by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Glass Renovators
Owner: Chris Miesner Address: P.O. Box 1227, Fayetteville, 72702 Phone: 501-251-0100 or 501-464-4085 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday- Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday Start-up date: Oct….
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by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
TV Pioneer Hernreich Dies at Age 97
George Hernreich, who founded two of the television stations that now serve Northwest Arkansas, died Feb. 13 at his home in Fort Smith. During World War II, Hernreich raised money…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Mangan Holcomb Changes Name
Arkansas’ fifth-largest advertising, marketing and public relations agency is changing its name. Mangan Holcomb & Partners became Mangan Holcomb Rainwater Culpepper on Feb. 14. The 28-year-old agency added principles David…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
D-G Drops Ball on Stadium Story
After being scooped by the Northwest Arkansas Times, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette misinformed readers about state law as it pertains to convention centers and state turnback funds, then buried its “correction”…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
What?s the Big Deal? Wal-Mart and Asda
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s $10.7 billion buyout of Asda Group PLC of England last June wasn’t just the biggest deal struck in Northwest Arkansas in 1999. It was the biggest deal…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Let the Local Phone Wars Begin
Competition among providers of local telephone service is among the latest telecommunications developments in Northwest Arkansas. Southwestern Bell, one of the so-called “Baby Bells” that resulted when a federal judge…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Picking Politicians
Watching Bill Bradley and Al Gore on “Meet The Press” recently, skirmishing like a couple of alley cats, was amusing, yet disturbing. Instead of knowing more about them as potential…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Lindsey, Stanley Head Eastwood
Jim Lindsey and Roy Stanley, through their Eastwood Apartments LP, got a $7.4 million loan Dec. 3 from First National Bank of Springdale to build a 216-unit apartment complex. Eastwood…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Super D-eal Gets Done in Rogers
Stephen LaFrance Pharmacy Inc. of Pine Bluff is putting in a $5.3 million USA Drug Store at the corner of South 15th Street in Rogers and Walnut Street Amresco Commercial…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
River Valley Widens Operations in Area
River Valley Homes of Springdale is building 68 homes at various residential developments around Northwest Arkansas. Bank of Arkansas is providing more than $4.7 million in financing for the work….
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
?Bhakta? Square One With Hotel Refinancing
Hansaben T. Bhakta and Terry Dill, through their company, Major Investments Inc. of Springdale, used a $1.6 million loan Dec. 22 to refinance their Best Western Windsor Suites at 1122…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Demaree ?Hashes? Out Cave Springs Project
Demaree, Hash & Associates LLC of Cave Springs, the holding company owned by Pat Demaree and Brett Hash, is spending $1 million to develop a golf community in Cave Springs….
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Applegate Festival Refinances Property
Vernon S. and Patricia D. Patton, owners of Old Applegate Place Festivals in Bentonville, refinanced their facilities at 1807 S.W. Second St. with a $895,000 loan received Dec. 27 from…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Keating Continues Allies Office March
Dick Keating, through his company West Allies LLC, has three more office buildings in the works for Sunbridge Commercial Subdivision in Fay-etteville. Bank of Arkansas provided $725,000 in financing Dec….
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Tallchamps LLC Not Short on Lots
Tallchamps LLC, the development company for Pinnacle Golf & Country Club in Rogers, is spending $682,395 to develop Phase I of its Pinnacle Subdivision. Thomas E. and Gloria W. Hopper,…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Ace Is the Place for Recycled Pallets
Ace Pallet Co. of Bentonville, owned and operated by Gary D. and Cynthia Youree, bought the 38,000-SF warehouse at 11675 Mt. Heabron Road in Lowell. The building and three-acre lot…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Plans First Three-story Store
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced on Feb. 11 that it will open its first three-story store early in 2001. The store will also be the first Wal-Mart in central Los Angeles….
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Construction Begins at Evelyn Hills
The demolition of the old 55,000-SF Montgomery Ward store in Fay-etteville’s Evelyn Hills Shopping Center is complete, and construction has begun on a 25,000-SF area that will house Ozark Natural…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Dishes Out the Sacagawea
Shoppers at Wal-Mart Supercenters in Northwest Arkansas (and Sam’s Club in Springdale) have been getting weighed down with change. The store checkouts have been doling out the new Sacagawea dollar…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Revamped MBA Program Turning Heads
UA redesigns, beefs up program; corporate America takes notice Doyle Williams says he wanted to make the Walton College of Business Administration’s MBA program more like the real business world….