Author: Paul Gatling

Introducing the 2019 Fast 15 class

It should come as no surprise that the young professionals named to the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 11th annual Fast 15 class, presented by United Bank, aspire to great things….

Fast 15: Kelsey Smith

Paying higher taxes is a tough sell to the electorate. Kelsey Smith helped sell it, however. Her fledgling marketing company crafted the successful strategy last year that helped convince Pea…

Fast 15: Grant Smith

Working with numbers has always come easy to Grant Smith. A native of Wynne in east Arkansas, Smith graduated from the University of Arkansas in May 2015 with a finance…

Fast 15: Bo Renner

Bo Renner started thinking of a career practicing law while attending high school. His recollection is that he liked the idea of pursuing a career where if you get upset…

Fast 15: Justin Parker

Justin Parker took a non-traditional route to the construction industry. A Metairie, La., native, he wasn’t unaccustomed to the work. His father, a long-time firefighter, worked on his days off…

Fast 15: Bianca Montoya

As Northwest Arkansas’ cycling scene continues to gain speed, you’ll find Bianca Montoya right in the middle of it. You might call her the hype queen of the cycling scene….

Fast 15: Mikaila Calcagni

Mikaila Calcagni’s career path is led by strong convictions. From a very young age, she has always wanted to be a physician. “I don’t ever remember wanting to be anything…

Then & Now: Family ties spurred career change for Mike Luttrell

Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 29 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…

Real Deals: $7.28 million permit backs Lowell office construction along I-49

The city of Lowell recently issued a commercial building permit valued at $7.28 million. The permit is being used for the construction of an 84,565-square-foot building at 407 N. Goad…

Cellular Sales adds jobs in Rogers with new store near Promenade

Tennessee-based wireless retailer Cellular Sales has opened its 10th Arkansas store with a location inside a new multi-tenant retail building at 2204 S. Promenade Blvd. in Rogers, near Pinnacle Hills…

Tontitown-carrier Comstar marks 25 years by being ‘brilliant at the basics’

Since its founding 25 years ago, Tontitown-based Comstar Enterprises Inc. has carved out its own niche in the trucking business. As a service-based refrigerated carrier, Comstar hauls freight mainly to…

Raymond James recruits longtime Arvest wealth managers

In March, Arvest Wealth Management (AWM), a registered investment adviser and subsidiary of Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank, announced it was in the process of changing its custodian and clearing firm relationships…

Construction will start this summer on Springdale apartments near Arvest Ballpark

Fayetteville-based Lindsey Management Co. says construction will begin this summer on a new 468-unit apartment community near Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. The Trails at the Crossings is a partnership between…

Ron Branscum, NWA market president for The Citizens Bank, returns to Arvest Bank

Veteran Northwest Arkansas banker Ron Branscum has started a second stint at Arvest Bank. Branscum has been hired as a senior vice president and commercial banker, overseeing Arvest’s commercial lenders…

Snively running for new Circuit Court judge’s seat

There is a new judge’s seat up for grabs in the state’s Fourth Judicial Circuit (Washington and Madison counties). Fayetteville attorney Tim Snively plans to campaign for it. Snively officially…

Fayetteville Farmers Cooperative property under contract to be sold to Specialized Real Estate Group

Specialized Real Estate Group (SREG) of Fayetteville announced Thursday (May 2) plans to redevelop property currently occupied by Farmers Cooperative at the southwest corner of the intersection of Martin Luther…

On-demand home services startup introduces service to Northwest Arkansas

Northwest Arkansas’s residential real estate market is booming, so it’s little wonder that service providers to the industry are hoping to ride the wave. The latest is Lula, a technology…

Real Deals: Tulsa developer leading Bentonville hotel project

A commercial building permit valued at $5.64 million is being used to build a new hotel in Bentonville. Tulsa-based developer Hi-Tech Hospitality is developing the 96-room Avid by IHG at…

WeWork building a ‘big’ deal for Bentonville, but how big?

The concept of co-working is not foreign to Northwest Arkansas, with a number of spaces setting up shop in the region in the past few years. The business model is…

Manufactured goods orders increased nearly 3% in March

New orders for manufactured durable goods rose 2.7%, or by $6.8 billion, to $258.5 billion in March, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The orders declined 1.1% in February and…

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