates of homeownership remain below peak levels both in the United States and in Arkansas. Homeownership rose through the...
View ArticleTen Arkansas Business Icons Have Stories to Tell
I don’t know how else to say this: If you don’t enjoy this issue, you really don’t have any business reading Arkansas Business. We’ve had some fun issues in the past — I’m especially proud of our 25th...
View ArticleCenterton Home Sells for $1.7 Million
A 6,854-SF home in Centerton sold for almost $1.17 million. Joe and Jimi Michelle Doty bought the six-bedroom, 5 1/2-bath house at 3411 Post Oak Court. Joe is the COO of Baylor College of Medicine in...
View ArticleDavid's Burgers Now Looking Toward Fall Opening in River Market
Nothing is easy and everything takes longer than you expect in this world, and that holds true for restaurant openings. David “Alan” Bubbus, owner of the Little Rock mini-chain David’s Burgers, is...
View Article18 Cities See Increased ATBI Ratings in Latest Report
Eighteen of the 20 cities on the Arkansas Tech Business Index saw their rating increase following the compilation of data for May 2016. Just one month earlier, 15 of the 20 cities on the index...
View ArticleRichardson Properties to Build $150M Complex in North Little Rock
Richardson Properties LLC of North Little Rock announced on Thursday that the city's planning commission has approved its $150 million multi-family "The Pointe North Hills" development near Interstate...
View ArticleAverage US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Ticks Up to 3.45 Percent
WASHINGTON — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged higher this week, though rates remain at historically low levels. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for the benchmark 30-year...
View ArticleSale of Former Remington College Exceeds $4.3 Million (Real Deals)
A 35,000-SF building in west Little Rock tipped the scales at $4.38 million. EAI Realty Inc., an affiliate of Education America Inc. of Heathrow, Florida, sold the former home of Remington College at...
View ArticleUnemployment Rates in Arkansas Cities Vary Widely
Unemployment rates rose slightly in Arkansas metro areas in June, but rates are still lower than a year ago, notes Michael Pakko, chief economist at the Institute for Economic Advancement at the...
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Power and Pain of Consensus (Barry Goldberg On Leadership)
I trained for facilitation work in the lineage of Sam Kaner, the author of “Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making.” Kaner’s company, Community at Work, stresses consensus in all...
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The Truth Is Out There (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Last week, the Washington Post published, in an impressively interactive online version, a story about a 2007 deposition of Donald Trump in which the future Republican presidential nominee was forced...
View ArticleNFL's Darren McFadden Learns Lesson From Financial Fumble
Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden thought he could trust his former family friend and financial adviser, Michael Vick of Pulaski County. Not long after the Arkansas Razorbacks’ former star...
View ArticleArkansas Homeowners Owners No Longer Playing With House Money
Once upon a time, homeowners thought it was perfectly fine — smart even — to carry greater debt on their houses and take out the equity as cash for investments. Ten years ago, Arkansas Business...
View ArticleLofty Labs on the Move in Fayetteville
Casey Kinsey and Lofty Labs are on the move again after one year in a prime, but small, space in downtown Fayetteville Kinsey moved Lofty Labs, a web development consultancy, to a 1,400-SF third-floor...
View ArticleLR's Midtown Center Leads List of Recent Seven-Digit Deals
A retail project in Little Rock, a grocery store in Maumelle, a fast-food outlet in west Little Rock, two Little Rock homes and a pair of residential properties involved in an intrafamily swap compose...
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