$3.7M Buys Joyce Plaza In Fayetteville (NWA Real Deals)
A Rogers investor bought a 33,882-SF shopping center in Fayetteville for nearly $3.7 million. Zheng Lin LLC, led by Jian Fei Lin, bought Joyce Plaza at the northwest corner of Joyce Avenue and Steele...
View ArticleHarps Makes David Ganoung Marketing VP (NWA Movers & Shakers)
David Ganoung has been promoted to vice president of marketing at Harps Food Stores Inc. of Springdale. Ganoung has also been appointed to the grocery store chain’s executive committee of Harps. A...
View ArticleHospitality Arrives Before Hotel at Arkansas State
Arkansas State University’s new hospitality management program has plenty of vacancies, partly because few students know about it: Officials are waiting for a $50 million billboard to point to. A-State...
View ArticleZin Wine Bar Set to Open WLR Location
An opening time frame has been set for Zin Wine Bar’s planned second location, at the Market Place Shopping Center at 11121 North Rodney Parham Road. Co-owner Troy Deal hopes to open Zin No. 2 by the...
View ArticleTexas Roadhouse Sets Stakes Deep in the Heart of Benton
Texas Roadhouse, the steakhouse restaurant company based in Louisville, Kentucky, is opening its new Benton location on July 17 and will begin hiring June 17. The 7,100 SF-store will be the company’s...
View ArticleMeadowcrest Apartments Sold; Chinese Garment Affiliate Buys Fourche Dam Property
Apartments, an industrial project and a store in Little Rock along with a dental development in Bryant and a closed restaurant in Conway all topped the $1 million sales mark. • Meadowcrest Apartments...
View ArticleSPONSORED: Cake Artist Succeeds By Sticking To Fundamentals
There’s a lot that’s new around Mickey’s Cakes and Sweets these days. The west Little Rock company just moved into a 4,600-SF space, giving it a larger storefront, meeting space and expanded production...
View ArticleTyson Foods Explores Sale of 3 Brands
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale said Monday that it is exploring the possible sale of three non-protein businesses: Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, Kettle and Van's. The publicly traded meat processor (NYSE:...
View ArticleUpdate: Tyson Foods' $4.2B AdvancePierre Deal 'About Growth'
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale announced Tuesday a $4.2 billion deal to purchase all outstanding shares of AdvancePierre Foods Holdings Inc. of Cincinnati, a national producer and distributor of...
View ArticlePetit & Keet to Open May 18
Petit & Keet Bar & Grill, a joint venture between veteran Arkansas restaurateurs Louis Petit and Jim Keet, is scheduled to open May 18, according to a Tuesday news release. It will open in the...
View ArticleTargeted Centers Playing Role In NWA Retail Renaissance
There’s nothing wrong the retail market in northwest Arkansas. The vacancy rate in the market is less than 5 percent and new areas of development are showing promise, experts said. The Pinnacle area in...
View ArticleHeights Corner Market Gets New Chef
Heights Corner Market has hired Chef Jeffrey Moore to run its prepared foods department and the Heights Corner Café, owner Eric Herget says. Moore was at one point the chef for Terry’s Restaurant, the...
View ArticleCoffee Shops On Rise in Downtown Little Rock
Choices for the coffee-loving crowd are proliferating in downtown Little Rock what with the opening or scheduled opening of at least four new coffee shops within the last few months. They are: • A...
View ArticleChenal Commercial Attracts $4M Sale (Real Deals)
A retail building in west Little Rock tipped the scales at $4.01 million. Beefam LLC and Bonerts MV LLC of Santa Ana, California, acquired the 7,457-SF project at 17701 Chenal Parkway, home to Pei Wei...
View ArticleBurge’s Restaurant Coming to Conway
Conway will be getting a Burge’s Restaurant this summer, at the southeast corner of Dave Ward and Equity drives, at the entrance to the Acxiom campus. It will be Burge’s third location, after...
View ArticleYellow Rocket to Open Big Orange in Rogers
Little Rock restaurant group Yellow Rocket Concepts on Monday announced that it was opening a Big Orange in Rogers, its first restaurant outside central Arkansas. Scheduled to open in late fall 2017,...
View ArticleGateway Retail Sale Tops $3.5 Million (Real Deals)
A 10,430-SF retail building in west Little Rock weighed in at $3.57 million. Gateway Village I LLC, led by Tommy Hodges, sold the 6 Bass Pro Drive project, home of David’s Burgers, Hogman’s Gameday...
View ArticleSt. Bernards Medical Center Tops Jonesboro’s Construction Projects List
Construction projects are flourishing in Jonesboro, despite the financial woes plaguing one of its largest commercial ventures. Inside the city limits, $164 million worth of construction is in motion,...
View ArticleBenton County Projects Costly, Unique
No $21 million, six-story building goes up without a well-thought-out plan. When the building is under construction across the street from the corporate headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of...
View ArticleLittle Rock Looks Up: 7 Downtown Projects Set to Open by Year's End
A flurry of behind-the-scenes activity indicates a restart is in the works for a key part of the Creative Corridor in downtown Little Rock. Lawsuits and countersuits surrounding unpaid work on the...
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