Regions

Professional Office Market is Overbuilt in Spots

With mid-year vacancy rates hitting 12.7 percent, be watchful of Bentonville’s over supply, a market forecast says.

5-Star Productions Gains Success with Market Change

Mike Hart’s company, 5-Star Productions Inc., is having its best year ever. sales reached $100,000 in July alone.

Residents, Companies Offer Help for Hurricane Evacuees

The Fort Smith community has shown an outpouring of support for the thousands of evacuees who came to Fort Chaffee from the Gulf Coast.

Kerzen Creates Hanna’s Vision (Real Deals)

Kerzen Construction Co. of Fayetteville buys a $45 million building permit and Home Place Retirement Development Corp. begins construction on a 194-unit, $15 million apartment complex in Bentonville.

Bye-Bye Mr. Tux

Jay McClelland and Doug Maritan are buying the on the 3,142-SF Mr. Tux building and its 10,000-SF lot at 608 W. Dickson St.

Centerton Looks at New Neighborhood

Massey Holdings LLC recently sold about 36 acres of land to Wal-Mart off Arkansas Highway 102 in Centerton for $3.15 million.

Fort Smith’s McIntosh Group is Morphing

The McIntosh Group Inc. is going through some growth spurts, which means change.

Homeland: The Peaks Gets Sincere

Since we last wrote about Dionne Caruthers and Sincerity Homes leaving 53 homes unfinished at The Peaks in Rogers, we’ve discovered there is more than $1 million in contention.

Frappuccinos Flocking to Pleasant Crossing

We hear Starbucks is coming to Pleasant Crossing Road in Rogers.

DB Squared Lands Clients

Software company DB Squared LLC in Fayetteville recently snagged two new clients: the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville and Stephens Inc. in Little Rock.

Fowlkes Flies to Mountain View

Tyler Fowlkes, the former vice president of investments for Greenwood & Associates in Fayetteville, has joined First Security Bancorp.

Harkins’ Head for Little Rock

Power couple James and Amy Harkins are returning to their hometown of Little Rock.

VIC Client Lands SBIR Grant

Yet another Virtual Incubation Corp. client has received a Small Business Innovation Research award ? this time it’s a Phase II from the National Institutes of Health and worth $740,000.

Rebuilding New Orleans (Bill Bowden Editor’s Note)

A former New Orleans resident reflects on Huricane Katrina and one of the great American cities.

Runoff Suit Jumps Gun (Editorial)

It’s hard to pick a good guy ? or a bad guy ? in the continuing dispute between Arkansas and Oklahoma over water quality issues.

Toothpicks Slated for Old Bordino’s Spot

Neal Crawford plans to open Toothpicks Saloon & Chop House by mid-September in space that previously housed Bordino’s Italian restaurant in Fayetteville.

Whole Hog Caf? Plans Bentonville Location

Brian Adams and Kevin Jacobs plan to open a Whole Hog Caf? in Bentonville by late September.

Sales Jump After Chick-Fil-A Renovation

The number of customers shopping at Chick-Fil-A in Fayetteville’s Northwest Village shopping center jumped from about 1,400 per day to 1,800 after renovations were completed.

Licensing Board Charged 118 Violators Last Year

The State Contractors Licensing Board in Little Rock says there were 118 violations in Benton and Washington counties between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005.

Skilled-Labor Funding Dipped Again in 2004

Apprenticing tradesmen have produced $14.1 million in state tax revenue since 2000, according to the Arkansas Department of Labor.

Opinions differ on use of former ACME Brick property

Jones Center raises $310,000 at ‘Big Night’

Colliers | Arkansas to manage Regions Center; firm closes 2 major deals for $10.7M

Architect Reese Rowland honored with AIA Arkansas E. Fay Jones gold medal