Tag: construction

Low Rates Keep Lenders Hustling

Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank maintained its status as the area’s top mortgage lender in 2009, closing more than 6,400 loans.

Bank Deposit Market Share: Slow, Steady

As of June 30, Northwest Arkansas deposits were near the $11 billion mark.

Cornerstone Starts Five Homes in Riverwalk Farms

Tim and Dayna McGuire, through their Cornerstone Construction, have several starts in the Riverwalk Farms Estates subdivision of Bentonville.

Arkansas Alums Team up to Offer Affordable Software Solutions

Ability LLC develops software designed to help manufacturers in practically every area of operations, from accounting and scheduling to project planning and data analysis.

Thinking Beyond the Label (Commentary)

Remember, labels get in the way. Disabilities rarely do.

Garland Center Brings ‘Holistic’ Appeal to UA

The structure contains a 32,000-SF space that houses the school bookstore and another 20,000 SF of private, ground-level retail space.

ARE-ON Taking First Broadband Steps

Two-year colleges will see ‘Net’ result.

Andrade Buys Springdale Strip Center from Elsass

Wallace L. Andrade Sr. of Lincoln recently purchased the Casa Villa Shopping Center in Springdale and Milestone Construction is finishing out Fayetteville’s newest restaurant.

McB’s Packs Multiple Options Under One Roof

New bar/restaurant offers one-stop entertainment venue.

Top Construction Projects Receive Night in the Sun

Crystal Bridges director was the featured speaker at the ninth annual Construction and Developers Banquet.

Plaza Development Bubbles with Profits

The successful Fountain Plaza project, a mixed-use commercial development with retail, office and more, is a profitable survivor of the northwest Arkansas real estate boom gone bust. It stands apart from the casualty list of failed and struggling Benton C

Baldwin & Shell Starts $2.7M Life Styles Building

Baldwin & Shell Contractors of Springdale recently broke ground on a $2.74 million building in west Fayetteville and Courtney M. Smith purchased 15 single-family homes for $2.65 million.

Consumer Wealth Impacted By Negative Home Equity (Opinion)

We are continually reminded that the consumer represents near two-thirds of all economic activity. If the consumer feels good about their own situation with respect to wealth, and the overall direction the economy is heading, then spending is likely to in

DOE Shedding New Light on Old Fluorescent Tubes

LED T8s would have to at least double their efficiencies to match today’s fluorescent tube in both luminosity and energy savings. How did the herd become so enamored with LED’s promises?

Group Sets Benchmark With LEED Certification

Aside from growing into a commercial building design consultant with national reach, Benchmark Group of Rogers recently opened a four-story, 120,000 SF headquarters worth of its forward-thinking ideas.

NBS Brings Passion Into Business Model

Business partners Sam Muffoletto and John Allen were old hands in construction distribution when their curiosity in green industry piqued.

Walkers Work Out Sustainable Clubhaus Center

Stuart and Missi Walker plan for their year-old fitness center to be the first LEED-certified health club in the country. The two are seeking a Silver certification, which Stuart Walker hopes to have wrapped up in early 2011.

ADR Homes by Roth Starts $1.86M Belclaire Build

Jeff Roth, through his ADR Homes by Roth, recently purchased eight building permits for a combined total of $1.86 million. The permits are for construction of single-family homes in the Belclaire subdivision on Highway 112, south of The Blessings golf cou

Lowell Centers for Children Growing to Meet Demand

UAMS/ACH Centers for Children in Lowell, a collaboration between UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital, recently wrapped up reconfiguration construction on its second-floor offices and exam rooms.

UA Joins National Sustainable System

In September the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville announced its participation in the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System.

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up

Acres.com, ULI NWA establish partnership

Connections: Yellow Rocket Concepts hosts gift card fundraiser

Coon Supper, pre-event reception scheduled for Jan. 10