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Carrabba?s Italian Grill To Open at Promenade

Carrabba?s Italian Grill is scheduled to open its first Arkansas restaurant at the Pinnacle Promenade in Rogers August 7

Restaurant Brings Ice House Back to Life

Christy Martin has spent about $2 million to renovate the 100 year-old ice house building in Bentonville, transforming it into a restaurant that dishes out what many diners say is nothing like Northwest Arkansas dining.

Whole Hog Gets 4 Stars in Business Lunch Review (Opinion)

Whole Hog Caf? in Bentonville gets four stars in our lunch review.

Commerce Park Phase II Takes Shape (Real Deals)

Dixie Development and Management Inc. of Fayetteville has started work on a new commercial development complex.

Malone Leaves ATRS On a Good Note (Opinion)

David Malone of Fayetteville will leave at the end of the year from his job as head of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. He has done a good job in the four years that he?s been with ATRS.

Mall Almost Full As Oct. 4 Looms

As developers continue to book tenants into the 1 million SF Pinnacle Promenade in Rogers, Fayetteville?s 24-year-old Northwest Arkansas Mall is humming along at 91 percent capacity.

Construction Delays, Interests Costs Can Hammer Commercial Builders

The sooner a building can be constructed and leased, the more money the developer will save on the project and the better the rate of return on the investment.

Harris McHaney Realtors Turns 30, Looks to Future

With $470 million in 2005 sales, what?s next for the Rogers realtor?

Area Offers Availability On Retail/Office Leases

A look a city-by-city data from the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal?s 2006 Commercial Lease Guide.

Commercial Real Estate Portfolios Gain 10 Percent

Bentonville-based Arvest Bank Group Inc. had almost $1.4 billion in commercial real estate loans during 2005, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Commercial Real Estate Industry Notes

The old Doc Murdoch?s building nears renovation and the new Lindsey building is ready for leasing.

To be a Dealer or Investor? (Terry Pool Commentary)

The push to turn dirt into dollars has caused many developers to overlook, at their detriment, various real estate planning strategies that could provide substantial increases in profit from their respective developments.

Travelers Bring Natural Game to the Natural State

With the sun setting on historical Ray Winder Field, we take a look at the best and worst of times of the National Pastime in Arkansas and peek into what lies ahead.

Barber?s Nashville Skyline Faces Fight

The proposed 10-story Divinity building on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street isn?t the only Barber Group building drawing fire from preservationists.

Buzz on BOZ

We hear things are going good for Bank of the Ozarks since it entered the Northwest Arkansas market about 14 months ago.

Banks Brace for Regulation Change

Non-bankers may need to prep for a media blast about a slightly confusing regulation change set to take effect on July 1.

Shale Play on Words

We?ve heard the Fayetteville Shale Play referred to as everything from ?plate? to ?plane? by some of Northwest Arkansas? television reporters, but the correct word is ?play.?

TracyLocke Opens NWA Office

Apparently there?s another big-time Madison Avenue advertising agency with a satellite office in Northwest Arkansas.

BlueInGreen Lands Water Grant

The National Science Foundation has granted Fayetteville technology company BlueInGreen LLC a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award worth $100,000.

KNWA Karate Chops Audio

For the past couple of weeks, watching KNWA has been a bit like watching a kung-fu movie.

Parrot Island Waterpark control decision pushed to study session review

Rebkah Guiltner named COO at FNBC

A-State researcher receives $605,140 grant for zoo animal research

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation selects Cory Anderson as new CEO