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Little Rock-based commercial real estate firm Kelley Commercial Partners has appointed two new shareholder partners in its Northwest Arkansas office, Jay Pearcy and Matt Strom. They join existing partners Jordan…
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Rogers-based architecture and engineering firm Crafton Tull added David Ganoung of Harps Food Stores and Martine Pollard of Mercy Health of Northwest Arkansas as independent members to its board of…
by - January 19, 2021 11:18 am
Grand Savings Bank is making moves to potentially grow its footprint in Bentonville. The Oklahoma-based lender, which operates nine of its 12 branches in Arkansas, completed a $1.65 million deal…
by - January 14, 2021 12:03 pm
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to reopen the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to small lenders on Friday (Jan. 15) and to all lenders next Tuesday. The SBA and…
by - January 14, 2021 10:58 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank was the top U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in Arkansas in fiscal year 2020. The ranking is based on 7(a) loan production for the SBA fiscal…
by - January 13, 2021 1:03 pm
In the third quarter of 2020, the average return on assets (ROA) for Arkansas banks was 1.07%, ranking the state’s lenders fifth among the seven states that make up the…
by - January 13, 2021 10:26 am
North Carolina-based turkey producer Butterball announced Wednesday (Jan. 13) an $8.7 million, three-year investment in two of the company’s processing facilities in Arkansas. The expansion includes a $4.7 million investment…
by - January 13, 2021 10:13 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Jan. 4 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - January 12, 2021 3:26 pm
Today’s Bank, the only bank in Arkansas that’s chartered in Huntsville (Madison County), announced Tuesday (Jan. 12) a new president and chief executive officer. David Scruggs was promoted to the…
by - January 12, 2021 2:23 pm
EasyBins, an online grocery startup based in Springdale, hired its first chief operating officer in December. James E. Purnell has more than 15 years of experience in retail and operations….
by - January 12, 2021 9:30 am
Subdivision-ready land in Centerton sold recently for $3.4 million. Missouri-based Schuber Mitchell Homes bought 162 acres. The land is west of Walters Road, about 1 mile north of Bentonville West…
by - January 11, 2021 2:53 pm
A South Carolina hotel developer has filed a preliminary development plan with the city of Bentonville for technical review, signaling its intention to build a 17,737-square-foot micro-hotel south of the…
by - January 7, 2021 2:34 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is hosting a series of webinars to assist area businesses, nonprofits and independent contractors…
by - January 5, 2021 1:37 pm
Bruckner Truck Sales of Amarillo, Texas, one of the largest and oldest Mack and Volvo semi truck dealers in the U.S., has expanded to Arkansas with the recent acquisition of…
by - January 5, 2021 9:41 am
It would not be easy to forecast what might unfold in the state’s banking sector in 2021 without first taking a look back. “2020 was certainly a challenging environment,” said…
by - January 2, 2021 10:35 am
Two building permits with a combined value of $9.63 million are backing construction of a large-scale retail development along Interstate 49 in Springdale. Fayetteville-based outdoor dealership Williams Tractor is building…
by - January 1, 2021 10:27 am
Bentonville entrepreneur Joe Saumweber and his family will spend the next couple of years living on a 65-foot catamaran named Lolalita circumnavigating the globe. That’s one way to jump into…
by - December 28, 2020 9:51 am
The annual LPGA Tour stop at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers will celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2021 with some notable changes. The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by Procter…
by - December 21, 2020 12:46 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Dec. 7 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - December 21, 2020 12:41 pm
Home sales in Northwest Arkansas were up nearly 30% in November. Boosted by the strong activity, the region’s year-to-date numbers continue to far outpace last year’s numbers. There were 10,971…
