Bentonville Film Festival Finds Second Home on Second Street
The Bentonville Film Festival is moving to a new office space on Second Street. The three-story building is owned by musician and producer Neil Greenhaw, who is using the bottom floor for the new...
View ArticleWLR Warehouse Packaged in $1.7M Transaction
A warehouse in west Little Rock, a discount store in Conway, a fitness center in Cabot and duplexes in Bryant form this week’s quartet of million-dollar real estate transactions. • 10 Clearwater...
View ArticleFirst Community Bank of Batesville To Open Little Rock Location
Six weeks ago, we told you that Batesville’s First Community Bank was looking to enter the Little Rock market and looking at a former Allied Bank location. Well, an $850,000 deal was struck to acquire...
View ArticleAMR Ready to Turn Arbitration Award Against Main Street Lofts Developers Into...
Remember that $896,756 arbitration award for unpaid work and legal expenses against Main Street Lofts LLC et al that we told you about in April? Little Rock’s AMR Construction LLC, general contractor...
View ArticleNotable Arkansas Deaths in 2016
The first day of 2016 saw the death of a political giant in Arkansas, Dale Bumpers, and in April, Ray Thornton, a respected politician, jurist and educator, died. Also passing during the year were a...
View Article‘He Wasn’t Unkind, but He Was a Crook’ - Best Quotes of 2016
“He wasn’t unkind, but he was a crook.”— David Hoffman of Santa Cruz, California, reflecting on his business dealings with accused serial fraudster John Rogers of North Little Rock “I always try to...
View ArticleArkansas Business Year in Review: Best & Worst of 2016
Worst 1-2 Banking News The Lex Golden family steered a second bank holding company into bankruptcy court in July. The Chapter 11 filing for Allcorp Inc., parent company of Community State Bank in...
View ArticleFrom the Political to the Criminal: Top 10 Arkansas Business Stories of 2016
No. 1: Trump Triumphant In a presidential election like no other, Donald Trump proved all the naysayers wrong. He overcame 16 Republican primary opponents and Democrat Hillary Clinton, the first woman...
View ArticleHot Springs Wants Bold Approach for Downtown
HOT SPRINGS - Hot Springs officials are set to vote this week on a budget that includes $50,000 to develop a plan for the property where the Majestic Hotel once stood. The city demolished the landmark...
View ArticleNatural Grocers Opening New Jonesboro Store, Creating 18 Jobs
Natural Grocers of Lakewood, Colorado, announced Tuesday that it will open a new store in Jonesboro in the first half of 2017 and bring 18 full-time jobs to the community. The 25,000-SF store will...
View ArticleBurgundy Book: Economic Outlook Better for 2017
Sixty-five percent of business contacts in the Little Rock zone expect local economic conditions to be better or somewhat better in 2017, according to the latest Burgundy Book. That's an increase of 17...
View ArticleLong-Term US Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Levels Since 2014
WASHINGTON — Long-term US mortgage rates climbed again this week, hitting the highest levels since 2014. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on 30-year fixed-rate loans jumped to an...
View ArticleMidwest Buying Spree Lifted US New-Home Sales in November
WASHINGTON — A buying spree in the Midwest spurred new U.S. home sales last month to the fastest pace since July. The Commerce Department said Friday that new-home sales in November rose 5.2 percent to...
View ArticleArkansas Investors Buy $13.6M Texas Office Building
A group of investors affiliated with real estate investment partnership CapRocq has purchased the Parkway Commons building at 5068 W. Plano Parkway in Plano, Texas, for $13.6 million. The deal closed...
View ArticleUS Home Prices Rise 5.1 Percent in October
WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices rose again in October as buyers bidding for scarce properties drove prices higher. The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released...
View ArticleIn the Workplace 2017: 'Ban the Box' and Concerted Activity Under the NLRA
Editor's Note: This is the fourth of five articles this week by the labor and employment team at the law firm of Wright Lindsey Jennings of Little Rock examining key trends for employers and the...
View ArticleLong-Term US Mortgage Rates Rise, Staying Near 2014 Highs
WASHINGTON — Long-term US mortgage rates ticked up again this week, staying at their highest levels since early 2014. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac on Thursday reported the rate on 30-year fixed-rate...
View ArticleIn the Workplace 2017: LGBT Rights and Immigration Law Compliance
Editor's Note: This is the last of five articles this week by the labor and employment team at the law firm of Wright Lindsey Jennings of Little Rock examining key trends for employers and the...
View Article2016: The Year in Executive Q&A
Dear Readers,Last week Arkansas Business subscribers received the Book of Lists, in which we compile most of the business lists that we published throughout 2016. Lists like that — the biggest law...
View ArticleU.S. Pizza to Open in Jonesboro
Haag Brown Commercial said Tuesday that U.S. Pizza Co. of Arkansas will open a new restaurant this summer in the Highlands Shopping Center at the intersection of Highland Drive and Red Wolf Boulevard...
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