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Two Senior Apartment Buildings Complete at Legacy Village (Real Deals)

Northwest Arkansas Senior Services Inc. recently finished construction on two assisted living units in the Legacy Village in Bentonville valued at $2.16 million; $2 million Bella Vista shopping center sells.

When Do We Get to Work? (Corner Office by Jeffrey Wood)

I am not anti-Internet. I am simply so inundated with communiques of every imaginable kind that it’s hard to sift through the e-clutter and manage the items that are related to, you know, actual business.

Blanche Blinks (Editorial)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln finally came out and said what everyone knew she would if she wanted to stay in office ? that she opposed the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, at least in its current form.

Ranch At Pinnacle Point Shifts Strategy, Fills Up

A change in its business model helped the Ranch at Pinnacle Point go from 31 percent occupied to nearly full in a little more than a year.

Rogers Companies Bring New Jobs to Area

Don’s Cold Storage & Transportation LLC will add 20 new jobs to its existing workforce of about 50 employees. The company is also making a $7 million expansion to its company headquarters at 801 W. Easy St. in Rogers

Nonprofits Gala Raise Funds For Heart Association

The Northwest Arkansas Heart Society Gala, presented by Northwest Health System on April 4, raised about $200,000 for the American Heart Association.

Walton College Partners With Vietnamese University

The Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is partnering with Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, to exchange students in doctoral and master of information systems programs.

Problems Could be Looming In the Commercial Market (Market Forecast by Tom Reed)

Streetsmart NWA produces quarterly reports pertaining to the real estate market in Benton and Washington counties. The reports focus on the single-family residential, multifamily residential and commercial sectors of the market.

State Construction Projects Top $1.8B

Commercial construction activity in Arkansas dipped during the past 12 months based on a list of active $5 million-plus projects.

Bankers’ Opinions Mixed on CPP Funds

Eight Arkansas banks have received a total of $264.5 million from the CPP since December in exchange for preferred stock that pays the U.S. Treasury a 5 percent annual dividend.

Arvest Closes $500M in 1Q Mortgage Apps; BOZ Posts Record Profit (Industry notes)

Arvest Mortgage Co. closed a record $500 million in mortgages during the first quarter. The company closed $1.04 billion total mortgages during calendar 2008.

Priority Bank Tops in Return on Equity List

Priority Bank, an Ozark-based thrift, topped the ROE chart with an adjusted 46.63 percent, and saw an increase from 35.22 percent ROE in 2007.

Charlie Cross Builds Cornerstone Bank

Eureka Springs has fostered one of Northwest Arkansas’ most successful community banks.

Standards Tighten in Secondary Mortgage Market

Mortgage brokers and lenders insist that despite endless repetition in the media about the economy, reports that credit markets are “frozen” are untrue.

Women Business Owners Find Value in Networking

After reading an article about marketing to female entrepreneurs, Lorrie Madden wanted to form a group geared toward women business owners in Northwest Arkansas.

Auto Dealers Fight Uphill Battle

Arkansas sales of new cars declined by 28 percent during January 2009 versus January 2008, from 9,718 to 6,906. But that compares favorably to the national January totals that were off anywhere from 34 percent for Toyota to 55 percent for Chrysler and wer

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property

Jones Center raises $310,000 at ‘Big Night’

Colliers | Arkansas to manage Regions Center; firm closes 2 major deals for $10.7M

Architect Reese Rowland honored with AIA Arkansas E. Fay Jones gold medal