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The North Forty Bed & Breakfast inn and reception center is for sale. The property, on Crossover Road in Fayetteville, was advertised in the July/August issue of Catering Magazine. The…

In light of a recent Arkansans for Responsible Agriculture report that accuses Tyson Foods Inc. of violating Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality standards, we hear the Springdale poultry giant’s contribution…

Fairpark Apartments Coming to Fayetville

Jim Lindsey is building an $8 million apartment complex at 1165 Joyce Blvd. in Fayetteville that will include a leased area by Arkansas Athletes Outreach. Through his company, Fairgrounds Apartments…

Women’s Hospital Purchases Land

Interstate 540 LLC, a holding company comprised of a group of local physicians and developers Jim Knight and David Pruitt of Russellville, spent $2 million to acquire 40 acres just…

Millsap Centers Will Be Symmetrical

Millsap Center LLC, managed by Lindsey-Green Commercial Properties LP, got a $5 million loan May 21 from First Security Bank to build a 51,200-SF office center in Fayetteville. The two…

Terminella Builds Storage Units, Homes

Springdale developer Tom Terminella has two projects in the works that will total close to $4.5 million each. The first of which, a 7.5-acre storage facility at 1654 E. Robinson…

Walker Construction is Centerton of Activity

In addition to the 80 homes Ralph O. and Elizabeth Walker of Rogers are building in Bentonville’s Centerpoint Subdivision, the couple is building a grocery store and a new office…

Rogers Company ‘Loves’ Warehouse

Sterling Anders is building a $2 million office building and warehouse at 800 S. 40th St. in Springdale near U.S. Highway 412. The owner of BudgeText Corp. of Fayetteville, Anders…

Expansion ‘Felts’ Good, but Complications Arise

Gary R. and Karen E. Felts took out a $476,475 mortgage with Arkansas National Bank April 28 to expand their A-1 Storages at 1200 Moberly Lane in Bentonville. They plan…

Townhouses Get Refinanced

Chris and Kerri Elder, through their C&K Properties LLC of Springdale, refinanced 12 town houses in Farmington May 6 with a $408,500 loan through First Federal Bank. The properties at…

Wal-Mart Executives Lead Executive Pay List

The highest-paid executives in Northwest Arkansas are employed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The Wal-Mart brass held the top five positions on the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s list of executive compensation….

Regional Airport Ahead of Schedule

Fayetteville’s last remaining commercial airline announced it will leave for the new regional airport at Highfill, almost as an afterthought to the mass exodus of four other air carriers by…

Fiskars Buys Siloam Company

Nancy Clarke, marketing services coordinator for Fiskars Inc. of Madison, Wis., says it’s business as usual at Syroco Arkansas Inc. following her company’s May 1, $70 million purchase of the…

Hallmark Acquires Siloam Card Company

DaySpring Cards Inc. of Siloam Springs was purchased July 21, by Hallmark Cards Inc.of Kansas City Mo. DaySpring, a leader in Christian greeting cards, was previously owned by Cook Communications…

Vlasic in a Pickle but Fayetteville’s Fine

Spinoff tailspin prompts sale of Swift-Armour division; local Swanson plant unaffected Vlasic Foods International, one of the seven companies that was spun off by Campbell Soup in March 1998, has…

British Grocers Prepare for Wal-Mart

Food retailers in Great Britain have begun slashing prices in preparation for the arrival of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in late July. The Bentonville-based retail giant purchased Asda Group PLC, Britain’s…

AQ to Build Bentonville Restaurant

Mark Henry, general manager of AQ Chicken House in Springdale, says the company plans to build its third major restaurant at the intersection of Arkansas Highway 102 and Southwest “A”…

Marketplace Grill

Marketplace Grill has a comfortable, rustic atmosphere, great food and fast service. On a recent office lunch excursion, my co-workers were unanimous. Thumbs were up for Marketplace Grill. It had…

Schmieding Center Has Class Openings

The Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education marked its official opening, albeit in temporary quarters, on July 19 and the center is still accepting enrollment for its first class,…

Anonymous Donor Benefits Bella Vista

An $80,000 donation from an anonymous donor paid for the recent purchase of new mammography equipment at Bella Vista Medical Center. The new equipment includes a new breast imaging system,…

UAMS receives $2.9 million to study fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Lexicon cuts ribbon on new corporate headquarters

‘Freedom Truck’ to arrive in Fort Smith with its mobile history museum

AQ Chicken House to open July 4 in downtown Springdale