Webinar: FAB&T, Wright Lindsey Jennings Offer Help Navigating the CARES Act
First Arkansas Bank & Trust, Wright Lindsey Jennings and Arkansas Business will present a free webinar about how small businesses can take advantage of the federal CARES Act amid the COVID-19 crisis.
View ArticleUS Home Construction Collapsed 22.3% in March
U.S. home-building activity collapsed in March as the coronavirus spread, with housing starts tumbling 22.3% from a month ago.
View ArticleFloor by Floor, 600 Main Transactions Total $8.8M in Argenta
Office space in Argenta, hundreds of acres of forestland in Cleburne County, a Jacksonville hotel and a Benton convenience store all highlight some recent real estate deals.
View ArticlePandemic Pushes HR Leaders to Make Quick Adjustments
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing human resources managers to adapt quickly to deal with an onslaught of issues, several interviews revealed.
View ArticleSouthwest Trail Takes First Steps From Little Rock to Hot Springs
The Southwest Trail will connect the 15-mile Arkansas River Trail loop in Pulaski County to Hot Springs National Park. It’s also foreseen as a central Arkansas piece of a bicycle tourism boom already...
View ArticleBella Vista Apartments Visited by Tandem Sales (Real Deals)
A 190-unit apartment complex in southwest Little Rock changed hands in successive deals that began with a $7.5 million sale.
View ArticleUS Home Sales Plunge 8.5% in March, And It May Grow Worse
U.S. sales of existing homes cratered 8.5% in March with real estate activity stalled by the coronavirus outbreak.
View ArticleMovista CEO Stan Zylowski to Host Executive Leadership Academy Reception
Movista co-founder and CEO Stan Zylowski is scheduled as the featured speaker for the Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy opening reception on Aug. 20 in Bentonville.
View ArticleVirus Pushes US Unemployment to Highest Since Depression
Unemployment in the U.S. has swelled to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out of a job by the coronavirus.
View ArticleEncore Leasing WLR Space for New Headquarters
Encore Bank of Little Rock, which has operations in northwest Arkansas and Jonesboro, will lease 16,000 SF at 1801 Rahling Road in west Little Rock for its new headquarters and a branch.
View ArticleForest Place Attracts $29.3M Transaction (Real Deals)
Forest Place Apartments LLC, an affiliate of the Beitel Group in Brooklyn, New York, acquired its 256-unit namesake at 1421 N. University Ave. in Little Rock.
View ArticleBerman Sues Ortega Over Closed Planet Fitness
The sale of a Planet Fitness in Joplin, Missouri, has resulted in a lawsuit filed in Fayetteville by a California investor against a Springdale man who is originally from Miami.
View ArticleMaumelle Senior Home in Works
An affiliate of Minnesota’s Silver Creek Equity, bought the nearly 6-acre site in Maumelle for $855,000.
View ArticleIzard County Medical May Be Put on Market
The Chapter 11 trustee for Izard County Medical Center LLC is “exploring a sale” of the 25-bed hospital in Calico Rock, according to a bankruptcy filing last month.
View ArticleCalifornia Company Pays $15.9M for Mercy Facilities (NWA Real Deals)
Montecito Medical Real Estate of Corona, California, paid $15.9 million for two adjoining Mercy Health of Northwest Arkansas facilities in Rogers.
View ArticleSurvey: Business Economists' Outlook Darkens Since Virus Hit
A survey of U.S. business economists in mid-April found that one-third of their companies had shut down at least some of their operations, and two-thirds had laid off or furloughed workers or cut their...
View ArticleArkansas Business Seeks Nominations for '20 In Their 20s'
Arkansas Business is accepting nominations for its annual "20 In Their 20s" class of young professionals who are making a difference in their companies, organizations and communities.
View ArticleCostco Files Application to Put Store in West Little Rock
Costco Warehouse Corp. of Issaquah, Washington, has filed an application with the city of Little Rock to put a 165,000-SF warehouse store at the southwest corner of Chenal Parkway and Kirk Road.
View ArticleRecent Real Estate Deals Total $1.8M
The $640,000 sale of 2.9 acres on the outskirts of Sherwood led the most recent round of real estate transactions.
View Article30M Have Sought US Unemployment Aid Since Virus Hit
More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s.
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