ADP: Small Businesses Cut Jobs as Hurricanes Shut Retailers
Hurricanes that swept the southern U.S. last month shut many retailers and put hiring on hold at small businesses.
View ArticleNursing Homes Combine For $9.1M Transaction (Real Deals)
Rolling Hills H.C. Inc., led by Joey Wiggins, purchased the 139-room Sandalwood Healthcare project at 2600 John Barrow Road for $5 million and the 70-room Chenal Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center...
View ArticleMedian Household Income Rises 5.6 Percent in Arkansas
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and West Virginia had the lowest median household incomes for 2016.
View ArticleBrett Overman Has Big Plans for Pineapple Whip
Jonesboro entrepreneur Brett Overman has a nationally renowned disaster renovation company and one of the nation’s largest tunnel car wash companies. His next vision is the expansion of a beloved fruit...
View ArticleGrocery Store Applications for Wine Permits Pour Into ABC
The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division began accepting applications for grocery store wine permits one week ago, a development permitted by the Legislature’s passage this year of Act 508,...
View ArticleSpringdale Company Awarded $25K Grant
Vet Veggies of Springdale recently received one of three $25,000 grants awarded by Bob Evans Farms of New Albany, Ohio, through its inaugural Heroes to CEOs contest.
View ArticleUpdate: Parkway Plaza To Be Built On 27 Acres in Springdale
Sage Partners and Griffin Co. Realtors on Thursday announced the development of a 27-acre office and mixed-use development called Parkway Plaza, expected to begin construction in early 2018 near the...
View ArticleInfiniti Dealership Sells for $4.4 Million (Real Deals)
Glenn Ridge Crossings II LLC, led by Steve Landers Sr., acquired the 15,721-SF Infiniti facility at 15 Col. Glenn Plaza Drive. The seller is Everett Infiniti Land Co. LLC, led by Chad Hendrix.
View ArticleEveryone Needs a Little Nudge (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Richard Thaler was already a rock star among economists before he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences last week.
View ArticleArkansas Food Hall of Fame Accepting Nominations
Nominations for the 2018 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame are open through Oct. 31. This will be the second Hall of Fame class, a program sponsored by the Department of Arkansas Heritage.
View ArticleNew South Produce Cooperative Putting More on the Table
New South Produce Cooperative, based in North Little Rock, has been in business close to two years now, providing Arkansas residents another source of locally grown produce.
View ArticleBayou Meto Farmland Sold; LM Glasfiber Spends $8.3M on Construction
Farmland in Lonoke County and apartments, a coffeehouse and home in Little Rock fill this week’s roster of big real estate transactions. LM Glasfiber and a west Little Rock child development center...
View ArticleNLR Motel 6 Visited by $3.4 Million Sale (Real Deals)
Om Purshantam LLC, led by Tanvi Desai, bought the 121-room hotel at 4100 E. McCain Blvd. from Little Rock Hotel Group LLC of Denton, Texas.
View ArticleHooters Expansion Within Reach After Land Deal
Hooters recently closed a land purchase behind Bass Pro Shops in west Little Rock.
View ArticleHerget’s Next Move to Deliver Doctors to Mobile App
Ryan Herget, who sold Chef Shuttle to Bite Squad earlier this year, is raising money for a mobile app that lets patients communicate directly with doctors in real time.
View ArticleJonesboro Students Focus on Gardening During Farm to School Month
n some afternoons, Layla Sanders, a fourth-grader at the Jonesboro Health, Wellness and Environmental Studies magnet school, goes to a garden on the school grounds and picks vegetables and herbs.
View ArticleLasiter Group to Add Restaurants, Apartments in Rose Building on Main
Owners of the historic Rose Building at 307 Main Street in Little Rock have started a renovation that will add apartments and two restaurants.
View ArticleAuto Parts Warehouse Hosts $3.6 Million Sale (Real Deals)
River Mountain Investments bought the Ozark Automotive Distributors facility at 4350 Stockton Drive in North Little Rock.
View ArticleWal-Mart’s Marc Lore Blows Top Off Exec Compensation List
The word “outlier” was invented to describe things like the top entry on this week’s list of the highest-paid executives employed by public companies in Arkansas.
View ArticleHeirs of Homer's Restaurant Settle Lawsuit
An ugly legal dispute involving the family of the late Homer Connell, founder of Homer’s Restaurant in east Little Rock, has been settled, according to a filing in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
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