The Influencers: Tom Schueck of Lexicon Inc.
After building Schueck Steel into a family of companies under the Lexicon corporate banner, Tom Schueck has developed a secondary career of sorts.
View ArticleThe Influencers: Architect Marlon Blackwell
At an age when many men and women look forward to retirement, Marlon Blackwell, 60, is doing some of his best work. And he’s looking forward to doing more and better projects.
View ArticleJacksonville Plaza Sells In $5.4M Transaction (Real Deals)
An affiliate of Midwest Retail Properties of St. Louis bought the 33,668-SF retail center on John Harden Drive.
View ArticleNLR's Wilmington Apartments Gets 3rd Owner in 3 Years
A Canadian concern made its third apartment buy in Pulaski County this summer to lead off five multimillion-dollar real estate transactions.
View ArticleRegions Center Owners Say Management Stayed Mum on Purchase Offer
The owners of the 30-story Regions Center are blaming their management company for missing out on a $46.5 million offer from a Nebraska company to buy the tower.
View ArticlePace of US Home Sales in July Reached Lowest Level of 2017
Americans retreated from buying homes in July as sales sank 1.3 percent to their lowest level of the year.
View ArticleLittle Rock Christian Academy Buys 18 Acres for $1.2M
Little Rock Christian Academy expanded its west Little Rock campus in a transaction valued at more than $1.2 million.
View ArticleConway Population Poised to Surpass NLR by 2020
Conway, whose population is only 700 lower than North Little Rock’s, has been gaining about two new residents for each new resident in North Little Rock.
View ArticleMetroplan's Tab Townsell Explains How Building Bridges Not Always On Track
Tab Townsell was mayor of Conway, his hometown, for 18 years before becoming executive director of Metroplan in January.
View ArticleJames at the Mill Sells for $4.2 Million (NWA Real Deals)
Chef Miles James and his wife, Courtney, sold the 10,000-SF restaurant and the 46-room inn that he opened 23 years ago to Johnson Mills Ventures LLC, led by Jesse Burkes and John Stewart.
View ArticlePetsmart Property Draws $2.7 Million Transaction (Real Deals)
Arkansas Specialty Partners LLC, led by Dr. James Tucker, bought the Petsmart-Concentra project at 3470-80 Landers Road from the Horwitz-Bradley Revocable Living Trust of Los Angeles.
View ArticleASU Convention Center Doubts Grow
A Jonesboro convention center developer now says he needs financial support from the Jonesboro A&P Commission to continue with his plans for a project on the Arkansas State University campus.
View ArticleHot Springs Sees Bathhouse Row Begin to Fill Up
When the Hotel Hale opens sometime next year in the old Hale Bathhouse, only one of the eight bathhouses on Hot Springs’ Bathhouse Row will be empty. And Josie Fernandez, superintendent of Hot Springs...
View ArticleFrom Bathhouse to Hotel, Hot Springs' Hale to Be Reborn
In the 32 years since they moved to Hot Springs, Pat and Ellen McCabe have seen the transformation of downtown Hot Springs. Now, with the couple’s repurposing of the Hale Bathhouse into a boutique...
View ArticleBlooming Magnolia Looking to Boom
Magnolia has bloomed in the last couple of years, but local leaders say the south Arkansas city — despite its lack of interstate access — is on the cusp of even greater growth.
View ArticleFinal Permitting Near for Sun Bio Pulp Mill
Construction could start late this year on the billion-dollar Sun Bio Material pulp mill near Gum Springs. But the building process for the sprawling Clark County complex is expected to begin in...
View ArticleWitt Stephens Jr. Snags Georgia Plantation
Witt Stephens Jr. has bought Blue Springs Plantation, paying $40 million for the 7,235 acres in Baker and Dougherty counties in south Georgia near Albany.
View ArticlePinnacle Hotel Group Picks Up Property in Downtown LR
Land for a $17 million hotel development highlights a six-pack of multimillion-dollar transactions.
View ArticleDeltic Timber Says Strategic Review Continues
Amid mounting pressure from a shareholder, Deltic Timber Corp. of El Dorado said Monday that it is continuing a review of "strategic alternatives" but did not set a timetable for completing it.
View ArticleReport: Home Supply Shrinking in Northwest Arkansas
In northwest Arkansas, the supply of homes for sale is shrinking and the number of homes sold was flat, according to Arvest Bank's Skyline Report for the first half of 2017.
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