by - April 23, 2020 11:03 am
Until a COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccine is readily available, many employees may be subject to health monitoring in most public-facing workplaces. Bentonville-based technology firm Movista is responding to that likelihood with…
by - April 23, 2020 7:46 am
Steuart Walton has a message for citizens who may be eager to reopen the state’s economy sooner rather than later. “They’re not alone,” Walton said. “I think everybody is at…
by - April 21, 2020 2:55 pm
For the eighth time in the past nine years, Searcy-chartered First Security Bank has the best return on assets (ROA) of the 27 privately-owned banks doing business in Northwest Arkansas….
by - April 18, 2020 11:34 am
The severity of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic started to manifest in the second week of March. The timeline is still fresh in James Smith’s mind. “The first week of March…
by - April 16, 2020 6:38 pm
Washington Regional Medical System in Fayetteville will furlough 305 full-time equivalent workers, president and CEO Larry Shackelford said Thursday (April 16). In a prepared statement, Shackelford said the directives of…
by - April 15, 2020 1:26 pm
In March, the COVID-19 pandemic forced large chunks of the U.S. economy to a halt. The retail and personal services industry bore the brunt, initially as a result of social…
by - April 14, 2020 12:32 pm
Like many banks, the balance sheet the past couple of years has looked good for First Western Bank, an 11-branch lender headquartered in Booneville, with about $462 million in assets….
by - April 13, 2020 1:05 pm
A multimillion-dollar investment in Bentonville by New York-based co-working giant WeWork Companies Inc. took a significant step forward Monday (April 13). The company’s Bentonville development partner, Center City LLC, filed…
by - April 13, 2020 11:05 am
Effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic being felt nationally in the construction industry are, largely, not being felt in Arkansas. A survey of construction firms by the Associated General Contractors…
by - April 12, 2020 1:30 pm
The city of Bentonville recently issued a building permit valued at $14.6 million to C.R. Crawford Construction of Fayetteville. The permit is being used to build a 119-room Home2 Suites…
by - April 10, 2020 7:34 am
Fayetteville brokerage AcreTrader, the online farmland investing platform, has successfully completed a seed round of funding with a total raise of over $5 million. The oversubscribed round, led by RZC…
by - April 9, 2020 10:32 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the March 30 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 9, 2020 9:31 am
Rogers developer Hunter Haynes has sold two medical office buildings to privately held real estate investment firm Montecito Medical Real Estate for $15.9 million. The buildings at 1000-1002 S. 52nd…
by - April 8, 2020 1:55 pm
A new report says 1.27 million mortgage refinances were secured in the U.S. during the final three months of 2019 — a 20% increase from the same quarter of 2018…
by - April 5, 2020 5:32 pm
Rapid Prototypes, a multimillion-dollar company that designs and builds corrugated packaging and display prototypes for retail suppliers, has expanded its business in Bentonville. Owner Kyle Jack said the company has…
by - April 1, 2020 10:20 am
The list of small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) national emergency is extensive. In the second week of March, the World Health Organization officially classified COVID-19 as a pandemic….
by - March 31, 2020 9:14 pm
A longtime state legislator in Benton County has lost her primary bid for re-election. State Rep. Jana Della Rosa, R-Rogers, was beaten by challenger Kendon Underwood of Cave Springs in…
by - March 30, 2020 3:04 pm
House flippers in Northwest Arkansas saw a smaller profit margin in 2019, but the flipping activity is at an all-time high, according to a new report by Attom Data Solutions….
by - March 30, 2020 12:02 pm
French hotel operator Accor Hotels has suspended operations at its 21c Museum Hotel properties in the U.S. because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 21c has nine locations, including downtown Bentonville. The…
by - March 27, 2020 10:29 am
One Liberty Properties Inc., a publicly-held real estate investment trust (REIT) operating out of Great Neck, N.Y., recently paid $19.15 million for an industrial property in Lowell, west of Interstate…
