Future Bank of the Ozarks HQ Site Draws Deals Totaling $12M-Plus (Real Deals)
Land for a corporate campus in west Little Rock was assembled in deals totaling $12.57 million. Little Rock’s Bank of the Ozarks Inc. acquired about 46.2 acres of mostly undeveloped property in a...
View ArticleDeveloper Brandon Woodrome’s $2M Fraud Seen From The Inside
Brandon Woodrome was a young man in a hurry: out of school early, married early, starting businesses early. He even ran for office before he was old enough to drink. In 2013, the year he turned 26, his...
View ArticleLittle Rock's Metrocentre Mall District Begins Dissolution Process
Property owners in downtown Little Rock’s Metrocentre Improvement District No. 1 are finally getting a break from decades of shouldering $12.5 million of debt. Special improvement taxes on more than...
View ArticleNew Bentonville Shopping Center Soon To Open
Construction on a 12,000-SF retail center in south Bentonville should be completed by the end of the month. The center, located at the southeast corner of SW Regional Airport Boulevard and Eden Brooke...
View ArticleCabot's Rockwood Shopping Center Sold in $3M Deal
A 27,000-SF retail center in Cabot, more than 587 acres in Jefferson and Lonoke counties and a 5.5-acre commercial property in southwest Little Rock provide our trio of multimillion-dollar transactions...
View ArticleDuo of Lodge Deals Keep Ducks In Row in Delta
Did you know ownership changes are visiting two notable duck hunting properties in western Arkansas County? We first wing our way to Little Siberia, 14 miles southwest of DeWitt along the eastern bank...
View ArticleRay Dillon Retires from Deltic, Mark Leland Named Interim CEO
The board of directors of Deltic Timber Corp. announced Monday the retirement of Ray C. Dillon as president and CEO and elected a new director, D. Mark Leland, as interim president and CEO. "The...
View ArticleDallas Firm Aims to Revamp Sears Site on University Avenue
A Dallas commercial real estate firm is looking to revamp property on University Avenue formerly occupied by Sears. Shop Companies is seeking a grocery store to anchor what it's now calling the Shops...
View ArticleCompany Plans $5M Development in Fairfield Bay
A developer in Van Buren County is scheduled to begin work next week on a $5 million residential development in Fairfield Bay — the biggest home development the city has seen in more than 25 years....
View ArticleA Power Line to Nowhere (Julie Morton Commentary)
In 2010, Clean Line Partners LLC applied to the state Public Service Commission to run what was basically an extension cord across Arkansas, carrying power from Oklahoma to the Tennessee Valley...
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Allow Counties to Innovate (Barry Hyde Commentary)
As the Pulaski County judge, I am responsible for assuring that exceptional services are provided to my constituents. Additionally, I am deeply committed and highly focused on harnessing the...
View ArticleMaumelle Townhomes Attract $8.5M Transaction (Real Deals)
More than five dozen townhomes in Maumelle weighed in at $8.5 million. EIIC LLC, led by Jean Eiler, purchased 61 townhomes in The Villas at Audubon near the northwest corner of Audubon and Club Manor...
View ArticleCentral Arkansas Multifamily Construction Sees Growth
Multifamily housing construction in central Arkansas in 2015 reached its highest point since 2012, with 1,236 units. That’s according to Metroplan, the federally designated planning agency for Pulaski,...
View ArticleCrye-Leike Adds Two in Metro Little Rock Branches (Movers & Shakers)
Nathan Kelley has joined Crye-Leike Real Estate Services in Little Rock, and Robert Palmer has joined the Maumelle office. Kelley previously worked as an account services team lead at FIS Global for...
View ArticleD1 Sports Property Deal Worth $3.1 Million
An athletic training facility, two warehouses and a 4,788-SF home form our Little Rock quartet of multimillion-dollar transactions this week. • An affiliate of the Store Capital real estate investment...
View ArticleMcLarty Automotive Group Reeling in More Asbury Dealerships
Whispers can hardly pick up the phone these days without hearing another rumor about shakeups in the central Arkansas auto market. It’s hard to chase them all down, especially with so many...
View ArticleUS Homebuilders' Confidence Eases Slightly
U.S. homebuilders' confidence eased this month after surging to the highest level in nearly a year in September. Even so, builders remain optimistic overall about sales growth in months ahead, a...
View ArticleDallas Company Buys Sears, Doctors Hospital Site for $44M
An affiliate of Provident Realty Advisors Inc. of Dallas bought a five-building, 30-acre development in midtown Little Rock for $44 million. The sellers are a pair of New York investment groups, Little...
View ArticleAfter 5 Years of Waiting, Ballet Arkansas to Find New Home on Main Street
Five years after development began, Ballet Arkansas is finally moving into its new office and rehearsal space on Main Street Little Rock's "Creative Corridor." The nonprofit will host a grand opening...
View ArticleIn Little Rock, Chase Economist Finds Economic Recovery Going Well
"We're not in crisis; we're getting back on our feet," economist Jim Glassman told a small gathering of business professionals Wednesday at an economic outlook luncheon sponsored by Chase, the Little...
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