Regions

Tontitown Liquor Store Sells in $750,000 Deal

The Tontitown Liquors store at 895 E. Henri de Tonti Boulevard in Tontitown was sold June 15 for $750,000. O & S Inc. sold the property to JKJ Inc. The…

Israel Buys More Land at Signature Square

Schmieding Enterprises Inc. sold 9.6 acres adjacent to Signature Square in Springdale for $590,000 on June 22. Schmieding sold the land to Ben Israel, who bought Signature Square earlier this…

Outback Steakhouse Secures Mortgage

The building that houses the Outback Steakhouse at 4802 S. Thompson St. in Springdale was mortgaged June 19 for $400,000. The Country Club Center LLC received the mortgage from Community…

Dixieland Electronics Gets Second Mortgage

Dixieland Electronics of Bentonville was mortgaged May 29 for $350,000. The mortgage was issued to Dixieland Inc. by the Bank of Bentonville. It is secured with the electronic store’s property…

Mobile Home Park Gets Improvements

A 10-acre mobile home and recreational vehicle park in south Fayetteville was mortgaged June 15 for $300,000. Jerry and Sherlyn Patton received the mortgage from the Bank of Elkins. The…

New Apartments in Siloam Springs

Construction of the Spring Valley Apartments in Siloam Springs is being financed with a mortgage from One National Bank in Little Rock. Jim Lindsey received the$271,066 loan as president of…

Sutter Supply Building Sells in $590,000 Deal

The buildings that once housed Sutter Supply Inc. in Springdale were sold June 5 in a $590,000 deal. Sutter Supply, a wholesale and retail carpet sales company started in 1993,…

Are Restrictions Chasing Business Up U.S. 71?

Fayetteville zoning laws continue to stir debate among developers, planners When Cracker Barrel Old County Store decided in July not to build a restaurant and store in Fayetteville, critics were…

Scenic Development in Rogers Blends Retail, Office Use

Village on the Creeks to top 500,000 SF Village on the Creeks, that eclectic commercial development along U.S. Highway 71 in Rogers, is nearing the vision its developer had for…

Hunt Stock Sales

Some top executives with J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell have sold more than $20 million of the company’s stock since the first of the year. Much of the…

Restaurant Plazability?

Hope that another restaurant would replace the former Plaza Restaurant and Club on First Street in downtown Rogers seems to be fading. First National Bank of Rogers, which foreclosed on…

Ad-verse Reaction

Five employees of Blackwood Martin/CJRW were laid off during the middle two weeks of June, says Mark Blackwood, executive vice president of the Fayetteville advertising agency that merged last March…

Dixie Rises Again

There seems to be a flurry of activity at the Dixieland Mall in Rogers these days. Amid a multimillion dollar renovation, three new businesses are opening in the development. Goody’s…

Kemp?s Coming to UA

Ann Kemp is the new vice president for finance and administration for the University of Arkansas system in Little Rock. B. Alan Sugg, president of the UA system, made the…

Arvest Shuffle

The pending acquisition of two more Oklahoma banks has resulted in a sort of musical chairs among managers at the Arvest Bank Group. The latest is that Gary Head, executive…

Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center

The University of Arkansas’ animal science center under construction at the Arkansas Agricultural Research and Extension Center on Garland Avenue in Fayetteville will be named for Pauline Whitaker of Rogers,…

Simmons Adds Reactor to Improve Water Quality

Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs plans to build a sequential batch reactor near its Southwest City, Mo., processing plant to “continue improving the water quality in the Cave Springs…

UA Researchers Create Byproducts From Rice, Soybeans

Andrew Proctor and Navam Hettiarachchy, associate professors of food science at the University of Arkansas, are conducting research to develop new products and uses for rice and soybeans, two of…

Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Without Addressing Usury Law

The Arkansas Supreme Court recently decided an unusual usury lawsuit from Washington County, but the court didn’t rule on the issue of usury. Instead, its ruling was based on a…

Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger

This 1950s-style malt shop is a great place for a business lunch if you don’t mind the Beach Boys blasting through the speakers, cardboard cutouts of the Three Stooges looming…

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson