by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Analysts Squawk, Balk After Record Tyson Quarter
Despite a record first quarter, Tyson Foods Inc. saw its stock continue to wallow below the $20 mark through the first of February. Even after it was announced Jan. 31…
Regions
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Super 8 Merges, Restructures Debt
Paul J. Shulte, president and CEO of Supertel Hospitality Inc. of Norfolk, Neb., refinanced his company’s Super 8 Hotel at 1075 S. Shiloh Drive in Fayetteville. The transaction was part…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Fayetteville Club Reshapes Mortgage
Bob Shoulders, managing member of Athletic Clubs of America LLC, refinanced his 50,000-SF Fayetteville Athletic Club and seven acres of property at 2920 E. Zion Road in Fayetteville. He got…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Springdale No. 1 in Fire Station Facilities
City reserve funds were used to pay for the new 23,400-SF Springdale Fire Station No. 1 at 417 S. Holcomb St. The $3.6 million facility was built on the 1.74-acre…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Mathias ?Centers? Himself With More Springdale Space
Sam Mathias, through his Mathias Properties, got $3.4 million in financing in December from Arkansas National Bank and Bank of Arkansas. He’s using $1.9 million to add a KFC restaurant…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Pinnacle Point Has Kodak Moment
Eastman Kodak Co. has already leased space in the new 28,000-SF office building Collins Haynes is adding to his Pinnacle Point development in Rogers. On Dec. 22, First National Bank…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Israel Property Ideal for Quick Shop
Developer Ben Israel is excited about the corner lot he acquired in December at the intersection of U.S. Highway 412 and Hidden Lake Road in east Springdale. Israel sold his…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Bentonville Vet Building Offices
Larry A. Rose, a full-time veterinarian and part-time commercial real estate developer, is developing 22 acres on Southeast Walton Boulevard in Bentonville. Rose and his wife, Angela J. Rose, got…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Clary Continues With Wedington Plans
Steve Clary’s Clary Development Corp. in Little Rock secured financing Jan. 3 for the Sonic Drive-In that will be part of his Wedington Place commercial development on Arkansas Highway 16…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Tailgaters Wag the Hog by Partying Hardier in LR
The University of Arkansas is just not a party school — at least not when it comes to tailgating. Veterans of the football circuit say the UA just doesn’t measure…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Parking Condo Tried Before in Fayetteville
South Carolina businessman Major Whisnant hopes to bring his company’s Gameday Park concept to Fayetteville, especially if additional ball games are scheduled on campus. But one version of the company’s…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
A View for Everyone
Three years ago, Gary Hirshberg decided Northwest Arkansas had a fair sampling of elite neighborhoods. What the market needed, he says, was an upscale community for everyone. Hirshberg, the project…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
New Pitch Man
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees isn’t the only state board that athletic director Frank Broyles has appeared in front of lately. We hear Broyles went before the Arkansas…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
From Bites to Bytes
The former home of Corky’s Ribs & BBQ at 637 E. Joyce Blvd. in Fay-etteville will soon house a Gateway Country store. Gateway Inc., the computer company founded in 1985,…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Central Figure
In case you’re curious, we unburied some more details on Bentonville-based Arvest Bank Group Inc.’s entry into the Pulaski County market. In round numbers, the deal to buy Little Rock’s…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Whatta Catch
Developer Gary Combs, owner of Basic Construction Co. in Springdale, may have recorded the steal of the new year. He has lured Jim Hawkins away from Tune Concrete Products Co….
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Other Worlds
We noticed that Superior Federal Bank is opening a finance company in Roland, Okla., which is about seven miles west of Fort Smith but light-years away from Arkansas’ usury law….
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Egg-spansion
George’s Inc. is expanding its commercial egg operation on Russell Road in Siloam Springs. The $1.8 million expansion includes two laying houses that will operate a total of 400,000 hens…
by - February 7, 2000 12:00 am
Wood Named Journal Editor
Jeffrey Wood of Bentonville has been named editor of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, publisher Darin Gray announced Jan. 21. Wood, who has been an associate editor more than a…
by - January 24, 2000 12:00 am
One Hog Fan?s Perspective
When I was growing up in Southeast Arkansas, I never thought of the Arkansas Razorbacks as a Fayetteville team or a Little Rock team. It just never occurred to me…