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Hospital Craziness

The dynamics of the Arkansas health care industry are changing more rapidly than we can possibly digest, and Northwest Arkansas is caught up in the middle of it. As outsiders…

Fort Smith Hospitals Lead NW Facilities in Net Income

Two Fort Smith hospitals occupy the top spots in the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal rankings by net income of area medical facilities. St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, licensed for 368…

Lafayette Apartments Refinanced

Robert H. and Linda Kelly of Fayetteville received two mortgages April 14 for $885,000 each from McIlroy Bank & Trust. One mortgage is secured against Lafayette Street Apartments at the…

Sorority House Renovates

The Chi Omega sorority house at the University of Arkansas received a $455,000 mortgage from Boatmen’s National Bank of Northwest Arkansas in Fayetteville on April 23. The loan is secured…

Har-Ber Meadows Debt

Har-Ber Meadows Development Co. of Springdale renewed a $5 million mortgage from Springdale Bank & Trust and received a second mortgage of $9 million from Jones Investment Co. last month….

The Orchard Planned

A $1.2 million mortgage from Springdale Bank & Trust will be used to finance construction of a subdivision at the corner of Elm Springs Road and 40th Street in Springdale….

Hendrens Get Loan Extensions

Kim D. and Marylea Hendren of Gravette received two mortgages totaling $1.4 million from the Bank of Gravette on April 4. They were issued simultaneously, one for $1 million and…

$1 Million Construction Loan

Fredda F. Odum, trustee for the Odum Family Trust, received a $1 million mortgage from Arkansas National Bank in Rogers on April 24. The loan is secured by unit one…

Consumers Construction Financed

Construction of a new Consumers IGA Thriftway in Elkins is being financed with a $294,000 mortgage from McIlroy Bank & Trust of Fayetteville. The mortgage was signed April 23 by…

Downtown Office Building Mortgaged

An 8,230-SF office building at 130 N. College Avenue in Fayetteville was mortgaged April 28 for $359,000. The building is owned by Ronnie and Rebecca Sherwood of Fayetteville. Ronnie Sherwood…

Molly Maguires To Open in Rogers

Molly Maguires, a cross between an early American restaurant/tavern and an Irish pub, plans to open June 3 at 3 Magellan Blvd. in Bentonville. Dr. Mario Costaldi, a Rogers surgeon…

Rocco?s Spaghetti Stop Features 150-Year-Old Recipe

Rocco’s Spaghetti Stop opened recently at 16 E. Mountain St. in Fayetteville in the building that previously housed the Red Bird Cafe. Linda Higgins, owner of the restaurant, says she…

Cole Considers Retail Center

John W. Cole, owner of John W. Cole Apparel for Gentlemen on the downtown Fayetteville square, was scheduled to go before a subcommittee of the Fayetteville Planning Commission on May…

Trademark Co. Considers Property

The Trademark Co. of Fort Worth is considering the purchase 309 acres of land south and west of Spring Creek Centre in Fayetteville for retail, office and restaurant space. “We’re…

Pot & Ladle Inc. Closing

Merchandise from Arkansas’ four Pot & Ladle Inc. stores went on sale May 23 at the Rogers store in Dixieland Mall after Arkansas National Bank of Bentonville foreclosed on the…

Fantastic Flicks to Open New Store in July

ob and Pat Pruitt will be closing their Fantastic Flicks video rental store at 800 S. Thompson in Springdale to open a larger store in Signature Square, a 50,000-SF shopping…

Positive Air Systems

Frank Siccardi of Fayetteville continues to baffle the heating and cooling industry, as well as himself, with the success and continued development of Positive Air systems. This heating and cooling…

Internet provides link between Wal-Mart, vendors

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. uses the Internet to provide detailed, store-by-store, product-by-product, day-by-day sales information to each of the thousands of companies that sell products to the company. Known as Retail…

‘Vendorville’ Develops Quietly

“Firms supplying Wal-Mart Maintain Low Profile, Make Economic Impact” As many as 125 major corporations that sell their products to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville have opened offices in…

Potato Broker Mashed

John Mark Reddish, a former Springdale City Council member, is going through a bankruptcy of his potato broker business. Reddish lists assets of more than $687,000 and debts of more…

UAMS, Helena Hospital announced co-management agreement

Citizens Bank names Alan Jessup COO

Survey: 35% of American workers do some or all work from home

Crenlo moves HQ to Bentonville from Minneapolis