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Commercial Boom Shifts From Offices to Retail

The influx of new office buildings, particularly in Benton County, has increased the demand for other commercial properties.

ABF Freight Set Heads for Television

ABF Freight System Inc., the largest subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corp. in Fort Smith, will be featured later this month on several major television networks.

Springdale Touts Tyson de Mexico

Tyson Foods Inc. announced June 7 several international moves that the Springdale company feels will help it continue growing its chicken business.

Wal-Mart Shareholders Choose New Board Member

At its annual meeting June 1 in Fayetteville, 97 percent of Wal-Mart shareholders voted to add J. Paul Reason, president and chief operating officer of Metro Machine Corp., to Wal-Mart?s now 13-member board of directors.

Dillard?s Same-Store Sales Dropped in May

Dillard’s Inc., the Little Rock-based department store chain, said its May sales at its stores open at least a year fell 5 percent from a year ago.

Arends Arts Center Under Construction

Recent Northwest Arkansas real deals include church and school additions.

Rogers Readies for Traffic Flux in Real Estate Hotspot

Rapid expansion along Interstate 540 and Champions Boulevard has forced Rogers? city planners to plan for wider roads possible additional interstate interchanges.

Rogers’ Scottsdale Center Hops With Success

With Tom Hopper?s vision, Scottsdale Center has revitalized west Rogers by rnpumping life into the town?s economy.

NW Medical Hosts New Heartburn Relief

A gastroenterologist at Northwest Medical Center recently performed the first two EndoCinch System endoscopic procedures in Arkansas.

Fayetteville Company Feautured in Tech Magazine

Fayetteville?s Integral Wave Technologies made the May 1 issue of MIT Technology Review.

Goforth Set to Speak at Genesis

Fayetteville?s own Ron Goforth, general manager of Beta Rubicon Inc., will be the guest speaker June 12 at the next ?Coffee Break? held at the University of Arkansas? Genesis Technology Incubator.

Arvest Offers ?Net? for High-Wire Trading

Arvest Asset Management?s Arvest1 division is taking online trading to the masses.

Lindsey & Associates Web Site Earns Cheers

Lindsey & Associates Inc.?s Web site is an invaluable resource for commercial and development property or single and multifamily residences.

NCAA Sniffing Hogs

If some new questions raised by NCAA investigators can?t be answered satisfactorily, Houston Nutt?s Arkansas Razorbacks will have much more to worry about this fall than who their starting quarterback will be.

Wal-Martians Orbiting UA

We hear a group of Wal-Mart employees couldn?t get a meeting room in the University of Arkansas? Kimpel Hall during this year?s shareholders meeting week because they group trashed the room and stopped up toilets in the building last year.

Dave ?Stokes? Kids

Dave Stokes, the former managing editor of Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Times, was arrested June 5 by Rogers police on charges of harassment and terroristic threatening.

From CEO to Baseball Star

We noticed a Rawlings baseball autographed by David Glass, former CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., listed for sale on e-Bay.

House Speakers Visit UA

All three first-term speakers of Houses of Representatives in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri will be speaking at the University of Arkansas July 6.

Private Fort Smith Plant Closing

Label Art Inc.?s Fort Smith plant, home to 14 full-time employees in the 25,000-SF facility, will be closing its doors for good Aug. 3.

Here?s Why Fryar Crossed the Road

Ozark Mountain Poultry hopes to cash in on future dark meat boom.

Arkansas Economic Developers and Chamber Executives elects new leaders

Arkansas Children’s CEO describes $50M historic gift origins, goals

UAMS receives $3.18 million grant for REAL Deal program

State gets $209 million for rural health under OBBBA