Tyson Foods Sells Stake in Beyond Meat
Tyson Foods Inc.'s venture capital arm, Tyson Ventures, has sold its stake in plant-based protein startup Beyond Meat, regulatory filings show.
View ArticleRoy Anderson Corp. Gets $200M Southland Expansion Contract
Tutor Perini Corp. of Los Angeles says its subsidiary, Roy Anderson Corp., has been awarded a $200 million contract to add a new casino complex and hotel at Southland Gaming and Racing Park in West...
View ArticleLittle Rock Chamber Announces Partnership with SCORE
The Little Rock Regional Chamber announces a new partnership with the local SCORE chapter of Little Rock.
View ArticleCajun’s Owner Mary Beth Ringgold Dishes on Restaurant’s Closing
The last day of business for Cajun’s Wharf will be June 1, after 44 years. It’s an event frequently, but correctly, described as the end of an era.
View ArticleTwo-Thirds of Arkansas Counties Lose Residents
Two-thirds of Arkansas’ counties lost population between 2012 and 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
View ArticleInvestors Pay $3.9M For Convenience Store (NWA Real Deals)
Two Jonesboro investors paid $3.9 million for the Kum & Go convenience store at 2388 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville.
View ArticleIndoor Axe Throwing Center Hopes to Make the Cut with NLR
North Little Rock resident Sharee Ellis Young plans to open a recreational axe-throwing business at 500 N. Magnolia St. in the Argenta Historic District.
View ArticleNew Keet Kitchen Coming to Cantrell
The Jim Keet family recently bought a 1.5-acre site at 15000 Cantrell Road in west Little Rock for $680,000 as a launching pad for a new Taziki’s Mediterranean Café format.
View ArticleBurger King May Sell Plant-Based Burger Across US This Year
Burger King's parent says that a month-long test of the Impossible Whopper at 59 restaurants in St. Louis has gone so well that it will start testing it in additional markets. The company said it may...
View ArticleUS Consumer Confidence Improves in April
American consumers are feeling more confident this month, though optimism hasn't fully recovered from a period of roiling markets and slowed hiring early this year.
View ArticleBeyond Meat Goes Public As Sales of Plant-Based Meats Rise
Beyond Meat, the purveyor of plant-based burgers and sausages, made its debut on the stock exchange Thursday. It's the first pure-play maker of vegan "meat" to go public, according to Renaissance...
View ArticleIt Worked (Editorial)
When Pulaski County voters approved a one-year, 1-cent sales tax to fund the River Project on Aug. 1, 1995, they set in motion a long line of redevelopment dominoes that led to revitalization along...
View ArticleYour Just Deserts (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Deserve is not an economic concept; it’s a marketing concept. It’s a word that allows consumers to rationalize spending money on appealing nonessentials.
View ArticleCentral Arkansas Unemployment at 3.5 Percent
The unemployment rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area remains near a historical low, 3.5% in February.
View ArticleBone’s Chophouse Stakes Out West Little Rock Location
Little Rock is getting its own Bone’s Chophouse, the restaurant opened in Hot Springs in November 2017 by Lee Beasley.
View ArticleChenal Creek Shopping Center Sells for $10.7M
A retail center, an eatery and undeveloped residential acreage form a west Little Rock trio of properties that generated million-dollar transactions.
View ArticleBetween Venues, Investments Continue in Argenta
The debut of a major riverfront arena 20 years ago turned out to be a warmup act for the real headliner: a sweeping transformation of downtown North Little Rock.
View ArticleThe Arena Era: Venue Set the Stage for 20 Years of Redevelopment
Verizon Arena is recognized as the key that started a redevelopment engine for downtown North Little Rock. Celebrating its 20th birthday in October, the facility is touted as an $83 million, debt-free,...
View ArticleSpringhill Medical Corridor Still Attracting Business
Baptist Health, CARTI projects add to two decades of development on Springhill Drive in east North Little Rock, a place that was once best known as the lonely Interstate 40 location of ABF Freight’s...
View ArticleGrants to Jump-Start Economic Development in Park Hill, Levy
The city of North Little Rock is sprucing up the Park Hill and Levy business districts with federally funded Jump Start grants and playing a long game when it comes to economic development in those areas.
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