by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Close To The Arvest
Arvest Bank. Group Inc. is always tight-lipped about its acquisitions, but we hear the Bentonville bank group is paying $3.95 million for Delaware Bancshares Inc. of Jay, Okla. It only…
Author: Talk Business & Politics
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Marinoni Finds Amore In Mulitude Of Projects
Marinoni Construction Co. of Fayetteville is doing $3.8 million worth of projects from Bentonville to Fort Smith. John Marinoni, chairman of the board, and Stephen L. Smith, company president, are…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Vaughns Refinance Sizable Rural Tract
Paul L. and Cammela K. Vaughn of Westville, Okla., trustees of the C.K.V. Revocable Trust, refinanced 77.5 acres of rural property May 12 with a $2.5 million loan from Arkansas…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Commerce Group Goes Office Crazy
Commerce Center LLC, comprised of developers Collins Haynes, Rick McCullough, Dan Dykema, Vic Evans and Mark Marquess, has three projects under way at Commerce Center on Walton Boulevard in Bentonville….
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Beau Terre
Sellars Properties received a $990,000 building permit for the construction of a 15,266-SF office building in Bentonville’s Beau Terre North office park. The building at 805 McClain St., the 18th…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Merrill Lynch Joins Village People
Lehman Properties Limited, with a $625,000 construction loan from First National Bank & Trust of Rogers, is adding an 18,268-SF office building to its Village on the Creeks development on…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Remodels Area Pharmacy, Sam’s
Wal-Mart is spending $674,840 to remodel two of its stores in Springdale. Chance Construction Co. of Hemphill, Texas, was the contractor for the $125,000 addition of a loading canopy for…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
It’s Pugh Good To Be True In Siloam
Pat and Myrna Pugh of 9300 W. Baltic Drive in Lakewood, Colo., refinanced a portion of their 171.25 rural acres near Arkansas Highway 59 in the Siloam Springs School District…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Rylee Moving Car Dealership
Kent D. Rylee and Amy G. Rylee, managers of KAR Properties and owners of Kent Rylee Chevrolet-Oldsmobile of Rogers, bought 22 acres at the corner of New Hope Road and…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Fast Italian Food Spices Up Rogers
Geoffrey Brown has opened Fazoli’s restaurant at 1735 W. Walnut Ave. in Rogers with a $550,000 loan from Arkansas National Bank in Bentonville. Fazoli’s valuation from the city of Rogers…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Quarter Steers P.A.M. Ahead of Arkansas Convoy
Arkansas’ publicly traded trucking companies fared well overall during the quarter ended June 30. Dan Moore, an analyst with Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, says P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. was…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Disney Makes Springdale It’s Latest Magic Kingdom
Institute stop rewards city’s chamber efforts, offers unique opportunity for business training The prestigious Disney Institute comes to Springdale later this month and local businesses had a hand in landing…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Springdale Parks Itself Among Area’s Best In Recreation
Springdale has spent millions of dollars and devoted hours of manpower in recent years to building and improving recreational facilities. In financing the extensive construction projects, Springdale used more than…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
From Boots to Fins, Springdale’s Got the Niche
When people think of Springdale, they don’t usually think of shopping. But the city known for chickens is also home to some unique retailers. If you want scuba equipment or…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Machine Gives Artran Cutting Edge
Artran Inc. made a big splash last September at the International Machine Tool Show in Chicago. A designer and manufacturer of computer numerical controls and machine tools, the Springdale engineering…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Head Replaces Glenn As McIlroy President
Jim Glenn, president and CEO of McIlroy Bank & Trust Co., has resigned. Gary Head, who’s been executive vice president for business development, will succeed Glenn as president and CEO….
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
NationsBank Gone; Bank of America Arrives
It’s official. NationsBank is now no more, at least not in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. On Aug. 2, the name became Bank of America for all that…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Hutchinson Supporting Dairy Farm Legislation
U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) and Gov. Mike Huckabee are among those who believe an interstate dairy compact would benefit Arkansas’ $91.4 million dairy industry. Hutchinson and Congressman Bob Etheridge…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Sparkes Flies Up The List Of Area’s Top Employees
There’s been little change in numbers at the region’s top two employers – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc. – since last year, but several Fort Smith companies have…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
BOK Financial Corp.
BOK Financial Corp., parent company of Bank of Arkansas, reported second-quarter earnings of $22.1 million, or 41 cents per share, up from last year’s 40 cents per share. The Tulsa-based…